2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season

2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	3rd Western
2019–20 record	39–24–8
Home record	22–11–4
Road record	17–13–4
Goals for	227
Goals against	211
Team information
General manager	Kelly McCrimmon
Coach	Gerard Gallant (Oct. 2 – Jan. 15) Peter DeBoer (Jan. 15 – Sep. 14)
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Deryk Engelland Max Pacioretty Reilly Smith Mark Stone
Arena	T-Mobile Arena
Average attendance	18,310[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves (AHL) Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Max Pacioretty (32)
Assists	Mark Stone (42)
Points	Max Pacioretty (66)
Penalty minutes	Ryan Reaves (47)
Plus/minus	Chandler Stephenson (+19)
Wins	Marc-Andre Fleury (27)
Goals against average	Robin Lehner (1.67)

The 2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season was the third season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. They made the playoffs for the third straight season after losing in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs to the San Jose Sharks the year prior.^[2] On October 17, 2019, the NHL suspended Valentin Zykov for 20 regular season games for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.^[3]

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.^[6] The Golden Knights advanced to the playoffs and earned the top seed in the Western Conference during the Stanley Cup Qualifiers.^[7] In the First Round they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games.^[8] The Golden Knights advanced to their second Conference Final in three years after defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the Second Round.^[9] The Golden Knights season came to an end in the fifth game of the Conference Finals as they fell to the Dallas Stars.^[10]

Regular season

The Golden Knights started their season with a 4–1 win against the San Jose Sharks on October 3. Cody Glass scored his first NHL goal in his debut game during the opener.^[11]

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	86
2	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	83
3	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	79
4	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	78
5	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	74
6	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	67
7	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	64
8	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	63

Source: National Hockey League^[12]

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[13]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[13]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: National Hockey League^[14]

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.^[15]

2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 15	Arizona	2–6	Vegas		Subban	17,767	1–0–0	[16]
2	September 17	Vegas	5–0	Colorado		Sparks	—	2–0–0	[17]
3	September 19	Vegas	3–2	Los Angeles	OT	Dansk	10,421	3–0–0	[18]
4	September 21	Vegas	3–1	San Jose		Fleury	15,052	4–0–0	[19]
5	September 25	Colorado	4–1	Vegas		Subban	17,954	4–1–0	[20]
6	September 27	Los Angeles	3–2	Vegas		Fleury	18,103	4–2–0	[21]
7	September 29	San Jose	1–5	Vegas		Fleury	18,131	5–2–0	[22]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[23]

2019–20 game log
October: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 San Jose 1–4 Vegas Fleury 18,588 1–0–0 2 [24] 2 October 4 Vegas 5–1 San Jose Fleury 17,562 2–0–0 4 [25] 3 October 8 Boston 4–3 Vegas Fleury 18,223 2–1–0 4 [26] 4 October 10 Vegas 1–4 Arizona Subban 13,864 2–2–0 4 [27] 5 October 12 Calgary 2–6 Vegas Fleury 18,192 3–2–0 6 [28] 6 October 13 Vegas 5–2 Los Angeles Fleury 17,699 4–2–0 8 [29] 7 October 15 Nashville 5–2 Vegas Fleury 18,188 4–3–0 8 [30] 8 October 17 Ottawa 2–3 Vegas SO Fleury 18,171 5–3–0 10 [31] 9 October 19 Vegas 3–0 Pittsburgh Fleury 18,610 6–3–0 12 [32] 10 October 21 Vegas 2–6 Philadelphia Dansk 16,780 6–4–0 12 [33] 11 October 22 Vegas 2–1 Chicago SO Fleury 21,172 7–4–0 14 [34] 12 October 25 Colorado 6–1 Vegas Fleury 18,420 7–5–0 14 [35] 13 October 27 Anaheim 2–5 Vegas Fleury 18,110 8–5–0 16 [36] 14 October 31 Montreal 5–4 Vegas OT Fleury 18,035 8–5–1 17 [37]
November: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 2 Winnipeg 4–3 Vegas OT Subban 18,276 8–5–2 18 [38] 16 November 5 Vegas 2–1 Columbus Fleury 15,435 9–5–2 20 [39] 17 November 7 Vegas 1–2 Toronto OT Subban 19,218 9–5–3 21 [40] 18 November 9 Vegas 2–5 Washington Fleury 18,573 9–6–3 21 [41] 19 November 10 Vegas 2–3 Detroit Subban 19,057 9–7–3 21 [42] 20 November 13 Chicago 5–3 Vegas Fleury 18,324 9–8–3 21 [43] 21 November 16 Vegas 3–4 Los Angeles Subban 17,282 9–9–3 21 [44] 22 November 17 Calgary 0–6 Vegas Fleury 18,083 10–9–3 23 [45] 23 November 19 Toronto 2–4 Vegas Fleury 18,292 11–9–3 25 [46] 24 November 21 San Jose 2–1 Vegas OT Fleury 18,275 11–9–4 26 [47] 25 November 23 Edmonton 4–2 Vegas Fleury 18,319 11–10–4 26 [48] 26 November 25 Vegas 2–4 Dallas Subban 18,532 11–11–4 26 [49] 27 November 27 Vegas 4–3 Nashville OT Subban 17,326 12–11–4 28 [50] 28 November 29 Arizona 1–2 Vegas SO Subban 18,326 13–11–4 30 [51]
December: 9–4–2 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 2 Vegas 4–1 NY Rangers Subban 16,325 14–11–4 32 [52] 30 December 3 Vegas 4–3 New Jersey Subban 12,831 15–11–4 34 [53] 31 December 5 Vegas 2–3 NY Islanders OT Subban 13,117 15–11–5 35 [54] 32 December 8 NY Rangers 5–0 Vegas Subban 18,236 15–12–5 35 [55] 33 December 10 Chicago 1–5 Vegas Fleury 18,319 16–12–5 37 [56] 34 December 12 Vegas 2–4 St. Louis Fleury 18,096 16–13–5 37 [57] 35 December 13 Vegas 3–2 Dallas OT Subban 18,532 17–13–5 39 [58] 36 December 15 Vancouver 3–6 Vegas Fleury 18,066 18–13–5 41 [59] 37 December 17 Minnesota 2–3 Vegas Fleury 18,220 19–13–5 43 [60] 38 December 19 Vegas 4–5 Vancouver OT Fleury 18,871 19–13–6 44 [61] 39 December 22 Vegas 3–1 San Jose Subban 17,015 20–13–6 46 [62] 40 December 23 Colorado 7–3 Vegas Fleury 18,425 20–14–6 46 [63] 41 December 27 Vegas 3–4 Anaheim Subban 16,601 20–15–6 46 [64] 42 December 28 Arizona 1–4 Vegas Fleury 18,461 21–15–6 48 [65] 43 December 31 Anaheim 2–5 Vegas Fleury 18,320 22–15–6 50 [66]
January: 4–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 44 January 2 Philadelphia 4–5 Vegas Fleury 18,415 23–15–6 52 [67] 45 January 4 St. Louis 4–5 Vegas OT Fleury 18,334 24–15–6 54 [68] 46 January 7 Pittsburgh 4–3 Vegas Fleury 18,298 24–16–6 54 [69] 47 January 9 Los Angeles 5–2 Vegas Subban 18,281 24–17–6 54 [70] 48 January 11 Columbus 3–0 Vegas Fleury 18,400 24–18–6 54 [71] 49 January 14 Vegas 2–4 Buffalo Fleury 18,257 24–19–6 54 [72] 50 January 16 Vegas 4–2 Ottawa Fleury 12,412 25–19–6 56 [73] 51 January 18 Vegas 4–5 Montreal SO Fleury 21,302 25–19–7 57 [74] 52 January 21 Vegas 2–3 Boston Fleury 17,850 25–20–7 57 [75] 53 January 31 Vegas 4–3 Carolina Subban 18,150 26–20–7 59 [76]
February: 10–2–1 (Home: 7–0–1; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 1 Vegas 3–0 Nashville Fleury 17,664 27–20–7 61 [77] 55 February 4 Vegas 2–4 Tampa Bay Fleury 19,092 27–21–7 61 [78] 56 February 6 Vegas 7–2 Florida Fleury 15,057 28–21–7 63 [79] 57 February 8 Carolina 6–5 Vegas SO Fleury 18,417 28–21–8 64 [80] 58 February 11 Vegas 0–4 Minnesota Fleury 17,112 28–22–8 64 [81] 59 February 13 St. Louis 5–6 Vegas OT Subban 18,252 29–22–8 66 [82] 60 February 15 NY Islanders 0–1 Vegas Fleury 18,444 30–22–8 68 [83] 61 February 17 Washington 2–3 Vegas Fleury 18,399 31–22–8 70 [84] 62 February 20 Tampa Bay 3–5 Vegas Fleury 18,376 32–22–8 72 [85] 63 February 22 Florida 3–5 Vegas Fleury 18,480 33–22–8 74 [86] 64 February 23 Vegas 6–5 Anaheim OT Subban 15,171 34–22–8 76 [87] 65 February 26 Edmonton 0–3 Vegas Fleury 18,421 35–22–8 78 [88] 66 February 28 Buffalo 2–4 Vegas Lehner 18,404 36–22–8 80 [89]
March: 3–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 1 Los Angeles 4–1 Vegas Fleury 18,419 36–23–8 80 [90] 68 March 3 New Jersey 0–3 Vegas Lehner 18,290 37–23–8 82 [91] 69 March 6 Vegas 0–4 Winnipeg Fleury 15,325 37–24–8 82 [92] 70 March 8 Vegas 5–3 Calgary Lehner 18,841 38–24–8 84 [93] 71 March 9 Vegas 3–2 Edmonton OT Fleury 17,327 39–24–8 86 [94]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 72 March 12 Vegas Minnesota 73 March 15 Vegas Colorado 74 March 17 Dallas Vegas 75 March 18 Vegas Arizona 76 March 21 Detroit Vegas 77 March 23 Vancouver Vegas 78 March 25 Arizona Vegas 79 March 29 Vegas Winnipeg 80 March 31 Vegas Edmonton 81 April 2 Vegas Calgary 82 April 4 Vegas Vancouver
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Golden Knights played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Vegas finished with a 3–0–0 record to clinch the first seed for the playoffs.^[95][96]

In the first round, the Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games.^[8]

In the second round, the Golden Knights faced the Vancouver Canucks,^[97] and defeated them in seven games.^[9]

The Golden Knights faced the Dallas Stars in the Conference Final,^[98] but were defeated in five games.^[10]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 3 Dallas 3–5 Vegas Lehner 1–0–0 2 [99] 2 August 6 Vegas 6–4 St. Louis Fleury 2–0–0 4 [100] 3 August 8 Vegas 4–3 Colorado OT Lehner 3–0–0 6 [101]
Western Conference First Round vs. (8) Chicago Blackhawks: Vegas won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 11 Chicago 1–4 Vegas Lehner 1–0 [102] 2 August 13 Chicago 3–4 Vegas OT Lehner 2–0 [103] 3 August 15 Vegas 2–1 Chicago Fleury 3–0 [104] 4 August 16 Vegas 1–3 Chicago Lehner 3–1 [105] 5 August 18 Chicago 3–4 Vegas Lehner 4–1 [106]
Western Conference Second Round vs. (5) Vancouver Canucks: Vegas won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 23 Vancouver 0–5 Vegas Lehner 1–0 [107] 2 August 25 Vancouver 5–2 Vegas Lehner 1–1 [108] 3 August 29 Vegas 3–0 Vancouver Lehner 2–1 [109] 4 August 30 Vegas 5–3 Vancouver Fleury 3–1 [110] 5 September 1 Vancouver 2–1 Vegas Lehner 3–2 [111] 6 September 3 Vegas 0–4 Vancouver Lehner 3–3 [112] 7 September 4 Vancouver 0–3 Vegas Lehner 4–3 [113]
Western Conference Finals vs. (3) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 September 6 Dallas 1–0 Vegas Fleury 0–1 [114] 2 September 8 Dallas 0–3 Vegas Lehner 1–1 [115] 3 September 10 Vegas 2–3 Dallas OT Lehner 1–2 [116] 4 September 12 Vegas 1–2 Dallas Lehner 1–3 [117] 5 September 14 Dallas 3–2 Vegas OT Lehner 1–4 [118]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[119] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Max Pacioretty 71 32 34 66 18 44 Mark Stone 65 21 42 63 15 27 Reilly Smith 71 27 27 54 17 20 Jonathan Marchessault 66 22 25 47 6 28 William Karlsson 63 15 31 46 11 16 Shea Theodore 71 13 33 46 12 25 Paul Stastny 71 17 21 38 6 24 Nate Schmidt 59 7 24 31 11 12 Chandler Stephenson^† 41 8 14 22 19 10 William Carrier 71 7 12 19 0 39 Alex Tuch 42 8 9 17 −10 8 Ryan Reaves 71 8 7 15 −5 47 Tomas Nosek 67 8 7 15 −2 20 Nick Holden 61 6 8 14 −1 13 Cody Glass 39 5 7 12 −7 6 Nicolas Hague 38 1 10 11 0 32 Nicolas Roy 28 5 5 10 3 8 Cody Eakin^‡ 41 4 6 10 −9 16 Brayden McNabb 71 2 7 9 1 40 Alec Martinez^† 10 2 6 8 5 6 Jon Merrill 49 2 5 7 9 32 Deryk Engelland 49 1 5 6 6 37 Valentin Zykov 15 1 3 4 −2 6 Nick Cousins^† 7 1 2 3 −1 2 Brandon Pirri 16 0 2 2 −4 8 Patrick Brown 1 1 0 1 0 0 Zach Whitecloud 16 0 1 1 3 4 Gage Quinney 3 0 1 1 −1 0 Keegan Kolesar 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jake Bischoff 4 0 0 0 −2 4

Playoffs[120] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Shea Theodore 20 7 12 19 7 8 Mark Stone 20 7 10 17 −1 6 Reilly Smith 20 5 9 14 2 8 Alex Tuch 20 8 4 12 5 8 William Karlsson 20 4 6 10 2 0 Jonathan Marchessault 20 3 7 10 1 16 Paul Stastny 18 3 6 9 1 8 Nate Schmidt 20 2 7 9 0 4 Max Pacioretty 16 5 3 8 −2 12 Alec Martinez 20 2 6 8 11 4 Nicolas Roy 20 1 7 8 4 6 Chandler Stephenson 20 3 2 5 2 4 Nick Cousins 17 0 5 5 0 22 Ryan Reaves 19 0 4 4 2 14 William Carrier 20 2 1 3 3 10 Zach Whitecloud 20 2 1 3 1 6 Tomas Nosek 8 2 1 3 0 2 Brayden McNabb 20 0 3 3 −1 14 Patrick Brown 2 1 0 1 1 0 Jon Merrill 1 0 1 1 1 0 Nick Holden 19 0 1 1 2 4

Goaltenders

Regular season^[121]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	49	48	2,880:06	27	16	5	133	2.77	1,399	.905	5	0	0	8
Malcolm Subban^‡	20	19	1,133:05	9	7	3	60	3.18	546	.890	0	0	0	0
Robin Lehner^†	3	3	180:00	3	0	0	5	1.67	83	.940	1	0	0	0
Garret Sparks	1	0	27:24	0	0	0	2	4.38	14	.857	0	0	0	0
Oscar Dansk	1	1	60:00	0	1	0	6	6.00	37	.838	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[122]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Robin Lehner	16	16	965:52	9	7	32	1.99	386	.917	4	0	0	0
Marc-Andre Fleury	4	4	238:02	3	1	9	2.27	100	.910	0	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Golden Knights. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

See also: 2019–20 NHL transactions

The Golden Knights were involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2019	To Carolina Hurricanes Erik Haula	To Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy conditional 5th-round pick in 2021	[123]
June 28, 2019	To Buffalo Sabres Colin Miller	To Vegas Golden Knights STL 2nd-round pick in 2021 5th-round pick in 2022	[124]
June 22, 2019	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2019 (#48 overall) WPG 3rd-round pick in 2019 (#82 overall)	To Vegas Golden Knights PHI 2nd-round pick in 2019 (#41 overall)	[125]
July 23, 2019	To Toronto Maple Leafs David Clarkson 4th-round pick in 2020	To Vegas Golden Knights Garret Sparks	[126]
July 29, 2019	To New Jersey Devils Nikita Gusev	To Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021	[127]
December 2, 2019	To Washington Capitals 5th-round pick in 2021	To Vegas Golden Knights Chandler Stephenson	[128]
February 19, 2020	To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-round pick in 2020 STL 2nd-round pick in 2021	To Vegas Golden Knights Alec Martinez	[129]
February 21, 2020	To Winnipeg Jets Cody Eakin	To Vegas Golden Knights conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021 or 4th-round pick in 2021	[130]
February 24, 2020	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2021	To Vegas Golden Knights Nick Cousins	[131]
February 24, 2020	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th-round pick in 2020	To Vegas Golden Knights Robin Lehner*	[131]
February 24, 2020	To Chicago Blackhawks Malcolm Subban Slava Demin PIT 2nd-round pick in 2020	To Vegas Golden Knights Martins Dzierkals	[131]
September 28, 2020	To Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Pirri	To Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Sikura	[132]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Patrick Brown	Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	Free agency	[133]
	Tyrell Goulbourne	Philadelphia Flyers
	Brett Lernout	Montreal Canadiens	1-year
	Jaycob Megna	Anaheim Ducks
September 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)	Brayden Pachal	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)	3-year†		[134]
July 13, 2020 (2020-07-13)	Logan Thompson	Hershey Bears (AHL)	2-year†‡		[135]
Legend:  †  Contract is entry-level.  ‡  Contract begins in 2020–21 season.

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)	Brooks Macek	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[136]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	Colorado Avalanche	2-year		[137]
	Ryan Carpenter	Chicago Blackhawks	3-year		[138]
	Daniel Carr	Nashville Predators	1-year		[139]
	Maxime Lagace	Boston Bruins			[140]
	Zachary Fucale	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)			[141]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	T. J. Tynan	Colorado Avalanche			[142]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	Alex Gallant	Stockton Heat (AHL)			[143]
	Zac Leslie
August 13, 2019 (2019-08-13)	Philip Holm	Chicago Blackhawks			[144]
August 22, 2019 (2019-08-22)	Stefan Matteau	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)			[145]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)	William Karlsson	8-year	[146]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tomas Nosek	1-year	[147]
	Brandon Pirri	2-year
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Malcolm Subban	1-year	[148]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	Jake Bischoff	3-year	[149]
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Deryk Engelland	1-year	[150]
July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31)	Marcus Kallionkieli	3-year†	[151]
September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05)	Jimmy Schuldt	1-year	[152]
November 16, 2019 (2019-11-16)	Peyton Krebs	3-year†	[153]
December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)	Kaedan Korczak		[154]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	Nick Holden	2-year‡	[155]
February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27)	William Carrier	4-year‡	[156]
March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)	Zach Whitecloud	2-year‡	[157]
April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)	Nicolas Roy		[158]
June 1, 2020 (2020-06-01)	Connor Corcoran	3-year†‡	[159]
June 11, 2020 (2020-06-11)	Oscar Dansk	1-year‡	[160]
June 15, 2020 (2020-06-15)	Ryan Reaves	2-year‡	[161]
June 30, 2020 (2020-06-30)	Jiri Patera	3-year†‡	[162]
July 16, 2020 (2020-07-16)	Jack Dugan	2-year†‡	[163]
October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03)	Robin Lehner	5-year‡	[164]
Legend:  †  Contract is entry-level.  ‡  Contract begins in 2020–21 season.

Draft picks

See also: List of Vegas Golden Knights draft picks

Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 to 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	17	Peyton Krebs	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
2	41	Kaedan Korczak	D	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	79	Pavel Dorofeyev	LW	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
3	86	Layton Ahac	D	Canada	Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
4	110	Ryder Donovan	C	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
5	135	Isaiah Saville	G	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5	139	Marcus Kallionkieli	LW	Finland	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
5	141	Mason Primeau	C	Canada	North Bay Battalion (OHL)

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