Tale of the Tape: Nov. 19, 2017 vs. Rockford

• 0: Twenty-seven of 30 American Hockey League teams have netted at least one short-handed goal this season. However, the Chicago Wolves are one of the three clubs — a group that includes the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Hartford Wolf Pack — without a short-handed marker. Conversely, the Charlotte Checkers — former division rivals of the Wolves — are leading the league with four shorties. The Grand Rapids Griffins, Rochester Americans, Rockford IceHogs and Tucson Roadrunners are all next with three penalty-kill markers.

• 3: The most goals allowed by the Chicago Wolves in a single period of play is three. The instance has arisen six times against four separate opponents. The latest occurrence was Friday against Manitoba when the Moose piled up three goals in the opening period. In Chicago’s previous two contests against Milwaukee, the Admirals scored three goals in the first period (Nov. 8) and second period (Nov. 12) en route to victory. Grand Rapids shook down the Wolves for a 5-3 win on Oct. 27 with a three-goal third period.

• 4: Friday’s 6-4 loss to Manitoba Moose was one of four games in which the Chicago Wolves have collected four or more goals this season. The club’s record when scoring four or more goals? 1-2-1-0. None of the three losses were blowouts, either. The Wolves opened the season with a pair of 6-5 losses — one in overtime — to the Texas Stars. Friday’s loss included an empty-net insurance goal for the home team. Chicago’s sole victory while scoring four-plus goals was a 5-2 home-opening victory on Oct. 14 against the Ontario Reign.

• 6: The Chicago Wolves come into Sundays game with five consecutive regulation losses and are hoping to avoid No. 6. The franchise record stands as seven consecutive losses that was set nearly two decades ago from Dec. 23, 2000, to Jan. 6, 2001. However, the Wolves found a way to turn the tides that season and ended up competing in the Turner Cup Final during the International Hockey League final season. It was one of six times Chicago has been to a championship final and only one of two times they didn’t earn the title.

• 9: On Friday, the Chicago Wolves and Manitoba Moose recorded goals just nine seconds apart. That time frame is the quickest of the season for the Wolves and an opponent. It’s almost 12 seconds better than last season when Mackenzie MacEachern and Adam Gilmour netted goals 21 seconds apart in a 4-2 Wolves win over the Iowa Wild on Dec. 3 at Allstate Arena. Friday’s back-to-back tallies began with a Jason Garrison goal and ended with Jack Roslovic’s fourth point of the game and a 5-4 Moose lead.

• 34: On Friday, the Chicago Wolves — really the Manitoba Moose — pushed Chicago’s season-high for combined penalty minutes in a game to 34. The Wolves logged 10 minutes — five infractions — in Friday’s contest while the Moose earned 24 minutes — including a 10-minute misconduct for Branden Lemieux. While Chicago has relinquished its “least penalty minutes in the league” title, the Wolves average the second-fewest minutes with 10.71 per game.

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