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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS

Apr 2, 2025

Iowa Wild (23-35-5-1; 52 pts.) at Texas Stars (40-21-3-0; 83 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild complete a back-to-back weekday series against the Texas Stars at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Wednesday at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 31-41-9-4 (14-23-3-3 at Wells Fargo Arena, 17-18-6-1 at Texas) 

Last Time: Iowa pulled away from Texas in a 4-1 win at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Tuesday night... Michael Milne opened the scoring at 8:50 of the first period and Luke Toporowski added a goal in the third period... Travis Boyd and Tyler Madden scored empty-net goals... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 33-of-34 shots 

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 

THREE IN THE THIRD: Iowa scored three third period goals against Texas to take a 4-1 win on Tuesday night... The Wild last scored three times in a period on Mar. 16 vs. Manitoba in a 6-2 win... Iowa is 9-1-0-0 when scoring three or more goals in a period 

BACK-TO-BACK WINS: Iowa enters Wednesday’s game seeking back-to-back wins in Cedar Park... The Wild last earned consecutive wins in Texas on Apr. 9-10, 2022 

SEASON SERIES: The Wild have outscored (6-4) and outshot (89-66) the Stars in first periods this season... Ben Jones leads Iowa skaters with 10 points (3-7=10) 

STARTING STRONG: Iowa has outshot opponents in the first period in five games in a row... The Wild have not been outshot in the first period in eight games (Mar. 15 vs. Manitoba)... The Wild scored the first goal for the first time in five games on Friday 

RECENT TRENDS 

  • Liam Öhgren has three points (2-1=3) in Iowa’s last two games 

  • Travis Boyd has points in back-to-back games (1-2=3) 

  • Boyd has 10 points in his last nine games (6-4=10) 

  • Luke Toporowski has scored in three of Iowa’s seven games against the Stars 

  • Toporowski leads Iowa skaters in goals (4) against Texas 

  • Ben Jones recorded a plus-3 rating against Texas on Tuesday and leads Wild skaters with a plus-8 rating against the Stars this season 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT 

  • Iowa snapped Texas’s five-game winning streak on Tuesday 

  • Kyle Capobianco has picked up an assist in six games in a row (0-8=8) 

  • Remi Poirier has won seven consecutive starts 

  • Texas has scored a power-play goal against Iowa in five of seven meetings this season 

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