GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS
Mar 29, 2024Iowa Wild (23-33-4-2; 52 pts.) at Texas Stars (29-27-4-2; 64 pts.)
The Iowa Wild visit the Texas Stars at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in the first game of a weekend set on Friday at 7 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 28-37-8-3 (13-21-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 15-16-5-1 at Texas)
LAST TIME: The Stars beat the Wild 3-2 in Texas on Feb. 17... Nic Petan and Adam Beckman scored for Iowa... Jesper Wallstedt stopped 26-of-29 shots for the Wild... Iowa’s power play went 1-for-5 and held Texas scoreless on three man advantage opportunities
2022-23: Iowa went 2-3-2-1 against Texas in 2022-23... The Wild earned points in each of the final four meetings... Nic Petan led Iowa with eight points (4-4=8) in six games... Sammy Walker led Wild skaters with five goals against the Stars... Jesper Wallstedt went 2-1-1 against Texas with a 2.49 GAA
TEAM NOTES
PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has taken a first period lead in both wins against Texas this season... The Stars have outscored the Wild in five of six second periods... Iowa has posted a double-digit shot total in the first or second period just once... The Wild have recorded 12 or more shots in every third period against the Stars
SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has recorded two power-play goals in both wins against Texas... The Wild have faced just 13 power plays in six games against the Stars
LAST THREE: Iowa has scored a first period goal in three consecutive games... The Wild have not allowed a second period goal in three games in a row
POINT STREAK: Iowa is currently riding a four-game point streak (3-0-1-0)... The Wild also earned points in four straight from Nov. 5 - 18 (3-0-0-1)
FRESH FACE
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Iowa signed defenseman Jack Peart to an ATO on Saturday
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Peart recorded 55 points (8-47=55) in 109 games at St. Cloud State University
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Peart earned the Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award and Reed Larson Award in 2021
HOT HANDS
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Daemon Hunt has six points (1-5=6) in his last seven games
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Hunt and Sammy Walker each recorded their fifth multi-point games of the season on Tuesday against Milwaukee
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Turner Elson scored his first goal and recorded his first multi-point game in an Iowa Wild uniform on Tuesday
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Caedan Bankier has points in back-to-back games and six points (3-3=6) in his last eight contests
IN THE CREASE
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Goaltender Jesper Wallstedt has allowed 15 goals over his last eight starts
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Wallstedt is 5-0-3 across those eight contests with a 0.932 SAV%
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Wallstedt owns a 1-2-0 record with a 3.37 GAA and a 0.885 SAV% against Texas this season
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