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Buffalo Sabres

Michael Houser

#32Goaltender

2021-22 regular season
2
GP
2 starts
2-0-0
Record
.948
SV%
77 SA
2.00
GAA

G · BUF · NHL id 8475920

Michael Houser has appeared in 2 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2021-22, starting 2, with a 2-0-0 record and .948 save percentage on 77 shots (4 goals against). Over his last 2 appearances he has stopped 73 of 77 (.948), starting 2 of them. In 2020-21 he went 2-2-0 with a .901 save percentage in 4 games.

Right now

Recent workload and form

Last appearance
Jan 22 vs PHI
Started · 30/33 saves · W
Last 2 games
.948
73 saves on 77 shots
Starts
2 of 2
appearances this season
Minutes
60:00
per appearance

Starts and workload

2021-22 · last 2 appearances, oldest first

  1. Start.977OTT · W
  2. Start.909PHI · W
Save % by game, line at .900

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among goalies

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 2 GP in 2021-22: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Save %99th100.948
High-danger save %99th100.882
Mid-range save %48th49.905
Long-range save %99th1001.000
5v5 save %99th100.964
Games above .90099th100100.0%
Goals-against average99th1002.00
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among goalies this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shots against

2021-22 · 107 unblocked attempts faced, 77 on goal, 4 goals

Shot map, OPP at BUF: 107 attempts, 77 on goal, 4 goals, 5.73 expected goals; best chance Drake Batherson at 0.30 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Blocked attempts are excluded; the net is at the right (or the top on phones). Strength is from the goalie's team's view.

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 2 games through the sequence engine

How shot classes work

Leaders
Save percentage by shot class against the league
ClassSASV%LeagueDiff
9.889.789+10.0 pts
51.000.904+9.6 pts
Cycle34.971.925+4.5 pts
Off the draw4.750.926−17.6 pts

Unblocked save % .963 vs .930 expected from his shot mix: +3.30 pts (±3.59)

Leaders
Prevented /100
−2.78
Rebounds
8vs 6.0 exp.
Rate
11.0%of 73 saves

A rebound is an opponent attempt within 3 seconds of a save. Expected rebounds use the shot-by-shot model; positive means fewer second chances than expected.

Game log

2 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultDECSASVGA
Jan 22vs PHIW 6-3W33303.90960:00
Jan 18@ OTTW 3-1W44431.97760:00

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGACA/60
All situations2120:0060:00774.94868.0
Even strength296:3548:18562.96462.1
5v5294:1047:05562.96463.1
Power play26:563:2800—0.0
Penalty kill216:088:04212.905133.9
4v422:251:1300—24.8
5v426:563:2800—0.0
4v5215:197:40192.895121.4

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGSW-L-OTLSASVGAGAA
2021-22BUF222-0-077734.9482.00
2020-21BUF442-2-014112714.9013.46

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.