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Game Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n DES MOINES, Iowa\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Iowa Wild battled back to force overtime with a late goal before falling 3-2 to the Texas Stars in the extra session on Wednesday night at Casey\u2019s Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jack Becker opened the scoring for Texas 4:56 into the game when he hammered a one-timer past Samuel Hlavaj (33 saves) from the left circle.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Wild tied the score on the power play with 5:12 to play in the first period.\u00a0After Boris\u00a0Katchouk\u00a0sent the puck up to Hunter Haight at the right point, Haight\u00a0set David Spacek up for a one-timer through Remi Poirier (24 saves).\u00a0<\/p>\n Texas outshot Iowa 14-13 in the first 20 minutes of play.\u00a0<\/p>\n Becker put the Stars up 2-1 with a backdoor tap-in 13:42 into the middle frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Stars outshot the Wild 22-17 through two periods.\u00a0<\/p>\n Iowa forced overtime with just 23 seconds\u00a0remaining\u00a0when Spacek sent a shot pass to the side of the net that Ben Jones redirected into the back of the cage. Nicolas\u00a0Aub\u00e9-Kubel also earned an assist on the tying goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nathan Bastian secured the extra point for Texas 2:24 into overtime with a wrister inside the right post.\u00a0<\/p>\n Texas\u00a0outshot\u00a0Iowa 36-26. The Wild finished 1-for-2 on the man advantage and held the Stars scoreless on three power plays.\u00a0<\/p>\n Iowa resumes play on Sunday, Jan. 4 at 5 p.m. against the Ontario Reign at Toyota Arena.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Iowa Wild hockey is presented by Kwik Star. For more information on Iowa Wild\u00a0hockey, please visit\u202fwww.iowawild.com<\/a>. Season tickets for 2026-27\u00a0are on sale now. Fans can\u00a0purchase\u00a0season tickets for the upcoming season at\u202fhttps:\/\/www.iowawild.com\/wild-365<\/a>.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n