G · BUF · NHL id 8479312
Alex Lyon has appeared in 36 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26, starting 34, with a 20-10-4 record and .907 save percentage on 979 shots (92 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 83 of 98 (.847), starting 4 of them. In 2024-25 he went 14-9-1 with a .896 save percentage in 30 games.
Right now
Recent workload and form
Starts and workload
2025-26 · last 30 appearances, oldest first
- Start.958SEA · W
- Start.889PHI · W
- Start.941NYI · W
- Start.923OTT · W
- Start.889STL · W
- Start.912NSH · W
- Start1.000NYI · W
- Start.974LAK · W
- Start.900MTL · L
- Start.929FLA · W
- Start.871PIT · L
- Start.966FLA · W
- Start.931VGK · W
- Start.920NSH · W
- Start.850SJS · W
- Start.889TOR · W
- Start1.000SJS · W
- Start.818ANA · O
- Start.789DET · L
- Start.400WSH · L
- Relief1.000BOS
- Start.960BOS · W
- Start.958BOS · W
- Start.931BOS · L
- Start.962BOS · W
- Start.929MTL · W
- Start.852MTL · L
- Start.861MTL · L
- Relief.667MTL
- Start.250MTL
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among goalies
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among goalies this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shots against
Last 10 games · 305 unblocked attempts faced, 209 on goal, 20 goals
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 305 attempts, 209 on goal, 20 goals, 21.93 expected goals; best chance Kirby Dach at 0.41 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among goalies. Each stat links to its explainer.
Goaltending
- Games played36
- Games started3435th of 98
- Wins2027th of 72
- Overtime losses430th of 72
- Shutouts310th of 72
- Save %.90716th of 72
- Goals-against average2.7731st of 72
- Goals against9233rd of 72
- Saves88833rd of 72
- Goals saved above expected+8.518th of 72
- High-danger save %.82224th of 72
- Rebounds prevented /100−0.1936th of 72
Compare head to head
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 36 games through the sequence engine
| Class | SA | SV% | League | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | .848 | .842 | +0.7 pts | |
| 92 | .924 | .920 | +0.4 pts | |
| Cycle | 378 | .907 | .899 | +0.8 pts |
| Off the draw | 43 | 1.000 | .950 | +5.0 pts |
Unblocked save % .939 vs .932 expected from his shot mix: +0.71 pts (±1.21)
- Prevented /100
- −0.19
- Rebounds
- 110vs 108.3 exp.
- Rate
- 12.4%of 888 saves
A rebound is an opponent attempt within 3 seconds of a save. Expected rebounds use the shot-by-shot model; positive means fewer second chances than expected.
Game log
46 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | DEC | SA | SV | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16PO | @ MTL | W 8-3 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 10:14 |
| May 14PO | vs MTL | L 3-6 | RL | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 13:39 |
| May 10PO | @ MTL | L 2-6 | L | 36 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 58:39 |
| May 8PO | vs MTL | L 1-5 | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:13 |
| May 6PO | vs MTL | W 4-2 | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 59:40 |
| May 1PO | @ BOS | W 4-1 | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 59:42 |
| Apr 28PO | vs BOS | OTL 1-2 | L | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 69:14 |
| Apr 26PO | @ BOS | W 6-1 | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |
| Apr 23PO | @ BOS | W 3-1 | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 59:55 |
| Apr 21PO | vs BOS | L 2-4 | RL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 14:10 |
| Apr 4 | @ WSH | L 2-6 | L | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5:52 |
| Mar 27 | vs DET | L 2-5 | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 57:57 |
| Mar 22 | @ ANA | OTL 5-6 | O | 33 | 27 | 6 | .818 | 61:17 |
| Mar 19 | @ SJS | W 5-0 | W | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Mar 14 | vs TOR | W 3-2 | W | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 65:00 |
| Mar 10 | vs SJS | W 6-3 | W | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 60:00 |
| Mar 7 | vs NSH | W 3-2 | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |
| Mar 3 | vs VGK | W 3-2 | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| Feb 27 | @ FLA | W 3-2 | W | 29 | 28 | 2 | .966 | 60:00 |
| Feb 5 | vs PIT | L 2-5 | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 56:51 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GA | CA/60 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 36 | 1992:01 | 55:20 | 980 | 92 | .906 | 61.3 |
| Even strength | 36 | 1647:58 | 45:47 | 771 | 69 | .911 | 58.8 |
| 5v5 | 36 | 1603:44 | 44:33 | 751 | 64 | .915 | 59.2 |
| Power play | 34 | 155:28 | 4:34 | 23 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.5 |
| Penalty kill | 33 | 161:20 | 4:53 | 158 | 17 | .892 | 119.4 |
| 4v4 | 17 | 28:12 | 1:40 | 8 | 1 | .875 | 34.0 |
| 3v3 (OT) | 7 | 16:02 | 2:17 | 12 | 4 | .667 | 59.9 |
| 5v4 | 34 | 152:10 | 4:29 | 22 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.4 |
| 4v5 | 33 | 158:54 | 4:49 | 155 | 17 | .890 | 118.2 |
| 5v3 | 2 | 2:49 | 1:25 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 21.3 |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 23 | 22:46 | 0:59 | 23 | 3 | .870 | 142.3 |
| 4v6, opponent net empty | 5 | 3:53 | 0:47 | 5 | 3 | .400 | 170.0 |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | GS | W-L-OTL | SA | SV | GA | GAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | BUF | 10 | 8 | 4-3-0 | 209 | 189 | 20 | .904 | 2.59 |
| 2025-26 | BUF | 36 | 34 | 20-10-4 | 979 | 888 | 92 | .907 | 2.77 |
| 2024-25 | DET | 30 | 26 | 14-9-1 | 705 | 632 | 73 | .896 | 2.81 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 44 | 43 | 21-18-5 | 1325 | 1198 | 127 | .904 | 3.05 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | FLA | 4 | 3 | 1-2-0 | 107 | 95 | 12 | .888 | 3.63 |
| 2022-23 | FLA | 15 | 14 | 9-4-2 | 488 | 446 | 43 | .914 | 2.89 |
| 2021-22 | CAR | 2 | 2 | 1-0-1 | 65 | 59 | 6 | .908 | 2.93 |
| 2020-21 | PHI | 6 | 5 | 1-3-1 | 169 | 151 | 18 | .893 | 3.33 |
| 2019-20 | PHI | 3 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 73 | 65 | 8 | .890 | 3.55 |
| 2018-19 | PHI | 2 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 31 | 25 | 6 | .806 | 5.08 |
| 2017-18 | PHI | 11 | 7 | 4-2-1 | 232 | 210 | 22 | .905 | 2.75 |
Alex Lyon news
- Alex Lyon Injury: On injured reserveRotoWire
- Sabres' Alex Lyon: On injured reserveCBS Sports
- NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blackhawks, Stars, Panthers, Islanders, Senators, Penguins and MoreNHLRumors.com
- NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Wild, Islanders, Rangers, Sens, Flyers, and LeafsNHLRumors.com
- Sabres' Alex Lyon: Likely to miss a couple daysCBS Sports
- NHL Injuries: Bruins, Sabres, Hurricanes, Avs, Wild, Devils, Flyers, and PenguinsNHLRumors.com
- NHL Rumours: Zegras’ Jersey Tuck Controversy, Sabres Need Goalie & Tarasenko to PanthersThe Hockey Writers
- NHL Injuries: Sabres, Stars, Red Wings, Wild, Devils, Islanders, Senators, Penguins, Capitals, and the IRNHLRumors.com
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.