Joel Eriksson Ek
01/Where he scores from
Ek scored 19 regular season goals on 270 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 8 ft out: 10/19 · 53% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 26% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 12/19 · 63% of his goals came from here, on 102/270 · 38% of his attempts — 12/102 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 3/19 · 16% of his goals came from here, on 77/270 · 29% of his attempts — 3/77 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 3/19 · 16% of his goals came from here, on 76/270 · 28% of his attempts — 3/76 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/19 · 5% of his goals came from here, on 15/270 · 6% of his attempts — 1/15 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Ek scored 62 regular season goals on 790 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 8 ft out: 35/62 · 56% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 29% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 39/62 · 63% of his goals came from here, on 337/790 · 43% of his attempts — 39/337 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 18/62 · 29% of his goals came from here, on 215/790 · 27% of his attempts — 18/215 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 4/62 · 6% of his goals came from here, on 189/790 · 24% of his attempts — 4/189 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/62 · 2% of his goals came from here, on 49/790 · 6% of his attempts — 1/49 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Ek scored 3 playoff goals on 51 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 11 of his 51 attempts.
Slot. 3 of his 3 goals came from here, on 16 of his 51 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 21 of his 51 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 3 of his 51 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 51 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Ek scored 151 regular season goals on 1,940 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2016-17 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 8 ft out: 101/151 · 67% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 38% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 97/151 · 64% of his goals came from here, on 794/1,940 · 41% of his attempts — 97/794 · 12% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 45/151 · 30% of his goals came from here, on 537/1,940 · 28% of his attempts — 45/537 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 8/151 · 5% of his goals came from here, on 482/1,940 · 25% of his attempts — 8/482 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/151 · 1% of his goals came from here, on 127/1,940 · 7% of his attempts — 1/127 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Ek scored 9 playoff goals on 123 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2016-17 to 2025-26. 4 of them came from inside nine feet of one point — the slot, 21 ft out.
Doorstep. 3 of his 9 goals came from here, on 33 of his 123 attempts.
Slot. 6 of his 9 goals came from here, on 37 of his 123 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 9 goals came from here, on 43 of his 123 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 9 goals came from here, on 10 of his 123 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 123 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2016-17 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 4 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
8 of his 19 goals came in the 2nd period, on 75 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10 | @DAL | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:10 |
| Apr 8 | SEA | W 5-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 13:09 |
| Apr 5 | @DET | W 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 |
| Apr 4 | @OTT | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:50 |
| Apr 3 | VAN | W 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 15:56 |
| Mar 28 | @BOS | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 19:58 |
| Mar 26 | @FLA | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| Mar 24 | @TBL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:52 |
| Mar 15 | TOR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 18:47 |
| Mar 14 | NYR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:24 |
| Mar 13 | PHI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 |
| Mar 11 | UTA | W 5-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 18:18 |
| Mar 8 | @COL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
| Mar 7 | @VGK | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:37 |
| Mar 4 | TBL | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:20 |
| Mar 1 | STL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 19:52 |
| Feb 28 | @UTA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 |
| Feb 27 | @COL | W 5-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:12 |
| Feb 5 | @NSH | W 6-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:57 |
| Feb 3 | MTL | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:14 |
| Feb 1 | @EDM | W 7-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 17:01 |
| Jan 30 | CGY | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 |
| Jan 28 | CHI | W 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:40 |
| Jan 25 | FLA | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 18:14 |
| Jan 23 | DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 19:48 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 70 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | MIN | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 4 | 15 | 20.0 | 23 | 8 | 7:39 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 75 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +1 | 22 | 124 | 4.8 | 134 | 46 | 11:20 |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 58 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 20 | 111 | 6.3 | 117 | 24 | 10:58 |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 62 | 8 | 21 | 29 | +5 | 22 | 102 | 7.8 | 93 | 43 | 13:02 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 56 | 19 | 11 | 30 | +15 | 20 | 120 | 15.8 | 105 | 37 | 15:20 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 77 | 26 | 23 | 49 | +10 | 28 | 224 | 11.6 | 138 | 44 | 16:52 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 78 | 23 | 38 | 61 | +5 | 44 | 247 | 9.3 | 119 | 55 | 16:34 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 77 | 30 | 34 | 64 | +9 | 60 | 268 | 11.2 | 168 | 96 | 18:26 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 46 | 14 | 15 | 29 | +9 | 22 | 140 | 10.0 | 82 | 50 | 19:46 |
| 2025-26 | MIN | 70 | 19 | 32 | 51 | +13 | 32 | 194 | 9.8 | 106 | 58 | 15:45 |
| Career | 614 | 155 | 195 | 350 | +62 | 274 | 1,545 | 10.0 | 1,085 | 461 | 15:08 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | MIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | – |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | – |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 8 | 12.5 | 8 | 2 | – |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 21 | 9.5 | 32 | 6 | – |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | 8 | 20 | 15.0 | 16 | 2 | – |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | 19 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | – |
| 2025-26 | MIN | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +7 | 6 | 24 | 12.5 | 15 | 3 | 23:44 |
| Career | 38 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +7 | 22 | 107 | 8.4 | 88 | 30 | 23:44 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #14
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 207 lb
- Born
- Jan 29, 1997 (age 29)
- Birthplace
- Karlstad, SWE
- Drafted
- 2015 · Round 1 · Pick 20 · MIN
- Club
- Minnesota Wild
