Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Losses Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games
Alex Lyon (BUF) leads NHL goalies with 10 L for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26, ahead of 
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) (9).
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Leaders: Losses, Buffalo Sabres, 2025-26
- 1stAlex LyonBUF · 36 GP10
- 2ndUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · 35 GP9
3rdColten EllisBUF · 16 GP4
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Losses measures
This board ranks NHL goalies by losses, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Regulation losses charged, regular season (overtime losses in OTL).
Losses are a team and workload stat: the busiest starters on bad teams top it.
A regulation loss is charged to the goalie in net for the goal that decides the game; overtime and shootout losses are counted separately (OTL). A few leagues score losses as a negative. High totals usually mean heavy usage on a weak team rather than poor play. In 2025-26, 3 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 9 and Alex Lyon leads at 10.
Losses leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | L | GP | GS | W | SV% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex LyonBUF | BUF | 10 | 36 | 34 | 20 | 0.907 | 29%▼2.1 |
| 2 | Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF | BUF | 9 | 35 | 34 | 22 | 0.910 | 67%▲1 |
| 3 | Colten EllisBUF | BUF | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 0.903 | 14%▼2.6 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Losses in 2025-26?
Alex Lyon leads with 10. The median of the 3 qualified goalies is 9.
How is Losses calculated?
Regulation losses charged, regular season (overtime losses in OTL). Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Losses?
Losses are a team and workload stat: the busiest starters on bad teams top it.