GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES
Dec 20, 2025Iowa Wild (7-20-0-1; 15 pts.) at Chicago Wolves (13-7-3-2; 31 pts.)
The Iowa Wild head to Allstate Arena to visit the Chicago Wolves on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 39-58-9-3 (20-30-4-2 at Iowa, 19-28-5-1 at Chicago)
Last Time: Chicago shut out Iowa by a 4-0 score at Allstate Arena on Nov. 8... The teams combined for 96 penalty minutes... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 28-of-31 shots... Amir Miftakhov saved all 25 Iowa shots... Josiah Slavin scored the eventual game-winning goal 15:05 into the first period... Felix Unger Sörum recorded a goal and an assist
2024-25: Iowa finished 2-5-1-0 against Chicago in 2024-25... Michael Milne (4-1=5) and Hunter Haight (3-2=5) paced Wild skaters in points against the Wolves... Justin Robidas led Chicago with nine points (3-6=9) against Iowa... The Wolves won six of the last seven meetings between the two clubs
TEAM NOTES
RECENT REINFORCEMENTS: Iowa received reinforcements from Minnesota in the form of four players on Friday... Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Ben Jones, Carson Lambos and David Spacek were all reassigned... Iowa has played the last 26 games without Jones... Lambos made his NHL debut against Columbus on Thursday
SEASON SERIES: The Wolves have outshot the Wild in each of the first three meetings this season... Iowa has four goals over the three games... The Wild have earned four or more power plays in each game... The teams have averaged a combined 55 penalty minutes per contest
PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored in five of the last six first periods following a three-game scoreless streak in the opening frame... The Wild have been outshot in the third period in seven games in a row
CONSISTENT SCORING
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Gerry Mayhew recorded his third multi-point game (0-2=2) of the season on Friday night
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Mayhew leads the Wild in goals (8) and points (16)
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Mayhew has not gone more than two games without recording a point in an Iowa uniform since his rookie season in 2016-17
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
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Chicago is riding a five-game point streak (4-0-1) and has points in eight of the last nine games (6-1-2)
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The Wolves have allowed two goals in each of the last four games
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Bradly Nadeau (4-2=6) and Justin Robidas (6-2=8) have points in each of Chicago’s last five contests
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