Borya Valis opened the scoring for Toronto 2:13 into the game with a backdoor tip over the left pad of Riley Mercer (17 saves) on the power play.
Carson Lambos evened the score for the Wild with a wrister through traffic 2:25 later with an assist from Caedan Bankier.
Iowa took the lead at the end of a power play at 6:45. Elliot Desnoyer set up Jean-Luc Foudy for a one-timer from the left circle and Bankier punched the rebound into an empty net.
Gerry Mayhew made the score 3-1 with a nifty deflection that squeezed between Vyacheslav Peska (four saves) and the near post at 8:54. Oskar Olausson and Dylan Gambrell assisted with Mayhew’s count.
Iowa outscored Toronto 7-3 in the first period. Artur Akhtyamov (14 saves) replaced Peska after 20 minutes.
The Marlies responded with a four-goal burst in the middle frame. Valis found the back of the net again at 2:59 before Logan Shaw added a pair of goals at 10:53 and 16:25. Logan Haymes made it 5-3 with one second left with a shot under the crossbar from the wall.
The Marlies defeated the Wild 21-14 through 40 minutes.
The Wild rallied to close the margin to one goal with 4:36 remaining. After Desnoyers sent a centering pass to Foudy, Olausson pounced on a loose puck and knocked it past Akthyamov.
Each team finished with 22 shots. The Wild went 1-for-4 with the man advantage, while the Marlies finished 3-for-6 on the power play.
Iowa hosts the Texas Stars on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m
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