Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Ville Husso

Ville Husso

#33 · Goalie · Anaheim Ducks

Born Feb 6, 1995 in Helsinki, FIN (age 31) · 6'3", 202 lb · Catches left · Drafted 94th overall in 2014 by STL (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jeremy Swayman BOS · 41 GP, 0.914 Linus Ullmark BOS · 41 GP, 0.917 Vitek Vanecek WSH · 42 GP, 0.908 Samuel Montembeault MTL · 38 GP, 0.891 Cal Petersen LAK · 37 GP, 0.895

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020402020-21: 17 games1720-212021-22: 40 games4021-222022-23: 56 games5622-232023-24: 19 games1923-242024-25: 13 games1324-252025-26: 20 games2025-262026-27: 2 games226-27

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2020-21 STL 17 9611 460 411 49 3.21 0.893 $750K
2021-22 STL 40 25762 1236 1136 100 2.56 0.919 $750K
2022-23 DET 56 262274 1603 1436 167 3.11 0.896 $4.75M
2023-24 DET 19 9520 556 496 60 3.55 0.892 $4.75M
2024-25 DET 9 1520 202 175 27 3.69 0.866 $4.75M
2024-25 ANA 4 1110 134 124 10 2.99 0.925
2025-26 ANA 20 10820 534 472 62 3.25 0.884 $2.2M
2026-27 ANA 2 1000 31 29 2 1.58 0.935 $2.2M
7 seasons Career 167 8254217 4756 4279 477 3.06 0.900

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2021-22 STL 7 2501 228 203 25 3.67 0.890
2025-26 ANA 2 0000 30 27 3 2.12 0.900
2 seasons Playoffs 9 2501 258 230 28 3.40 0.891

2021-22 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
40 38 25762 1236 1136 100 2.56 0.919

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$26KCap dollars per goal above replacement28.3 goals above replacement
$6.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5.3MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 59 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Jan 30, 2020, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.5M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $750K $750K $0 $750K
2021-22 $750K $750K $0 $750K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 29, 2025 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $4.4M $2.2M
Jul 8, 2022 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $14.25M $4.75M
Jan 30, 2020 St. Louis Blues Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.5M $750K
Jul 20, 2019 St. Louis Blues New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $700K $700K
May 10, 2016 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $2.775M $848K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2021-22 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2021-22 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+28.3Goals above replacement11th of 61 goalies
+4.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+16.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

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. 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.

-1001020302020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

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

+16.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
116.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,727 unblocked attempts
100Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.919Save %0.906 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 65 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved +0.42 above expected per 60 minutes91st
Shot difficulty 6.7% chance per attempt faced46thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 65 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Expected 116.5Allowed 100

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
Apr 29, 2022 vs VGK L 4-7 L 44 38 6 0.864 58:38
Apr 24, 2022 @ ANA W 6-3 W 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Apr 19, 2022 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 60:48
Apr 16, 2022 vs MIN W 6-5 (OT) W 36 31 5 0.861 60:56
Apr 12, 2022 @ BOS W 4-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Apr 8, 2022 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) W 38 35 3 0.921 61:27
Apr 6, 2022 vs SEA W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:59
Apr 4, 2022 vs ARI W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Apr 2, 2022 @ CGY W 6-4 W 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Apr 1, 2022 @ EDM L 5-6 (OT) OTL 27 25 2 0.926 47:41
Mar 30, 2022 @ VAN W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Mar 28, 2022 vs VAN W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 59:49
Mar 26, 2022 vs CAR L 2-7 L 26 21 5 0.808 58:29
Mar 22, 2022 @ WSH W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 59:50
Mar 19, 2022 @ CBJ L 4-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 56:24
Mar 17, 2022 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) OTL 45 43 2 0.956 65:00
Mar 12, 2022 @ NSH W 7-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 10, 2022 vs NYR W 6-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:00
Mar 6, 2022 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) OTL 33 30 3 0.909 61:12
Mar 2, 2022 @ NYR L 3-5 L 28 24 4 0.857 58:01
Feb 25, 2022 vs BUF W 5-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Feb 19, 2022 @ TOR W 6-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 17, 2022 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) OTL 30 27 3 0.900 61:50
Feb 15, 2022 @ OTT W 5-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 59:49
Feb 12, 2022 vs CHI W 5-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Jan 29, 2022 vs WPG L 1-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:34
Jan 27, 2022 vs CGY W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:33
Jan 24, 2022 @ CGY L 1-7 13 13 0 1.000 20:00
Jan 23, 2022 @ VAN W 3-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 59:46
Jan 21, 2022 @ SEA W 5-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 17, 2022 vs NSH W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Jan 13, 2022 vs SEA W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Jan 7, 2022 vs WSH W 5-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 7, 2021 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 37 34 3 0.919 54:28
Dec 4, 2021 @ FLA L 3-4 (SO) OTL 51 48 3 0.941 65:00
Dec 2, 2021 @ TBL L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 56:44
Nov 27, 2021 vs CBJ W 6-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Nov 24, 2021 @ DET L 2-4 L 22 19 3 0.864 58:16
Nov 18, 2021 vs SJS W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 25, 2021 vs LAK W 3-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00