Eriksson Ek, 28, has scored nine goals and 24 points in 42 games. He has missed 15 games this season due to four previous injuries.

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.

Minnesota Wild first-line center Joel Eriksson Ek has been placed on injured reserve on with a lower-body injury. The team announced his status as week-to-week.

The Wild have to weigh Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek's injury status before taking any big swings at the trade deadline.

When I refreshed my web browser this morning and saw Michael Russo’s report that Joel Eriksson Ek has joined Kirill Kaprizov in the dreaded purgatory that is the Minnesota Wild’s injured reserve list these days,

The Wild can dream of adding Brock Boeser before the NHL trade deadline but their nightmare scenario is far more likely.

The Minnesota Wild expect star winger Kirill Kaprizov and top center Joel Eriksson Ek to return before the end of the regular season, general manager Bill Guerin told reporters before Sunday's game against the Boston Bruins at the X in St. Paul, Minn.

Eriksson Ek has five goals and 15 assists this season while averaging the third-most ice time of all forwards on the team.

Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek has landed on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury he sustained in Monday's practice, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports. He’s been ruled out for a week as a result but will be out “a lot longer” than that,

Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov, center, has been out for more than a month with no confirmed return in sight. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Wild are already without its superstar forward Kirill Kaprizov. Well, the hits keep coming. On Tuesday, the Wild announced that center Joel Eriksson Ek was placed on the Injured Reserve.

Joel Eriksson Ek is the latest to secure a bed as the centre is reportedly being placed on injured reserve following an incident at practice, per the Athletic's Michael Russo.