Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin will not travel with the Minnesota Wild to Denver for Game 5 of the second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche (series 1-3).
Both Swedish players are sidelined due to lower-body injuries, according to the team. Eriksson Ek (3 goals, 2 assists in 6 playoff games this year, plus-7) and Brodin (0 goals, 1 assist in 5 games, plus-2) have not skated during the series with the Avalanche.
The Wild face elimination in Game 5, scheduled in Denver.
