Michael Houser

#32 · Goalie · Buffalo Sabres

Born Sep 13, 1992 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA · 6'1", 185 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cayden Primeau MTL · 4 GP, 0.849

Craig Anderson WSH · 4 GP, 0.915

Spencer Knight FLA · 4 GP, 0.919

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF · 4 GP, 0.906

Dan Vladar BOS · 5 GP, 0.886

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season	Team	GP	W	L	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
2020-21	BUF	4	2	2	141	127	14	3.46	0.901
2021-22	BUF	2	2	0	77	73	4	2.00	0.948
2 seasons	Career	6	4	2	218	200	18	2.97	0.917

2020-21 season totals

GP	Starts	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
4	4	2	2	0	0	141	127	14	3.46	0.901

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-2.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win

-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six

-3.6Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

-3.6Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against

10.4Expected goals againstfrom 175 unblocked attempts

14Goals againstwhile he was in net

0.901Save %0.926 expected from his shots

Goals saved -0.89 above expected per 60 minutes1st

Shot difficulty 5.9% chance per attempt faced2ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 64 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date	Opponent	Result	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save %	TOI
May 8, 2021	@ PIT	L 0-1	L	23	22	1	0.957	58:02
May 6, 2021	@ PIT	L 4-8	L	34	26	8	0.765	60:00
May 4, 2021	vs NYI	W 4-3 (SO)	W	48	45	3	0.938	65:00
May 3, 2021	vs NYI	W 4-2	W	36	34	2	0.944	60:00