GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT SAN JOSE BARRACUDA
Oct 20, 2024Iowa Wild (0-3-0-0; 0 pts.) at San Jose Barracuda (2-1-0-0; 4 pts.)
The Iowa Wild and San Jose Barracuda wrap up the back end of a weekend set at Tech CU Arena on Sunday at 5 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 5-5-1-2 (2-2-0-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 3-3-0-1 at San Jose)
Last Time: San Jose scored four goals in the third period on Saturday at Tech CU Arena en route to a 5-0 win over Iowa... Donovan Houle opened the scoring for the Barracuda at 11:44 of the second and added another goal in the third... Jesper Wallstedt stopped 37 shots while Yaroslav Askarov turned aside all 26 Iowa shots
2022-23: Iowa and San Jose did not play in 2023-24... The Wild and Barracuda faced off four times in 2022-23... Iowa won both games in San Jose and finished with a 2-1-0-1 record against the Barracuda... Jesper Wallstedt went 2-0-1 against San Jose
TEAM NOTES
SUNDAY BEST: The Wild finished 5-2-1-0 in Sunday games during 2023-24... Today’s contest is the second of 11 Sunday games on the 2024-25 schedule
ROUGH AND TUMBLE: Sammy Walker leads Iowa with 11 penalty minutes through three games... Walker’s previous career high single-season PIM total came last season (24 PIM, 70 games)
WIDE MARGINS: Saturday’s game against San Jose was decided by five goals... All four games in the 2022-23 season series were decided by one or two goals
BOUNCING BACK: Iowa played just two games following shutout losses in 2023-24... Both contests came in the second game of back-ot-back weekend sets... Iowa beat Texas 4-2 on Nov. 5, 2023 and lost to Grand Rapids 5-2 on Mar. 16, 2024
AGAINST ASKAROV
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Yaroslav Askarov played in his 11th career game against Iowa on Saturday night
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Askarov’s previous ten games came with the Milwaukee Admirals
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The Omsk, Russia native improved to 9-1-1 all-time against the Wild
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The win was Askarov’s second shutout against Iowa
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Askarov has allowed just 17 goals on 270 Iowa shots, good for a 0.937 SV%
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Askarov owns a 1.65 lifetime GAA against Iowa
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Jesper Wallstedt has started seven career games across from Askarov
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The Wild are 1-5-1-0 when Wallstedt and Askarov square off
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