Kari Lehtonen's NHL career
Goaltender Kari Lehtonen was drafted 2th overall by Atlanta Thrashers in 2002. He played 14 seasons for 2 clubs, 2003-2018. That came to 648 games and 310 wins, 38 shutouts.
Below: the whole of Kari Lehtonen's career, season by season.
- Year 20022002 NHL Draft
Kari Lehtonen is drafted 2 overall by Atlanta Thrashers
First off the board- 1Rick NashCBJ
- 2Kari LehtonenATL
- 3Jay BouwmeesterFLA
Swedes from the same draft
Alexander Steen1018 GP · 622 P- Jonathan Ericsson680 GP · 125 P
- Joakim Lindström150 GP · 43 P
- 1 year, 8 months and 26 days later · 2 seasonsYear 20042003-2004 seasonNHL debut
Kari Lehtonen makes his NHL debut
Kari was 20 years old ·
Philips Arena, USAFirst NHL winOther Swedes on the ice:
Mikael Samuelsson, Andreas Lilja, Christian Berglund, among others.Season2003-2004
Kari Lehtonen's first NHL season: 4 games
The whole season2003-2004Wins4Games4 of 825%SV%.953NHL#4GAA1.25NHL#5Shutouts1NHL#45 - Year 2006Season
2005-2006
Kari Lehtonen plays 38 of 82 games
The whole season2005-2006Wins20Games38 of 8246%SV%.906NHL#24GAA2.94NHL#39Shutouts2NHL#16 - Year 2007Season
2006-2007
Kari Lehtonen plays 67 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run2006-2007Wins34Games67 of 8282%SV%.912NHL#20GAA2.79NHL#34Shutouts4NHL#15PlayoffsEliminated by New York Rangers0 of 4 gamesFirst roundNYRNew York Rangers0–4 - Year 2008Season
2007-2008
Kari Lehtonen plays 48 of 82 games
The whole season2007-2008Wins17Games48 of 8259%SV%.916NHL#30GAA2.90NHL#59Shutouts4NHL#9 - Year 2009Season
2008-2009
Kari Lehtonen plays 46 of 82 games
The whole season2008-2009Wins19Games46 of 8256%SV%.911NHL#36GAA3.06NHL#61Shutouts3NHL#17 - Year 2010Season
2009-2010
Kari Lehtonen plays 12 of 82 games
The whole season2009-2010Wins6Games12 of 8215%SV%.911NHL#36GAA2.81NHL#46Shutouts0NHL#53 - Year 2011Season
2010-2011
Kari Lehtonen plays 69 of 82 games
The whole season2010-2011Wins34Games69 of 8284%SV%.914NHL#38GAA2.55NHL#31Shutouts3NHL#20 - Year 2012Season
2011-2012
Kari Lehtonen plays 59 of 82 games
The whole season2011-2012Wins32Games59 of 8272%SV%.922NHL#20GAA2.33NHL#22Shutouts4NHL#14 - Year 2013Season
2012-2013
Kari Lehtonen plays 36 of 48 games
The whole season2012-2013Wins15Games36 of 4875%SV%.916NHL#30GAA2.66NHL#46Shutouts1NHL#27 - Year 2014Season
2013-2014
Kari Lehtonen plays 65 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run2013-2014Wins33Games65 of 8279%SV%.919NHL#32GAA2.41NHL#33Shutouts5NHL#4PlayoffsEliminated by Anaheim Ducks0 of 6 gamesFirst roundANAAnaheim Ducks2–4 - Year 2015Season
2014-2015
Kari Lehtonen plays 65 of 82 games
The whole season2014-2015Wins34Games65 of 8279%SV%.903NHL#68GAA2.94NHL#67Shutouts5NHL#8 - Year 2016Season
2015-2016
Kari Lehtonen plays 43 of 82 games
The whole season and the playoff run2015-2016Wins25Games43 of 8252%SV%.906NHL#64GAA2.76NHL#60Shutouts2NHL#27PlayoffsEliminated by St. Louis Blues0 of 13 gamesFirst roundMINMinnesota Wild4–2Second roundSTLSt. Louis Blues3–4 - Year 2017Season
2016-2017
Kari Lehtonen plays 59 of 82 games
The whole season2016-2017Wins22Games59 of 8272%SV%.902NHL#67GAA2.85NHL#61Shutouts3NHL#17 - Year 2018Season
2017-2018
Kari Lehtonen's last season: 37 games
The whole season2017-2018Wins15Games37 of 8245%SV%.912NHL#42GAA2.56NHL#31Shutouts1NHL#36 - The career
Kari Lehtonen played his last NHL game in 2018
The career ended after 14 seasons, the last of them with Dallas Stars.