On March 20, the Chicago Blackhawks (22-32-9) came up short against the Winnipeg Jets (29-24-10) at the United Center, falling 6-4.
Chicago turned a three-goal hole in the third into a one-goal game late before a Blake Wheeler empty-netter sealed the deal for the visitors.
Jonathan Toews, Dylan Strome, Taylor Raddysh and Philipp Kurashev all scored while Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 stops in the defeat.
Next, Chicago starts a three-game Pacific Division swing on Wed., March 23, in Anaheim.
Also on March 20, the fourth-seeded University of Illinois Fighting Illini's (23-10) season ended as the school lost to the fifth-seeded University of Houston Cougars (31-5) 68-53 in the NCAA's South Region.
Taze Moore scored 21 points and Jamal Shead added 18 for the Cougars, a Final Four team last season, ESPN noted.
The Fighting Illini hoped to go further after being bumped by Loyola Chicago last year, but couldn't get past the second round again.
Houston will now play the region's top seed, the University of Arizona Wildcats, in San Antonio on Thursday, March 24.