Vancouver Canucks · #32 · Goalie

Kevin Lankinen

Age 31 · Catches left · 6′2″ · 190 lb · Born Helsinki, FIN

Undrafted

Next game · Thu 8 Octat Carolina · 7:00 PM ET.867 save % in the last 2 vs CARGame preview →
Games32026-27 · 3 starts Small sample
Record1-2-0Wins: T-1st on VAN
Save %.82448th of 55
GAA6.5055th of 55
Shutouts0
Saves7085 shots faced
Quality starts00.0% of starts

2025-262025-26: 47 games, 11-27-5, .875 save %, 3.70 GAA Season detail →

Kevin Lankinen has a .824 save percentage over 3 games of 2026-27, after .875 in 47 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

A .824 save percentage over 3 games, top-15% in shots faced / 60

Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL goalies

Shots faced / 6034.692nd
Starts385th
Wins154th
Shutouts043rd
Quality start %0.0%17th
Even-strength save %.84615th
Save %.82414th
Goals against avg6.501st

Bars show the percentile against 55 goalies with 1+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Save % · ten-game blocks

.824.8241–4

Dashed line: season average (.824). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins1T-1st on VAN
Save %.82448th of 55
Goals against avg6.5055th of 55
Starts31st on VAN
Shutouts0T-1st on VAN
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Fifty-five points of save percentage below the league at even strength

3 starts in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.

Save % by strength

Even strength.84665 shots · lg .901
Opponent power play.83318 shots · lg .844
His team on the PP.0002 shots · lg .869

League figures pool every goalie with the same minimum games (55 goalies).

Workload

Starts31st on VAN
Relief appearances0
Complete games266.7% of games
Shots faced / 6034.6
Minutes148

Goal support

Goals for / 604.07
Goals against / 606.50
Regulation wins1
Regulation losses2
Quality starts00.0% of starts

Expected goals

20.7 goals below expected in 2025-26

How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.

GSAx−6.455th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against9.616 allowed
Save %.824Expected .888
GSAx per game−2.133 games

2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Goals saved above expected for every goalie →


2026-27 · Save % by zone

A .758 save percentage from the slot, 33rd of 38 goalies

Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.

Goal against
Crease.750 · 23rd
Slot.758 · 33rd
Wing.875 · 30th
Point.846 · 36th
Neutral zone1.000 · 1st

Save % and rank among the 38 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.

Save % by zone, every goalie
5v5 save %.83334th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.75631st of 38
Games above .9000%0 of 3 games
Shots on goal faced8616 goals against

Game log

Against Carolina, 0 wins in 2

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
4 Mar 2026vsCARL 4-6224.81831:53
14 Nov 2025@CAROTL 3-4 OT384.89564:29

Prediction markets

3.5% for the Vezina Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Vezina TrophyBest goaltender3.5%—Best1¢4¢Not listed

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Contract

$4.5M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he saved −4.61 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 54th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.5M4.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 2 of 5
Expires2029-30UFA at 35
Cap value$22.5MCap hit × 5 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Vancouver

Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27
Franchise record

9th in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins379th for Vancouver
Shutouts410th
Games played101150th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seven seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2020-21CHI37171453.01.9092
2021-22CHI3281563.50.8910
2022-23NSH199812.75.9160
2023-24NSH2411602.82.9081
2024-25VAN512515102.62.9024
2025-26VAN47112753.70.8750
2026-27VAN11004.86.8650
Career2118285273.10.8987

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct