GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT SAN DIEGO GULLS
Jan 15, 2025Iowa Wild (12-20-2-0; 26 pts.) at San Diego Gulls (11-19-3-2; 27 pts.)
The Iowa Wild complete a seven-game road trip with a visit to Pechanga Arena to take on the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday at 9 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 10-10-2-1 (5-5-1-0 at Wells Fargo Arena, 5-5-1-1 at San Diego)
Last Time: San Diego beat Iowa 5-1 at Pechanga Arena on Jan. 8... Travis Boyd scored Iowa’s lone goal in the loss... Dylan Ferguson stopped 14 shots for the Wild... Calle Clang turned aside 38-of-39 shots for the Gulls... San Diego finished 2-for-3 on the power play
2023-24: Iowa finished 1-2-0-1 against San Diego last season... Sammy Walker led the Wild in points and assists (4)... Mason Shaw led Iowa skaters in goals (3)... Nikita Nesterenko posted eight points (5-3=8) in four games... The two teams combined for three power-play goals in 29 opportunities... Both games in San Diego were decided by one goal
TEAM NOTES
HIGHS AND LOWS: Iowa has played 14 games in a row in which the team scored zero, one, two, or five goals... The Wild have scored five goals four times over that span... Iowa has earned a single point (2-1 OTL at MIL, Jan. 3) in the other ten games
SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa’s power play has converted once in the last five games... The Wild are 1-for-12 with the man advantage over that span... Iowa’s opponents have scored a power-play goal in six of the last eight contests... Iowa’s opponents are 9-for-26 with the man advantage in the last eight games
FOUR OR MORE: Over the last 20 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)
HOT HANDS
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Liam Öhgren has four points (0-4=4) in his last two games
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Hunter Haight has registered an assist in back-to-back contests
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Joseph Cecconi has posted points in each of his last two games (1-1=2)
ABOUT THE HOSTS
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San Diego defenseman Tyson Hinds has four points (1-3=4) in his last two games
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Sasha Pastujov is riding a five-game point streak (2-6=8)
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Carson Meyer has picked up a point in each of his last four games with the Gulls (3-3=6)
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Ryan Carpenter has points in three games in a row (1-2=3)
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