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Joel Eriksson Ek

Position	Center	Current Team	Minnesota Wild
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2028-29
Weight (lbs)	207	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	32
Age	28 (Jan 29, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 1, Overall 20 (MIN)

Date	Team	Transaction
Apr 9, 2025	Minnesota Wild	Activated from IR
Feb 25, 2025	Minnesota Wild	Placed on IR
Dec 29, 2024	Minnesota Wild	Activated from IR
Dec 6, 2024	Minnesota Wild	Placed on IR
Jul 2, 2021	Minnesota Wild	Signed 8 years @ $5.250M AAV starting in 2021-22
Aug 21, 2019	Minnesota Wild	Signed 2 years @ $1.488M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 13, 2015	Minnesota Wild	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

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Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2016-17	MIN	15	153:59	1.17	1.56	2.73	0.58	0.59	20.00	9.88	10.12	0.00	9.09
2017-18	MIN	75	823:35	0.36	0.58	0.95	0.63	-0.27	4.35	7.54	-3.19	2.84	4.96
2018-19	MIN	58	660:08	0.64	0.64	1.27	0.91	-0.27	6.60	9.44	-2.84	3.85	10.00
2019-20	MIN	62	776:00	0.54	1.47	2.01	0.59	-0.05	7.95	8.64	-0.68	3.74	7.48
2020-21	MIN	56	745:23	1.37	0.40	1.77	0.95	0.42	15.89	11.04	4.85	1.53	18.32
2021-22	MIN	77	927:24	0.71	0.91	1.62	0.89	-0.17	7.28	9.07	-1.79	3.12	4.69
2022-23	MIN	78	944:48	0.44	1.65	2.10	0.83	-0.38	4.83	8.96	-4.14	0.50	7.54
2023-24	MIN	77	989:05	0.85	1.09	1.94	0.83	0.02	8.86	8.65	0.21	1.90	8.06
2024-25	MIN	46	620:10	0.77	0.68	1.45	0.78	-0.00	9.20	9.23	-0.04	1.69	4.24
2025-26	MIN	27	341:30	0.35	0.88	1.23	0.60	-0.25	4.55	7.78	-3.23	1.64	4.92

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2016-17	MIN	15	153:59	36.63	2.73	1.75	49.88	2.34	2.31	53.85	43.06	-0.71	0.38	-12.92
2017-18	MIN	75	823:35	38.76	1.68	2.12	39.63	1.75	2.08	48.94	50.46	-0.35	-0.19	-1.63
2018-19	MIN	58	660:08	44.26	2.27	2.50	40.54	2.64	2.04	46.30	55.09	0.02	-0.20	2.56
2019-20	MIN	62	776:00	39.82	3.09	2.20	41.29	2.32	1.98	57.14	52.64	-0.16	-0.22	0.86
2020-21	MIN	56	745:23	39.93	2.98	2.58	39.28	2.01	2.09	59.68	55.18	0.35	-0.19	5.83
2021-22	MIN	77	927:24	42.31	2.85	2.64	36.75	2.07	2.03	57.89	56.49	0.06	-0.35	4.51
2022-23	MIN	78	944:48	44.20	2.48	2.57	43.12	1.97	2.41	55.71	51.60	0.18	-0.01	1.96
2023-24	MIN	77	989:05	44.89	3.40	2.68	39.92	2.55	2.20	57.14	54.92	0.54	-0.08	6.50
2024-25	MIN	46	620:10	45.57	2.52	2.50	38.41	1.64	2.05	60.47	55.03	0.45	-0.29	8.19
2025-26	MIN	27	341:30	39.18	2.46	2.36	41.29	1.58	2.53	60.87	48.30	0.21	-0.28	4.86

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Will Less Strain Mean More Productivity For Joel Eriksson Ek? at Hockey Wilderness (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
3 Takeaways From Day 2 of Minnesota Wild Training Camp at The Hockey Writers (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Danila Yurov Is A Mystery We're About To Start Solving at Hockey Wilderness (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
The Wild Need To Establish A Role For Liam Ohgren at Hockey Wilderness (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Can Marco Rossi Build On His Playoff Performance? at Hockey Wilderness (Fri Aug 1, 2025)
December breakout stars: One Minnesota Wild player is heating up at Gone Puck Wild (Wed Dec 4, 2024)

Current Contract

Joel Eriksson Ek signed an $42,000,000 8-year contract with the Minnesota Wild and General Manager Bill Guerin on July 2, 2021 with an AAV of $5,250,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2028-29 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.44% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	24		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	25		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	26		$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	27	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	UFA
2025-26	28	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2026-27	29	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2027-28	30	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
2028-29	31	NMC M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$42,000,000	$42,000,000	$42,000,000

Signed: July 2, 2021

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Bill Guerin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.44

Clause: Player can submit a 10 team no trade list starting in 2024-25.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Joel Eriksson Ek signed a $2,975,000 2-year contract with the Minnesota Wild and General Manager Bill Guerin on August 21, 2019 with an AAV of $1,487,500. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.83% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	22	$1,487,500	$1,487,500	-	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	RFA
2020-21	23	$1,487,500	$1,487,500	-	-	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,975,000	$2,975,000	$2,975,000

Signed: Aug 21, 2019

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Bill Guerin

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.83

Joel Eriksson Ek signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Minnesota Wild and General Manager Chuck Fletcher on July 13, 2015 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.30% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	18	$925,000	$1,137,500	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2016-17	19	$894,167	$1,106,667	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	20	$894,167	$1,106,667	$212,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$894,167	$1,106,667	$425,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$637,500	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: July 13, 2015

Team: Minnesota Wild

GM: Chuck Fletcher

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	U16 SM	Färjestad BK U16	6	1	1	2	+1
2011-12	TV-Pucken	Värmland 2	8	2	2	4	-1					8	2	2	4	-1
2012-13	Swe-U18	Farjestad U18	26	1	6	7		10
2013-14	Swe-U18	Farjestad U18	33	22	18	40		22				5	2	6	8		2
2013-14	Swe-Jr.	Farjestad Jr.	13	2	2	4		4				4	1	1	2		2
2014-15	Swe-Jr.	Farjestad Jr.	25	21	11	32		20				6	5	5	10		6
2014-15	Sweden	Farjestad	34	4	2	6		4				3					2
2015-16	Champions HL	Färjestad BK	6	0	0	0	-3	2
2015-16	WJC-20	Sweden U20	6	1	1	2	+2	2
2015-16	SHL	Färjestad BK	41	9	6	15	+7	18				4	1		1	-3	2
2015-16	Sweden	Farjestad	41	9	6	15		18				4	1		1		2
2016-17	WC	Sweden	10	1	2	3	+5	4
2016-17	WJC-20	Sweden U20	7	6	3	9	+8	4
2016-17	EHT	Sweden	6	1	2	3	-1	4
2016-17	Champions HL	Färjestad BK	2	0	0	0	-1	2
2016-17	AHL	Iowa Wild	1	1	0	1	-1
2016-17	SHL	Färjestad BK	26	8	8	16	+4	12				7	3	3	6	-2
2016-17	NHL	Minnesota Wild	15	3	4	7	+1	4	15	20.0	10:37	3						5	0.0	7:35
2017-18	AHL	Iowa Wild	8	3	5	8	-1	8
2017-18	NHL	Minnesota Wild	75	6	10	16	+2	22	124	4.8	12:47	5		1	1			10	0.0	12:47
2018-19	NHL	Minnesota Wild	58	7	7	14	-7	20	111	6.3	13:30
2018-19	AHL	Iowa Wild	9	4	5	9	-3	8
2019-20	NHL	Minnesota Wild	62	8	21	29	+7	22	102	7.8	15:43	4	1		1	+1	2	8	12.5	14:24
2020-21	NHL	Minnesota Wild	56	19	11	30	+16	20	119	16.0	17:03	7	2	1	3		2	21	9.5	17:50
2021-22	NHL	Minnesota Wild	77	26	23	49	+16	28	223	11.7	18:35	6	3	2	5	+1	8	20	15.0	18:10
2022-23	NHL	Minnesota Wild	78	23	38	61	+4	44	247	9.3	19:00	1							0.0	0:19
2023-24	NHL	Minnesota Wild	77	30	34	64	+18	60	267	11.2	20:32
2023-24	WC	Sweden	10	7	2	9	+4	10
2023-24	EHT	Sweden	2	0	0	0
2024-25	4 Nations	Sweden	3	1	1	2	+4		4	25.0	59:11
2024-25	NHL	Minnesota Wild	46	14	15	29	+9	22	140	10.0	19:46	6		3	3		4	19	0.0	22:00
2025-26	NHL	Minnesota Wild	29	4	12	16	-2	12	84	4.8	20:05
NHL Career			573	140	175	315	+64	254	1432	9.8	17:08	32	6	7	13	+2	16	83	7.2	15:57