Report: Player places the blame squarely on himself for Game 2 loss.

It may be a team game, but forward Patrick Sharp shouldered the blame for the Chicago Blackhawks' loss in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Tampa Bay Lightning scored the game-winner on a power-play goal by Jason Garrison midway through the third period while Sharp sat in the box for high-sticking - his second penalty in just over two minutes. "It's frustrating to take two quick penalties like that," Sharp told reporters. "I don't think I've ever done that before, but it happened. Move on from it. I take responsibility and I apologized to our penalty-killers for putting them under such stress." Sharp has had a disappointing playoffs, with just four goals in 19 games. He's gone 12 games without a goal, last scoring in Game 2 of the team's second-round series against the Minnesota Wild. Sharp’s first infraction, a slash on Anton Stralman, was called shortly after Marian Hossa got away with interference on Ben Bishop for Chicago’s 3-3 goal early in the third period. While the ‘Hawks were able to kill that one off, they had no such luck with Sharp’s second infraction — a high-stick on Ryan Callahan. “We were battling and I guess my stick came up and clipped him,” he explained. “I didn’t mean to do it. It happens. I’ll take responsibility. “It’s tough to put your penalty kill in a situation like that.” As for the legitimacy of his penalties — Stralman did go down somewhat easy on the slashing call — Sharp took the high road, and didn’t go anywhere near criticizing the officials. “They made the calls,” he said. “I guess I gotta be less careless with my stick. I didn’t think I made too much contact on the first one.” “But I’m not arguing with the call.”