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Centre · #14

Joel Eriksson Ek

Minnesota Wild
Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
Karlstad, SWE
Draft
2015, round 1, #20 (MIN)

Career · 2016–17 to 2026–27

Games
618
Goals
155
Points
351
TOI per game
17:14
xGF% (5v5)
54.1%
Goals above expected
−31.2

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2016–17MIN15347+110:371520.0%01.344.4%
2017–18MIN7561016+212:471244.8%09.754.3%
2018–19MIN587714−713:301116.3%09.753.4%
2019–20MIN6282129+715:431027.8%18.555.3%
2020–21MIN56191130+1617:0311916.0%217.257.9%
2021–22MIN77262349+1618:3522311.7%1726.257.1%
2022–23MIN78233861+419:002479.3%2332.952.3%
2023–24MIN77303464+1820:3226711.2%2138.155.2%
2024–25MIN46141529+919:4614010.0%1017.553.7%
2025–26MIN70193251+1619:051949.8%1623.850.1%
2026–27MIN4011+119:57110.0%11.257.2%
Total1 team618155196351+8317:141,55310.0%91186.254.1%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.511.52100200300400500600
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Player card

Model-based

How 2016–17 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

85th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd line
  • Goals /600.8774th pct
  • Assists /601.1072nd pct
  • ixG /601.0591st pct
  • Goals above expected−31.21st pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)54.1%92nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.5%71st pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.189th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2571st pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game17:1487th pct
  • PP time share40.6%77th pct
  • Offensive zone starts46.9%31st pct
  • Quality of competition25.0%88th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Zach HymanTOR/EDM0.90
  2. Timo MeierSJS/NJD0.89
  3. Shane PintoOTT0.89
  4. Alex LaferriereLAK0.89
  5. Tyler SeguinDAL0.88
  6. Patrice BergeronBOS0.88

Faceoffs

How often Eriksson Ek wins the draw over 2016–17 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1949+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

47.8%

4556–4983 · #155 of 211 regulars, 27th percentile

Against an average centre

48.5%

Opponents won 50.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.2% against them.

Wins above average

−142

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

15.7

9,539 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

46%2070 · +1.056%2453 · +2.341%772 · +1.960%262 · +0.741%256 · +1.354%280 · +0.342%249 · +1.849%1623 · +2.038%1574 · +2.8Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone52.4% 1689–1536
  • Neutral zone47.3% 1474–1643
  • Defensive zone43.6% 1393–1804

By strength

  • Even strength47.4% 3227–3585
  • Power play55.4% 849–684
  • Shorthanded40.2% 480–714

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2016–1710941.3%41.1%
2017–1847242.6%42.8%
2018–1954045.7%46.4%
2019–2079546.2%47.1%
2020–2183947.1%48.5%
2021–22146547.6%48.5%
2022–23138649.4%49.8%
2023–24160249.7%50.7%
2024–2586747.1%47.3%
2025–26139049.0%49.7%
2026–277447.3%47.3%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−31.2 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed35.7 km/h87th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph669th pct
  • Hardest shot140.1 km/h92nd pct
  • Distance skated14 km64th pct
  • Offensive-zone time51.1%97th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

36.1 km/h51st pct

▼ −0.6 km/h since 2024–25

3535.53636.53737.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.6 km/h, 36th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 36.3 km/h, 64th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 35.3 km/h, 27th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 36.7 km/h, 71st percentile (46 games)2025–26: 36.1 km/h, 51st percentile (70 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.338th pct

▲ +0.8 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.6, 44th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 4.9, 49th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 3.4, 27th percentile (77 games)2024–25: 3.4, 25th percentile (46 games)2025–26: 4.3, 38th percentile (70 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.5 km6th pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25

131415161721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.4 km, 6th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 14.5 km, 10th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 13.6 km, 1st percentile (77 games)2024–25: 14.4 km, 4th percentile (46 games)2025–26: 14.5 km, 6th percentile (70 games)

Hardest shot

147.0 km/h86th pct

▲ +7.7 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 144.5 km/h, 54th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 140.9 km/h, 40th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 150.1 km/h, 82nd percentile (77 games)2024–25: 139.3 km/h, 45th percentile (46 games)2025–26: 147.0 km/h, 86th percentile (70 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.3%80th pct

▲ +0.7 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.6%, 75th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 43.9%, 73rd percentile (78 games)2023–24: 44.7%, 82nd percentile (77 games)2024–25: 43.6%, 73rd percentile (46 games)2025–26: 44.3%, 80th percentile (70 games)