Yaroslav Askarov
Age 24 · Catches right · 6′3″ · 180 lb · Born Omsk, RUS
Drafted 2020, #11 overall by Nashville
2025-262025-26: 47 games, 21-20-4, .884 save %, 3.63 GAA Season detail →
Yaroslav Askarov has a .862 save percentage over 3 games of 2026-27, after .884 in 47 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sampleA .862 save percentage over 3 games, top-15% in wins
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.862). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Thirty-five points of save percentage below the league at even strength
3 starts in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
21.0 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .793 save percentage from the slot, 27th of 38 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 38 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Save % by zone, every goalieAgainst St. Louis, 1 win in 2
STLW 5-4264.84660:00STLOTL 1-2 OT1101.00029:02
DALW 5-0265.80859:49
LAKW 5-4 OT354.88663:18
FLAW 4-3 OT263.88563:143.5% for the Vezina Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
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A .884 save percentage over 47 games, top-15% in shots faced / 60
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 (.883). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Fifteen points of save percentage below the league at even strength
47 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
21.0 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .804 save percentage from the slot, 51st 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 20 of 47 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
Against St. Louis, 1 win in 2
STLW 5-4264.84660:00STLOTL 1-2 OT1101.00029:02
CHIL 2-5245.79259:39
VANOTL 3-4 SO413.92765:00
ANAL 1-6306.80060:00
NSHL 3-6335.84858:43ANAW 4-3313.90359:15STLW 5-4264.84660:00STLOTL 1-2 OT1101.00029:02
BUFL 3-6255.80058:56
NYIOTL 1-2 OT342.94164:20
MTLW 7-5365.86159:48DALW 5-0265.80859:49LAKW 5-4 OT354.88663:18FLAW 4-3 OT263.88563:14Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
3.5% for the Vezina Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he saved −10.48 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 58th 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.
With San Jose
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-2610th in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFour seasons, with 2 clubs
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct