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Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen's 2025-2026 season

Wins
22
NHL#25
Save pct
.910
NHL#15
GAA
2.52
NHL#20
Shutouts
1
NHL#31
Games
35
42%
42% of 82

Goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was 26 years old when the 2025-2026 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 35 games and won 22 of them, at .910. In the playoffs he played 6 games and won 3.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2025-2026Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen plays the 2025-2026 season for Buffalo Sabres

    BUFBuffalo Sabres

    Ukko-Pekka was 26 years old when the 2025-2026 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen's season starts in game 9 of 82

    Buffalo Sabres have played 8 games8 of 82 without him
    • The game
      BUF3–4TOR
      L
      game 9/824
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA61:28TOI
      .826
      View the game
    • November 2025
    • The game
      WSH3–4BUF
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA64:28TOIW
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–0BUF
      L
      game 14/824
      His night
      .875SV%
      14SV16SA2GA59:50TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–6COL
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      .900SV%in relief
      27SV30SA3GA52:55TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–9BUF
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .870
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 824 of 21 started
      2
      wins
      .881
      SV%
      3.0
      GAA
      BUF
      8-9-4W-L-OT20Points
      8th in the Atlantic·16th in the Eastern Conference·28th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CAR1–4BUF
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–4PIT
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA59:23TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • December 2025
    • The game
      WPG1–5BUF
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–4WPG
      L
      game 28/823
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA58:30TOIL
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–7CGY
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA40:00TOIL
      .773
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–1NJD
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–4BUF
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–1DAL
      W
      game 39/824
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–5CBJ
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA58:34TOIL
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–5BUF
      W
      game 41/828
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .919
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8214 of 41 started
      8
      wins
      .903
      SV%
      2.6
      GAA
      BUF
      22-15-4W-L-OT48Points
      4th in the Atlantic·9th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA3–5BUF
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–5BUF
      W
      game 45/825
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN5–4BUF
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      .861SV%
      31SV36SA5GA61:46TOI
      .861
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–2CAR
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA57:50TOIL
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–2MTL
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF7–4TOR
      W
      game 52/824
      His night
      .600SV%
      3SV5SA2GA12:14TOI
      .600
      View the game
    • February 2026
    • The game
      BUF2–1NJD
      W
      game 58/823
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–2TBL
      W
      game 60/825
      His night
      .947SV%
      36SV38SA2GA59:41TOIW
      .947
      View the game
    • March 2026
    • The game
      BUF5–1PIT
      W
      game 62/824
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA59:24TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8223 of 62 started
      14
      wins
      .910
      SV%
      2.5
      GAA
      BUF
      37-19-6W-L-OT80Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL7–8BUF
      W
      game 64/825
      His night
      .786SV%
      22SV28SA7GA59:21TOIW
      .786
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1BUF
      L
      game 66/824
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA58:33TOIL
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–0VGK
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–1LAK
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      L
      game 72/825
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:26TOI
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      SEA2–3BUF
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA65:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4BUF
      W
      game 75/823
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:41TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • April 2026
    • The game
      BUF1–4OTT
      L
      game 76/823
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA58:42TOIL
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–4BUF
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–3NYR
      W
      game 79/822
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–1CHI
      W
      game 81/823
      His night
      .938SV%
      15SV16SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen closes the 2025-2026 season with 22 wins

    BUFBuffalo Sabres
    Wins
    22
    Games
    35of 82
    43%
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .910
    GAA
    2.52
    Starts
    34
    Events
    6×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    6×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    6 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins

    BUFvsBOS
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BOS3–4BUF
      W
      4
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA59:53TOIW
      .850
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–2BUF
      L
      4
      His night
      .789SV%in relief
      15SV19SA4GA40:16TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    BUF4–2BOS
    Advance
    2Games1Wins.821SV%4.2GAA
    5 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 4
      BUF3–2MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabresare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL6–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      .783SV%in relief
      18SV23SA5GA40:00TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      BUF8–3MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      18SV18SA0GA49:41TOIW
      in relief
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabresare3–3withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 7
      MTL3–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA71:22TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–3

    BUF3–4MTL
    Eliminated
    4Games2Wins.896SV%2.7GAA
    The run in numbers

    Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen ends the 2025-2026 playoffs with 3 wins

    BUFBuffalo Sabres
    Wins
    3
    Games
    6
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .874
    GAA
    3.18
    Starts
    3
    Events
    1
    First playoff win
    1×
    First star
    BOS4–2→MTL3–4