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Photo of NHL player Kevin Lankinen

Vancouver Canucks Logo Kevin Lankinen

Position Goaltender Current Team Vancouver Canucks
Catches Left Current Contract 5 years ($4.5M CapHit)
Height 6'2" Expires 2029-30
Weight (lbs) 190 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 35
Age (DOB) 31 (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

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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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 2.70 2.48 0.22 92.40 91.71 0.69
2021-22 CHI 31 1455:53 42.49 31.69 2.48 3.05 -0.57 90.38 92.18 -1.80
2022-23 NSH 19 873:56 44.63 31.10 2.67 2.33 0.33 92.49 91.43 1.06
2023-24 NSH 23 923:15 40.75 30.35 2.49 2.01 0.48 93.36 91.78 1.58
2024-25 VAN 51 2432:47 39.44 25.35 2.18 2.39 -0.21 90.56 91.40 -0.84
2025-26 VAN 47 2141:58 43.61 28.77 2.98 3.14 -0.16 89.09 89.65 -0.55

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 7.52 9.51 -1.99 84.72 87.92 -3.20
2021-22 CHI 31 125:23 78.96 57.90 6.82 8.14 -1.32 85.95 88.23 -2.28
2022-23 NSH 19 75:23 96.31 69.25 9.49 10.35 -0.86 85.06 86.30 -1.24
2023-24 NSH 23 85:16 76.70 53.48 8.16 12.67 -4.51 76.32 84.74 -8.43
2024-25 VAN 51 225:13 75.66 52.22 7.39 4.53 2.86 91.33 85.84 5.48
2025-26 VAN 47 167:05 76.85 55.66 8.45 12.21 -3.76 78.06 84.81 -6.75

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Kevin Lankinen signed a $22,500,000 5-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Patrik Alvin on February 21, 2025 with an AAV of $4,500,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2029-30 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 4.71% of the salary cap.

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
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.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Kevin Lankinen signed a $875,000 1-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Patrik Alvin on September 21, 2024 with an AAV of $875,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.99% of the salary cap.

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
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.99

Kevin Lankinen signed a $2,000,000 1-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on March 3, 2023 with an AAV of $2,000,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.40% of the salary cap.

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
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 2.4

Kevin Lankinen signed a $1,500,000 1-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on June 14, 2022 with an AAV of $1,500,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.82% of the salary cap.

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
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 1.82

Kevin Lankinen signed a $1,600,000 2-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks and General Manager Stan Bowman on April 2, 2020 with an AAV of $800,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.98% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause 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
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.98

Kevin Lankinen signed a $1,850,000 2-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks and General Manager Stan Bowman on May 21, 2018 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.16% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause 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
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 Kiekko-Vantaa U16 18 3.38 0.917
2010-11 Jr. B SM-sarja Jokerit U18 5 2.37 0.936
2010-11 Jr. C SM-sarja Jokerit U16 10 2.46 0.927 3 4.41 0.882
2011-12 Jr. A SM-liiga Jokerit U20 2 40 2 1.00 0.950
2011-12 U18 SM-sarja Jokerit U18 11 2.14 0.939
2012-13 Jr. A SM-liiga Jokerit U20 23 2.92 0.910
2012-13 U18 SM-sarja Jokerit U18 10 0.87 0.966
2013-14 Liiga Jokerit 1 6 2 7.16 0.666
2013-14 U20 SM-sarja Jokerit U20 4 2.09 0.931
2014-15 Liiga HIFK 24 559 50 2.29 0.910 6 3 2 178 12 1.74 0.933
2014-15 Mestis Kiekko-Vantaa 10 3.29 0.906
2015-16 Liiga HIFK 22 12 5 4 541 51 2.36 0.906 3 1 2 92 10 3.33 0.891
2015-16 Liiga KooKoo 2 2 62 5 2.34 0.919
2016-17 Liiga HIFK 42 13 19 9 1084 87 2.14 0.920 13 6 6 340 32 2.50 0.906
2017-18 Liiga HIFK 15 10 3 2 369 20 1.33 0.946 13 7 5 388 25 1.99 0.936
2017-18 Mestis Ketterä 2 1.50 0.954
2018-19 AHL Rockford IceHogs 19 7 8 5 533 48 2.50 0.910
2018-19 WC Finland 8 7 1 207 12 1.50 0.942
2018-19 ECHL Indy Fuel 6 4 2 178 19 3.18 0.893
2019-20 AHL Rockford IceHogs 21 8 10 2 657 60 3.03 0.909
2020-21 NHL Chicago Blackhawks 37 37 17 14 5 1204 109 3.01 0.909
2021-22 NHL Chicago Blackhawks 32 32 8 15 6 973 106 3.50 0.891
2022-23 NHL Nashville Predators 19 19 9 8 1 583 49 2.75 0.916
2023-24 NHL Nashville Predators 24 24 11 6 610 56 2.82 0.908
2024-25 NHL Vancouver Canucks 51 51 25 15 10 1345 132 2.62 0.902
2024-25 4 Nations Finland 2 2 1 1 37 7 4.84 0.811
2025-26 NHL Vancouver Canucks 47 47 11 27 5 1285 160 3.70 0.875
NHL Career 210 210 81 85 27 6000 612 3.10 0.898