GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES
Feb 22, 2025Iowa Wild (16-29-3-1; 36 pts.) at Chicago Wolves (25-20-2-0; 52 pts.)
The Iowa Wild travel to Allstate Arena to visit the Chicago Wolves on Saturday at 7 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 37-54-8-3 (18-28-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 19-26-5-1 at Chicago)
Last Time: Aleksi Heimosalmi scored 2:49 into the third period to lift Chicago to a 3-2 win over Iowa on Jan. 2... Caedan Bankier and Michael Milne scored for Iowa... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 21-of-24 shots... Spencer Martin turned aside 26-of-28 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
SEASON SERIES: Chicago has not scored a first period goal in four games against Iowa this season... Iowa has scored the first goal in three games... The Wolves have outshot the Wild in three games... Chicago has held Iowa to eight shots or fewer in every first period and in six periods overall... The Wild have had one or two goal scorers in each game
PLAY BY PERIOD: The Wild have outshot opponents in four consecutive first periods... Iowa has scored a goal in the third period in three games in a row
THREE OR FEWER: Iowa has won four times in 35 games when scoring three goals or fewer... The Wild have scored three goals or fewer in 14 games in a row
SPECIAL TEAMS: Iowa’s power play is 0-for-10 against Chicago this season... The Wild have allowed one power-play goal to the Wolves in eight opportunities
HOT HANDS
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Hunter Haight has recorded a point in four of his last five games (3-1=4)
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Graeme Clarke has earned an assist in back-to-back games
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David Spacek has picked up an assist in three of Iowa’s last four contests
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Travis Boyd has recorded a plus or even rating in seven consecutive games
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
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Chicago snapped a four-game losing streak on Thursday against Milwaukee
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The Wolves had won five games in a row prior to the four-game skid
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Bradly Nadeau ranks T-2nd among AHL rookies and leads Chicago in goals (19)
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Wolves goaltenders have given up three goals or fewer in 10 of their last 11 starts
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