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Yaroslav Askarov

#30 · Goalie · San Jose Sharks

Born Jun 16, 2002 in Omsk, RUS (age 24) · 6'3", 180 lb · Catches right · Drafted 11th overall in 2020 by NSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anton Khudobin CHI · 1 GP, 0.786 Dustin Wolf CGY · 1 GP, 0.958 Dylan Wells CHI · 1 GP, 0.923 Jet Greaves CBJ · 1 GP, 0.939 Jett Alexander TOR · 1 GP, 0.000

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.

0102030402022-23: 1 games122-232023-24: 2 games223-242024-25: 13 games1324-252025-26: 47 games4725-262026-27: 4 games426-27

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
2022-23 NSH 1 0100 35 31 4 4.15 0.886 $925K
2023-24 NSH 2 1000 35 33 2 1.47 0.943 $925K
2024-25 SJS 13 4620 357 320 37 3.10 0.896 $925K
2025-26 SJS 47 212040 1341 1185 157 3.63 0.884 $2M
2026-27 SJS 4 2200 107 92 15 3.71 0.860 $2M
5 seasons Career 67 282960 1875 1661 215 3.49 0.886

2022-23 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1 1 0100 35 31 4 4.15 0.886

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2025, then RFA

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on May 16, 2022, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $5.325M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2023-24 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2024-25 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K

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
Aug 23, 2024 San Jose Sharks Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $4M $2M
May 16, 2022 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $5.325M $925K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals 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. 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.

-10-505102022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

-0.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.5Expected goals againstfrom 51 unblocked attempts
4Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.886Save %0.901 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.57 above expected per 60 minutes7th
Shot difficulty 6.8% chance per attempt faced40thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 67 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 12, 2023 @ MTL L 3-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 57:50