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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

Feb 28, 2026

Iowa Wild (17-29-4-1; 39 pts.) at Grand Rapids Griffins (40-8-3-4; 84 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Grand Rapids Griffins wrap up a weekend series at Van Andel Arena on Saturday 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: 37-39-9-10 (17-16-8-7 at Iowa, 20-23-1-3 at Grand Rapids) 

Last Time: Iowa scored the first three goals of the game and outlasted Grand Rapids in a 3-2 win at Van Andel Arena on Friday night... Hunter Haight, Oskar Olausson, and Caedan Bankier scored for the Wild... Cal Petersen tied a season-high with 32 saves and recorded his 100th career AHL win 

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 

WIN STREAK: Iowa has won four games in a row for the first time this season... The Wild last won five consecutive games during the 2022-23 season (Mar. 3 - 12, 2023) 

SEASON SERIES: Four of six games of the season series have been decided by a single goal... Iowa earned its first win of the season series on Friday... Gerry Mayhew (3-3=6) and Ben Gleason (0-6=6) lead Iowa in points... Grand Rapids has outscored Iowa 8-4 in second periods and 6-1 in third periods 

WINNING MONTH: The Wild are 5-3-0 in February and will finish with the first winning month of the season 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored a first period goal in four consecutive games 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has not scored on the man advantage in five consecutive games... The Wild are 0-for-16 on the power play over that span 

MULTI-POINT GAMES 

  • Oskar Olausson has registered back-to-back two-point games 

  • Olausson previously registered three two-point games in a row during the 2023-24 season with Colorado (Jan. 20-26, 2024) 

  • Olausson’s four-game point streak (2-4=6) is the longest of his professional career 

HOT HANDS 

  • Jean-Luc Foudy has assists in back-to-back games 

  • Nicolas Aubé-Kubel has four points (1-3=4) in Iowa’s last three games 

  • Oskar Olausson has nine points (3-6=9) in his last seven games 

  • Cal Petersen has won three starts in a row and allowed four goals over those games 

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