Playing career
Liiga
Lankinen has played primarily for HIFK of the SM-liiga, from 2014 to 2018. He also played one match for Jokerit and two for KooKoo, and ten for Kiekko-Vantaa of Mestis. In 2014, Lankinen signed a three-year contract with HIFK. In the 2015 playoffs, he participated in the longest game in SM-liiga's history, lasting 134 minutes and 14 seconds. His team won 2–1 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Summer 2015 Lankinen participated to New York Islanders Development camp During the 2015–16 season, Lankinen played alongside Ville Husso, playing 22 games in the regular season, as well as three in the playoffs as his team won silver medals. During the 2016–17 season, Lankinen was a secondary goaltender alongside the more experienced Niklas Bäckström, but due to Bäckström's injuries, he became the primary goaltender and played in 42 games, seven of which were shutouts, the most in the league that season. During the 2017–18 season, Lankinen was injured and unable to play for a large portion of the season. However, he made a successful comeback by playing 15 games in the regular season with four shutouts and a save percentage of 94.58 percent. His goals against average (GAA) was 1.33, the highest in the league that season. During the playoffs, he played as the primary goaltender for 13 games with a save percentage of 93.56 percent, helping his team win bronze medals. He was in the running for the Urpo Ylönen trophy, which is awarded to the best goaltender of the season, alongside Veini Vehviläinen from Oulun Kärpät andChicago Blackhawks
On 21 May 2018, Lankinen (who had not been selected in NHL Entry Draft) signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). In his second season with the Blackhawks affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs in the 2019–20 season, Lankinen made 21 appearances, earning 8 wins and represented the IceHogs as the teams' lone representative at the 2020Nashville Predators
As a free agent from the Blackhawks, on 14 July 2022, Lankinen was signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Nashville Predators.International play
In 2019, Lankinen represented Finland in the Ice Hockey World Championships, winning gold. Throughout the tournament, he had the second highest save percentage (afterPersonal life
Lankinen likes to read and names " Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari as his favorite book. One other favorite of his is " The Dirt" – an autobiography ofCareer statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lankinen, Kevin 1995 births Living people Chicago Blackhawks players Finnish ice hockey goaltenders HIFK (ice hockey) players Indy Fuel players Jokerit players Imatran Ketterä players Kiekko-Vantaa players KooKoo players Nashville Predators players Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players Ice hockey people from Helsinki Swedish-speaking Finns Undrafted National Hockey League players