GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT MANITOBA MOOSE
Feb 8, 2025Iowa Wild (14-26-2-1; 31 pts.) at Manitoba Moose (12-25-1-1; 26 pts.)
The Iowa Wild and Manitoba Moose kick off a weekend series at Canada Life Centre on Saturday at 2 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 35-21-2-2 (17-12-0-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 18-9-2-1 at Manitoba)
Last Time: Manitoba defeated Iowa 3-2 on Oct. 13 at Wells Fargo Arena... Bradley Marek scored twice for the Wild... William Rousseau turned aside 19-of-22 shots... Dominic Toninato, Mark Liwiski, and Mason Shaw scored for the Moose... Domenic Divincentiis stopped 37-of-39 shots
2023-24: Iowa went 4-4-0-0 against Manitoba in 2023-24... Caedan Bankier ranked second among Wild skaters with six points (3-3=6) in six games against the Moose... Carson Lambos led Iowa with 11 PIM against Manitoba... Jesper Wallstedt posted a 2-1-0 record with a 2.35 GAA and a .929 SV% in three games played
TEAM NOTES
SEASON HIGH SHOTS: Iowa recorded a season-high 50 shots against Springfield on Feb. 1 in the final game before the break... The Wild finished two shots shy of tying the team’s all-time record for shots in a game (52), set on Mar. 24, 2017 at Cleveland
SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has received three power plays in six games in a row... The Wild have scored one power-play goal in that span
FIRST GOALS: Iowa has allowed the first goal in seven of the last eight games... The Wild are 11-7-0-0 when scoring first
STRIVE FOR FIVE: 10 of Iowa’s last 11 wins have come when the team has scored five or more goals... The Wild have scored three or fewer goals in each of their last 19 defeats... Iowa has scored three goals or fewer in seven games in a row
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
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Saturday’s game marks Iowa’s first road game since Jan. 15 at San Diego
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The Wild played a season-long eight-game homestand at Wells Fargo Arena ahead of the break
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Iowa went 3-3-1-0 in a seven-game road trip prior to the eight games at home
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Iowa last won the opening game of a back-to-back set on Nov. 22 (5-2 at Grand Rapids)
IN THE RECORD BOOK
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Manitoba goaltender Kaapo Kähkönen played in 73 games with Iowa from 2018-20
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Kähkönen owns the Iowa record for longest shutout streak (222:00, Nov. 3-18, 2018)
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Kähkönen ranks fourth all-time among Iowa goalies in games played, second in wins (42), second in GAA (2.45), and fifth in SV% (0.916)
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