COLUMBUS, Ohio — Despite ending No. 6 Ohio State's three-game shutout streak, sophomore forward Sean Dhooghe's third-period goal was not enough to spark a late rally as the Wisconsin men's hockey team fell, 3-1, to the Buckeyes Saturday at Value City Arena. 

Ohio State (8-3-1, 3-1-0-0 B1G) got on the board five minutes into the first period after Buckeyes forward Quinn Preston beat UW (5-7-0-0, 1-3-0-0 B1G) netminder Jack Berry glove-side to take a 1-0 lead. 

OSU defenseman Gordi Myer added a power-play tally at the 18:12 mark of the opening frame to give the Buckeyes a 2-0 advantage heading into the first intermission. 

The Badgers had a few key chances against the Buckeyes in the final moments of the second frame, but OSU goaltender Tommy Nappier was formidable in the net. 

Buckeyes' captain Mason Jobst found the back of the net at the 15:10 mark of the second period to stretch Ohio State's lead to 3-0. 

Wisconsin finally broke through in the third frame when Dhooghe fired a redirected shot from fellow sophomore Tarek Baker past Nappier to cut the Buckeyes' lead to 3-1, but the Badgers could not rally in the final 14 minutes. 
 

Here's a shot of S. Dhooghe's team-leading seventh goal of the season! 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/WldoJGLqN7

— Wisconsin Hockey (@BadgerMHockey) November 18, 2018

Berry made 35 saves between the pipes for the Badgers. 

Notes to Know: 

• Sean Dhooghe scored his team-leading seventh goal of the season. With the tally, the sophomore has eclipsed his goal totals from last season in 15 less games. 
• The Badgers were 1-for-5 on the power play and 5-for-7 on the penalty kill in the loss. 
• Sophomore defenseman Josh Ess and freshman winger Jack Gorniak have registered points in two of the Badgers' last three contests. 

Straight from the Rink
Head Coach Tony Granato
On this series: 
"Ohio State played like the No. 6 team this weekend. There were only bits and parts of the series where we could keep up with them. On special teams, they were better than us. In the D zone, they ended plays faster than we did in our end. They won the key areas of the game, the net fronts, battles on the boards. They're a heck of a team, and they played well in front of their goalie. Both of their goalies looked big. We had a little push there after our first goal, where we did get some more flow to the game and some more opportunities to get in on the offense, but they were the better team this weekend. 

On where the team is:
"I think every weekend you learn a lot about your team and where you're at. Last weekend against Minnesota, I thought we skated really well against a really good skating team. Our goalies played really well for us last weekend. 

"We've got work to do. If you learn from the weekend, later in the year it will pay off. But if you don't learn from it and you try to kid yourself and think it's something different, then it's a really bad weekend." 

On Jack Berry's performance:
"He played well. He made big saves and stood tall. We gave up a lot of shots on the power play. They crashed the net hard. They threw the puck to the net hard. They did a good job on the power play getting pucks to the net and trying to win battles at the net front." 

On the road: 
"Special teams have been a huge factor in our performance on the road. We haven't been able to get a big power-play goal in key parts of the game or series that might turn things our way a little bit. There are things in games that are difference makers. I don't know how many games we've won when we've taken more than seven penalties, but probably not a good number for us." 

Up Next: 
The Badgers travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan to take on the No. 16 Wolverines in their second-straight Big Ten road series. Both games are slated for 6:30 p.m. starts (CT).