48 L · 15 OT · 149 GP
0.903 SV% · 2.93 GAA · 7 SO
Buffalo Sabres#34Active
Alex Lyon
G · 6′1″ / 199 lb · Catches L · Baudette, USA · Age 33 · Undrafted
71Career wins
0.903Career SV%
2.93Career GAA
7Shutouts
9 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2620wins
The latest read.
20 wins in 36 appearances in 2025-26. Career: 71 wins and 7 shutouts.
36GP
20wins
0.907SV%
2.77GAA
3SO
10losses
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
5 L · 0 OT · 14 GP
0.899 SV% · 2.90 GAA · 0 SO
0.905 → 0.906SV% by season · 5 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2022-23
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-05-16@ MTLPlayoff10:14 TOI—4 SA · 3 GA · 0.250
2026-05-14vs MTLPlayoff13:39 TOI—3 SA · 1 GA · 0.667
2026-05-10@ MTLPlayoff58:39 TOIL36 SA · 5 GA · 0.861
2026-05-08vs MTLPlayoff58:13 TOIL27 SA · 4 GA · 0.852
2026-05-06vs MTLPlayoff59:40 TOIW28 SA · 2 GA · 0.929
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastofficial NHL landing
Alex Lyon was never selected in an NHL Entry Draft, so there is no slot to price. Undrafted careers are not a slot outcome and the page leaves the comparison empty rather than filling it with a stand-in.
The arc.
Wins and save percentage by seasonNHL season log · 9 seasons
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Career
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart9 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Buffalo Sabres | 36 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0.907 | 2.77 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | Detroit Red Wings | 30 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0.896 | 2.81 | 1 |
| 2023-24Peak | Detroit Red Wings | 44 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 0.904 | 3.05 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Florida Panthers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0.914 | 2.89 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.908 | 2.93 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.893 | 3.33 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.890 | 3.55 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.806 | 5.08 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Philadelphia Flyers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.905 | 2.75 | 0 |
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Buffalo Sabres | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.904 | 2.59 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Florida Panthers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.888 | 3.63 | 0 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2025-26 is the best season either way: 2.77 raw, 2.66 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw GAA | League GF/gm | Adj. GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Best adjusted | 36 | 2.77 | 3.13 | 2.66 |
| 2024-25 | 30 | 2.81 | 3.04 | 2.77 |
| 2023-24 | 44 | 3.05 | 3.11 | 2.94 |
Method: each season's raw goals-against average is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | W | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | WC | USA | 2 | 1 | 0.940 | 2.20 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Charlotte Checkers | 23 | 13 | 0.910 | 2.43 |
| 2021-22 | AHL | Chicago Wolves | 30 | 18 | 0.912 | 2.16 |
| 2021-22 | AHL | Chicago Wolves | 12 | 9 | 0.923 | 2.03 |
| 2020-21 | AHL | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 4 | 2 | 0.874 | 3.40 |
| 2019-20 | AHL | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 32 | 11 | 0.913 | 2.69 |
| 2018-19 | AHL | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 39 | 19 | 0.916 | 2.74 |
| 2017-18 | AHL | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 27 | 16 | 0.913 | 2.75 |
| 2017-18 | AHL | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 11 | 6 | 0.944 | 1.98 |
| 2016-17 | AHL | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 47 | 27 | 0.912 | 2.74 |
| 2016-17 | AHL | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 2 | 0 | 0.882 | 2.07 |
| 2015-16 | NCAA | Yale Univ. | 31 | 19 | 0.936 | 1.64 |
| 2014-15 | NCAA | Yale Univ. | 32 | 17 | 0.939 | 1.62 |
| 2013-14 | ECAC | Yale | 30 | 14 | — | 2.41 |
| 2012-13 | USHL | Omaha | 50 | 26 | — | 2.65 |
| 2011-12 | USHL | Omaha | 48 | 28 | — | 2.76 |
| 2011-12 | USHL | Omaha | 4 | 1 | — | 3.30 |
| 2010-11 | USHS-MN | Lake of the Woods High | 25 | 0 | 0.948 | 1.48 |
| 2010-11 | UMHSEHL | Team Velocity | 2 | 0 | 0.891 | 3.43 |
| 2010-11 | USHS-MN | Lake of the Woods High | 2 | 0 | 0.923 | 3.03 |
| 2009-10 | USHS-MN | Lake of the Woods High | 25 | 0 | 0.919 | 2.80 |
| 2009-10 | USHS-MN | Lake of the Woods High | 1 | 0 | 0.875 | 4.00 |
| 2008-09 | USHS-MN | Lake of the Woods High | 17 | 0 | 0.909 | 3.44 |
| 2007-08 | USHS-MN | Lake of the Woods High | 4 | 0 | 0.847 | 6.86 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Goaltenders only; career games played within ±20% of 149 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 119 to 179); then the five nearest by career SV%, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 14 of them cleared the band.
Dustin WolfG · 2019 #214 · active128 GP · 60 W · 0.903 SV% · 2.85 GAA0.903 SV% · −0.000Spencer KnightG · 2019 #13 · active150 GP · 68 W · 0.903 SV% · 2.83 GAA0.903 SV% · +0.000Joey DaccordG · 2015 #199 · active173 GP · 69 W · 0.904 SV% · 2.83 GAA0.904 SV% · +0.001Charlie LindgrenG · Undrafted · active170 GP · 82 W · 0.902 SV% · 2.87 GAA0.902 SV% · −0.001Pyotr KochetkovG · 2019 #36 · active125 GP · 71 W · 0.905 SV% · 2.46 GAA0.905 SV% · +0.001
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Goals against average2.8GAA54.2
league average 3.0
Share of games above .9000.6share71.2
league average 0.5
Goal differential per 600.4per 6069.5
league average 0.1
Goal support average3.1goals66.1
league average 3.0
Point percentage0.6share81.4
league average 0.5
Save percentage by shot location
All shots.907sv%78.0
league average .896 sv%
high danger.822sv%64.4
league average .811 sv%
long danger.984sv%91.5
league average .968 sv%
mid danger.888sv%62.7
league average .884 sv%
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
Who solves him.
Every shooter on record against him · 3 seasonsNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
3,228 shots on goal faced from 727 different shooters, 314 of them scored: 9.7% against, on a league baseline of 10.2%. 207 of those shooters have scored at least once.
Hunters: 3 or more goals on him
| Shooter | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cale MakarCOL | 15 | 5 | 33.3% | wrist |
| Nathan MacKinnonCOL | 23 | 5 | 21.7% | wrist |
| Dylan StromeWSH | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | wrist |
| Tim StützleOTT | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | wrist |
| Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 26 | 4 | 15.4% | snap |
| Filip ForsbergNSH | 29 | 4 | 13.8% | wrist |
| Aleksander BarkovFLA | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | wrist |
| Cutter GauthierANA | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | snap |
Cold shooters: 10+ shots at 15% or worse
| Shooter | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah DobsonMTL | 26 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Bo HorvatNYI | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Roman JosiNSH | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Carter VerhaegheFLA | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | snap |
| Charlie McAvoyBOS | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Luke EvangelistaNSH | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Aaron EkbladFLA | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | snap |
| Anton LundellFLA | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
Method: goals, shots on goal and missed shots are attributed to the goaltender the feed says was in the net (details.goalieInNetId). Blocked shots are excluded, the puck never reached a goaltender, and empty-net events are excluded, because there was no goaltender to charge. Shooting percentage is goals divided by shots on goal, the league definition, in which shots on goal already include goals. The two board thresholds (3+ goals; 10+ shots at 15% or worse) are ported from the source project and printed here rather than left implicit. This is a count of what happened, not a rating of the goaltender.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
2.03blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#18Yahoo#21Fantrax#22Roto#14
25-2636 GP34 GS20 W3 SO2.77 GAA.906 SV%
RoleStarterMarket seat#183.5
This desk has Alex Lyon No. 18 among goaltenders on the ESPN points board; the market's overall seat of 183.5 counts skaters too, so the two are not subtracted.
The room.
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