The Chicago Blakhawks suffered their second straight first-round playoff exit on Thursday in a four-game sweep by the Nashville Predators.

The Blackhawks, who finished as the top team in the Western Conference during the regular season, were outscored 13-3 by the Predators and were held without a goal in both home games.

General manager Stan Bowman called the team's postseason result "unacceptable" on Saturday while expressing his anger at the defeat.

“I am completely, completely disappointed, it is unacceptable to be where we are today,” Bowman said Saturday, per NBC's ProHockeyTalk. "I am frustrated, I am angry, this was a tough, tough loss for us all to take. Standing here April 22 is not the way we expected our season to end. It is a completely failure when you measure it against the expectations that we have for ourselves. We did not come even close to reaching the standard we have set over the years here. And that is unacceptable. Any successes that we did experience this year are completely overshadowed by the abrupt ending to our season. It is not close to good enough for anybody."

Bowman promised changes for the Blackhawks, who won two Stanley Cups in the previous three seasons before their first-round exit against the St. Louis Blues last year in seven games.

I think it is times like now to take a look in the mirror and face facts. And when you do that you look at accountability and that starts with me. I need to be better. There is no doubt about it. I am going to take a look at all things and I can promise you I will be better. Top to bottom we need more. This is unacceptable to be where we are today. There will be change moving forward. Change comes in many different ways. So the specifics of how we are going to change things into next year are not really meant for this forum. But I can promise you we need to be better."

The team will not be making a head coaching change with Joel Quenneville, but Bowman expressed the need to make sure the Blackhawks solve their problems to avoid another early exit.

"Joel is our head coach," Bowman said. "He will continue to be our head coach. Joel and I are going to work together to make sure this never happens again.”

The Blackhawks are the first ever No.1 seed to be swept in the first round.