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Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Position Goaltender Current Team Buffalo Sabres
Catches Left Current Contract 5 years
Height 6'5" Expires 2028-29
Weight (lbs) 223 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 30
Age 26 (Mar 9, 1999) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2017, Round 2, Overall 54 (BUF)
Date Team Transaction
Oct 6, 2025 Buffalo Sabres Placed on IR
Aug 24, 2024 Buffalo Sabres Signed 5 years @ $4.750M AAV starting in 2024-25
Aug 31, 2022 Buffalo Sabres Signed 2 years @ $837K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jun 14, 2018 Buffalo Sabres 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 BUF 4 170:10 50.07 37.38 2.96 3.17 -0.21 91.51 92.08 -0.57
2021-22 BUF 9 427:05 46.78 33.16 2.56 2.81 -0.25 91.53 92.27 -0.74
2022-23 BUF 33 1549:46 42.78 31.82 2.81 3.21 -0.40 89.90 91.17 -1.27
2023-24 BUF 54 2509:02 41.30 27.52 2.46 2.34 0.12 91.49 91.05 0.44
2024-25 BUF 55 2531:56 42.09 27.35 2.52 2.75 -0.23 89.95 90.79 -0.84

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2020-21 BUF 4 14:42 130.61 81.63 12.99 8.16 4.83 90.00 84.09 5.91
2021-22 BUF 9 34:58 80.65 51.48 7.33 3.43 3.90 93.33 85.76 7.58
2022-23 BUF 33 112:56 100.94 72.79 9.63 10.63 -0.99 85.40 86.77 -1.36
2023-24 BUF 54 236:34 77.36 56.05 7.60 5.83 1.77 89.59 86.43 3.16
2024-25 BUF 55 234:32 74.19 49.89 6.97 7.93 -0.96 84.10 86.02 -1.92

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

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 25 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 - $2,000,000 $2,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 RFA-arb
2025-26 26 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 - - $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 RFA-arb
2026-27 27 M-NTC $4,750,000 $4,750,000 - - $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 UFA
2027-28 28 M-NTC $4,750,000 $4,750,000 - - $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 UFA
2028-29 29 M-NTC $4,750,000 $4,750,000 - - $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 UFA
Total - $2,000,000 $21,750,000 $23,750,000 $23,750,000
Signed: Aug 24, 2024
Team: Buffalo Sabres
GM: Kevyn Adams
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 5.4
Clause: Player can submit a 5 team no trade list in 2026-27, 2027-28 and 2028-29.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 23 $837,500 $837,500 - - $750,000 $750,000 $350,000 RFA
2023-24 24 $837,500 $837,500 - - $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,675,000 $1,675,000 $1,275,000
Signed: Aug 31, 2022
Team: Buffalo Sabres
GM: Kevyn Adams
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 1.02

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2018-19 19 $792,500 $925,000 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2019-20 20 $778,333 $910,833 $182,500 $92,500 $700,000 $792,500 $792,500 ELC
2020-21 21 $778,333 $910,833 $132,500 $92,500 $700,000 $792,500 $792,500 ELC
2021-22 22 $778,333 $910,833 $82,500 - $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 ELC
Total $397,500 $277,500 $2,150,000 $2,427,500 $2,335,000
Signed: June 14, 2018
Team: Buffalo Sabres
GM: Jason Botterill
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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%
2013-14 Jr. B Suomi-sarj 1 9.00 0.791
2014-15 Jr. C SM-sarja Q 9 2.78 0.911
2015-16 WJC-18 3 3 72 6 2.00 0.917
2015-16 U18 SM-sarja 31 0.901
2015-16 U20 SM-sarja 15 1.98 0.924 8 1.94 0.920
2015-16 WHC-17 1 3.00 0.903
2016-17 WJC-18 6 5 1 178 18 2.90 0.899
2016-17 U20 SM-sarja 35 1.78 0.917 9 2.01 0.915
2017-18 Liiga 1 1 8 2 3.55 0.750
2017-18 Mestis 24 2.92 0.909
2017-18 WJC-20 5 2 3 132 16 3.13 0.879
2017-18 U20 SM-sarja 2 2.50 0.924
2018-19 AHL 1 1 34 2 2.00 0.941
2018-19 OHL 53 38 11 4 1597 128 2.50 0.920 8 4 2 1 298 28 3.27 0.906
2018-19 WJC-20 6 3 2 162 11 1.80 0.932
2019-20 AHL 10 3 4 4 253 32 3.15 0.874
2019-20 ECHL 23 12 7 3 566 50 2.24 0.912
2020-21 NHL 4 4 1 3 149 14 3.88 0.906
2020-21 Liiga 13 6 3 4 360 33 2.52 0.908
2020-21 AHL 14 7 5 3 438 49 3.60 0.888
2021-22 NHL 9 9 2 5 2 277 23 2.74 0.917
2021-22 AHL 35 15 14 8 1108 111 3.28 0.900
2022-23 NHL 33 33 17 11 4 1054 115 3.61 0.892
2022-23 AHL 9 6 3 265 27 3.07 0.898
2023-24 NHL 54 54 27 22 4 1470 132 2.57 0.910
2024-25 NHL 55 55 24 24 5 1490 169 3.20 0.887
NHL Career 155 155 71 65 15 4440 453 3.06 0.898