GAME PREVIEW - IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS
Mar 31, 2021Iowa Wild (5-9-3-0; 13 pts.) at Texas Stars (10-6-2-0; 22 pts.)
Iowa and Texas clash for the second straight evening Wednesday night at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas. The contest is the seventh matchup of a 12-game season series between the two Central Division rivals.
TUESDAY’S THRILLER
The Wild and the Stars went to overtime for the second time in their season series, with Texas securing the win 4-3 Tuesday night in Cedar Park, Texas. There were four lead changes in the game and Texas got a goal from forward Cole Schneider with 1.4 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game 3-3, before forward Nick Baptiste scored the OT winner. Texas owns the series lead with a record of 4-2 through six games with Iowa this season.
WILD WRITINGS
- Forward Damien Giroux scored one goal and added two assists for the first multi-point game of his pro career.
- Defenseman Calen Addison had one goal and one assist for his third multi-point game of the season and pro career.
- Iowa scored a power play goal for the fourth straight road game, dating back to Mar. 7.
- Forward Mitchell Chaffee recorded two assists for his second career pro multi-assist game.
STARS STATS
- Forward Nick Baptiste has points in his last ten consecutive games, one game shy of the franchise record.
- Baptiste is on a five-game goal streak as well, the second-longest goal streak in the AHL this season.
- Forward Riley Damiani tallied a pair of assists Tuesday night and leads all rookie skaters in the AHL in scoring.
- Texas went 0-3 on the power play Tuesday night, just the second time they have not scored a power play goal in their last seven games.
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