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Kevin Lankinen

Position	Goaltender	Current Team	Vancouver Canucks
Catches	Left	Current Contract	5 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	190	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	30 (Apr 28, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 21, 2025	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 5 years @ $4.500M AAV starting in 2025-26
Sep 21, 2024	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 1 year @ $875K AAV starting in 2024-25
Mar 3, 2023	Nashville Predators	Signed 1 year @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jun 14, 2022	Nashville Predators	Signed 1 year @ $1.500M AAV starting in 2022-23
Apr 2, 2020	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed 2 years @ $800K AAV starting in 2020-21
May 21, 2018	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2020-21	CHI	37	1743:37	42.67	32.59	2.64	2.48	0.16	92.40	91.91	0.49
2021-22	CHI	31	1455:53	42.49	31.69	2.47	3.05	-0.58	90.38	92.22	-1.84
2022-23	NSH	19	873:56	44.63	31.10	2.66	2.33	0.33	92.49	91.43	1.06
2023-24	NSH	23	923:15	40.81	30.35	2.46	2.01	0.45	93.36	91.88	1.48
2024-25	VAN	51	2432:47	40.08	25.35	2.21	2.39	-0.19	90.56	91.29	-0.73

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2020-21	CHI	37	138:46	78.69	62.26	6.82	9.51	-2.70	84.72	89.05	-4.33
2021-22	CHI	31	125:23	78.96	57.90	6.97	8.14	-1.16	85.95	87.96	-2.01
2022-23	NSH	19	75:23	96.31	69.25	9.49	10.35	-0.85	85.06	86.29	-1.23
2023-24	NSH	23	85:16	76.70	53.48	8.32	12.67	-4.35	76.32	84.45	-8.13
2024-25	VAN	51	225:13	76.46	52.22	7.81	4.53	3.29	91.33	85.03	6.29

Legend

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Glossary

Statistic	Definition
SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60	Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60	Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%	Save Percentage.
xSv%	Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AE	Save Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).

Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Breaking down the top goalie masks across the NHL for the upcoming season at ESPN (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Fantasy hockey goalie guide: The goaltending timeshares to target at ESPN (Tue Sep 30, 2025)
Oilers front office has put all of their success and failure behind their goaltenders at Oil on Whyte (Tue Sep 30, 2025)
NHL Goalies Who May Be More Important To Their Teams Than Expected at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
(Preseason) GAME DAY: Canucks vs Seattle Kraken- Sept 26/25 at Nucks Misconduct (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Canucks Goaltender Nikita Tolopilo On Returning To The Altered Abbotsford Crease As Defending Calder Cup Champions at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Vancouver Canucks Announce 2025 Training Camp Roster at The Hockey Writers (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Canucks’ 2025–26 Roster Is Built for Staying Power at The Hockey Writers (Sun Sep 14, 2025)
Vancouver Canucks Five Wishes for 2025-26 at Nucks Misconduct (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
Kevin Lankinen Fires Back at Disrespectful Rankings Taking Shots at the Vancouver Canucks Goalie Tandem at Canucks Daily (Wed Sep 10, 2025)
Vancouver Canucks Goaltending Tandem Receives Major Disrespect in Recent Rankings at Canucks Daily (Sun Sep 7, 2025)
Best goalie tandems in NHL, including Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin, Jonathan Quick at Forever Blueshirts (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Ranking NHL Teams By Goaltenders at The Hockey Writers (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
How should the Canucks split up Thatcher Demko and Kevin Lankinen’s starts? at Canucks Army (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Former Vancouver Canucks Goaltender Slams Team's Decision to Trade Arturs Silovs at Canucks Daily (Sat Aug 30, 2025)
Breakout Star Kevin Lankinen Set for Reduced Role With the Vancouver Canucks at Canucks Daily (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Canucks: What does a successful 2025-26 look like for Kevin Lankinen? at Canucks Army (Sun Aug 17, 2025)
Vancouver Canucks’ Top 10 Prospects: 2025-26 Preseason Edition at The Hockey Writers (Wed Aug 13, 2025)
Blueshirt Banter Expansion Draft: Pacific Division Protection Lists at Blue Shirt Banter (Wed Aug 13, 2025)
Canucks 2025-26 Opponent Preview: Calgary Flames at The Hockey Writers (Sat Aug 9, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	30	NMC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2026-27	31	NMC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2027-28	32	M-NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2028-29	33	M-NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
2029-30	34	M-NTC	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$8,500,000	$14,000,000	$22,500,000	$22,500,000

Signed: Feb 21, 2025

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Patrik Alvin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.71

Clause: Full no move clause in 2025-26 and 2026-27 then 15 team no trade list for 2027-28, 2028-29 and 2029-30.

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Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	29		$875,000	$875,000	-	-	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000

Signed: Sep 21, 2024

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Patrik Alvin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.99

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	28		$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000

Signed: Mar 3, 2023

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.4

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	27		$1,500,000	$1,500,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000

Signed: June 14, 2022

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.82

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	25	$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$500,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26	$800,000	$800,000	-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,350,000

Signed: Apr 2, 2020

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: Stan Bowman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.98

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23	$925,000	$1,137,500	$212,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	24	$925,000	$1,137,500	$212,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$425,000	$185,000	$1,665,000	$1,850,000	$140,000

Signed: May 21, 2018

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: Stan Bowman

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%
2009-10	Jr. C SM-sarja		18							3.38	0.917
2010-11	Jr. B SM-sarja		5							2.37	0.936
2010-11	Jr. C SM-sarja		10							2.46	0.927	3							4.41	0.882
2011-12	Jr. A SM-liiga		2					40	2	1.00	0.950
2011-12	U18 SM-sarja											11							2.14	0.939
2012-13	Jr. A SM-liiga		23							2.92	0.910
2012-13	U18 SM-sarja											10							0.87	0.966
2013-14	Liiga		1					6	2	7.16	0.666
2013-14	U20 SM-sarja											4							2.09	0.931
2014-15	Liiga		24					559	50	2.29	0.910	6		3	2		178	12	1.74	0.933
2014-15	Mestis		10							3.29	0.906
2015-16	Liiga		22		12	5	4	541	51	2.36	0.906	3		1	2		92	10	3.33	0.891
2015-16	Liiga		2				2	62	5	2.34	0.919
2016-17	Liiga		42		13	19	9	1084	87	2.14	0.920	13		6	6		340	32	2.50	0.906
2017-18	Liiga		15		10	3	2	369	20	1.33	0.946	13		7	5		388	25	1.99	0.936
2017-18	Mestis		2							1.50	0.954
2018-19	AHL		19		7	8	5	533	48	2.50	0.910
2018-19	WC		8		7	1		207	12	1.50	0.942
2018-19	ECHL		6		4	2		178	19	3.18	0.893
2019-20	AHL		21		8	10	3	657	60	3.03	0.909
2020-21	NHL		37	37	17	14	5	1204	109	3.01	0.909
2021-22	NHL		32	32	8	15	6	973	106	3.50	0.891
2022-23	NHL		19	19	9	8	1	583	49	2.75	0.916
2023-24	NHL		24	24	11	6		610	56	2.82	0.908
2024-25	NHL		51	51	25	15	10	1345	132	2.62	0.902
2024-25	4 Nations		2	2	1	1		37	7	4.84	0.811
NHL Career			163	163	70	58	22	4715	452	2.93	0.904