The offences had their way in the opening 20 minutes, with each team finding the back of the net three times. Lucas Wahlin ripped a shot over the shoulder of Ruslan Khazheyev 1:14 into the frame, which was followed quickly by a second Moose marker. Alfons Freij swatted home his first career AHL goal, putting Manitoba up 2-0. Brayden Yager made it 3-0, wiring home a shot past Khazheyev to finish off a scramble on the power play. The Wolves got their offence rolling midway through the period. Juha Jääskä brought Chicago within two, and under four minutes later, Skyler Brind’Amour made it 3-2. Bradly Nadeau then ripped a one-timer past Thomas Milic with 30 seconds to go in the period, helping the Wolves erase the early 3-0 deficit before the break.

The Moose jumped right back in front when Danny Zhilkin beat Khazheyev from the wing, 2:22 into the second, to give the Moose the lead once again. Kevin He scored his second goal in as many games 11:56 into the frame, with Colby Barlow sending a perfect cross-ice pass to his linemate. Noah Gregor extended the lead to 6-3 less than two minutes later, knocking a rolling puck into the twine. Milic made a sprawling save right off the ensuing faceoff, and locked things down from there to ensure the Moose went into the locker room up by a trio.

Manitoba put the game out of reach in the third. Davis Burnside jumped on a rebound and slotted it home for his first AHL goal. Yager followed it up with his second goal of the contest two minutes later, giving the Moose an 8-3 victory. Milic made 25 saves in the win.

Quotable

Moose forward Davis Burnside (click for full interview)

“It felt really good. I’m just happy that we were able to get a win. Great weekend overall and just happy that the boys were able to get two wins.”

Statbook

• Colby Barlow has seven points (5G, 2A) over his past six regular season games dating back to 2025-26
• Davis Burnside and Alfons Freij each scored their first AHL goal
• Lukas Gustafsson led all players with a plus-four rating
• 12 different Moose recorded at least one point, while four had multi-point games
• Noah Gregor (1G, 2A) matched, and Brayden Yager (2G, 1A) set, career highs with three points in the game