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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 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joey Daccord SEA · 47 GP, 0.897 Yaroslav Askarov SJS · 47 GP, 0.884 Joel Hofer STL · 46 GP, 0.910 Linus Ullmark OTT · 49 GP, 0.891 Scott Wedgewood COL · 45 GP, 0.921

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

2025-26 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
47 43 112750 1285 1125 160 3.70 0.875

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2030, then UFA
-$136KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.6MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 66 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Feb 21, 2025, as an extension of the contract he was on: 5 years and $22.5M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2029-30, with 4 seasons 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
2025-26 $4.5M $2.5M $2.5M $5M NMC
2026-27 $4.5M $4M $0 $4M NMC
2027-28 $4.5M $3M $2M $5M M-NTC
2028-29 $4.5M $2.5M $2M $4.5M M-NTC
2029-30 $4.5M $2M $2M $4M 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 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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-3.5Goals above replacement58th of 66 goalies
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-18.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 66 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

-18.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
142.0Expected goals againstfrom 1,936 unblocked attempts
160Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.875Save %0.889 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 68 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 -0.42 above expected per 60 minutes9th
Shot difficulty 7.3% chance per attempt faced93rdA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Allowed 160Expected 142.0

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, 2026 @ EDM L 1-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Apr 14, 2026 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) W 34 31 3 0.912 62:58
Apr 11, 2026 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) W 32 29 3 0.906 64:56
Apr 1, 2026 @ COL W 8-6 W 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Mar 30, 2026 @ VGK L 2-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:44
Mar 28, 2026 @ CGY L 3-7 12 9 3 0.750 32:45
Mar 26, 2026 vs LAK L 0-4 L 37 34 3 0.919 56:48
Mar 24, 2026 vs ANA L 3-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:27
Mar 21, 2026 vs STL L 1-3 L 20 18 2 0.900 59:42
Mar 19, 2026 vs TBL L 2-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Mar 17, 2026 vs FLA W 5-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Mar 9, 2026 vs OTT L 0-2 L 23 22 1 0.957 57:36
Mar 7, 2026 @ WPG L 2-3 (OT) OTL 36 33 3 0.917 61:49
Mar 4, 2026 vs CAR L 4-6 22 18 4 0.818 31:53
Feb 28, 2026 @ SEA L 1-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 57:37
Feb 4, 2026 @ VGK L 2-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Feb 2, 2026 @ UTA L 2-6 L 19 13 6 0.684 60:00
Jan 29, 2026 vs ANA W 2-0 1 1 0 1.000 02:11
Jan 27, 2026 vs SJS L 2-5 L 6 3 3 0.500 05:55
Jan 25, 2026 vs PIT L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:10
Jan 23, 2026 vs NJD L 4-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 56:16
Jan 21, 2026 vs WSH W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Jan 19, 2026 vs NYI L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 56:04
Jan 15, 2026 @ CBJ L 1-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Jan 13, 2026 @ OTT L 1-2 L 40 38 2 0.950 58:15
Jan 10, 2026 @ TOR L 0-5 18 16 2 0.889 40:00
Jan 8, 2026 @ DET L 1-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 58:39
Jan 3, 2026 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) OTL 22 19 3 0.864 64:41
Dec 29, 2025 @ SEA W 3-2 (SO) W 39 37 2 0.949 65:00
Dec 20, 2025 @ BOS W 5-4 (SO) W 43 39 4 0.907 65:00
Dec 8, 2025 vs DET L 0-4 L 14 11 3 0.786 39:53
Dec 5, 2025 vs UTA L 1-4 L 17 14 3 0.824 58:36
Dec 2, 2025 @ COL L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 56:36
Nov 29, 2025 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) OTL 23 21 2 0.913 63:58
Nov 23, 2025 vs CGY L 2-5 L 21 16 5 0.762 55:11
Nov 20, 2025 vs DAL L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 58:32
Nov 16, 2025 @ TBL W 6-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Nov 14, 2025 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 38 34 4 0.895 64:29
Nov 11, 2025 vs WPG L 3-5 L 21 20 1 0.952 36:44
Nov 9, 2025 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) OTL 32 27 5 0.844 60:38
Nov 8, 2025 vs CBJ W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 59:51
Nov 5, 2025 vs CHI L 2-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:47
Oct 30, 2025 @ STL W 4-3 (SO) W 39 36 3 0.923 65:00
Oct 25, 2025 vs MTL L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 57:13
Oct 21, 2025 @ PIT L 1-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:48
Oct 17, 2025 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) W 33 31 2 0.939 65:00
Oct 13, 2025 vs STL L 2-5 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:39