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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
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
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Save% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Save%
2020-21 BUF 4 4 1 3 0 149 14 3.88 0.906
2021-22 BUF 9 9 2 5 2 277 23 2.74 0.917
2022-23 BUF 33 33 17 11 4 1054 115 3.61 0.892
2023-24 BUF 54 54 27 22 4 1470 132 2.57 0.910
2024-25 BUF 55 55 24 24 5 1490 169 3.20 0.887
Career 155 155 71 65 15 4440 453 3.06 0.898

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).

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

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: -
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

Standard Contract (RFA)

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: -
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 1.02

Entry Level Contract

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: -
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15