DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today signed goaltender Daniil Tarasov to a one-year contract with an average annual value of $2 million.
Tarasov, 27, posted a 13-15-3 record with a 3.05 goals-against average and an 0.895 save percentage in 33 appearances with the Florida Panthers during the 2025-26 season. The 6-foot-5, 203-pound goaltender spent the majority of the 2024-25 campaign with the Columbus Blue Jackets, logging a 7-10-2 record with a 3.54 goals-against average, an 0.881 save percentage and one shutout in 20 games. Tarasov also registered a 1-1-0 record with a 2.96 goals-against average and a 0.908 save percentage in two appearances with the American Hockey League’s Cleveland Monsters in 2024-25. Originally selected by Columbus in the third round (86th overall) of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Tarasov has compiled a 32-49-9 record with a 3.30 goals-against average, an 0.897 save percentage and one shutout in 98 appearances with the Blue Jackets and Panthers since 2021-22. Tarasov also produced a 17-12-3 record with a 3.25 goals-against average and an 0.894 save percentage in 34 AHL games with the Monsters from 2020-25.
A native of Novokuznetsk, Russia, Tarasov played in parts of two seasons with Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the Kontinental Hockey League, posting an 11-4-3 record with a 2.13 goals-against average, a 0.924 save percentage and two shutouts in 18 games during the 2018-19 and 2020-21 seasons. Tarasov also logged an 11-17-9 record with a 2.72 goals-against average, an 0.899 save percentage and one shutout in 41 games with Ässät in Finland’s top professional league in 2019-20. He was named Rookie of the Year in Russia’s Supreme Hockey League (VHL) in 2018-19 after notching a 17-6-2 record with a 1.71 goals-against average, a 0.928 save percentage and two shutouts in 25 appearances with Toros Neftekamsk. On the international stage, Tarasov won a bronze medal with Russia at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship, finishing with a 2-0 record with a 2.80 goals-against average, an 0.893 save percentage and one shutout in three contests. Tarasov also competed at the 2016 IIHF World Under-18 Championship, going 2-1 with a 2.11 goals-against average, a 0.921 save percentage and one shutout in five games.
