GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS
Feb 14, 2025Iowa Wild (15-27-2-1; 33 pts.) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (25-17-3-1; 54 pts.)
The Iowa Wild host the Grand Rapids Griffins at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday at 7 p.m. The first 1,500 fans will receive a Cupid Crash bobblehead presented by Home Solutions of Iowa and LAZER 103.3.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 33-36-8-8 (16-14-7-5 at Wells Fargo Arena, 17-22-1-3 at Grand Rapids)
Last Time: Iowa and Grand Rapids split a weekend series as the Griffins took a 5-2 win at Van Andel Arena on Nov. 24... Caedan Bankier and Graeme Clarke scored for Iowa... Jesper Wallstedt stopped 24-of-29 shots... Ville Husso saved 19-of-21 shots... Grand Rapids finished 1-for-3 on the power play
2023-24: Iowa went 1-5-1-1 record against Grand Rapids last season... The Wild picked up points in each of their final two games against the Griffins... David Spacek led Iowa in assists (5) across eight games against Grand Rapids... Jonatan Berggren paced the Griffins with seven points (2-5=7) in six games played
TEAM NOTES
LONG LAYOFF: Iowa and Grand Rapids meet for the first time in 30 games... The 30-game stretch is the longest between games for Iowa and a divisional opponent this season... The Wild will play 31 games between a Jan. 15 road game at San Diego and an Apr. 4 home matchup against the Gulls
STARTING STRONG: Iowa has scored in the first period and second period in three consecutive games... Opponents have scored the first goal in four of the last five contests
PLAY BY PERIOD: Grand Rapids has scored in the second period of all three games in the season series... The Wild have outshot the Griffins in all three third periods
WIN WITH THREE: Iowa has won three times in 30 games when scoring three goals or fewer... The Wild have scored three goals or fewer in 10 games in a row
HOT HANDS
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Matthew Sop has assists in back-to-back games
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Travis Boyd is riding a three-game point streak (1-3=4)
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Hunter Haight registered two points (1-1=2) in Iowa’s last game
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
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The Griffins enter Friday’s game having lost five games in a row
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Grand Rapids won four games in a row and earned a six-game point streak (5-0-0-1) prior to the losing streak
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Grand Rapids was shut out in the first three games of the team’s losing streak
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The Griffins have scored four times in the last five games
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