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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES

Feb 19, 2026

Iowa Wild (13-28-4-1; 31 pts.) at Chicago Wolves (24-11-5-5; 58 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild travels to Allstate Arena to visit the Chicago Wolves on Thursday at 11 a.m. 

WATCH: MC22, AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 41-58-9-3 (22-30-4-2 at Iowa, 19-28-5-1 at Chicago) 

Last Time: Ben Jones scored 24 seconds into overtime to lift Iowa to a 2-1 win at Casey’s Center on Dec. 27... Nicolas Aubé-Kubel also scored for the Wild... Riley Mercer stopped 20-of-21 shots to earn his second of three consecutive wins... Iowa finished 1-for-2 with the man advantage and killed off all three Chicago power plays 

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 

SEASON SERIES: Iowa has won the last two meetings between the two clubs and holds a 3-2-0 record against Chicago this season... Nicolas Aubé-Kubel leads Wild skaters with three points (2-1=3) against the Wolves... Cal Petersen is 1-1-0 with a 2.59 GAA and a .918 SV% against Chicago 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has converted on the man advantage in four of the last five games... The Wild are 5-for-21 over that stretch... Iowa has allowed a power-play goal in back-to-back games 

AWAY FROM HOME: Iowa will play nine of its next 10 games on the road... Seven of the nine road contests will feature Central Division opponents 

MULTI-GOAL PERIODS: Saturday’s game against Springfield marked the second time this season Iowa lost when scoring multiple goals in multiple periods 

HOT HANDS 

  • Jack Peart has points in back-to-back games (1-1=2) 

  • Dylan Gambrell has three goals in his last three games 

  • Tyler Pitlick has points in consecutive games for Iowa (2-2=4) and is riding a four-game point streak (3-3=6) dating back to Nov. 9 vs. Rockford 

  • Caedan Bankier has registered a point in three games in a row (1-2=3) 

  • David Jiricek is riding a three-game point streak (1-2=3) 

  • Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (1-3=5) also has points in three games in a row 

OLYMPIC HOCKEY 

  • Samuel Hlavaj stopped 39-of-40 shots in his Olympic debut to backstop Slovakia to a 4-1 win over Finland last Wednesday 

  • Hlavaj has appeared in four games for Slovakia, which advanced to the semifinals with a 6-2 win over Germany on Wednesday 

  • David Spacek and Czechia were eliminated in quarterfinal play with a 5-4 overtime loss to Canada on Wednesday 

For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, visit www.iowawild.com. Fans can purchase single-game tickets through the team’s website at www.iowawild.com. Group tickets (10 or more), suites, Wild 365 memberships or premium tickets can be purchased by contacting the Iowa Wild Ticket Department at 515-564-8700 or tickets@iowawild.com. Season tickets for 2026-27 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365. 

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