GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT MANITOBA MOOSE
Apr 12, 2025Iowa Wild (27-36-5-1; 60 pts.) at Manitoba Moose (23-40-3-3; 52 pts.)
The Iowa Wild complete a weekend series against the Manitoba Moose at Canada Life Centre on Saturday at 6 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 38-22-3-2 (18-12-1-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 20-10-2-1 at Manitoba)
Last Time: Iowa earned a 3-1 victory over Manitoba at Canada Life Centre on Friday night... Caedan Bankier (2-0=2) and Luke Toporowski (1-2=3) registered multi-point games for the Wild... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 25-of-26 shots... Thomas Milic turned aside 32-of-35 shots... Each team went 0-for-1 on the power play
2023-24: Iowa went 4-4-0-0 against Manitoba in 2023-24... Caedan Bankier ranked second among Wild skaters with six points (3-3=6) in six games against the Moose... Carson Lambos led Iowa with 11 PIM against Manitoba... Jesper Wallstedt posted a 2-1-0 record with a 2.35 GAA and a .929 SV% in three games played
TEAM NOTES
SEASON SERIES: Six of the seven games in the season series have been decided by two or more goals... Iowa has outshot Manitoba 76-57 in third periods... The Wild are 7-for-23 on the power play against the Moose... Manitoba is 5-for-17 with the man advantage
SCORING FIRST: Iowa has won nine consecutive games when scoring first... The team scoring first has won all seven games in the season series
PLAY BY PERIOD: The Wild have held opponents scoreless in the first period in six games in a row... Iowa has scored 10 first period goals over that span... The Wild have outshot opponents in five second periods in a row... Opponents have scored in the third period in five games in a row
SPECIAL TEAMS STAT: Iowa has held opposing power plays scoreless in five of the last six games
HOT HANDS
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Caedan Bankier recorded his first two-goal game of the season on Friday
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The two-point performance was Bankier’s fifth of the season and ninth career two-point game
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Luke Toporowski tied a career high with three points (1-2=3) on Friday
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Toporowski posted a hat trick on Nov. 26, 2022 at Syracuse with Providence
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Samuel Hlavaj won his fourth consecutive start on Friday
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Hlavaj is 7-2-1 over his last 10 starts and ranks third among AHL rookie goaltenders in wins (14)
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
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Manitoba is winless (0-5-1-0) over the last six games
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The Moose have scored four goals just once over the last 12 games
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Manitoba’s goaltenders have allowed at least three goals in six games in a row
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