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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Stuart Skinner EDM · 51 GP, 0.896 Adin Hill VGK · 50 GP, 0.906 Darcy Kuemper LAK · 50 GP, 0.922 Dustin Wolf CGY · 53 GP, 0.910 Elvis Merzlikins CBJ · 53 GP, 0.892

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

2024-25 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
51 49 2515104 1345 1213 132 2.62 0.902

Contract

$875KCap hitends in 2025, then extended to 2030
$59KCap dollars per goal above replacement14.7 goals above replacement
$3.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$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 61 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Sep 21, 2024, as a new contract: 1 year and $875K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Vancouver Canucks on Feb 21, 2025, 5 years and $22.5M at $4.5M a season, beginning in 2025-26.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $875K $875K $0 $875K M-NTC

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 not begun 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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+14.7Goals above replacement22nd of 61 goalies
+2.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.1Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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.

-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

+1.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
133.1Expected goals againstfrom 2,093 unblocked attempts
132Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.902Save %0.901 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 62 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 +0.02 above expected per 60 minutes53rd
Shot difficulty 6.4% chance per attempt faced24thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 62 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Expected 133.1Allowed 132

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 16, 2025 vs VGK L 1-4 20 19 1 0.950 40:00
Apr 12, 2025 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) OTL 33 30 3 0.909 62:47
Apr 10, 2025 @ COL W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Apr 6, 2025 vs VGK L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 58:45
Mar 28, 2025 @ CBJ L 6-7 (SO) OTL 38 32 6 0.842 65:00
Mar 22, 2025 @ NYR L 3-5 L 11 7 4 0.636 57:33
Mar 20, 2025 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 29 25 4 0.862 62:17
Mar 18, 2025 vs WPG W 6-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:24
Mar 16, 2025 vs UTA L 1-3 L 22 20 2 0.909 59:25
Mar 12, 2025 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) W 23 20 3 0.870 65:00
Mar 11, 2025 vs MTL L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:30
Mar 9, 2025 vs DAL L 1-4 L 18 15 3 0.833 59:01
Mar 7, 2025 vs MIN W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 5, 2025 vs ANA W 3-2 W 16 14 2 0.875 59:24
Mar 1, 2025 @ SEA L 3-6 L 23 18 5 0.783 57:58
Feb 26, 2025 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) W 26 24 2 0.923 64:26
Feb 22, 2025 @ VGK L 1-3 L 34 32 2 0.941 57:09
Feb 8, 2025 vs TOR W 2-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 50:00
Feb 2, 2025 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) OTL 18 15 3 0.833 64:18
Jan 27, 2025 @ STL W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 25, 2025 vs WSH W 2-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 14, 2025 @ WPG L 1-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Jan 11, 2025 @ TOR W 3-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 59:31
Jan 8, 2025 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) OTL 18 16 2 0.889 63:53
Jan 6, 2025 @ MTL L 4-5 (OT) OTL 24 19 5 0.792 60:41
Jan 3, 2025 vs NSH L 0-3 L 17 16 1 0.941 58:05
Jan 2, 2025 @ SEA W 4-3 (SO) W 15 13 2 0.867 37:11
Dec 31, 2024 @ CGY L 1-3 L 28 26 2 0.929 58:01
Dec 21, 2024 vs OTT L 4-5 (OT) OTL 22 17 5 0.773 60:15
Dec 19, 2024 @ VGK L 1-3 L 20 18 2 0.900 59:41
Dec 12, 2024 vs FLA W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 8, 2024 vs TBL L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:12
Dec 6, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 3, 2024 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) OTL 29 26 3 0.897 63:54
Dec 1, 2024 @ DET W 5-4 (OT) W 31 27 4 0.871 64:00
Nov 29, 2024 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) W 34 31 3 0.912 63:06
Nov 26, 2024 @ BOS W 2-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 23, 2024 @ OTT W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 58:20
Nov 17, 2024 vs NSH L 3-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 58:51
Nov 14, 2024 vs NYI L 2-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 57:12
Nov 12, 2024 vs CGY W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:32
Nov 9, 2024 vs EDM L 3-7 L 27 20 7 0.741 51:05
Nov 7, 2024 @ LAK W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 5, 2024 @ ANA W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 2, 2024 @ SJS W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:59
Oct 28, 2024 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 32 28 4 0.875 60:19
Oct 26, 2024 vs PIT W 4-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Oct 22, 2024 @ CHI W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Oct 19, 2024 @ PHI W 3-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 59:53
Oct 17, 2024 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 62:09
Oct 11, 2024 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 31 29 2 0.935 65:00