<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations">Minnesota Wild</a> have announced that forward Joel Eriksson Ek and captain Jared Spurgeon will not play tonight vs. the Winnipeg Jets.</p>



<p>Eriksson Ek left last night’s 5-4 shootout loss to the Seattle Kraken after getting elbowed in the face by Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson and did not return.</p>



<p>Eriksson Ek is expected to return Tuesday against St. Louis.</p>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">INJURY UPDATE: Joel Eriksson Ek did not travel with the team to Winnipeg and is out for tonight’s game with a broken nose. He is expected to be available for Tuesday’s game in St. Louis.<br><br>Jared Spurgeon will not play tonight and is day-today with a lower-body injury.</p>— Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/mnwildPR/status/1845562654896558319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<p>The 27-year-old has one goal in two games to start the season. During the 2023-24 campaign, Eriksson Ek tallied a career-high 30 goals and 34 assists for 64 points in 77 games.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="138"></div>



<p>The Wild signed Eriksson Ek to an eight-year contract extension in July 2021, the deal carries an average annual value (AAV) of $5.25 million.</p>



<p>Meanwhile, the Wild also announced that Spurgeon is considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury. The 34-year-old has one assist in two games this season. Last season, he appeared in just 16 games and was limited due to multiple injuries, but tallied five assists.</p>



<p>The Wild named Spurgeon captain in 2020-21 where he has now led the Wild for the last five seasons. Spurgeon is in the fifth year of an eight-year contract extension he signed in Sept. 2019 that carries a $7.5 million AAV. In 869 career games, the Edmonton native has scored 110 goals and 275 assists, registering another 29 points in 67 Stanley Cup playoff contests.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="132"></div>



<p>Minnesota is 1-0-1 as it heads into Winnipeg tonight to face the 2-0-0 Jets. The Wild will play St. Louis and Columbus this week.</p>
