The Grand Rapids Griffins beat the Chicago Wolves 5-1 on Sunday afternoon at Allstate Arena, as five different players scored and Red Wings prospect Carter Bear finished with a goal and two assists in Grand Rapids’ first game since Oct. 24.

Chase Stillman opened the scoring 4:34 into the first period with his first goal of the season, set up by Bear and defenseman Axel Sandin-Pellikka, who was playing his first game for the Griffins since Detroit assigned him on Friday. Bear, a 2025 first-round pick of the Red Wings, made it 2-0 at 17:14 of the second, finishing a play started by Ondrej Becher and Shai Buium.

The Griffins pulled away in the third. Noah Dower Nilsson scored his first of the season on the power play at 6:23, with assists from Jesse Kiiskinen and Dylan James, and captain Dominik Shine added his fifth at 14:13, assisted by Bear and Skoog. Chicago’s Cerrato spoiled the shutout bid at 15:33 before Kienan Draper sealed it with an empty-net goal at 16:53, his first of the season.

Michal Postava made 25 saves on 26 shots and was named the game’s first star, improving to 5-0 this season. Grand Rapids outshot Chicago 33-26, including 15-12 in the third, and went 1-for-4 on the power play while not taking a penalty all afternoon. Zach Sawchenko stopped 28 of 32 shots for the Wolves before an announced crowd of 7,221.

The Griffins, who entered the day atop the AHL standings, improved to 8-1-1-1 and stretched their point streak to seven games. They also won the season’s second meeting with Chicago, which had gone 5-0-0-1 in its previous six games. The game came on the same day Detroit recalled forward John Leonard, tied for third in the AHL with four power-play goals, and Grand Rapids recalled forward Nolan Moyle from the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye.

Grand Rapids is off until Wednesday, Nov. 4, when it faces the Texas Stars at 7 p.m., followed by the Milwaukee Admirals on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. Both games stream on AHLTV on FloHockey and air on WOOD 106.9 FM and 1300 AM.

Sources

• AHL official game report: Grand Rapids at Chicago, Nov. 1, 2026
• AHL Game Center
• Grand Rapids Griffins: Game Notes, Griffins at Wolves, Nov. 1, 2026
• Grand Rapids Griffins: Leonard Recalled by Detroit, Moyle Recalled by Griffins
• Detroit Red Wings: Red Wings activate Carter Bear and Chase Stillman from injured non-roster