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Alex Lyon

#34

age32

posG

catchesL

h6'1"

w201lbs

Depth Chart G2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$1,500,000$1.50M

Year 1 of 2

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 34

Profile

Undrafted

Agent Pete Rutili

Birthdate Dec 9, 1992

Birthplace Baudette, Minnesota

Nationality USA

Stick Warrior Ritual V2 Pro+

UFA Year 2020

ELC Year 23

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $7.16M

Regular Season

GP12

GAA3.07

SV%0.907

GSAx 2.41

GSAx60 0.22

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP125

GAA3.01

SV%0.901

Career Statline Details

2025-2027 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,000,000$3.00M

cap hit$1,500,000$1.50M

Alex Lyon is signed to a 2 year, $3,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $1,500,000 per season, playing for the Buffalo Sabres. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Lyon an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 1 2025

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Kevyn Adams

% Cap Contract Start 1.57%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M	UFAage 34
AAV	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Base	$1,250,000$1.25M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$250,000$250K	-
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP12

GAA3.07

SV%0.907

GSAx 2.41

GSAx60 0.22

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP125

GAA3.01

SV%0.901

Career Statline Details

NHL Only

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM	GSAx	GSAx60	Playoffs	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM
2025-26	33	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	12	3.07	0.907	0	2.41	0.22
2024-25	32	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	30	2.81	0.896	0	2.37	0.09
2023-24	31	$900,000 $900K	WC	USA	2	2.2	0.940	0
2023-24	31	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	44	3.05	0.904	0	2.11	0.05
2023-24	31	$900,000 $900K	International	Team USA	1	3	0.895	0
2022-23	30	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Florida Panthers	15	2.89	0.914	0	7.53	0.51	Playoffs	4	3.63	0.888	0
2022-23	30	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	23	2.43	0.910	0
2021-22	29	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	2	2.93	0.908	0	0.13	0.06
2021-22	29	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Chicago Wolves	30	2.16	0.912	0			Playoffs	12	2.03	0.923	0
2020-21	28	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	6	3.33	0.893	0	-1.48	-0.27
2020-21	28	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	4	3.4	0.874	0
2019-20	27	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	3	3.55	0.890	0	0.15	0.07
2019-20	27	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	32	2.69	0.913	0
2018-19	26	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	2	5.07	0.806	0	-3.47	-2.94
2018-19	26	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	39	2.74	0.916	0
2017-18	25	$874,125 $874K	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	11	2.75	0.905	0
2017-18	25	$874,125 $874K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	27	2.75	0.913	0			Playoffs	11	1.98	0.944	0
2016-17	24	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	47	2.74	0.912	0			Playoffs	2	2.07	0.882	0
2015-16	23	$925,000 $925K	NCAA	Yale Univ.	31	1.64	0.936	0
2014-15	22		WC	USA	0		0.000	0
2014-15	22		NCAA	Yale Univ.	32	1.62	0.939	0
2013-14	21		NCAA	Yale Univ.	30	2.41	0.918	0
2012-13	20		USHL	Omaha Lancers	50	2.65	0.916	0
2011-12	19		USHL	Omaha Lancers	48	2.76	0.910	0			Playoffs	4	3.3	0.910	0
2010-11	18		USHS-MN	Lake of the Woods High	25	1.48	0.948	0			Playoffs	2	3.03	0.923	0
2010-11	18		USHL	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	1	5	0.848	0
2010-11	18		UMHSEHL	Team The Base	14	2.76	0.930	0			Playoffs	2	3.43	0.891	0
2009-10	17		USHS-MN	Lake of the Woods High	25	2.8	0.919	0			Playoffs	1	4	0.875	0
2008-09	16		USHS-MN	Lake of the Woods High	17	3.44	0.909	0
2007-08	15		USHS-MN	Lake of the Woods High	4	6.86	0.847	0
NHL Totals					125	3.01	0.901
Alex Lyon Stats by Elite Prospects Alex Lyon Advanced Stats by MoneyPuck.com

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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

Jul

Lyon, Alex

2yrs

$1,500,000

Cap Hit

07/1

2023

Lyon, Alex

2yrs

$900,000

Cap Hit

07/13

2022

Lyon, Alex

1yr

$750,000

Cap Hit

07/30

2021

Lyon, Alex

1yr

$750,000

Cap Hit

09/25

2020

Lyon, Alex

1yr

$700,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Nov

Lyon, Alex

Lyon stopped one of three shots before he was relieved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

Nov

Lyon, Alex

Lyon will start in goal on the road versus the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports.

Nov

Lyon, Alex

Lyon stopped 29 of 33 shots in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. The other two goals were empty-netters late in the third period.

Nov

Lyon, Alex

Lyon is expected to start on the road against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, per Ryan Henkel of The Hockey News.

Nov

Lyon, Alex

Lyon stopped 33 shots in Tuesday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Utah Mammoth.

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Contract History

2023-2025 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,800,000$1.80M

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2025 UFA age 32

Signed On Jul 1 2023

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Steve Yzerman

% Cap Contract Start 1.08%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	UFAage 32
AAV	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Base	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2022-2023 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2023 UFA age 30

Signed On Jul 13 2022

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Bill Zito

% Cap Contract Start 0.91%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	UFAage 30
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$310,000$310K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

410K Guaranteed

2021-2022 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2022 UFA age 29

Signed On Jul 30 2021

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Don Waddell

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	UFAage 29
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$200,000$200K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

250K Guaranteed

2020-2021 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2021 UFA age 28

Signed On Sep 25 2020

Signing Agent Pete Rutili

Signed By

Signing GM Chuck Fletcher

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	UFAage 28
AAV	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$700,000$700K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$1,500,000$1.50M

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2020 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 7 2018

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Ron Hextall

% Cap Contract Start 0.94%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K	UFAage 27
AAV	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$250,000$250K	$750,000$750K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2017-2018 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$874,125$874K

cap hit$874,125$874K

expiry 2018 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 15 2017

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Ron Hextall

% Cap Contract Start 1.17%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$874,125$874K	RFAage 25
AAV	$874,125$874K
Base	$874,125$874K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$874,125$874K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2015-2017 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,850,000$1.85M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2017 RFA age 24

Signed On Apr 5 2016

Signed By

Signing GM Ron Hextall

% Cap Contract Start 1.30%

Signing Status age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	RFAage 24
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year