With Nino Niederreiter recording his first goal in 27 games on Thursday in Los Angeles, Joel Eriksson Ek became the longest scoring drought among Minnesota Wild forwards at 14 games without a point.
Eriksson Ek quickly erased that statistic by recording his first assist of the season Friday in Anaheim, then he followed that up with his first goal on Sunday afternoon in St. Louis.
This offensive arrival from Joel is unexpected, but warmly welcomed by the Minnesota faithful who hope to see the former first round pick develop into a future star in the ‘State of Hockey’.