The Nashville Predators have signed goaltender Kevin Lankinen to a one-year, $2 million AAV contract.

Lankinen, 27, has a 6-5-1 record as a backup to Juuse Saros this season. Before this year, he spent two years with the Chicago Blackhawks, posting a 17-14-5 record as a rookie in 2020-21 before backing up Marc-Andre Fleury last season.