GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS
Apr 1, 2025Iowa Wild (22-35-5-1; 50 pts.) at Texas Stars (40-20-3-0; 83 pts.)
The Iowa Wild travel to H-E-B Center to visit the Texas Stars on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 30-41-9-4 (14-23-3-3 at Wells Fargo Arena, 16-18-6-1 at Texas)
Last Time: Iowa suffered a narrow loss in a 4-3 defeat to Texas at Wells Fargo Arena on Jan. 26... Adam Raska scored twice for the Wild and Brendan Gaunce found the back of the net... Samuel Hlavaj turned aside 30-of-34 shots... Remi Poirier stopped 43-of-46 shots to earn the win
2023-24: The Wild went 3-5-0-0 against the Stars in 2023-24... Two of Iowa’s three wins came at Wells Fargo Arena... Michael Milne and Sammy Walker ranked T-2nd among Wild skaters in assists (4) during the season series... Jesper Wallstedt went 2-3-0 with a 3.04 GAA and 0.905 SV% against Texas
TEAM NOTES
SEASON SERIES: Iowa has outscored (5-4) and outshot (77-58) Texas in first periods this season... The Stars have outscored the Wild 13-7 in third periods... Iowa is 4-for-29 on the power play against Texas... The Stars are 11-for-31 with the man advantage... Iowa’s lone win in the season series came at home on Nov. 15... Ben Jones leads Iowa skaters with 10 points (3-7=10)
OPENING FRAME: Iowa has outshot opponents in the first period in four games in a row... The Wild have not been outshot in the first period in seven games (Mar. 15 vs. Manitoba)... The Wild have allowed the first goal in nine of the last 10 games
FOUR OR MORE: Iowa has allowed four or more goals in four games in a row... The Wild have given up 19 goals in the last four games... Iowa is 4-30-3-0 when allowing four or more goals this season
MULTI-POINT GAMES
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Travis Boyd and Liam Öhgren registered multi-point games in Saturday’s game at Springfield
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Öhgren scored two power-play goals to jump into the team lead (7)
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The two-goal performance was Öhgren’s team-leading fourth of the season
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Öhgren also leads Wild skaters in multi-goal games (5)
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Boyd recorded two assists to post his team-leading eighth two-point game of 2024-25
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Boyd also leads Wild skaters in multi-point games (12)
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
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Texas has won five games in a row and eight of the last nine contests
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Kyle Capobianco has picked up an assist in five games in a row (0-7=7)
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Cameron Hughes is riding a four-game point streak (1-4=5)
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Matej Blumel has scored in four games in a row and owns a five-game point streak (5-2=7)
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Remi Poirier has won seven consecutive starts
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