Looking to go over .500 on the road, the Texas Stars fell behind quickly and dropped the first game of the weekend series to the Iowa Wild 5-3 in front 6,550 at Wells Fargo Arena. After completing a weekend sweep of the Manitoba Moose at home, the Stars were unable to maintain the momentum and found themselves playing from behind all night. Ben Jones scored two goals and assisted on another three for the home team.
The loss dropped the Stars to 7-4 on the season and was goaltender Magnus Hellberg's first defeat of the season, putting him at 6-1.