Daniil Tarasov
Age 27 · Catches left · 6′5″ · 204 lb · Born Novokuznetsk, RUS
Drafted 2017, #86 overall by Columbus
2025-262025-26: 33 games, 13-15-3, .895 save %, 3.05 GAA Season detail →
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1.8 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
Against Seattle, 0 wins in 1
SEAL 2-6256.76059:54
OTTW 5-300—0:00
WPGL 2-300—0:00
NYRL 0-200—0:00A .895 save percentage over 33 games
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.895). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Seven points of save percentage below the league at even strength
31 starts in 2025-26: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
1.8 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .829 save percentage from the slot, 29th of 61 goalies
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 61 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2025-26. Bars start at .750.
Save % by zone, every goalie.900 or better in 15 of 31 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
Against Seattle, 0 wins in 1
SEAL 2-6256.76059:54DETW 8-1261.96260:00NYRW 3-2272.92660:00
TORW 6-2192.89560:00
MTLOTL 3-4 SO323.90665:00
PITL 2-5235.78360:00PITL 4-9123.75030:07OTTW 6-3263.88560:00
NYIL 2-5405.87554:45
MINL 2-3503.94058:10
CGYL 1-4364.88960:00OTTW 5-300—0:00WPGL 2-300—0:00NYRL 0-200—0:00Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he saved −0.92 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 37th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
Career
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, with 2 clubs
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct