GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHICAGO WOLVES
Mar 26, 2025Iowa Wild (22-32-4-1; 49 pts.) vs. Chicago Wolves (31-27-3-0; 65 pts.)
The Iowa Wild square off against the Chicago Wolves at Wells Fargo Arena on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 38-55-8-3 (19-28-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 19-27-5-1 at Chicago)
Last Time: Iowa beat Chicago 6-4 at Wells Fargo Arena on Feb. 26... Hunter Haight recorded a hat trick while Brendan Gaunce, Travis Boyd, and Michael Milne also scored for the Wild... Jesper Wallstedt stopped 27-of-31 shots... Iowa went 2-for-8 on the power play
2023-24: Iowa went 7-0-1-0 against Chicago in 2023-24... The Wild won each of the final four meetings and won all four games at Wells Fargo Arena... Just two games were decided by two goals or more... Gavin Hain (2-2=4) and Sammy Walker (2-2=4) each ranked T-2nd among Wild skaters in points... Jesper Wallstedt went 6-0-1 with a 1.53 GAA and 0.947 SV% against Chicago
TEAM NOTES
LAST 10: Iowa’s last 10 games marked the second time the team has gone 6-3-1-0 over a 10-game stretch this season (Oct. 26 - Nov. 24)... The Wild outshot opponents twice in the last 10 contests... Iowa has scored 36 goals over the last 10 games
MIDDLE FRAME: Iowa has scored two goals in the second period in four games in a row... The Wild have scored in the middle frame in five consecutive games... Opponents have scored in the second period in six games in a row
SEASON SERIES: Iowa has scored a second period goal in five of six games against Chicago... The Wolves have outshot the Wild 200-154 across the six meetings... Chicago has outpaced Iowa in number of penalties (24 to 16) and penalty minutes (67 to 35)
DISCIPLINED PLAY: The Wild have earned points in four games in a row when facing three power plays or fewer
HOT HANDS
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Ryan O’Rourke recorded a career-high three points with three assists in Sunday’s game against Ontario
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O’Rourke had previously registered two points in four AHL games
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Michael Milne scored two goals in Sunday’s game
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The two-goal performance was Milne’s first since Mar. 23, 2024 vs. Chicago
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Samuel Hlavaj has won back-to-back starts
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
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Chicago lost four games in a row prior to a win on Tuesday at Rockford
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Ryan Suzuki has recorded two assists in back-to-back games
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Nikita Pavlychev has assists in back-to-back games
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Bradly Nadeau has points in consecutive games (3-1=4)
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