ST. PAUL, Minn - Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek is set to have core muscle surgery next week. It has been a long season of injuries for Eriksson Ek. He missed 36 games this year on multiple ...

Eriksson Ek suffered countless injuries over the course of the year, including a broken nose and multiple lower-body injuries. In total he appeared in just 46 games – a new career low.

Eriksson Ek had been playing through the injury during the first round of the postseason, and he sustained a broken nose in Game 2 of Minnesota's six-game series loss to Vegas.

ST. PAUL - Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek had missed the last 21 games with a lower-body injury. He had played only 42 games on the hearing coming into game 79 for the team. They are 28-12-3 with ...

While the Minnesota Wild continue fighting for their postseason berth, the team could get a huge lift. The team has played without two of their top players, Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov ...