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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

Feb 27, 2026

Iowa Wild (16-29-4-1; 37 pts.) at Grand Rapids Griffins (40-7-3-4; 84 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Grand Rapids Griffins play the first game of a weekend set at Van Andel Arena on Friday at 6 p.m. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 36-39-9-10 (17-16-8-7 at Iowa, 19-23-1-3 at Grand Rapids) 

Last Time: Grand Rapids opened up a three-goal lead in the first 4:34 on Dec. 19 en route to a 6-2 win over Iowa at Casey’s Center... David Spacek and Dylan Gambrell scored their first goals of the season for the Wild... Both of Iowa’s goals came on the power play (2-for-5)... Grand Rapids finished 1-for-7 with the man advantage 

2024-25: Iowa finished 4-2-1-1 against Grand Rapids in 2024-25... The Wild earned points in each of the final five meetings with the Griffins... Graeme Clarke (2-3=5), Ben Jones (2-3=5), and David Spacek (1-4=5) led Iowa skaters in points against Grand Rapids... Hunter Haight scored four times against the Griffins 

TEAM NOTES 

SEASON SERIES: The first three games of the season series were decided by a single goal... Grand Rapids won the last two meetings by a combined seven goals... Gerry Mayhew (3-3=6) and Ben Gleason (0-6=6) lead Iowa in points... 21 different Griffins skaters have recorded a point against the Wild this season... Grand Rapids has outscored Iowa 7-3 in second periods and 5-1 in third periods 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored a first period goal in three consecutive games... The Wild have allowed a first period goal in four games in a row... Iowa has not allowed a third period goal in the last four games 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has not scored on the man advantage or allowed a power-play goal in four consecutive games... The Wild are 0-for-15 on the power play and 9-for-9 on the penalty kill over that span 

CARSON CLUTCH 

  • Carson Lambos has scored the game-winning goal in overtime in two of Iowa’s last three games 

  • Lambos is tied with Nicolas Aubé-Kubel and Hunter Haight for the team-lead in game-winning goals (2) 

  • Lambos has a career high in goals (7) and needs four points to pass his previous career high in points (19, 2024-25) 

HOT HANDS 

  • Carson Lambos is riding a three-game point streak (2-2=4) 

  • Oskar Olausson has also recorded a point in three games in a row (1-3=4) 

  • David Jiricek has points in back-to-back games (0-2=2) 

  • Cal Petersen has won each of his last two starts and allowed a single goal in each 

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