Alex Lyon
Age 33 · Catches left · 6′1″ · 199 lb · Born Baudette, Minnesota, USA
Undrafted
vs Dallas · 7:00 PM ETAlex Lyon posted a .907 save percentage and a 2.77 goals-against average over 36 games in 2025-26, with a 20-10-4 record.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesBuffalo have played 3 games and Alex Lyon has not dressed yet (ir, upper body). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Dallas. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 36 gamesA .907 save percentage over 36 games
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.906). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Six points of save percentage above the league at even strength
34 starts in 2025-26: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
10.7 goals saved above expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .829 save percentage from the slot, 30th of 61 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.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 61 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2025-26. Bars start at .750.
Save % by zone, every goalie.900 or better in 20 of 34 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
The last ten games
WSHL 2-653.4005:52
DETL 2-5194.78957:57
ANAOTL 5-6 OT336.81861:17
SJSW 5-02301.00060:00
TORW 3-2 SO182.88965:00SJSW 6-3203.85060:00
NSHW 3-2252.92060:00
VGKW 3-2292.93160:00
FLAW 3-2292.96660:00
PITL 2-5314.87156:51Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he saved +7.13 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 7th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.
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 Buffalo
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-2615th in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, with 5 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct