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Photo of NHL player Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Buffalo Sabres Logo Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Position Goaltender Current Team Buffalo Sabres
Catches Left Current Contract 5 years ($4.8M CapHit)
Height 6'5" Expires 2028-29
Weight (lbs) 223 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 30
Age (DOB) 27 (Mar 9, 1999) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2017, Round 2, Overall 54 (BUF)

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Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2013-14 Jr. B Suomi-sarj Jää-Ahmat U18 1 9.00 0.791
2014-15 Jr. C SM-sarja Q HPK U16 9 2.78 0.911
2015-16 WJC-18 Finland U18 3 3 72 6 2.00 0.917
2015-16 U18 SM-sarja HPK U18 31 0.901
2015-16 U20 SM-sarja HPK U20 15 1.98 0.924 8 1.94 0.920
2015-16 WHC-17 Finland U17 1 3.00 0.903
2016-17 WJC-18 Finland U18 6 5 1 178 18 2.90 0.899
2016-17 U20 SM-sarja HPK U20 35 1.78 0.917 9 2.01 0.915
2017-18 Liiga HPK 1 1 8 2 3.55 0.750
2017-18 Mestis LeKi 24 2.92 0.909
2017-18 WJC-20 Finland U20 5 2 3 132 16 3.13 0.879
2017-18 U20 SM-sarja HPK U20 2 2.50 0.924
2018-19 AHL Rochester Americans 1 1 34 2 2.00 0.941
2018-19 OHL Sudbury Wolves 53 38 11 4 1597 128 2.50 0.920 8 4 2 1 298 28 3.27 0.906
2018-19 WJC-20 Finland U20 6 3 2 162 11 1.80 0.932
2019-20 AHL Rochester Americans 10 3 4 3 253 32 3.15 0.874
2019-20 ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones 23 12 7 3 566 50 2.24 0.912
2020-21 NHL Buffalo Sabres 4 4 1 3 149 14 3.88 0.906
2020-21 Liiga TPS 13 6 3 4 360 33 2.52 0.908
2020-21 AHL Rochester Americans 14 7 5 2 438 49 3.60 0.888
2021-22 NHL Buffalo Sabres 9 9 2 5 2 277 23 2.74 0.917
2021-22 AHL Rochester Americans 35 15 14 6 1108 111 3.28 0.900
2022-23 NHL Buffalo Sabres 33 33 17 11 4 1054 115 3.61 0.892
2022-23 AHL Rochester Americans 9 6 3 265 27 3.07 0.898
2023-24 NHL Buffalo Sabres 54 54 27 22 4 1470 132 2.57 0.910
2024-25 NHL Buffalo Sabres 55 55 24 24 5 1490 169 3.20 0.887
2025-26 NHL Buffalo Sabres 35 35 22 9 3 930 85 2.52 0.910 6 6 3 3 137 17 3.18 0.876
2025-26 AHL Rochester Americans 1 1 23 2 2.01 0.913
NHL Career 190 190 93 74 18 5370 538 2.96 0.900 6 6 3 3 0 137 17 3.18 0.876

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

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 3.05 3.17 -0.13 91.51 91.85 -0.34
2021-22 BUF 9 427:05 46.78 33.16 2.52 2.81 -0.29 91.53 92.40 -0.88
2022-23 BUF 33 1549:46 42.78 31.82 2.97 3.21 -0.25 89.90 90.68 -0.77
2023-24 BUF 54 2509:02 40.99 27.52 2.49 2.34 0.15 91.49 90.94 0.54
2024-25 BUF 55 2531:56 41.33 27.35 2.50 2.75 -0.25 89.95 90.87 -0.92
2025-26 BUF 35 1614:40 40.39 26.12 2.49 2.27 0.22 91.32 90.48 0.85

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 13.32 8.16 5.15 90.00 83.69 6.31
2021-22 BUF 9 34:58 80.65 51.48 7.76 3.43 4.32 93.33 84.93 8.40
2022-23 BUF 33 112:56 100.94 72.79 10.37 10.63 -0.26 85.40 85.76 -0.36
2023-24 BUF 54 236:34 76.85 56.05 7.28 5.83 1.45 89.59 87.01 2.59
2024-25 BUF 55 234:32 73.42 49.89 6.96 7.93 -0.97 84.10 86.05 -1.95
2025-26 BUF 35 156:13 72.21 49.55 7.04 4.61 2.43 90.70 85.80 4.90

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).

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
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