Joel Eriksson Ek suffered a lower-body injury in the 4-1 loss at Pittsburgh on Thursday that'll sideline him week-to-week, a timeline that puts his availability for Game 1 of the playoffs in question.

Kirill Kaprizov will be back on the ice for the Wild on Saturday, the forward's first game since suffering a lower-body injury on March 8. Minnesota, however, will be without Joel Eriksson Ek, who ...

Joel Eriksson Ek scored a career-high four goals in his return from a lower-body injury, and Kirill Kaprizov had his second of the game in overtime in his first game back as the Wild outlasted the ...

Joel Eriksson Ek returns for Wild, Kirill Kaprizov could be available this weekend Its appears the Wild are on the mend after playing without nearly half of their lineup regulars in Saturday’s 3 ...

Eriksson Ek, first over the boards in every key situation and the Wild’s best center by a long shot, was nailed by Evgeni Malkin’s one-timer moments before the Penguins scored the winning goal ...

Not one, not two, but three blocks on the same shift against one of the NHL's hardest shots. After Joel Eriksson Ek kept getting in the way of Shea Weber's wind-up in a game at Montreal early in ...

Kaprizov has played in only 37 games and has 23 goals and 29 assists. Eriksson Ek hasn't played since Feb. 22 because of a lower-body injury. When healthy, Minnesota was one of the top teams in ...

Wild's Kirill Kaprizov isn’t close, and Joel Eriksson Ek is on injured reserve Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov turns up ice against the Utah Hockey Club during a Dec. 20, 2024, game at ...

Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek scored on consecutive shots in the third period Tuesday night, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders.

Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek scored on consecutive shots in the third period Tuesday, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders. Skip Navigation.

NEW YORK — Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek scored on consecutive shots in the third period Tuesday night, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders.