Tale of the Tape: Feb. 3, 2018 vs. Rockford

• 6: The last time the Chicago Wolves faced the Rockford IceHogs, the Wolves netted six goals en route to a 6-2 Illinois Lottery Cup victory. That contest was also the 10th in Chicago’s franchise-record-tying 14-game point streak that ran from Dec. 9 to Jan. 6. It was the third of four times the Wolves have put a up a season-high six goals in a game. They first accomplished the feat in back-to-back games on Dec. 15 and 16 in identical 6-3 victories over the Grand Rapids Griffins and Iowa Wild, respectively. Most recently, the Wolves throttled the Bakersfield Condors 6-1 in the Condors’ Allstate Arena debut for Chicago’s largest margin of victory this season.

• 8: During their franchise-record home win streak, the Chicago Wolves have defeated eight different opponents, including all six of their Central Division adversaries. Chicago twice faced the Cleveland Monsters (Jan. 3, 21), Grand Rapids Griffins (Dec. 21, Jan. 6) and Milwaukee Admirals (Dec. 17, Feb. 2) at Allstate Arena. The Iowa Wild (Dec. 16), Manitoba Moose (Jan. 5) and Rockford IceHogs (Dec. 30) each have earned just one “L” at Allstate Arena during Chicago’s winning stint. On Jan. 5, the Wolves faced their tallest task — overcoming the then-league leading Moose. The team climbed that hill in spectacular fashion as the game included three-goal efforts from center Brandon Pirri and Manitoba’s Buddy Robinson. Forward Teemu Pulkkinen came through with his second overtime goal of the season for the victory. The Wolves collected victories over the Pacific Division’s Bakersfield Condors (Jan. 20) and the San Diego Gulls (Dec. 6) in each foe’s debut at Allstate Arena.

• 19: During their franchise record 11-game home win streak, 19 different skaters have combined for 48 goals for the Chicago Wolves. Of course, the usual suspects have done the majority of the scoring — Tomas Hyka, Brandon Pirri and T.J. Tynan each netting six goals — while some players have produced their first tallies of the 2017-18 campaign: forward Scooter Vaughan and defensemen Jake Bischoff, Chris Casto and Kevin Lough. Captain Paul Thompson has collected five goals while center Wade Megan and forward Stefan Matteau each own four goals and Beau Bennett has three. Veterans Brett Sterling and Teemu Pulkkinen each scored twice — one of Pulkkinen’s goals serving as the overtime winner on Jan. 5 against the then-top ranked Manitoba Moose. Ivan Barbashev (now with St. Louis), Jason Garrison (now with Vegas), Bryce Gervais, Tobias Lindberg, Mackenzie MacEachern and Tyler Wong also have found the scoresheet.

• 36: The Chicago Wolves and Rockford IceHogs did not face each other until Nov. 19. In that contest, goaltender C.J. Motte made a season-high 36 saves, but it was not enough as the Wolves fell 4-3 to the IceHogs in their first shootout of the season. That game was just the third time this season the Wolves went to extra time to decide an outcome. It was also the first of three extra-time losses at the tail end of Chicago’s eight-game winless streak. Three games later, Chicago would snap that streak with a 4-3 victory against Rockford on Nov. 25 at Allstate Arena.

Game Rewind

Friday, Feb. 2 (at) Chicago 4, Milwaukee 1

• Chicago beat Milwaukee for its fourth victory in the 12-game season series.
• Forward Stefan Matteau’s three consecutive goals were his first professional hat trick.
• Captain Paul Thompson scored an empty-net tally for Chicago’s fourth goal.
• Goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo made 19 saves in his fifth consecutive start.