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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Akira Schmid NJD · 19 GP, 0.895 Spencer Martin CAR · 19 GP, 0.889 Dan Vladar CGY · 20 GP, 0.882 Nico Daws NJD · 21 GP, 0.894 Dustin Wolf CGY · 17 GP, 0.893

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: 1 games126-27

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 1 0000 2 2 0 0.00 1.000 $2.2M
7 seasons Career 166 8154217 4727 4252 475 3.07 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

2023-24 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
19 18 9520 556 496 60 3.55 0.892

Contract

$4.75MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$4.15MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Jul 8, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $14.25M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $4.75M $3.75M $1M $4.75M M-NTC
2023-24 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M M-NTC
2024-25 $4.75M $4.75M $0 $4.75M M-NTC

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.5Goals 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.

-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. What these numbers mean

-4.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
55.5Expected goals againstfrom 833 unblocked attempts
60Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.892Save %0.900 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 70 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 -0.27 above expected per 60 minutes19th
Shot difficulty 6.7% chance per attempt faced49thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0204060Game 10Allowed 60Expected 55.5

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
Feb 13, 2024 @ EDM L 4-8 7 6 1 0.857 08:48
Dec 18, 2023 vs ANA L 3-4 8 6 2 0.750 17:23
Dec 16, 2023 @ PHI L 0-1 18 18 0 1.000 30:19
Dec 14, 2023 vs CAR L 1-2 L 39 37 2 0.949 58:52
Dec 12, 2023 @ STL W 6-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Dec 7, 2023 vs SJS L 5-6 (OT) OTL 36 30 6 0.833 60:37
Dec 2, 2023 @ MTL W 5-4 (OT) W 30 26 4 0.867 60:52
Nov 29, 2023 @ NYR L 2-3 L 41 38 3 0.927 58:25
Nov 24, 2023 @ BOS W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 59:45
Nov 11, 2023 vs CBJ W 5-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Nov 7, 2023 @ NYR L 3-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 56:42
Nov 4, 2023 vs BOS W 5-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 59:57
Oct 30, 2023 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) W 40 37 3 0.925 61:25
Oct 28, 2023 @ BOS L 1-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 57:46
Oct 24, 2023 vs SEA L 4-5 (OT) OTL 38 33 5 0.868 64:55
Oct 21, 2023 @ OTT W 5-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 59:21
Oct 18, 2023 vs PIT W 6-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Oct 14, 2023 vs TBL W 6-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Oct 12, 2023 @ NJD L 3-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 57:48