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Kevin Lankinen

#32 · Goalie · Vancouver Canucks

Born Apr 28, 1995 in Helsinki, FIN (age 31) · 6'2", 190 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Vitek Vanecek WSH · 37 GP, 0.908 Juuse Saros NSH · 36 GP, 0.927 Marc-Andre Fleury VGK · 36 GP, 0.928 Semyon Varlamov NYI · 36 GP, 0.929 Tristan Jarry PIT · 39 GP, 0.909

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020402020-21: 37 games3720-212021-22: 32 games3221-222022-23: 19 games1922-232023-24: 24 games2423-242024-25: 51 games5124-252025-26: 47 games4725-262026-27: 5 games526-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2020-21 CHI 37 171452 1204 1095 109 3.01 0.909 $800K
2021-22 CHI 32 81560 973 867 106 3.50 0.891 $800K
2022-23 NSH 19 9810 583 534 49 2.75 0.916 $1.5M
2023-24 NSH 24 11601 610 554 56 2.82 0.908 $2M
2024-25 VAN 51 2515104 1345 1213 132 2.62 0.902 $875K
2025-26 VAN 47 112750 1285 1125 160 3.70 0.875 $4.5M
2026-27 VAN 5 1300 106 84 23 7.16 0.792 $4.5M
7 seasons Career 215 8288277 6106 5472 635 3.16 0.896

2020-21 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
37 37 171452 1204 1095 109 3.01 0.909

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$72KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.1 goals above replacement
$4.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.3MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 45 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Apr 2, 2020, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.6M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2021-22, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $800K $750K $0 $750K
2021-22 $800K $850K $0 $850K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Feb 21, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2025-26 to 2029-30 5 $22.5M $4.5M
Sep 21, 2024 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $875K $875K
Mar 3, 2023 Nashville Predators Extension 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $2M $2M
Jul 14, 2022 Nashville Predators New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.5M $1.5M
Apr 2, 2020 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.6M $800K
May 21, 2018 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $2.275M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2020-21 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+11.1Goals above replacement18th of 47 goalies
+1.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 47 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-20-10010202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

+0.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
109.0Expected goals againstfrom 1,557 unblocked attempts
109Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.909Save %0.909 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 64 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved +0.00 above expected per 60 minutes53rd
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced75thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 64 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 109.0Allowed 109

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
May 9, 2021 vs DAL W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
May 1, 2021 vs FLA L 4-5 L 42 37 5 0.881 57:24
Apr 29, 2021 vs FLA L 3-4 (OT) OTL 39 35 4 0.897 62:54
Apr 27, 2021 vs TBL L 4-7 11 8 3 0.727 20:00
Apr 19, 2021 @ NSH L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 40:41
Apr 15, 2021 @ DET L 1-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:42
Apr 12, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) W 33 30 3 0.909 61:25
Apr 10, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 59:02
Apr 8, 2021 vs DAL L 1-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Apr 6, 2021 vs DAL W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Apr 3, 2021 @ NSH L 0-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 59:28
Apr 1, 2021 vs CAR L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:35
Mar 30, 2021 vs CAR W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 27, 2021 vs NSH L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 57:14
Mar 25, 2021 vs FLA W 3-0 W, SO 41 41 0 1.000 59:55
Mar 23, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Mar 18, 2021 @ TBL L 2-4 L 22 19 3 0.864 58:25
Mar 15, 2021 @ FLA L 3-6 L 34 30 4 0.882 58:34
Mar 13, 2021 @ FLA L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:50
Mar 11, 2021 @ DAL W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 7, 2021 vs TBL L 3-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 60:00
Mar 4, 2021 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) OTL 34 31 3 0.912 64:59
Feb 28, 2021 vs DET W 7-2 W 46 44 2 0.957 60:00
Feb 23, 2021 @ CBJ W 6-5 (SO) W 30 25 5 0.833 64:56
Feb 19, 2021 @ CAR L 3-5 L 37 33 4 0.892 58:23
Feb 17, 2021 @ DET W 2-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 13, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 60:35
Feb 11, 2021 vs CBJ L 5-6 L 43 37 6 0.860 59:27
Feb 9, 2021 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) W 35 34 1 0.971 62:13
Feb 4, 2021 vs CAR W 6-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Feb 2, 2021 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) OTL 41 38 3 0.927 65:00
Jan 31, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:54
Jan 29, 2021 vs CBJ L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 58:47
Jan 27, 2021 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) OTL 42 41 1 0.976 64:58
Jan 24, 2021 vs DET W 6-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 22, 2021 vs DET W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:48
Jan 19, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) OTL 30 25 5 0.833 62:40