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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS

Mar 29, 2025

Iowa Wild (22-33-5-1; 50 pts.) at Springfield Thunderbirds (31-26-2-4; 68 pts.)

The Iowa Wild complete a weekend series against the Springfield Thunderbirds at MassMutual Center on Saturday at 6:05 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 0-3-0-0 (0-2-0-0 at Wells Fargo Arena, 0-1-0-0 at Springfield) 

Last Time: Springfield shut Iowa out 4-0 at MassMutual Center on Friday night... Dylan Peterson, Mackenzie MacEachern, Hugh McGing, and Matthew Peca scored for Springfield... Colten Ellis stopped all 36 Iowa shots to earn the win in net... The Wild went 0-for-5 on the power play... The Thunderbirds finished 0-for-3 with the man advantage 

Previous Season Series: Iowa and Springfield had never played each other prior to the 2024-25 season series... The Wild had played 20 of the other 31 AHL clubs entering 2024-25

TEAM NOTES 

SEASON SERIES: Iowa has scored three goals in three games against Springfield this season... The Thunderbirds have scored eight of 15 goals in the second period... Iowa’s power play is 1-for-11... Springfield has gone 2-for-7 with the man advantage... The Wild have outshot the Thunderbirds in all three meetings 

MIDDLE FRAME: Friday’s contest snapped Iowa’s five-game streak of scoring two goals in the second period.... Opponents have scored in the second period in eight games in a row 

FIRST GOALS: Iowa has allowed the first goal in nine of the last 10 games... The Wild are 4-4-2-0 over that stretch 

SHUTOUT RESPONSE: Friday’s game marked the fifth time Iowa has been shut out this season... The Wild are 1-3-0-1 following shutouts... Iowa scored 13 goals across those five games 

RECENT TRENDS 

  • Friday’s game marked the first time in five games that Iowa outshot an opponent 

  • The Wild had been outshot in eight of the previous nine games 

  • Iowa had won four games in a row when holding the opposing power play scoreless entering Friday’s contest 

  • The Wild are 10-10-2-0 when not allowing a power-play goal 

  • Iowa has recorded double-digit shot totals in six consecutive periods 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT 

  • Springfield snapped a six-game losing streak on Friday 

  • The Thunderbirds scored four goals for the first time since Mar. 14 at Syracuse 

  • Colten Ellis earned his third shutout of the season in the win 

  • Matthew Peca has registered an assist in four consecutive games 

  • Peca and three other teammates (Dylan Peterson, Mackenzie MacEachern, Hugh McGing) recorded one goal and one assist apiece on Friday 

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