Joel Eriksson Ek
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 29Jan 29, 1997
- Height
- 6'3"191 cm
- Weight
- 207 lbs94 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Karlstad, SWE
- Nationality
- SWE
- Draft
- 2015 · Round 1 · 20th overall · MIN
Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild centre, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Karlstad, SWE · Draft: 2015 · Round 1, pick 20 (#20 overall) · MIN · 11 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 629
- G
- 160
- A
- 202
- PTS
- 362
- +/-
- 91
Playoffs
- GP
- 38
- G
- 9
- A
- 9
- PTS
- 18
- +/-
- 9
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits22#176 of 659
- Hits per game1.16#288 of 659
- Hits per 603.48#350 of 659
- Blocked shots8#346 of 659
- Takeaways4#177 of 659
- Giveaways12#306 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)12.11#2 of 659
- Expected goals per 601.92#2 of 659
- Goals above expected-6.11#658 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.138#5 of 659
- High-danger shots48#1 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)58.0%#38 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+10.4%#12 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)58.0%#50 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.110#13 of 659
- Offensive zone starts60.1%#117 of 659
- Time on ice per game19:56#130 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 17 tracked games this season · updated Nov 6
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 43.1%48.4%Beats 98%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%45.9%Beats 99%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.3%35.2%Beats 95%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph22.2 mphBeats 65%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2023Beats 66%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 12Beats 78%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph48.2 mphBeats 21%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.4 mph87.1 mphBeats 80%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 1 shots
- Crease: 9 shots
- Right side of the net: 2 shots
- Low slot: 25 shots
- Left circle: 5 shots
- Right circle: 1 shots
- High slot: 6 shots
- Outside left: 4 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 2 shots
- Centre point: 1 shots
- Right point: 2 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 834Beats 100%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%8.8%Beats 17%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 712Beats 85%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%16.7%Beats 66%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 25More than 94%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
49.2%
Won–Lost
177–183
360 taken
League rank
#76
of 125 (100+ FO)
By zone
- Offensive zone52.1% · 85/163
- Neutral zone50.4% · 56/111
- Defensive zone41.9% · 36/86
By situation
- Even strength46.7% · 122/261
- Power play60.0% · 48/80
- Shorthanded36.8% · 7/19
Game LogLast 10 games
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