GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES
Dec 21, 2024Iowa Wild (10-14-1-0; 21 pts.) at Chicago Wolves (13-9-2-0; 28 pts.)
The Iowa Wild and Chicago Wolves complete a home-and-home weekend series at Allstate Arena on Saturday at 7 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 37-52-8-3 (18-28-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 19-24-5-1 at Chicago)
Last Time: Iowa fell 3-2 to Chicago at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday in the front end of a back-to-back... Ryan Sandelin scored 15:09 into the game and Caedan Bankier found the back of the net with 17 seconds left... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 34-of-36 shots in net
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
HOME-AND-HOME: Iowa’s home-and-home with Chicago is the first of two this season... The next will come next weekend when the Wild play at Rockford on Friday before returning home on Saturday... Iowa has not played a home-and-home since 2022-23 (Apr. 7-8 vs. Chicago)
GREAT AT ALLSTATE: Iowa is unbeaten in seven consecutive games (6-0-1-0) at Allstate Arena... The streak dates to a Nov. 20, 2022 win... The Wild held a 11-game unbeaten streak over the Wolves (10-0-1-0) prior to Friday’s home defeat
NEED FOUR: Over the last 11 games, Iowa has won every game in which the team has scored four goals and lost every game in which the team scored fewer than four goals... The Wild have not won when scoring three or fewer dating back to Oct. 29 (3-2 W vs. CHI)
IN THE SHOW
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Five players who have skated with Iowa this season are currently recalled to the Minnesota Wild
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Travis Boyd (298 NHL/238 AHL), Brendan Gaunce (179 NHL/364 AHL), Ben Jones (17 NHL/297 AHL), Devin Shore (457 NHL/100 AHL), and Jesper Wallstedt (4 NHL/95 AHL) have played in 955 combined NHL games and 2,049 total professional games
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Nine different skaters currently on Iowa’s roster have played at least one NHL game
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Cameron Crotty (1), Graeme Clarke (3), Dylan Ferguson (3), David Jiricek (53), Reese Johnson (144), Michael Milne (1), Liam Öhgren (12), Adam Raska (13), and Sammy Walker (12) have played in 242 combined NHL games
HOT HANDS
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Samuel Hlavaj has allowed two goals or fewer in each of his last four starts and six goals in his last four games
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Ryan Sandelin has scored three goals in two games against Chicago
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Chicago’s Ryan Suzuki enters Saturday’s game riding an eight-game point streak (2-10=12)
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Juha Jaaska is riding a six-game point streak (3-4=7)
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Spencer Martin has won five consecutive starts
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