Lankinen will start Monday's game at Seattle, Ben Kuzma of Postmedia reports Sunday.
Lankinen will make just his second start in eight games Monday night against the Kraken. The 30-year-old has taken a back seat to Thatcher Demko while the latter has been playing at a high level, but it will be Lankinen who will start the second game out of the holiday break. Lankinen carries a 5-10-3 record, 3.51 GAA and .880 save percentage into the matchup with Seattle, who will be on the second of a back-to-back.