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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES

Oct 28, 2024

The Iowa Wild and Chicago Wolves face off in a morning contest at Allstate Arena on Tuesday at 11 a.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 36-51-8-3 (18-27-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 18-24-5-1 at Chicago) 

Last Time: Iowa beat Chicago 3-2 at Allstate Arena in the final game of the 2023-24 season... Jack Peart scored his first career AHL goal and the eventual game-winner at 12:38 of the third period 

2023-24: Iowa went 7-0-1-0 against Chicago in 2023-24... The Wild won each of the final four meetings and won all four games at Wells Fargo Arena... Just two games were decided by two goals or more... Gavin Hain (2-2=4) and Sammy Walker (2-2=4) each ranked T-2nd among Wild skaters in points... Jesper Wallstedt went 6-0-1 with a 1.53 GAA and 0.947 SV% against Chicago 

TEAM NOTES 

RECENT PERFORMANCE: Iowa has not lost to Chicago in regulation since Apr. 7, 2023 (8-0-1-0)... The Wild have outscored the Wolves 27-15 over the last nine meetings... Iowa scored the first goal in six of eight meetings last season 

POINT SECURED: Iowa secured the team’s first point of the season with a late goal to tie the game on Saturday at Texas...  The Wild’s last winless stretch of seven games or more came during 2022-23 (0-7-1-1)... The team’s longest winless streak of 2023-24 lasted six games (0-5-0-1) 

SCORING FIRST: Iowa’s opponents have scored the first goal in each of the season’s first seven games... The Wild finished 8-34-1-1 when allowing the first goal in 2023-24... Iowa finished 19-3-3-3 when scoring first 

LEADING GOALTENDER 

  • Goaltender Jesper Wallstedt ranks first in several categories among Wild goaltenders all-time against Chicago 

  • Wallstedt leads Iowa in games played (13), wins (8), and minutes (788) against Chicago 

  • Wallstedt also owns the best GAA (2.44) and SV% (0.919) against the Wolves 

  • Wallstedt allowed just 11 goals in seven games played against Chicago in 2023-24 

SHOT TOTALS 

  • Iowa has posted 25 or more shots in all seven games this season 

  • The Wild rank 4th in the AHL in shots/game (34.71) this season 

  • Iowa ranks 18th in the AHL in shots against/game (28.57) 

ALL-TIME NUMBERS 

  • Ryan O’Rourke leads current Wild skaters and ranks T-9th all-time with 26 career games against the Wolves 

  • O’Rourke also leads current Iowa skaters in assists (7) against Chicago 

  • Sammy Walker leads current Wild skaters and ranks T-6th all-time with seven career goals against Chicago 

  • Walker also leads current Wild skaters in points (13) and ranks 9th all-time against the Wolves 

For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, please visit www.iowawild.com. Fans can purchase single-game tickets through the team’s website at www.iowawild.com. Group tickets (10 or more), suites, Wild 365 memberships or premium tickets can be purchased by contacting the Iowa Wild Ticket Department at 515-564-8700 or tickets@iowawild.com. Season tickets for 2023-24 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365. 

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