The Wild, who were blown out in each of their past two road games, improved to a league-best 22-9-3 (47 points) on the road.
Center Joel Eriksson Ek, one of the team's best forwards, suffered a serious injury in practice on Monday, according to The Athletic 's Michael Russo. He's been placed on injured reserve, which means he has to miss at least the next four games, but Russo says he hears the absence is going to be "a lot longer" than that.
The injury-thinned Minnesota Wild could use a boost in their push to return to the playoffs. Their margin for making it has slimmed down following a strong start.
Added to that bad news about the team’s most notable impact forward, it was revealed Tuesday that forward Joel Eriksson Ek’s on-again, off-again relationship with the injury bug is back on ...
ST. PAUL - The NHL Trade Deadline is just days away. The Minnesota Wild jumped the gun already and made a trade for Nashville Predators forward Gustav Nyquist.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Wild first-line center Joel Eriksson Ek was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday with a lower-body injury, and the team announced his status as week-to-week.