GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHICAGO WOLVES

Oct 18, 2026

Iowa Wild (3-1-1-1; 8 pts.) at Chicago Wolves (1-4-0-0; 2 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild wrap up a three-game weekend road trip with a visit to Allstate Arena to take on the Chicago Wolves on Sunday at 3 p.m. 

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ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 43-60-10-4 (22-31-4-3 at Iowa, 21-29-6-1 at Chicago) 

Last Time: Iowa battled back to earn a point in a 2-1 overtime loss at Allstate Arena on Saturday night... Aleksi Heimosalmi scored a power-play goal 3:11 into the second period... Mason Shaw tied the game with 1:40 remaining... Josiah Slavin scored the winner for the Wolves 4:19 into overtime... Riley Mercer made 23 saves for Iowa 

2025-26: Iowa finished 5-4-0-1 against Chicago in 2025-26... Dylan Gambrell (3-3=6) and Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (2-4=6) led Wild skaters in points against the Wolves... Riley Mercer went 2-0-0 with a 0.48 GAA and a 0.979 SV% against Chicago... William Rousseau finished 1-1-1 with a 2.40 GAA and a 0.913 SV% 

TEAM NOTES 

STARTING STRONG: Iowa has picked up points in five of their first six games (3-1-1-1) and are riding a three-game point streak (2-0-1-0)... The Wild had five point streaks of at least four games last season... Iowa’s longest point streak of 2025-26 lasted five games (Mar. 6-20, 4-0-1-0) 

POWER PLAY DROUGHT: Iowa’s power play is scoreless in the last 23 opportunities... The Wild last scored with the man advantage on Oct. 3 at Texas (Riley Heidt, P3/12:11)... Iowa’s longest power play scoreless streak of 2025-26 spanned 22 chances across eight games (Feb. 14-Mar. 7) 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has played three scoreless first periods this season... The team scoring in the second period has won each of Iowa’s last four games... The Wild have not posted a double digit shot total in the last seven regulation periods 

CAPTAIN CLUTCH 

• Mason Shaw secured a point for Iowa with a late tying goal on Saturday night at Chicago 

• Shaw has points in four of his last five games (2-4=6) 

• The Wainwright, Alberta native leads the Wild in assists and points 

• Shaw is also tied for the team lead in PIM with Caedan Bankier (11) 

SHOT STATS 

• Iowa ranks 19th in the AHL in shots per game (28.00) 

• Chicago ranks 25th in shots (26.8) 

• The Wild have allowed the second fewest shots per game (24.00) 

• The Wolves rank 18th in shots allowed (28.60) 

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