WINNIPEG, MTB, CAN – The Iowa Wild (7-10-0-1, 15 points) defeated the Manitoba Moose (7-6-1-1, 16 points) 1-0 in overtime in front of 4,865 fans at the MTS Centre on Tuesday night. 
Iowa goalie Alex Stalock made 28 saves for the shutout and forward Teemu Pulkkinen scored 1:26 into overtime, catapulting the Wild past the Moose. Stalock (3-5-0) stopped 14 shots in the first period en route to his first shutout of the season. Pulkkinen’s goal ended Iowa’s winless drought on the road at three games (0-3-0-0).
Moose goalie Eric Comrie (4-5-0) made 34 saves on his way to an overtime defeat. The same two teams meet again on Wednesday in Winnipeg at 7 PM CT.
After 60 minutes of scoreless hockey that saw Iowa outshoot Manitoba 33-28. Iowa caught the Moose on a line change in overtime, as defenseman Gustav Olofsson snapped a pass through the neutral zone for Teemu Pulkkinen. He raced in on goalie Eric Comrie and flicked a wrist shot past the glove of the Moose goalie for his fourth goal of the season and a 1-0 victory. Center Jordan Schroeder also had an assist on the game-winning goal.
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