With the Wild facing their first big test of the season against the rival Winnipeg Jets, they’ll drop the puck Sunday night without captain Jared Spurgeon and their best center, Joel Eriksson Ek. Neither player traveled to Winnipeg for the first game of a seven-game road trip.

Eriksson Ek did not travel with the team to Winnipeg, the first of a seven-game road trip, after breaking his nose. Eriksson Ek took an uncalled elbow from the Seattle Kraken’s Adam Larsson in the second period of Saturday night’s shootout loss. He’s considered day to day.

Minnesota Wild forward Joel Eriksson Ek did not travel with the team for a divisional matchup against the Winnipeg Jets because of a broken nose.