Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Yaroslav Askarov

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

Chris Driedger SEA · 2 GP, 0.917 Georgii Romanov SJS · 2 GP, 0.967 Matt Villalta ARI · 2 GP, 0.828 Ivan Fedotov PHI · 3 GP, 0.811 Jesper Wallstedt MIN · 3 GP, 0.897

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: 3 games326-27

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2022-23 NSH 1 35 31 4 0.886 $925K
2023-24 NSH 2 35 33 2 0.943 $925K
2024-25 SJS 13 357 320 37 0.896 $925K
2025-26 SJS 47 1341 1185 157 0.884 $2M
2026-27 SJS 3 87 75 12 0.862 $2M
5 seasons Career 66 1855 1644 212 0.886

2023-24 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
2 35 33 2 0.943 1.00

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2025, then RFA
$400KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 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 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 1 season 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 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

+2.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals 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.

-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. What these numbers mean

+1.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.9Expected goals againstfrom 55 unblocked attempts
2Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.943Save %0.888 expected from his shots
Goals saved +1.41 above expected per 60 minutes99th
Shot difficulty 7.1% chance per attempt faced87thA 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.

0123Expected 3.9Allowed 2

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. 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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Dec 30, 2023 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 29 27 2 0.931 65:00
Dec 27, 2023 vs CAR L 2-5 6 6 0 1.000 16:40