Alex Lyon

Alex Lyon

32-Year-Old GoalieG
Detroit Red Wings
2024 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a two-year, $1.8 million contract with the Red Wings in July of 2023.
Picks up OT win
GDetroit Red Wings
February 24, 2025
Lyon stopped 24 of 28 shots in Sunday's 5-4 overtime win against the Ducks.
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Lyon's first appearance since Feb. 8 was highlighted by a late collapse of two goals against in the final two and a half minutes of regulation, which allowed the Ducks to send the game to overtime. With the win, Lyon is up to an 11-6-1 record with a 2.74 GAA and a .902 save percentage. The 32-year-old has been effective in his 23 outings this season while backing up Cam Talbot. The Red Wings have a three-game week ahead of them, meaning Lyon will likely tend the twine for at least one contest since the team has alternated goalie starts between Lyon and Talbot throughout February.
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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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Between pipes against Anaheim
GDetroit Red Wings
February 23, 2025
Lyon will start Sunday's home game against the Ducks, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports.
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Rough outing leads to early hook
GDetroit Red Wings
February 8, 2025
Lyon was chased from Saturday's game against Tampa Bay after yielding two goals on three shots.
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Starting Saturday
GDetroit Red Wings
February 7, 2025
Lyon will be between the home pipes versus Tampa Bay on Saturday, per Daniella Bruce of the Red Wings' official site.
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Secures overtime win
GDetroit Red Wings
February 2, 2025
Lyon stopped 25 of 27 shots in Sunday's 3-2 overtime win over the Canucks.
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Facing Vancouver
GDetroit Red Wings
February 2, 2025
Lyon will draw the road start against the Canucks on Sunday, per the NHL media site.
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Slated to start Saturday
GDetroit Red Wings
February 7, 2025
Lyon is practicing in the starter's crease Friday, according to Ansar Khan of MLive.com, indicating he is expected to defend the home crease versus Tampa Bay on Saturday.
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Lyon has been sensational since the league's holiday break despite missing four games with an upper-body injury. He's gone 5-1-1 with a 1.95 GAA and a .927 save percentage in 10 appearances since then. Overall, the 32-year-old veteran is 10-6-1 with one shutout, a 2.58 GAA and a .908 save percentage in 21 contests this season.
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