GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ONTARIO REIGN

Jan 4, 2026

Iowa Wild (10-20-1-1; 22 pts.) at Ontario Reign (19-10-1-1; 40 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild travel to Toyota Center to visit the Ontario Reign on Sunday at 5 p.m.  

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 7-7-1-1 (4-3-1-0 at Iowa, 3-4-0-1 at Ontario)  

Last Time: Ontario scored the final four goals of the game to take a 7-4 win at Iowa in the final game of the 2024-25 season series... Michael Milne, Luke Toporowski, and Gavin Hain scored for the Wild... Samuel Fagemo, Glenn Gawdin, and Jeff Malott each scored twice for the Reign 

2024-25: Iowa finished 2-2-0-0 against Ontario during the last season series... Graeme Clarke (2-2=4), Michael Milne (2-2=4), and Liam Öhgren (0-4=4) paced the Wild offensively... Samuel Hlavaj went 2-1-0 with a 2.01 GAA and a 0.941 SV%... Glenn Gawdin (5-2=7) paced the Reign in goals and points... Martin Chromiak and Charles Hudon each registered four assists 

TEAM NOTES 

GOING STREAKING: Iowa has earned points in four games in a row (3-0-1)... The last time the Wild picked up points in four games in a row came from Apr. 1-6, 2025 (4-0-0)... Iowa’s last five-game point streak came during the 2023-24 season (Mar. 17-29, 2024, 4-0-1) 

LOW SCORING AFFAIRS: Iowa has not allowed more than two goals in regulation in four games in a row... The Wild have scored two goals or fewer in five of the last six contests 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa’s power play unit has scored in three games in a row (4-for-7)... The Wild last scored power-play goals in three consecutive games during a five-game stretch in 2024-25 (Nov. 3-16, 2024, 7-for-25)... Iowa has allowed two power-play goals in the last seven games (2-for-22) 

OLYMPIC SELECTIONS 

• Seven different Iowa Wild alumni have been selected to represent their countries at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games 

• Matt Boldy (United States), Louis Boudon (France), Joel Eriksson Ek (Sweden), Erik Haula (Finland) Darcy Kuemper (Canada), Nico Sturm (Germany) and Jesper Wallstedt (Sweden) will each represent their respective country 

HOT HANDS 

• Ben Jones has goals in three games in a row 

• Jones is the first Iowa skater this season to score in three consecutive games 

• David Spacek (1-1=2) registered his fourth multi-point game of the season on Wednesday 

• Spacek is tied with Nicolas Aubé-Kubel for the team lead in multi-point games this season 

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