On his Instagram page on Friday morning, the top New Jersey Devils' goalie prospect, Mikhail Yegorov, announced that he released an analytics website that tracked every single performance of his 2025-26 campaign.
On the surface, 2025-26 was a bit of a step down from his rookie season. His save percentage (SV%) dropped from .927 to .904, his goals-against average (GAA) rose from 2.15 to 2.73, and he just barely won more games than he lost. In watching the games, though, it's clear that the backstep in counting stats is far more a product of the environment in front of him than his individual talent itself. Presumably, with this site, Yegorov aimed to prove just that.
Within the site is a combination of advanced analytics, fascinating concepts, and period-by-period logs of his 35 2025-26 performances.
According to Yegorov's model, he had a ridiculous +32.3 goals saved above expected (GSAx) in those 35 games, saving nearly one more goal than was expected of him per game. For comparison's sake, the top goalie in the NHL in terms of GSAx this past season, Logan Thompson, had a GSAx of +35.63 in 58 appearances. Of course, it needs to be said that there is far more data available for the NHL than the NCAA, and that there are limitations associated with that -- Yegorov's GSAx output does seem a bit far-fetched.
Thus, the takeaway should be focused on the other statistics rather than his gaudy GSAx numbers. Including metrics that gauge his rebound control, playmaking, and glove performance is undeniably a step forward in terms of what has previously been publicly available. It's certainly possible that these numbers exist in private models, but it's nothing the masses have seen before. With that, Yegorov also seems to have raised his stock as a prospect.
Allegedly, his glove is 71.8% efficient, meaning that he either cleanly saves or freezes 71.8% of the shots he faced with his glove. He controlled 77.2% of his rebounds, and he succeeded on 88.8% of his passes to teammates. Those seem both reasonable and positive.
Above all else, it's clear that Yegorov is simply a student of the game. It's clear that he is extremely intelligent and is a hard enough worker to build such a site, vibe-coded or not, in the midst of academia and being a D1 athlete. That intelligence and work ethic will certainly serve him well as he rises through the ranks of the NHL pipeline.
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