Andrew Hammond made 26 saves and earned his second shutout of the postseason, leading Iowa to a 2-0 win over Chicago in Game 3 of the Central Division Finals on Sunday afternoon.
The Wolves’ series lead is down to 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Wednesday in Des Moines, where the Wild have now outscored their opponents 15-1 in three games this postseason.
Iowa jumped in front when Matt Read collected a loose puck behind the Chicago net and centered to Luke Kunin, who snapped home a shot from between the circles at 17:05 of the opening period. It was Kunin’s third goal of the series and sixth of the playoffs.
Read finished off the victory by scoring an empty-net goal with 54.9 seconds to go in the game.
Iowa was 4-for-4 on the penalty kill in Game 3, and has allowed only one power-play goal in 32 chances this postseason (96.9 percent).
Oscar Dansk (4-2) stopped 18 of 19 shots for the Wolves, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
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