Alex Lyon

Alex Lyon

32-Year-Old GoalieG
Buffalo Sabres
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Lyon had a 14-9-1 record, 2.81 GAA and .896 save percentage in 30 appearances with Detroit in 2024-25. While those numbers aren’t impressive, Detroit wasn’t a great team defensively, and Lyon’s plus-2.4 goals saved above expected suggests he held his own. With that work behind him, Lyon joined Buffalo over the summer on a two-year deal. It’s an interesting situation because Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has shown promise, but he hasn’t done enough to gain a full lock on Buffalo’s starter role. Meanwhile, Devon Levi has failed to establish himself at the NHL level despite his substantial potential. There’s a path for Lyon to steal the No. 1 job for significant stretches, but it’s also possible he eventually finds himself as the No. 3 option. Pencil Lyon in for 20-30 games with mediocre results, but keep in the back of your mind that there’s plenty of room for variance. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a two-year, $3 million contract with the Sabres in July of 2025.
Strong in loss to Rangers
GBuffalo Sabres
October 9, 2025
Lyon made 29 saves in a 4-0 loss to the Rangers on Thursday. He allowed three goals.
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The game was closer than the score suggests. Lyon kept the game at 1-0 until Carson Soucy scored at 14:46 of the third frame. He's the Sabres starter now with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen on the shelf with a lower-body injury. Lyon's skills are better suited for back-up duty, but he did put up a 2.81 GAA in 30 games last season.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Lyon had a remarkable season for the Wings in 2023-24, becoming the starter after inking a deal to be the team's third stringer. With 39 previous NHL games on his resume, the journeyman played in 44 games last season, delivering a 21-18-5 record, 3.05 GAA and .904 save percentage. Lyon carried that momentum into the IIHF Worlds for Team USA, stopping 47 of 50 shots through two tournament games before suffering a finger injury. If he's healthy, Lyon will battle Ville Husso to back up newcomer Cam Talbot and get 25-plus starts in the role. Worst case, the Wings carry both Lyon and Husso into the season, and the game-splits all but eliminate any fantasy value for both men.
Between the regular season and the playoffs, Lyon went 10-6-2 with a 3.02 GAA and a .908 save percentage across 19 games with the Panthers last season. He was good enough to steal Sergei Bobrobsky's starting job at the end of the regular season, but Lyon couldn't keep the job past the middle of the first round of the playoffs. Nonetheless, he got on the Red Wings' radar, signing a two-year contract to help build Detroit's goalie depth. Lyon will compete with James Reimer for the backup job in training camp -- whoever wins that battle will have low-end fantasy appeal, while the other is likely ticketed for AHL Grand Rapids. Lyon is the underdog to win that battle.
Lyon had an 11-14-5 record with a 2.69 GAA and a .913 save percentage in 32 games with AHL Lehigh Valley last year, but that didn't translate to NHL success. With Carter Hart and Brian Elliott both under contract this year, Lyon's path to playing time will be crowded. Instead, the 28-year-old goalie is almost certainly destined for the Flyers' taxi squad, where he'll be an emergency depth option. Fantasy managers can pass on the Minnesota native in 2020-21, and it's unlikely at this point he'll ever be more than a backup in the NHL.
With numerous goaltending injuries during the second half of 2017-18, Lyon received his chance to start in the NHL. He began slowly, but in his last five appearances, he went 2-0-1 with a .912 save percentage. Overall, he finished 4-2-1 with a .905 save percentage and 2.75 GAA in 11 NHL games. The Flyers liked enough of what they saw to sign him to a two-year deal this summer. Petr Mrazek has departed for the Hurricanes, but Brian Elliott and Michal Neuvirth remain in the Flyers organization, so in all likelihood, Lyon will begin the season in the AHL, where he went 22-13-2 with a .924 save percentage and 2.50 GAA last year. If called upon, Lyon has to the potential to be a serviceable NHL goaltender in 2018-19 and could be used as a streaming option in fantasy circuits.
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Starting season opener
GBuffalo Sabres
October 9, 2025
Lyon will guard the home goal versus the Rangers on Thursday, Heather Engel of NHL.com reports.
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Guarding cage Friday
GBuffalo Sabres
October 2, 2025
Lyon will patrol the blue paint for Friday's preseason finale on the road versus the Penguins, Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550 reports.
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Starting versus Red Wings
GBuffalo Sabres
September 26, 2025
Lyon will be between the home pipes versus Detroit on Saturday, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550.
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Tending twine Tuesday
GBuffalo Sabres
September 22, 2025
Lyon will be between the pipes for Tuesday's preseason matchup at home against Columbus, per Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic.
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Secures two-year deal
GBuffalo Sabres
July 1, 2025
Lyon inked a two-year, $3 million contract with Buffalo on Tuesday.
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In starter's crease Thursday
GBuffalo Sabres
October 9, 2025
Lyon took the starter's crease ahead of Thursday's home clash with the Rangers, Heather Engel of NHL.com reports, indicating he'll be in goal.
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Lyon looks set to feature in the season opener for the Sabres since Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. The 32-year-old Lyon was poised to start the 2025-26 campaign as the No. 2 behind Luukkonen, but that was before the team picked up Colten Ellis off the waiver wire from St. Louis. Now the backup situation has gotten much more uncertain, but a strong performance by Lyon on Thursday could bolster his resume.
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