DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Wild (3-7-1-2, 9 points) were defeated by the Lake Erie Monsters (5-2-0-2, 12 points) 3-2 in a shootout in front of 5,322 fans at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday night. The Monsters used a shootout goal from forward Sonny Milano to push past the Wild. Lake Erie goalie Joonas Korpisalo (2-0-0-2) made 35 saves on 37 shots and shut the door in the shootout for his second victory of the season. Iowa goalie Leland Irving (2-2-1-2) made 33 saves on 35 shots in the loss. Forwards Grayson Downing and Kellan Lain each scored a regulation goal for the Wild. Lake Erie received regulation goals from defenseman Michael Paliotta and forward Michael Chaput. The Wild and Monsters rematch tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.
In his season debut, Wild forward Grayson Downing opened the scoring at 3:58of the first period. Defensemen Mike Reilly and Zach Palmquist each tallied an assist on the play. Reilly carried the puck down the right boards and into the offensive zone. Slowing up inside the blue line, Reilly found Downing behind the Monsters defense. Downing took Reilly’s pass as he broke to the net, making a move to his backhand and raising the puck over Korpisalo’s shoulder for a 1-0 Wild lead. Lake Erie defenseman Michael Paliotta tied the game 1-1 at17:41 of the first. Forwards Alex Broadhurst and Daniel Zaar each picked up an assist on the power-play goal. Broadhurst moved the puck back to Paliotta along the right boards. Paliotta fired a shot past Irving from above the right circle, sneaking the puck inside the far post.
Monsters center Michael Chaput scored on the power play at 12:35 of the second period. Broadhurst picked up his second assist of the night on the play. He fed the puck to forward Ryan Craig on the left of the goal. Craig one-touched a pass to Chaput in the slot. Chaput one-timed the puck past Irving, off the left post and into the net for a 2-1 lead.
Wild forward Kellan Lain tied the game 2-2 at 15:57 of the third period with his first goal of the season. Forward Jared Knight and defenseman Zach Palmquist each had an assist on the goal. Korpisalo made a leg save on Palmquist’s shot from the point, redirecting the puck to the right side. Lain one-timed the rebound into the net before Korpisalo could recover, sending the game to overtime.
Neither team scored in the overtime period, sending the game to a shootout. Korpisalo stopped all three shooters he faced and Milano beat Irving on the backhand, giving the Monsters the extra point.
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