Joel Eriksson Ek Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Eriksson Ek has scored 2 times on Karel Vejmelka this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 6 attempts, 33.3%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jacob Markstrom has turned him away every time: 20 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Devon Levi: 16.7% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 12 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Oilers this season.

15 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jacob Markstrom: 20 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 100.0% of his draws against Lars Eller.

8 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Chandler Stephenson beats him on the draw: he wins only 11.1% of them.

1 of 9 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Panthers have held him without a goal on 20 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 3 penalties on Mattias Ekholm.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Sam Bennett has drawn 6 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Eriksson Ek has taken 103 shot attempts this season.

50 on goal, 28 missed, 19 blocked, 15th of 219 forwards

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

63.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

65 attempts from inside the home plate, 24th of 219 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

63.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

65 of 103 attempts, 25th of 219 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 22.8 feet.

103 located attempts, 26th of 219 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

18.4% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

19 of 103 attempts, 46th of 219 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

26.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

27 attempts, 3 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

59.2% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

22 left, 61 middle, 20 right

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 21.7 attempts an hour of ice time.

103 attempts in 285 minutes, 32nd of 115 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

13.6% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

14 long-range attempts, 135th of 219 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

56 of 84 unblocked, 87th of 219 forwards

He is not converting the chances he gets

Eriksson Ek has 6 goals off 8.2 expected: 2.2 short of what the chances say.

200th of 219 forwards

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 12.5% of them go in.

3 goals on 24 attempts

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 4.6% of his attempts.

3 goals on 65 close attempts, 169th of 219 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 23.1 feet out, and the longest went in from 48.

6 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 10.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

6 goals on 56 shots, 142nd of 219 forwards

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +8 on the season.

30th in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

45.5% of his points come on the power play, so his even-strength production is thinner than the totals suggest.

5 of 11 points with the man advantage

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, 13th of 117 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

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Eriksson Ek plays 20:20 a night, 26th among forwards.

285 minutes across 14 games

He gets an ordinary share of the power play time

He draws 3:50 of power play time a game.

18.8% of his total ice time

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

Kirill Kaprizov is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Kirill Kaprizov has assisted on 5 of his 6 goals, 83.3% of them.

3 primary, 2 secondary

Kirill Kaprizov is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 8 of Kirill Kaprizov's goals, 66.7% of his own assists.

1 primary, 7 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

33.3% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

4 primary of 12 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

3 different teammates have assisted on his 6 goals.

Kaprizov (5), Boldy (2), Hughes (1)

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