GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES
Jan 2, 2025Iowa Wild (11-17-1-0; 23pts.) at Chicago Wolves (15-10-2-0; 32 pts.)
The Iowa Wild visit Allstate Arena to take on the Chicago Wolves on Thursday at 7 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 37-53-8-3 (18-28-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 19-25-5-1 at Chicago)
Last Time: Chicago completed a home-and-home sweep of Iowa with a 4-1 win at Allstate Arena on Dec. 21... David Spacek scored Iowa’s only goal... Dylan Ferguson turned aside 37-of-41 shots... Ruslan Khazheyev stopped 29-of-30 shots
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
POWER PLAY CONVERSIONS: Iowa went 3-for-7 on the power play in Tuesday’s win at Rockford... The Wild had previously recorded two power-play goals in three games in 2024-25... Iowa had not scored three power-play goals in the same game since Dec. 4, 2022 vs. Chicago in a 7-0 win
CENTRAL SHOWDOWN: Iowa has not lost back-to-back games to Chicago since the 2022-23 season (Feb. 27 - Apr. 4, 2023)... The Wild had earned a point in seven consecutive road games (6-0-1-0) against the Wolves prior to a defeat at Allstate Arena on Dec. 21
FOUR OR MORE: Over the last 15 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)
RECENT RECALLS
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Forward Brendan Gaunce and defenseman Carson Lambos were recalled to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday
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Gaunce recorded a hat trick in his only game following reassignment from Minnesota on Dec. 30, which vaulted him into the team lead for goals (11)
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The transaction marked the first career NHL recall for Lambos
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Lambos has posted 19 points (6-13=19) in 96 career AHL games with Iowa
MULTI-POINT GAMES
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Four different Wild skaters recorded multiple points in Tuesday’s win at Rockford
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In addition to Brendan Gaunce’s hat trick, Travis Boyd, Joseph Cecconi, and David Spacek each recorded two assists
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Spacek became the 15th Iowa skater to record at least two assists in a game this season
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Cecconi recorded his ninth career two-point game
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