This is the 2024-25 edition — an archived read. Read the 2026-27 report →
Kevin Lankinen
Vancouver Canucks Goaltender
Undrafted, and a .9050 across 112 games and three organisations.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | CHI | 37 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 109 | 3.01 | 2 | 1204 | .909 |
| 2021-22 | CHI | 32 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 106 | 3.50 | 0 | 973 | .891 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 49 | 2.75 | 0 | 583 | .916 |
| 2023-24 | NSH | 24 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 2.82 | 1 | 610 | .908 |
| 2024-25 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 112 | 45 | 43 | 12 | 320 | 3.07 | 3 | 3370 | .905 |
This Season So Far
The 2024-25 season has not started. The empty row above is his, and both it and this paragraph fill in on their own from the morning after he first plays: what he has done, what it is worth against his own last season, and the run he is on when the two disagree.
Last Season
24 games with Nashville, 11-6-0 with a .9082 and a 2.82, 1 shutout, facing 610 shots.
Eleven wins against six losses in 24 games behind a club that finished with 99 points. The .9082 is the second-best figure of his four seasons and the sample is a quarter of a year.
The Physical Game
He is 6-2 and 190.
He is quick rather than large and plays out at the top of the paint, challenging the shooter and relying on the push across to recover. At 6-2 that is the right trade and it is also why the low shot through traffic is the one that beats him.
The Mental Game
A career .9050 across 112 games with 3 shutouts.
An .9095, an .8911, a .9160 and a .9082 across four seasons is a goaltender who has never had two alike. He has played thirty-seven games in a season exactly once and has not been anybody’s first choice since.
The Intangibles
Undrafted, four seasons, and Vancouver will be his third organisation.
Forty-five career wins against 43 losses in 112 games from a man nobody drafted. He is 29, he came out of Finland at 25, and he is arriving to play behind a goaltender who has played more than fifty games twice in seven seasons.