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Minnesota Wild Logo Joel Eriksson Ek

Position Center Current Team Minnesota Wild
Shoots Left Current Contract 8 years ($5.2M CapHit)
Height 6'3" Expires 2028-29
Weight (lbs) 207 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 32
Age (DOB) 29 (Jan 29, 1997) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2015, Round 1, Overall 20 (MIN)
Date Team Transaction
Jan 22, 2026 Minnesota Wild Activated from IR
Jan 16, 2026 Minnesota Wild Placed on IR
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.
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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2016-17 MIN 15 4.00 1.94 2.58 3.08 1.80 -1.95 - -0.60
2017-18 MIN 75 -1.20 -0.64 -1.06 -0.84 0.01 -0.57 - 0.62
2018-19 MIN 58 -0.85 -0.99 -0.18 -0.74 2.05 -0.12 - -0.85
2019-20 MIN 62 0.45 1.52 -0.77 -0.07 0.42 -0.05 - 0.26
2020-21 MIN 56 -0.08 -1.22 2.13 0.94 4.27 -1.03 - 0.36
2021-22 MIN 77 -0.43 -0.43 -0.31 -0.33 -0.57 -0.46 -0.25 0.08
2022-23 MIN 78 1.34 2.80 -0.72 -0.88 0.09 -1.65 -0.12 0.45
2023-24 MIN 77 0.04 -0.33 0.20 0.11 0.01 -0.94 -0.51 -0.45
2024-25 MIN 46 -0.49 -0.68 -0.03 0.02 -1.11 -0.48 -0.64 0.96
2025-26 MIN 70 0.00 0.25 -0.38 0.00 0.39 -0.94 -0.48 0.16

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2016-17 MIN 15 -1.26 -1.96 -1.74 -2.73 -1.20 3.82 41.3
2017-18 MIN 75 -0.48 -2.02 -0.34 0.53 -0.21 -1.27 42.6
2018-19 MIN 58 -0.33 -1.86 0.20 0.29 0.39 0.09 45.7
2019-20 MIN 62 0.45 -1.98 0.80 -0.23 -0.42 -0.20 46.2
2020-21 MIN 56 0.75 -0.92 0.26 1.12 0.70 -1.10 47.1
2021-22 MIN 77 0.10 0.76 0.95 0.78 -0.12 -1.58 47.6
2022-23 MIN 78 0.11 1.25 0.94 0.10 0.64 0.79 49.4
2023-24 MIN 77 0.55 1.22 1.23 1.21 1.19 -0.28 49.7
2024-25 MIN 46 0.54 1.18 1.10 2.26 1.68 -1.37 47.1
2025-26 MIN 70 0.15 1.05 0.67 0.50 0.68 0.15 49.0

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

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 0.54 0.63 20.00 9.25 10.75 0.00 9.09
2017-18 MIN 75 823:35 0.36 0.58 0.95 0.61 -0.24 4.35 7.24 -2.89 2.84 4.96
2018-19 MIN 58 660:08 0.64 0.64 1.27 0.89 -0.26 6.60 9.26 -2.66 3.85 10.00
2019-20 MIN 62 776:00 0.54 1.47 2.01 0.57 -0.02 7.95 8.32 -0.36 3.74 7.48
2020-21 MIN 56 745:23 1.37 0.40 1.77 1.02 0.35 15.89 11.80 4.09 1.53 18.32
2021-22 MIN 77 927:24 0.71 0.91 1.62 0.84 -0.12 7.28 8.55 -1.26 3.12 4.69
2022-23 MIN 78 944:48 0.44 1.65 2.10 0.79 -0.35 4.83 8.60 -3.77 0.50 7.54
2023-24 MIN 77 989:05 0.85 1.09 1.94 0.80 0.05 8.86 8.38 0.48 1.90 8.06
2024-25 MIN 46 620:10 0.77 0.68 1.45 0.78 -0.00 9.20 9.24 -0.05 1.69 4.24
2025-26 MIN 70 880:51 0.68 1.16 1.84 0.73 -0.05 8.55 9.21 -0.66 1.17 9.36

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 1.65 49.88 2.34 1.93 53.85 46.14 -0.70 0.18 -11.33
2017-18 MIN 75 823:35 38.76 1.68 2.03 39.63 1.75 1.90 48.94 51.58 -0.27 -0.20 -0.70
2018-19 MIN 58 660:08 44.26 2.27 2.40 40.54 2.64 1.96 46.30 54.96 -0.06 -0.19 1.68
2019-20 MIN 62 776:00 39.82 3.09 2.21 41.29 2.32 1.82 57.14 54.87 -0.18 -0.32 2.09
2020-21 MIN 56 745:23 39.93 2.98 2.59 39.28 2.01 1.97 59.68 56.77 0.44 -0.28 7.91
2021-22 MIN 77 927:24 42.31 2.85 2.57 36.75 2.07 2.03 57.89 55.86 0.02 -0.27 3.26
2022-23 MIN 78 944:48 44.20 2.48 2.55 43.12 1.97 2.41 55.71 51.36 0.11 -0.04 1.57
2023-24 MIN 77 989:05 44.89 3.40 2.63 39.92 2.55 2.11 57.14 55.48 0.48 -0.11 6.27
2024-25 MIN 46 620:10 45.57 2.52 2.46 38.41 1.64 2.09 60.47 54.00 0.47 -0.27 8.25
2025-26 MIN 70 880:51 43.19 3.13 2.50 43.73 2.04 2.72 60.53 47.87 -0.07 0.13 -1.87

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
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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

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
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* Clause 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
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* Clause 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
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
2024-25 4 Nations Sweden 3 1 1 2 +4 4 25.0 19:43
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 OG Sweden 5 1 1 2 +1 4 23 4.0 19:16
2025-26 NHL Minnesota Wild 70 19 32 51 +16 32 194 9.8 19:05 6 3 2 5 +7 6 24 12.5 23:44
NHL Career 614 155 195 350 +82 274 1542 10.0 17:13 38 9 9 18 +9 22 107 8.4 17:11