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Joel Eriksson Ek has 32 points (11 goals, 21 assists) in 44 games for the Minnesota Wild this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 20) of the 2015 NHL Draft by the Minnesota Wild, he has 331 points (147 goals, 184 assists) in 588 regular-season games for the Minnesota Wild.

He also has 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) in 32 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagSWE
    Age: 28.9 yrs (29.01.1997)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 94 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 20th in 2015
    Draft Team: Team logoMinnesota Wild
    Awards: -
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The 28-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Wild controlling 56% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Joel Eriksson Ek is off the ice, the Wild control 48% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 32% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 35% in the defensive zone.

  • 81

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 52nd of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 5th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    77.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.10
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    20.53
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.14
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.57
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.72
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.49
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.48
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.74
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    1.18
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.34
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    3.40
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    8.74
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.33
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.38
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.95
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.09
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.40
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    0.65
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.34
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    9.44
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    10.04
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.250M
Player Contract Value: $8.500M
Remaining: 4 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2029 UFA
Age at the end: 33.4 yrs (29.01.1997)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 1 1 2 4 16:18 2 50.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 0 0 -1 20:16 2 0.0% 0
02.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 2 2 1 18:41 2 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 1 0 1 1 23:11 5 20.0% 2
05.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 -1 21:01 5 0.0% 0
Total 5 2 3 5 4 16 12.5% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Wild 15 3 4 7 1 10:37 15 20.0% 4
2017-18 Team Logo Wild 75 6 10 16 2 12:46 124 4.8% 22
2018-19 Team Logo Wild 58 7 7 14 -7 13:30 111 6.3% 20
2019-20 Team Logo Wild 62 8 21 29 7 15:43 102 7.8% 22
2020-21 Team Logo Wild 56 19 11 30 16 17:03 119 16.0% 20
2021-22 Team Logo Wild 77 26 23 49 16 18:34 223 11.7% 28
2022-23 Team Logo Wild 78 23 38 61 4 19:00 247 9.3% 44
2023-24 Team Logo Wild 77 30 34 64 18 20:31 267 11.2% 60
2024-25 Team Logo Wild 46 14 15 29 9 19:46 140 10.0% 22
2025-26 Team Logo Wild 44 11 21 32 12 19:49 130 8.5% 20
Season Projection 82 20 39 59 22 19:49 242 8.3% 37
Total 588 147 184 331 78 1478 9.9% 262
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Wild 3 0 0 0 0 7:34 5 0.0% 0
2017-18 Team Logo Wild 5 0 1 1 0 12:46 10 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Wild 4 1 0 1 1 14:24 8 12.5% 2
2020-21 Team Logo Wild 7 2 1 3 0 17:49 21 9.5% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Wild 6 3 2 5 1 18:10 20 15.0% 8
2022-23 Team Logo Wild 1 0 0 0 0 0:19 0 0
2024-25 Team Logo Wild 6 0 3 3 0 22:00 19 0.0% 4
Total 32 6 7 13 2 83 7.2% 16
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Joel Eriksson Ek Team Logo C 28.9 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 0.73 0.56 79 85 $5.250M
87% Valeri Nichushkin Team Logo RW 30.8 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.79 0.57 83 81 $6.125M
84% Pavel Zacha Team Logo C 28.8 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.63 0.55 76 80 $4.750M
83% Adrian Kempe Team Logo RW 29.3 yrs 188 cm / 92 kg 0.83 0.65 80 78 $5.500M
81% Juraj Slafkovský Team Logo LW 21.8 yrs 191 cm / 101 kg 0.76 0.59 85 79 $7.600M
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