| Yegor Guskov | HK Ryazan | VHL | L | G | 5’11” | 201 | Taua, RUS | 2002 | 2022-2023: Free Agent 2021-2022: C+ |
Neutral Zone NHL’s Ian Moran: Guskov is currently placed 32nd in SVP and 24th in GAA in the VHL. There is no denying his quickness and lateral mobility as he can explode off his inside edge to make difficult saves look easy. On breakaways he shows patience and poise and again routinely shows the strength to explode off his edges for a save. But for my liking (especially as an undersized goalie) there are far too many times when he goes down to play the percentages and stays down. Even after his opponents have changed their minds, he stays on a single leg almost hybrid type positioning trying to look around the net front chaos to find the puck. This allows players with more puck poise to outwait him and eventually fire a puck to the upper third of the net that Guskov can’t get to. In the long run he is ultra quick and composed, but in the long run I feel he will have feel more comfortable reading the play while on his feet if he is to have a chance to play professionally in North America.
| Average per game | |
| 2022/23 | 2021/22 |
| Time on ice | |
| 50:31:00 | 52:16:00 |
| Goals against | |
| 2 | 2.4 |
| PK goals against | |
| 0.56 | 0.55 |
| Saves | |
| 20 | 25 |
| % Saves | |
| 91% | 91% |
| Scoring area saves | |
| 8 | 11 |
| Scoring area saves, % | |
| 82% | 84% |
| Brilliant saves | |
| 1.44 | 2.1 |
| Breakaways | |
| 0.21 | 0.52 |
| Breakaway saves, % | |
| 100% | 76% |
Neutral Zone NHL, July 4, 2022: Why an NHL draft pick, he is very consistent. He had 0.919 sv% in 22 regular season games. Why not an NHL draft pick, he is 5’11”.
MHL: Loko Yaroslavl vs Taifun Primorsky Krai, February 23, 2022: Guskov stopped 22 of 25 in a 7-3 victory over Taifun in his last game. He had a calm demeanor in net and presents himself well to the puck. He does a good job of staying under control by holding his edges for as long as possible and staying inside of his posts, not over committing on shots or scrums in front of the net. The goals he was beaten all were all great plays that were a result of defensive breakdowns, as his team seemed to let up on some plays after gaining a comfortable lead. One thing that stood out that he could improve on is his zone awareness, as he was found too puck focused at times when he had time to identify potential threats away from the play. Grade: B+
World Junior A Challenge, December 23, 2019: Guskov was the best goaltender of the tournament, allowing only 5 goals total. He finished with a GAA of 1.05 and a Save Percentage of .959–very impressive numbers. He was named to the Tournament All-Star team and went home with a Gold Medal around his neck after stopping 31 of 32 shots in the final game, a Double-Overtime win for Russia. The draft-eligible goaltender made several key saves, and finished with 3 wins in the tournament, including one 31 save shutout, his only loss coming in a shootout. Very impressive tournament for Guskov, who was solid and steadfast in net. Grade: A