It's time to worry about Minnesota Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek's health. Eriksson Ek is on pace for 43 points in 68 games.
Eriksson Ek scored a power-play goal on four shots in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Blackhawks.
While still holding the best road record in the NHL, Minnesota fell to below .500 at home (11-12-1) with the loss.
As most Minnesota Wild fans have seen by now, their beloved star scorer, Kirill Kaprizov, is set to undergo surgery for a lower-body injury that has bothered him for most of the season.
Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild ...
but Wild's President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin said on Saturday that Kaprizov shouldn't miss too many games. But the Wild will get forward Joel Eriksson Ek back in ...
Here is why the Wild should swing a trade for Flyers winger Bobby Brink ahead of the March 7th NHL Trade Deadline.
The timing of the offensive struggles was difficult because Hartman had been elevated to a bigger role with both Kirill Kaprizov sidelined and, for a time, Joel Eriksson Ek. The Wild needed ...