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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anthony Stolarz ANA · 19 GP, 0.899 Eric Comrie BUF · 19 GP, 0.886 Lukas Dostal ANA · 19 GP, 0.901 Mads Sogaard OTT · 19 GP, 0.889 Collin Delia VAN · 20 GP, 0.882

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: 4 games426-27

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 4 1300 103 82 22 7.05 0.796 $4.5M
7 seasons Career 214 8288277 6103 5470 634 3.16 0.896

2022-23 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
19 18 9810 583 534 49 2.75 0.916

Contract

$1.5MCap hitends in 2023, then extended to 2024
$133KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.3 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Jul 14, 2022, as a new contract: 1 year and $1.5M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Nashville Predators on Mar 3, 2023, 1 year and $2M at $2M a season, beginning in 2023-24.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $1.5M $1.5M $0 $1.5M

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 not begun 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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+11.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+1.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

+5.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
54.7Expected goals againstfrom 827 unblocked attempts
49Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.916Save %0.906 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 67 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 +0.32 above expected per 60 minutes82nd
Shot difficulty 6.6% chance per attempt faced18thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 67 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02040Game 10Expected 54.7Allowed 49

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
Apr 14, 2023 vs COL L 3-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 58:23
Apr 4, 2023 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) W 32 30 2 0.938 63:22
Mar 26, 2023 vs TOR L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:44
Mar 19, 2023 @ NYR L 0-7 L 5 1 4 0.200 09:09
Mar 11, 2023 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) W 27 26 1 0.963 64:51
Mar 2, 2023 @ FLA W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 18, 2023 vs FLA W 7-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 13, 2023 vs ARI L 2-4 L 18 15 3 0.833 59:02
Jan 17, 2023 vs CBJ W 2-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Jan 6, 2023 @ WSH W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 31, 2022 @ VGK L 4-5 (OT) OTL 32 27 5 0.844 60:44
Dec 13, 2022 vs EDM L 3-6 L 36 31 5 0.861 59:18
Dec 2, 2022 @ NYI W 4-1 W 49 48 1 0.980 60:00
Nov 23, 2022 @ DET L 0-3 L 28 26 2 0.929 58:11
Nov 10, 2022 @ COL L 3-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 57:35
Nov 8, 2022 @ SEA L 1-5 13 13 0 1.000 41:52
Nov 3, 2022 @ CGY W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 20, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-5 L 41 37 4 0.902 57:59
Oct 8, 2022 @ SJS W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00