| Team: | Free agent |
| League: | KHL |
| Former Teams: | San Jose Sharks Dynamo Moscow Ak Bars Kazan Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Kunlun Red Star |
| Position: | Right wing |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 192 |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 2012 |
Daniil Vladimirovich Tarasov (Russian: Даниил Владимирович Тарасов; born June 20, 1991) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played with HC Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Undrafted, on June 1, 2012, the Worcester Sharks signed Tarasov to a standard American Hockey League contract for the 2012–13 season[1] to become the first ever Russian-born player to skate for the Worcester Sharks.[2] During his rookie AHL campaign Tarasov scored 14 goals and 14 assists for 28 points in 43 AHL games played, and he also skated in 17 games with the San Francisco Bulls of the ECHL. On April 2, 2013, Tarasov was rewarded for his strong play when the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League signed Tarasov to a two-year contract.[3]
As a restricted free agent with his NHL rights still owned by the Sharks, Tarasov opted to leave North America and sign a lucrative two-year contract to return home with Russian club, HC Dynamo Moscow of the KHL on July 17, 2015.[4]
After his sixth season with Dynamo Moscow, Tarasov left as a free agent and signed a two-year contract with Ak Bars Kazan on 28 July 2021.[5]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2008–09 | Dynamo Moscow-2 | Rus.3 | 49 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 57 | 37 | 38 | 75 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2011–12 | Indiana Ice | USHL | 60 | 47 | 41 | 88 | 86 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 2012–13 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 43 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | San Francisco Bulls | ECHL | 17 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 47 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 54 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 37 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 29 | ||
| 2016–17 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 34 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 55 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 52 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 56 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 41 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHL | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 343 | 82 | 61 | 143 | 170 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 42 | ||||
| Award | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| USHL Most Goals (37) | 2010–11 | [6] | |
| USHL Second All-Star Team | 2010–11 | [7] | |
| USHL First All-Star Team | 2011–12 | [8] |