MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Milwaukee Admirals scored three goals over a span of 7:58 in the second period to take a 3-1 win over the Iowa Wild on Wednesday night. Jujhar Khaira scored Iowa’s lone goal.
Iowa and Milwaukee played a scoreless opening frame. The Admirals outshot the Wild 9-8 through the first 20 minutes.
Fedor Svechkov opened the scoring for the Admirals at 3:24 of the second period when he beat Jesper Wallstedt (28 saves) over the glove with a shot from close quarters on a 2-on-1.
Roland McKeown put Milwaukee up 2-0 with a one-timer through a screen just 1:45 later.
The Admirals extended their lead to three goals at 11:22 of the middle frame when Mark Jankowski rifled a shot from the left circle off the post and in.
Khaira pulled the Wild back within two goals with 30 seconds left in the second period. Nic Petan pushed the puck up to the point for Daemon Hunt and Khaira tipped Hunt’s shot past Yaroslav Askarov (25 saves).
Milwaukee entered the second intermission with a 3-1 advantage and a 25-18 lead in shots.
Iowa was unable to rally and Askarov turned aside 10 shots in the third period to close out the contest.
The Admirals outshot the Wild 31-28. Iowa went 0-for-3 on the man advantage and killed off Milwaukee’s only power play.
Iowa visits the Hershey Bears on Saturday, Nov. 25 at 6 p.m.
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