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Photo of NHL player Yaroslav Askarov

San Jose Sharks Logo Yaroslav Askarov

Position Goaltender Current Team San Jose Sharks
Catches Right Current Contract 2 years ($2.0M CapHit)
Height 6'3" Expires 2026-27
Weight (lbs) 180 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 25
Age (DOB) 23 (June 16, 2002) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted 2020, Round 1, Overall 11 (NSH)
Date Team Transaction
Feb 2, 2025 San Jose Sharks Assigned to AHL
Dec 18, 2024 San Jose Sharks Recalled from AHL
Nov 26, 2024 San Jose Sharks Assigned to AHL
Nov 18, 2024 San Jose Sharks Recalled from AHL
Oct 4, 2024 San Jose Sharks Assigned to AHL
Aug 23, 2024 San Jose Sharks Signed 2 years @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
May 16, 2022 Nashville Predators Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2022-23 NSH 1 46:51 56.35 37.14 4.06 1.28 2.78 96.55 89.07 7.48
2023-24 NSH 2 66:42 41.38 26.09 2.74 1.80 0.94 93.10 89.49 3.61
2024-25 SJS 13 586:00 43.92 29.39 2.58 2.56 0.02 91.29 91.23 0.06
2025-26 SJS 47 2032:46 43.51 29.72 2.72 3.16 -0.44 89.37 90.85 -1.47

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2022-23 NSH 1 2:58 40.45 40.45 5.27 40.45 -35.18 0.00 86.98 -86.98
2023-24 NSH 2 5:00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - -
2024-25 SJS 13 45:57 91.40 52.23 9.81 7.83 1.98 85.00 81.21 3.79
2025-26 SJS 47 222:56 84.51 58.94 8.39 8.34 0.05 85.84 85.77 0.08

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Yaroslav Askarov signed a $4,000,000 2-year contract with the San Jose Sharks and General Manager Mike Grier on August 23, 2024 with an AAV of $2,000,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.09% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 23 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 - $200,000 $1,700,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 RFA
2026-27 24 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 - - $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 RFA-arb
Total - $200,000 $3,800,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000
Signed: Aug 23, 2024
Team: San Jose Sharks
GM: Mike Grier
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 2.09

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Yaroslav Askarov signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on May 16, 2022 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.12% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 20 $925,000 $1,775,000 $850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $80,000 ELC
2023-24 21 $925,000 $1,775,000 $850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $80,000 ELC
2024-25 22 $925,000 $1,775,000 $850,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $80,000 ELC
Total $2,550,000 $277,500 $2,497,500 $2,775,000 $240,000
Signed: May 16, 2022
Team: Nashville Predators
GM: David Poile
Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2017-18 Russia U16 Buldogi St. Petersburg U16 16 1.96 0.913
2018-19 WJC-18 Russia U18 6 2 3 167 14 2.31 0.916
2018-19 WHC-17 Russia U17 5 5 135 7 1.40 0.948
2018-19 MHL SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg 31 15 12 4 864 68 2.37 0.921 4 1 2 4 98 10 3.61 0.898
2019-20 KHL SKA St. Petersburg 1 1 25 2 2.00 0.920
2019-20 WJC-20 Russia U20 5 2 1 81 10 2.71 0.877
2019-20 VHL SKA-Neva St. Petersburg 18 12 3 3 536 43 2.45 0.920
2020-21 KHL SKA St. Petersburg 9 5 4 203 10 1.21 0.951
2020-21 WJC-20 Russia U20 6 3 3 174 15 2.50 0.914
2020-21 VHL SKA-Neva St. Petersburg 6 2 3 1 169 13 2.12 0.923
2020-21 MHL SKA-1946 St. Petersburg 2 2 48 1 0.50 0.979 7 3 4 233 17 2.37 0.927
2021-22 KHL SKA St. Petersburg 6 2 1 2 104 9 1.81 0.913
2021-22 VHL SKA-Neva St. Petersburg 9 5 2 2 228 23 2.57 0.899 3 2 1 2 95 6 2.01 0.937
2022-23 NHL Nashville Predators 1 1 1 35 4 4.15 0.886
2022-23 AHL Milwaukee Admirals 48 26 16 1 1432 128 2.69 0.911 12 6 6 5 349 34 2.70 0.903
2023-24 NHL Nashville Predators 2 2 1 35 2 1.47 0.943
2023-24 AHL Milwaukee Admirals 44 30 13 1 1148 102 2.39 0.911 5 2 3 1 136 16 3.25 0.882
2024-25 NHL San Jose Sharks 13 13 4 6 2 357 37 3.10 0.896
2024-25 AHL San Jose Barracuda 22 11 9 1 664 51 2.45 0.923 6 3 2 2 155 10 1.68 0.935
2025-26 NHL San Jose Sharks 47 47 21 20 4 1341 157 3.63 0.884
NHL Career 63 63 26 27 6 1768 200 3.48 0.887