C · MIN · NHL id 8478493
Joel Eriksson Ek has played 1 game for the Minnesota Wild in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 3 shots while averaging 20:20 a night (11:54 at even strength, 5:32 on the power play and 1:38 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 91% of his 5v5 minutes with Matt Boldy and 78% with Quinn Hughes in his only game so far, and the Wild have controlled 76% of shot attempts with Eriksson Ek on the ice (1-0 in goals). In the Wild's most recent game against NSH he was on L3 with Blake Coleman and Matt Boldy and on PP1.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs NSH, detected from shift data
- +2:17 PP TOI
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 19:04 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 7 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at MIN: 7 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals, 0.32 expected goals; best chance Joel Eriksson Ek at 0.11 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 70 GP · 51 points vs 49.4 expected
Last 20 games: -25. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 9.8%
- 103.7
- 50.0%
- G vs xG
- 19 / 20.3
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (PP share 55% → 66%): some of the heat may be real.
- • Shot diet improved: 0.107 xG per attempt lately vs 0.076 before (more from the slot).
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 3 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played70
- Goals19136th of 715
- Assists32114th of 715
- Points51123rd of 715
- Power-play points16106th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal19461st of 715
- Hits106165th of 715
- Blocked shots34398th of 715
- Plus/minus+1664th of 715
- Penalty minutes32262nd of 715
- Faceoffs won68115th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)50.0%306th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)50.1%313th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)51.3%254th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.1%268th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)48.6%425th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)48.8%413th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.35159th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.023246th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.15690th of 719
- Faceoff win %49.0%122nd of 238
- Draw Equity /100−0.012120th of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game19:05175th of 715
- Power-play time per game3:2934th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %44.4%507th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.13200th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO103752nd of 719
- Goals above expected−1.3506th of 715
- Luck Meter+14264th of 828
- Ascension score53155th of 526
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.4300th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts95208th of 715
- Hardest shot91.4205th of 715
- Offensive-zone time44.4%126th of 715
Compare head to head
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 70 of 70 games through the sequence engine
- −0.012
- Season net
- −0.18xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.012
- Season
- −0.17G
- 49.0%1390 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 264-246 · NZ 193-199 · DZ 224-264
- Per 60
- 1.35
- Attempts
- 20
- 0.022
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Played 4:48 more than his 5-game averageNov 25, 2024 alerts →
- Played 9:53 more than his 5-game averageNov 23, 2024 alerts →
- Played 8:32 more than his 5-game averageNov 21, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Mar 23, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L3Feb 26, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L3Feb 24, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L3Feb 23, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Mar 27, 2022 alerts →
How the goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 vs DAL | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 61.9 | 3-on-2, one-timer | |
| Apr 18, 2026 @ DAL | Cycle | — | 1 | 44.4 | — | |
| Apr 18, 2026 @ DAL | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 61.3 | 5-on-4 | |
| Apr 7, 2026 vs SEA | Rush | carry | 0 | 61.0 | — | |
| Mar 26, 2026 @ FLA | Rebound | — | 1 | 26.3 | rebound | |
| Feb 26, 2026 @ COL | Deflection | carry | 1 | 15.9 | 5-on-4, deflection | |
| Feb 26, 2026 @ COL | Cycle | — | 1 | 27.6 | — | |
| Feb 2, 2026 vs MTL | Rush | carry | 1 | 72.5 | — | |
| Jan 31, 2026 @ EDM | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 38.0 | 1-on-0 | |
| Jan 27, 2026 vs CHI | Rebound | — | 0 | 30.0 | rebound | |
| Jan 24, 2026 vs FLA | Rebound | — | 7* | 28.8 | rebound | |
| Jan 3, 2026 @ LAK | Dump and chase | dump | 1* | 52.7 | — | |
| Dec 29, 2025 @ VGK | Deflection | carry | 2 | 23.5 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 23, 2025 vs NSH | Rebound | — | 0 | 28.9 | rebound | |
| Dec 18, 2025 @ CBJ | Deflection | carry | 0 | 4.9 | 3-on-2, rebound | |
| Dec 13, 2025 vs OTT | Forecheck turnover | carry | 2* | 65.1 | one-timer | |
| Dec 11, 2025 vs DAL | Rebound | carry | 1 | 14.6 | 2-on-1, rebound | |
| Dec 8, 2025 @ SEA | Cycle | carry | 2* | 28.7 | — | |
| Nov 21, 2025 @ PIT | Deflection | carry | 1* | 65.8 | 5-on-4 | |
| Nov 16, 2025 vs VGK | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 48.0 | one-timer | |
| Oct 26, 2025 vs SJS | Deflection | — | 3 | 36.1 | deflection | |
| Oct 9, 2025 @ STL | Rebound | — | 4 | 16.2 | rebound | |
| Apr 15, 2025 vs ANA | Rebound | pass | 0 | 2.7 | rebound | |
| Apr 9, 2025 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 58.8 | — | |
| Apr 9, 2025 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 4* | 4.0 | — | |
| Apr 9, 2025 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 4.2 | — | |
| Apr 9, 2025 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 7.1 | — | |
| Jan 26, 2025 @ CHI | Deflection | carry | 2* | 46.2 | — | |
| Jan 25, 2025 vs CGY | Rush | pass | 0 | 68.5 | — | |
| Jan 7, 2025 vs STL | Rush | carry | 0 | 61.0 | — | |
| Jan 4, 2025 @ CAR | Deflection | — | 4* | 33.1 | deflection | |
| Nov 1, 2024 vs TBL | Rush | carry | 0 | 56.7 | one-timer | |
| Oct 26, 2024 @ PHI | Rebound | — | 0 | 33.7 | rebound | |
| Oct 24, 2024 @ TBL | Cycle | — | 4 | 17.7 | — | |
| Oct 22, 2024 @ FLA | Odd-man rush | loose | 1 | 66.2 | 3-on-1 | |
| Oct 10, 2024 vs CBJ | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 50.2 | one-timer | |
| Mar 28, 2024 vs SJS | Rush | carry | 0 | 28.1 | — | |
| Mar 7, 2024 @ ARI | Cycle | — | 0 | 8.3 | — | |
| Feb 19, 2024 vs VAN | Cycle | carry | 5* | 65.1 | one-timer | |
| Feb 19, 2024 vs VAN | Deflection | — | 4* | 30.6 | one-timer |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Eriksson Ek
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Eriksson Ek apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | LW | 1 | 10:51 | 91% | 75.0% | 100% (1-0) | 100.0% 1:03 | 0.0% 1:41 |
| Quinn Hughes | D | 1 | 9:20 | 78% | 70.8% | 100% (1-0) | 100.0% 2:34 | 53.3% 11:10 |
| Jared Spurgeon | D | 1 | 7:26 | 62% | 66.7% | 100% (1-0) | 100.0% 4:28 | 38.5% 7:47 |
| Blake Coleman | LW | 1 | 6:16 | 53% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 100.0% 5:38 | 0.0% 4:00 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | LW | 1 | 4:23 | 37% | 100.0% | 100% (1-0) | 50.0% 7:31 | 30.8% 8:42 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 1 | 2:41 | 23% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 68.2% 9:13 | 33.3% 7:46 |
| Olli Maatta | D | 1 | 2:12 | 18% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 70.8% 9:42 | 39.3% 13:21 |
| Daemon Hunt | D | 1 | 1:17 | 11% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 75.0% 10:37 | 60.0% 8:00 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 890 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
teammates' average xGF%
75th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
97th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Top-line role: strong linemates against the other team's best.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Eriksson Ek's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Eriksson Ek's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ NSH | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45% | 20:20 | 11:54 | 5:32 | 1:38 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 20:20 | 20:20 | 34 | 13 | 72.3% | 71.1% | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.6 | 0.6 | 33% |
| Even strength | 1 | 11:54 | 11:54 | 22 | 7 | 75.9% | 75.0% | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.9 | 0.3 | — |
| 5v5 | 1 | 11:54 | 11:54 | 22 | 7 | 75.9% | 75.0% | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.9 | 0.3 | — |
| Power play | 1 | 5:32 | 5:32 | 10 | 1 | 90.9% | 88.9% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.7 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 1:38 | 1:38 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 1 | 4:52 | 4:52 | 9 | 1 | 90.0% | 87.5% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 20:20 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | MIN | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +7 | 6 | 24 | 12.5% | 15 | 3 | 23:44 |
| 2025-26 | MIN | 70 | 19 | 32 | 51 | +16 | 32 | 194 | 9.8% | 106 | 34 | 19:05 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | MIN | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0.0% | 8 | 10 | 22:00 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 46 | 14 | 15 | 29 | +9 | 22 | 140 | 10.0% | 82 | 36 | 19:46 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 77 | 30 | 34 | 64 | +18 | 60 | 267 | 11.2% | 168 | 55 | 20:32 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0:19 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 78 | 23 | 38 | 61 | +4 | 44 | 247 | 9.3% | 119 | 55 | 19:00 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | MIN | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 8 | 20 | 15.0% | 16 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 77 | 26 | 23 | 49 | +16 | 28 | 223 | 11.7% | 138 | 44 | 18:35 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | MIN | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9.5% | 32 | 6 | 17:50 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 56 | 19 | 11 | 30 | +16 | 20 | 119 | 16.0% | 105 | 37 | 17:03 |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 62 | 8 | 21 | 29 | +7 | 22 | 102 | 7.8% | 93 | 43 | 15:43 |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 58 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 20 | 111 | 6.3% | 117 | 24 | 13:30 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | MIN | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | 5 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 75 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +2 | 22 | 124 | 4.8% | 134 | 46 | 12:47 |
Joel Eriksson Ek news
- SEPARATOR LINE: Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek, Blake Coleman Poised to PUNISH on Offense and DefenseWQAD
- Are the Wild Asking Too Much Of Joel Eriksson Ek?Hockey Wilderness
- Joel Eriksson Ek StatsNHL.com
- Joel Eriksson Ek HomeNHL.com
- Joel Eriksson Ek Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Joel Eriksson Ek News: Healthy ahead of training campRotoWire
- Wild's Joel Eriksson Ek: Healthy ahead of training campCBS Sports
- Minnesota Wild Award Candidates 2026-27The Hockey Writers
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.