Junior On 16 November 2015, Tarasov made his
Junior Hockey League (MHL) debut with
Tolpar Ufa in a 6–4 win against the Chaika Nizhny Novgorod. He missed the following MHL season after he received surgery on his
tibia for a
tumor. He returned for the next season for Tolpar Ufa, earning the starting goaltending position with 40 games played and a 1.85
GAA and .928
SV%.
Professional in 2019. Tarasov was selected 86th overall in the third round of the
2017 NHL Entry Draft by the
Columbus Blue Jackets. On 10 September 2018, Tarasov made his professional debut for the
Toros Neftekamsk of the
Supreme Hockey League (VHL) in a 6–1 win against the
KRS-BSU. On 9 January 2019, he recorded his first professional
shutout in a 2–0 win against the
Bars Kazan. In his
Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) debut for the Salavat Yulaev, he recorded his first KHL shutout in a 3–0 win against the
Admiral Vladivostok on 14 February 2019. He played 25 games with a 1.71 GAA and .928 SV% in his rookie professional season for the Toros, en route to winning
Best Rookie in the VHL and a semi-final appearance in the 2019
Petrov Cup playoffs. After the
2018–19 season, the Salavat Yulaev offered him a contract in the KHL, however, Tarasov refused their offer. He was
loaned to
Ässät in
Liiga for the
2019–20 season, playing 41 games with 2.72 GAA and a .899 SV%. Because of the
COVID-19 pandemic, he split his time between Salavat Yulaev in the KHL and the Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Monsters. On 3 April 2021, he made his North American professional debut for the Monsters in a 4–2 win against the
Grand Rapids Griffins. He missed time in the
2021–22 season after testing positive for
COVID-19. Tarasov entered the
2021–22 season as the Monsters' starting goaltender. After both Blue Jackets goaltenders were out with an illness, on 2 December 2021, Tarasov made his NHL debut on an emergency call-up with 34 saves in a 3–2 loss against the
Dallas Stars. Tarasov earned his first-career NHL win on 23 October 2022, in
Madison Square Garden when the Blue Jackets defeated the
New York Rangers 5–1. He made 30 saves in the win. Tarasov is not the first Blue Jackets goalie to earn his first NHL win in MSG; his comes just under two years after
Matīss Kivlenieks recorded his first NHL win in the same arena. Throughout the
2022–23 season, Tarasov has been splitting time between the Cleveland Monsters and Columbus Blue Jackets, backing up goalies
Elvis Merzļikins and
Joonas Korpisalo while they dealt with injury. On 20 November 2022, Tarasov made 47 saves in a 5–3 win against the
Florida Panthers. This is tied for second most by a Blue Jackets rookie goalie in a single game and most saves in a game by a rookie NHL goaltender this season. On 26 June 2025, Tarasov was traded to the
Florida Panthers, in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the
2025 NHL draft; he later signed a one-year contract with the Panthers on 1 July. == International play ==