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Ice Lab

Centre · #14

Joel Eriksson Ek

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
619
Goals
155
Points
352
TOI per game
17:14
xGF% (5v5)
54.1%
Goals above expected
−32.0

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice7429:1250.5%50.9%54.1%54.3%2.462.093372551,014.6
Team with player off ice21410:5248.7%49.0%51.0%51.2%2.372.288958271,009.0
Relative (on − off)–1.8%–3.1%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 21 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
25.0%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.0%
Quality of teammates
26.1%
Teammates' xGF%: 51.8%
Offensive zone starts
47.0%
47.9% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsCoyleStewartKoivuPariseStaalZuckerNiederreiterPominvilleGranlundFolinScandellaSuterDumbaBrodinProsserGraovacSpurgeonSchroederHaulaMitchellReillyHanzalWhiteCullenFolignoWinnikEnnisQuinceyOlofssonKuninMurphyRauSeelerGreenwaySoucyHendricksFehrPaterynBrownReadAbergRaskHuntBitettoDonatoFialaSturmZuccarelloHartmanMayhewGalchenyukBoninoBjugstadJohanssonKaprizovColeJohnsonMermisAddisonDuhaimeGaudreauMerrillKulikovGoligoskiPitlickDewarBennBeckmanShawBoldyJostDeslauriersMiddletonSteelRossiPetanReavesWalkerKlingbergSundqvistMaroonFaberLettieriHuntBogosianLucchiniChisholmKhusnutdinovOhgrenTreninLaukoJonesShoreGaunceJiricekHinostrozaBrazeauNyquistTarasenkoBuiumYurovPitlickHughesBrinkMcCarronFolignoPetryEk

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
54.1%
56.1%