The Minnesota Wild enter the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs facing uncertainty around key players across the lineup.

The Wild are already facing a tall task against the Avalanche, but it's going to be even more difficult without Joel Eriksson Ek.

The second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs features eight teams in eight best-of-7 series. Today, NHL.com previews the Western Conference Second Round between the Minnesota Wild

Jonas Brodin’s injury is a real problem for the Minnesota Wild. They will be without one of the league's most reliable shutdown defensemen at exactly the wrong time. He’s reportedly day-to-day, and he could miss the start of the second-round series and could be out for 6 to 8 weeks,

The Minnesota Wild will be without forward Joel Eriksson Ek and defenseman Jonas Brodin for the first two games of their second-round playoff series against Colorado because of lower-body injuries.

The Minnesota Wild have enjoyed a successful season to this point as they once again qualified for the postseason with a strong regular season run. They finished with a 46-24-12 record, which gave them 104 points in the standings.