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Fantasy Summary

An intelligent goalie who tracks and anticipates the puck well. Lacks high-end athleticism and size but is aggressive in the crease and challenges shooters—a long-term project like many Russian netminders, worth keeping an eye on in deep dynasty leagues.


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June 2025 – Murashov made the jump to North American hockey in 2024-25 and did not disappoint. His game is built around his athleticism, and while many netminders with his skill set tend to rely too heavily on explosive pushes, Murashov’s positioning is solid, and he often finds that he does not need to use his power to bail himself out too often. He bounced between the AHL and ECHL all year as a 21-year-old and posting above a .900 save percentage in both leagues. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins had four netminders play in over 10 games for them this season, and Murashov had the best GAA at 2.64 and the second-best save percentage at .916. Both of these were better than Tristan Jarry, the highest-paid netminder on the Penguins. With the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL, Murashov was outstanding, posting a .922 save percentage and a 2.40 GAA. With such a smooth adjustment to the North American game, a game many foreign netminders struggle with in the beginning, Murashov has shown he could become one of the better netminders in the NHL one day if he continues his development. Look for him to establish himself full-time in the AHL next season, and could even see an NHL call-up next year. As long as he continues to develop, he could become a future starter for the Penguins down the road. James Connelly

July 2023 – Murashov continued his promising development in his first year as a Penguins prospect. Murshov was named the goaltender of the year in the MHL Russia’s top junior league. Murashov played 42 games and finished with a 0.946 save percentage and a 1.58 goals-against average which was the best in the league. From a statistics perspective, Murashov had one of the best draft plus-one seasons you could have in the MHL topping former first-round pick and Vezina winner Andrei Vasilevsky’s numbers of 2.23 goals against average and a 0.923 save percentage. Murashov’s athleticism is his best asset being able to get across his crease in one powerful push to make saves other goalies would not. While Murashov is still early in his development the success he has had so far is extremely promising. If he can keep up these metrics in a transition to more KHL-level games in 2023-24 Murashov could be on track to be one of the best goaltending prospects in the NHL by next offseason. Tyler Ball

Attributes
Fantasy Upside 8.0
NHL Certainty 7.0
Country RUS
Position G
Roster Type Minors
Shoot/Glove Right
Date of Birth April 1, 2004
Height 6‘2”
Weight 175 lbs
Drafted 2022 Round 4; Overall: 118
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Stats – Frozen Tools – Profile on FT

SeasonLeagueTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2024-2025ECHLWheeling Nailers2617712.400.9221
2024-2025AHLWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins1612302.640.9131
2023-2024MHLLoko Yaroslavl3424422.030.9304
2023-2024KHLLokomotiv Yaroslavl63121.840.9251
2022-2023MHLLoko Yaroslavl3724751.530.94811
2022-2023MHLLoko-76 Yaroslavl52212.040.9320
2022-2023KHLLokomotiv Yaroslavl11001.000.9470
2021-2022MHLLoko-76 Yaroslavl41211632.490.9276
2020-2021Russia U17Lokomotiv Yaroslavl U1780002.720.0000
2020-2021NMHLLoko-Yunior Yaroslavl1711421.630.9400
2020-2021MHLLoko Yaroslavl82112.120.9091
2019-2020Russia U16Lokomotiv Yaroslavl U16200002.900.0000

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