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Joel Eriksson Ek

Minnesota Wild
Position C
Age 29
Height 6'3"
Weight 207LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Karlstad, SWE
Born Jan 28, 1997

Key Insights

2026-27
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Boldy, Brodin, Hughes and Kaprizov: 79.4% of the expected goals over 57 minutes.

3 goals for, 0 against, 72.7% of the attempts
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Eriksson Ek with Boldy, Brodin, Hughes and Kaprizov, 57 minutes at 5v5.

79.4% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 0 against
This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Boldy, Hughes, Kaprizov and Shabanov: 9 goals in 44 minutes.

12.4 goals an hour, 9.7 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Eriksson Ek has been shuffled through 6 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Wild are up 14 goals with Eriksson Ek on the ice.

22 for, 8 against, 14th of 128 forwards
The power play is ordinary with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 13.5 expected goals an hour.

9 goals in 54 minutes

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 28, 1997
Birth Place Karlstad, SWE
Height 6'3"
Weight 207 LBS
Shoots/Catches L