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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Antti Raanta CAR · 24 GP, 0.872 Daniil Tarasov CBJ · 24 GP, 0.908 David Rittich LAK · 24 GP, 0.921 James Reimer DET · 25 GP, 0.904 Joseph Woll TOR · 25 GP, 0.907

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

2023-24 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
24 17 11601 610 554 56 2.82 0.908

Contract

$2MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$230KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.7 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$349KValueworth 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 65 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Mar 3, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $2M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $2M $2M $0 $2M

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+8.7Goals above replacement39th of 65 goalies
+1.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 65 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.

-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. What these numbers mean

+2.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
58.7Expected goals againstfrom 830 unblocked attempts
56Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.908Save %0.904 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 70 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 +0.14 above expected per 60 minutes63rd
Shot difficulty 7.1% chance per attempt faced83rdA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02040Game 10Game 20Expected 58.7Allowed 56

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 13, 2024 vs CBJ W 6-4 2 2 0 1.000 04:10
Apr 12, 2024 @ CHI W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:49
Apr 6, 2024 @ NYI L 0-2 L 29 28 1 0.966 57:38
Mar 30, 2024 @ COL L 4-7 L 41 35 6 0.854 59:31
Mar 28, 2024 @ ARI L 4-8 11 11 0 1.000 18:00
Mar 21, 2024 @ FLA W 3-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 9, 2024 @ CBJ W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 25, 2024 @ ANA W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:54
Feb 20, 2024 @ VGK W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 59:52
Feb 15, 2024 vs DAL L 2-9 23 18 5 0.783 40:00
Jan 27, 2024 @ EDM L 1-4 L 20 17 3 0.850 59:17
Jan 12, 2024 @ DAL W 6-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Jan 6, 2024 @ DAL W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 4, 2024 vs CGY L 3-6 14 13 1 0.929 20:00
Dec 19, 2023 vs VAN L 2-5 11 11 0 1.000 18:44
Dec 15, 2023 @ CAR W 6-5 (OT) W 31 26 5 0.839 60:19
Dec 9, 2023 @ TOR L 0-4 L 36 33 3 0.917 58:35
Dec 2, 2023 vs NYR L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 57:51
Nov 30, 2023 vs MIN L 1-6 16 14 2 0.875 38:17
Nov 24, 2023 @ STL W 8-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Nov 18, 2023 vs CHI W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 4, 2023 @ EDM W 5-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Oct 31, 2023 @ VAN L 2-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:28
Oct 17, 2023 vs EDM L 1-6 19 17 2 0.895 40:00