This is the 2025-26 edition — an archived read. Read the 2026-27 report →
Ville Husso
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Goaltender
An .8899 in 13 games, and a third goaltender on a roster that needs its first two to be healthy.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | STL | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 3.21 | 1 | 460 | .893 |
| 2021-22 | STL | 40 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 100 | 2.56 | 2 | 1236 | .919 |
| 2022-23 | DET | 56 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 167 | 3.11 | 4 | 1603 | .896 |
| 2023-24 | DET | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 3.55 | 0 | 556 | .892 |
| 2024-25 | DET/ANA | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 3.47 | 0 | 336 | .890 |
| 2025-26 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 145 | 71 | 46 | 19 | 413 | 3.05 | 7 | 4191 | .901 |
This Season So Far
The 2025-26 season has not started. The empty row above is his, and both it and this paragraph fill in on their own from the morning after he first plays: what he has done, what it is worth against his own last season, and the run he is on when the two disagree.
Last Season
2-6-3 in 13 games, .8899 with a 3.47 average on 336 shots, split between Anaheim and the American League.
The third consecutive season in which his save percentage has fallen. He was a genuine starter in 2021-22 and has not been near that level since.
The Physical Game
6-3 and 205, and he plays a large, positional game — deep in the crease, relying on size and squareness rather than on quickness.
The lateral movement is the problem and it has got worse. A puck moved across the slot finds him late, and the recovery to a second chance is slow, which is why his numbers collapse on clubs that concede a lot of them.
The Mental Game
A goaltender who has lost a starting job, been traded, been waived, and been sent to the minors inside three years. He has not visibly stopped working, which is the most that can be said.
Confidence in this position is not a soft factor; a goaltender who does not trust his first read gets to the second one late, and that is what these numbers look like.
The Intangibles
At 30, on the last useful stretch of a career that had one very good year in it.
He is the third goaltender on a club whose entire season depends on the first one, which is the correct place for him and not a place that requires him to be good.