155 G · 195 A · 614 GP
0.570 P/GP · 90 PPP · 17:13 ATOI
Minnesota Wild#14Active
Joel Eriksson Ek
C · 6′3″ / 207 lb · Shoots L · Karlstad, SWE · Age 29 · 2015 #20 by MIN
350Career points
0.570Career P/GP
614Games played
155Goals
10 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2651points
The latest read.
51 points in 70 games in 2025-26. Career: 350 points across 614 games.
70GP
19goals
32assists
51points
194shots
16PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
9 G · 9 A · 38 GP
0.474 P/GP · 4 PPP · 17:11 ATOI
0.467 → 0.729P/GP by season · 10 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2023-24
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 10 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled1,215 all-time peers
Playoff career · 38 GP · 9 G · 9 A · 18 pts (0.474 P/GP)
65.1
67.6
71.4
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Frank J. Selke Trophy4th · 2021Frank J. Selke Trophy7th · 2022Frank J. Selke Trophy9th · 2023Frank J. Selke Trophy10th · 2024
Milestone watch.
The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-05
5away from 200 assistsAssists · 195 now · regular season
Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.
What this draft slot returns.
Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC
2015 draft#20round 1 · MIN
29Players in sample
93.1%Reached the NHL
Most games in this sample: Brent Burns (2003, MIN), 1,579 NHL games.
Sample: 29 players taken #20, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Joel Eriksson Ek's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.
These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Joel Eriksson Ek. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2023-24 peak: 77 GP / 30 G / 34 A / 64 Pts / 0.831 P/GP · 20:32 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 77 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 0.831 |
| 2022-23 | 78 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 0.782 |
| 2025-26 | 70 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 0.729 |
| 2021-22 | 77 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 0.636 |
| 2024-25 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 0.630 |
| Prime-five | 348 | 112 | 142 | 254 | 0.730 |
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-30vs DALPlayoff20:00 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S
2026-04-28@ DALPlayoff20:16 TOI0G 0A0 P · 4 S
2026-04-25vs DALPlayoff28:44 TOI0G 0A0 P · 4 S
2026-04-22vs DALPlayoff32:44 TOI1G 0A1 P · 4 S
2026-04-20@ DALPlayoff21:35 TOI0G 1A1 P · 4 S
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart10 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Minnesota Wild | 70 | 19 | 32 | 51 | +16 | 16 | 194 |
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 46 | 14 | 15 | 29 | +9 | 10 | 140 |
| 2023-24Peak | Minnesota Wild | 77 | 30 | 34 | 64 | +18 | 21 | 267 |
| 2022-23 | Minnesota Wild | 78 | 23 | 38 | 61 | +4 | 23 | 247 |
| 2021-22 | Minnesota Wild | 77 | 26 | 23 | 49 | +16 | 17 | 223 |
| 2020-21 | Minnesota Wild | 56 | 19 | 11 | 30 | +16 | 2 | 119 |
| 2019-20 | Minnesota Wild | 62 | 8 | 21 | 29 | +7 | 1 | 102 |
| 2018-19 | Minnesota Wild | 58 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 0 | 111 |
| 2017-18 | Minnesota Wild | 75 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +2 | 0 | 124 |
| 2016-17 | Minnesota Wild | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 0 | 15 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +7 | 2 | 24 |
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2022-23 | Minnesota Wild | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 1 | 20 |
| 2020-21 | Minnesota Wild | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2019-20 | Minnesota Wild | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2017-18 | Minnesota Wild | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2016-17 | Minnesota Wild | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2023-24 is the best season either way: 0.831 raw, 0.801 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 70 | 0.729 | 3.13 | 0.699 |
| 2024-25 | 46 | 0.630 | 3.04 | 0.622 |
| 2023-24Best adjusted | 77 | 0.831 | 3.11 | 0.801 |
| 2022-23 | 78 | 0.782 | 3.18 | 0.738 |
| 2021-22 | 77 | 0.636 | 3.14 | 0.607 |
| 2020-21 | 56 | 0.536 | 2.94 | 0.547 |
| 2019-20 | 62 | 0.468 | 3.02 | 0.465 |
| 2018-19 | 58 | 0.241 | 3.01 | 0.240 |
| 2017-18 | 75 | 0.213 | 2.97 | 0.215 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | OG | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | 4 Nations | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | EHT | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | WC | Sweden | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018-19 | AHL | Iowa Wild | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2017-18 | AHL | Iowa Wild | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016-17 | AHL | Iowa Wild | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016-17 | Champions HL | Färjestad BK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | EHT | Sweden | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | SHL | Färjestad BK | 26 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2016-17 | WC | Sweden | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016-17 | WJC-20 | Sweden U20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2016-17 | SHL | Färjestad BK | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015-16 | Champions HL | Färjestad BK | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | SHL | Färjestad BK | 41 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2015-16 | WJC-20 | Sweden U20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015-16 | SHL | Färjestad BK | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014-15 | Swe-Jr. | Farjestad Jr. | 25 | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| 2014-15 | Sweden | Farjestad | 34 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014-15 | Swe-Jr. | Farjestad Jr. | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014-15 | Sweden | Farjestad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Swe-Jr. | Farjestad Jr. | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013-14 | Swe-U18 | Farjestad U18 | 33 | 22 | 18 | 40 |
| 2013-14 | Swe-Jr. | Farjestad Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Showing the 24 most recent pre-NHL rows of 29.
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 614 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 491 to 737); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 95 of them cleared the band.
Valeri NichushkinR · 2013 #10 · active627 GP · 154 G · 203 A · 357 P0.569 P/GP · −0.001Jake DeBruskL · 2015 #14 · active628 GP · 189 G · 167 A · 356 P0.567 P/GP · −0.003Chandler StephensonC · 2012 #77 · active653 GP · 118 G · 252 A · 370 P0.567 P/GP · −0.003Evgenii DadonovL · 2007 #71 · retired641 GP · 164 G · 198 A · 362 P0.565 P/GP · −0.005Pavel ZachaC · 2015 #6 · active706 GP · 155 G · 252 A · 407 P0.576 P/GP · +0.006
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed91.4mph88.5
147.0 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed22.4mph60.6
36.1 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated321.8km77.2
200.0 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game5.9km81.8
3.7 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph95bursts68.7
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time44.3%78.1
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time16.9%5.6
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time38.7%68.0
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal194shots91.2
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal80shots94.8
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot6911 G95th
L Circle170 G83th
Outside L171 G96th
Outside R161 G96th
R Circle131 G74th
Crease112 G92th
R Net Side111 G97th
High Slot101 G62th
Center Point60 G81th
L Point61 G86th
Offensive Neutral Zone60 G91th
R Point50 G81th
L Net Side40 G74th
Behind the Net30 G90th
Beyond Red Line00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
80high danger13 G · 16.3%
40mid danger2 G · 5.0%
17long range1 G · 5.9%
Method: 194 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 0 top-three finishes · 6 ballot appearances · 4 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Goals / game
3 consecutive qualified seasons · 64.3 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.VGK24 points40 GP · 11 G · 13 A103 shots · 4 PP points
Career vs.SJS18 points32 GP · 11 G · 7 A82 shots · 4 PP points
Career vs.STL18 points37 GP · 10 G · 8 A97 shots · 3 PP points
Career vs.EDM17 points22 GP · 9 G · 8 A59 shots · 7 PP points
Career vs.UTA17 points27 GP · 6 G · 11 A49 shots · 2 PP points
Career vs.ANA16 points27 GP · 6 G · 10 A73 shots · 5 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.FLA1.00 P/GP15 GP · 6 G · 9 A42 shots · 9 PP points
Pace vs.SEA1.00 P/GP13 GP · 5 G · 8 A33 shots · 2 PP points
Pace vs.NYI0.83 P/GP12 GP · 5 G · 5 A29 shots · 2 PP points
Pace vs.DET0.80 P/GP15 GP · 4 G · 8 A30 shots · 2 PP pointsPace vs.EDM0.77 P/GP22 GP · 9 G · 8 A59 shots · 7 PP points
Pace vs.BUF0.75 P/GP12 GP · 5 G · 4 A37 shots · 3 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Best and worst goaltenders faced · 3 seasonsNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
645 shots on goal against 79 goaltenders, 63 goals: 9.8% overall, against a league baseline of 10.2%. 6 of those goaltenders have seen the 20 shots a rate is published on below.
Best against: minimum 20 shots on goal
| Goaltender | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandar GeorgievSJS | 21 | 5 | 23.8% | wrist |
| Mackenzie BlackwoodCOL | 22 | 3 | 13.6% | wrist |
| Jake OettingerDAL | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | snap |
| Darcy KuemperLAK | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | wrist |
| Adin HillVGK | 20 | 1 | 5.0% | wrist |
Worst against: same 20-shot minimum
| Goaltender | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor HellebuyckWPG | 20 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Adin HillVGK | 20 | 1 | 5.0% | wrist |
| Darcy KuemperLAK | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | wrist |
| Jake OettingerDAL | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | snap |
| Mackenzie BlackwoodCOL | 22 | 3 | 13.6% | wrist |
Method: every shot is attributed to the goaltender the feed says was in the net (details.goalieInNetId). Blocked shots and empty-net events are both excluded, the first because the puck never reached a goaltender and the second because there was none to charge. Shooting percentage is goals divided by shots on goal, the league definition. The league baseline of 10.2% beside each rate is computed from the same 241,107 shots this dataset counted, so the two figures are measured the same way. A 20-shot minimum is a small sample by any standard and these boards will move; they are a record of what has happened, not a prediction of what will.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
1.88blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#104Yahoo#69Fantrax#67Roto#63
25-2670 GP19 G32 A1.79 pts/gm
2nd half+0.11Market avg#122.5Point games51%Worst blank run5
This desk has Joel Eriksson Ek No. 104 among skaters on the ESPN points board — the market has him 19 seats lower.
The room.
Every current Minnesota Wild teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory