GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS

Mar 28, 2025

Iowa Wild (22-32-5-1; 50 pts.) at Springfield Thunderbirds (30-26-2-4; 66 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild travel to MassMutual Center to visit the Springfield Thunderbirds on Friday at 6:05 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 0-2-0-0 (0-2-0-0 at Wells Fargo Arena, 0-0-0-0 at Springfield) 

Last Time: Springfield scored the final four goals to earn a 7-2 win over Iowa and complete a weekend sweep on Feb. 1 at Wells Fargo Arena... Travis Boyd and Luke Toporowski scored for Iowa... Hugh McGing scored twice for Springfield... Vadim Zherenko stopped 48-of-50 shots to earn the win in net for the Thunderbirds 

Previous Season Series: Iowa and Springfield had never played each other prior to the 2024-25 season series... The Wild had played 20 of the other 31 AHL clubs entering 2024-25 

TEAM NOTES 

THREE OR MORE: Iowa has scored three or more goals in 11 of the last 13 games... The Wild are 16-3-1-0 when reaching four goals in a game this season 

MIDDLE FRAME: Iowa has scored two goals in the second period in five games in a row... The Wild have scored in the middle frame in six consecutive games... Opponents have scored in the second period in seven games in a row 

SEASON SERIES: Iowa scored three goals in two games against Springfield at Wells Fargo Arena... The Thunderbirds posted just five shots in the third periods of the two contests... Springfield outscored Iowa 11-3... The Thunderbirds outshot Iowa 108-78 

FIRST GOALS: Iowa has allowed the first goal in eight of the last nine games... The Wild are 4-3-2-0 over that stretch 

HOT HANDS 

• Michael Milne has recorded two goals in back-to-back games 

• Milne had previously posted back-to-back two-point games once in his AHL career (2023-24) 

• Travis Boyd has six points (4-2=6) over Iowa’s last four games 

NEW RECORD 

• Iowa set a new mark for fastest consecutive goals in team history on Wednesday against Chicago 

• Travis Boyd and Michael Milne scored 10 seconds apart in the second period 

• The previous mark for fastest consecutive goals came on Apr. 16, 2021, when Gerry Mayhew and Brandon Duhaime scored 14 seconds apart at Grand Rapids 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT 

• Springfield enters Friday’s contest having lost six games in a row 

• The Thunderbirds have allowed 33 goals over the last six games 

• Springfield has scored five goals over their last four games 

• Nikita Alexandrov has points in three games in a row (2-1=3) 

• Matthew Peca has registered an assist in three consecutive games 

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