2021–22 Vegas Golden Knights season

The 2021–22 Vegas Golden Knights season was the fifth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. Despite high expectations entering the season, the Golden Knights missed the playoffs for the first (and, as of the 2025–26 season, only) time in franchise history, as they were eliminated from playoff contention following a 4–3 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on April 27, 2022.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021. Due to COVID-19-related postponements and the NHL's withdrawal from Olympic participation, substantial updates to the schedule were published on January 19, 2022. 2021–22 game logOctober: 4–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Seattle 3–4 Vegas Lehner 18,431 1–0–0 2 2 October 14 Vegas 2–6 Los Angeles Lehner 16,589 1–1–0 2 3 October 20 St. Louis 3–1 Vegas Lehner 17,690 1–2–0 2 4 October 22 Edmonton 5–3 Vegas Lehner 17,978 1–3–0 2 5 October 24 NY Islanders 2–0 Vegas Lehner 17,699 1–4–0 2 6 October 26 Vegas 3–1 Colorado Lehner 17,724 2–4–0 4 7 October 27 Vegas 3–2 Dallas OT Brossoit 18,114 3–4–0 6 8 October 29 Anaheim 4–5 Vegas SO Lehner 18,029 4–4–0 8 November: 8–5–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Vegas 0–4 Toronto Lehner 18,689 4–5–0 8 10 November 4 Vegas 5–1 Ottawa Lehner 13,211 5–5–0 10 11 November 6 Vegas 5–2 Montreal Lehner 20,156 6–5–0 12 12 November 7 Vegas 2–5 Detroit Brossoit 16,598 6–6–0 12 13 November 9 Seattle 2–4 Vegas Lehner 18,246 7–6–0 14 14 November 11 Minnesota 2–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,267 8–6–0 16 15 November 13 Vancouver 4–7 Vegas Lehner 18,264 9–6–0 18 16 November 16 Carolina 4–2 Vegas Lehner 17,737 9–7–0 18 17 November 18 Detroit 2–5 Vegas Lehner 18,002 10–7–0 20 18 November 20 Columbus 2–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,313 11–7–0 22 19 November 22 Vegas 2–5 St. Louis Lehner 18,096 11–8–0 22 20 November 24 Vegas 5–2 Nashville Lehner 17,174 12–8–0 24 21 November 27 Edmonton 3–2 Vegas Lehner 18,381 12–9–0 24 December: 10–3–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 6–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 Vegas 5–6 Anaheim Lehner 11,902 12–10–0 24 23 December 3 Vegas 7–1 Arizona Brossoit 12,389 13–10–0 26 24 December 5 Calgary 2–3 Vegas Lehner 18,077 14–10–0 28 25 December 8 Dallas 4–5 Vegas Brossoit 17,843 15–10–0 30 26 December 10 Philadelphia 4–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,011 15–11–0 30 27 December 12 Minnesota 4–6 Vegas Lehner 18,001 16–11–0 32 28 December 14 Vegas 4–1 Boston Lehner 17,850 17–11–0 34 29 December 16 Vegas 5–3 New Jersey Lehner 12,724 18–11–0 36 30 December 17 Vegas 3–2 NY Rangers SO Brossoit 17,400 19–11–0 38 31 December 19 Vegas 4–3 NY Islanders SO Lehner 17,255 20–11–0 40 32 December 21 Tampa Bay 4–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,217 20–12–0 40 — December 23 Los Angeles – Vegas Postponed due to league-wide COVID-19 shutdown.Makeup date February 18. — December 27 Colorado – Vegas Postponed due to league-wide COVID-19 shutdown.Makeup date February 16. 33 December 28 Vegas 6–3 Los Angeles Brossoit 14,887 21–12–0 42 34 December 31 Anaheim 1–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,022 22–12–0 44 January: 4–4–3 (home: 2–3–2; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 January 2 Winnipeg 5–4 Vegas OT Brossoit 17,888 22–12–1 45 36 January 4 Nashville 3–2 Vegas Thompson 17,804 22–13–1 45 37 January 6 NY Rangers 1–5 Vegas Lehner 18,117 23–13–1 47 38 January 8 Chicago 2–1 Vegas Lehner 18,367 23–14–1 47 39 January 11 Toronto 4–3 Vegas SO Lehner 17,911 23–14–2 48 — January 14 Vegas – Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19 attendance restrictions.Makeup date February 8. — January 15 Vegas – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19 attendance restrictions.Makeup date February 9. 40 January 17 Pittsburgh 5–3 Vegas Lehner 18,213 23–15–2 48 41 January 20 Montreal 3–4 Vegas OT Lehner 18,121 24–15–2 50 42 January 24 Vegas 1–0 Washington Lehner 18,573 25–15–2 52 43 January 25 Vegas 3–4 Carolina OT Brossoit 15,228 25–15–3 53 44 January 27 Vegas 1–4 Florida Lehner 15,400 25–16–3 53 45 January 29 Vegas 3–2 Tampa Bay SO Lehner 19,092 26–16–3 55 February: 3–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 46 February 1 Buffalo 2–5 Vegas Lehner 18,235 27–16–3 57 47 February 8 Vegas 4–0 Edmonton Brossoit 9,150 28–16–3 59 48 February 9 Vegas 0–6 Calgary Lehner 9,639 28–17–3 59 49 February 16 Colorado 2–0 Vegas Brossoit 18,209 28–18–3 59 50 February 18 Los Angeles 4–3 Vegas OT Brossoit 18,238 28–18–4 60 51 February 20 Vegas 4–1 San Jose Thompson 11,504 29–18–4 62 52 February 25 Vegas 1–3 Arizona Brossoit 11,934 29–19–4 62 53 February 26 Colorado 3–2 Vegas Brossoit 18,333 29–20–4 62 March: 8–8–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 March 1 San Jose 1–3 Vegas Lehner 17,819 30–20–4 64 55 March 3 Boston 5–2 Vegas Lehner 18,109 30–21–4 64 56 March 4 Vegas 5–4 Anaheim Brossoit 12,586 31–21–4 66 57 March 6 Ottawa 1–2 Vegas Lehner 17,909 32–21–4 68 58 March 8 Vegas 1–2 Philadelphia Lehner 14,482 32–22–4 68 59 March 10 Vegas 1–3 Buffalo Brossoit 12,437 32–23–4 68 60 March 11 Vegas 2–5 Pittsburgh Brossoit 18,341 32–24–4 68 61 March 13 Vegas 4–6 Columbus Thompson 16,087 32–25–4 68 62 March 15 Vegas 3–7 Winnipeg Brossoit 13,470 32–26–4 68 63 March 17 Florida 3–5 Vegas Thompson 18,265 33–26–4 70 64 March 19 Los Angeles 1–5 Vegas Thompson 18,136 34–26–4 72 65 March 21 Vegas 0–3 Minnesota Thompson 17,498 34–27–4 72 66 March 22 Vegas 0–4 Winnipeg Thompson 13,690 34–28–4 72 67 March 24 Nashville 1–6 Vegas Thompson 18,021 35–28–4 74 68 March 26 Chicago 4–5 Vegas OT Thompson 18,301 36–28–4 76 69 March 30 Vegas 3–0 Seattle Thompson 17,151 37–28–4 78 April: 6–3–4 (home: 2–2–1; road: 4–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 70 April 1 Vegas 5–2 Seattle Thompson 17,151 38–28–4 80 71 April 3 Vegas 3–2 Vancouver OT Lehner 18,969 39–28–4 82 72 April 6 Vancouver 5–1 Vegas Lehner 18,113 39–29–4 82 73 April 9 Arizona 1–6 Vegas Lehner 18,123 40–29–4 84 74 April 12 Vegas 4–5 Vancouver OT Lehner 18,717 40–29–5 85 75 April 14 Vegas 6–1 Calgary Thompson 17,070 41–29–5 87 76 April 16 Vegas 0–4 Edmonton Thompson 17,757 41–30–5 87 77 April 18 New Jersey 3–2 Vegas Lehner 18,077 41–31–5 87 78 April 20 Washington 3–4 Vegas OT Thompson 18,240 42–31–5 89 79 April 24 San Jose 5–4 Vegas SO Thompson 18,367 42–31–6 90 80 April 26 Vegas 2–3 Dallas SO Thompson 18,532 42–31–7 91 81 April 27 Vegas 3–4 Chicago SO Thompson 19,660 42–31–8 92 82 April 29 Vegas 7–4 St. Louis Thompson 18,096 43–31–8 94 Legend:

Player statistics Updated to games played April 29, 2022

Skaters

Regular season Player 76 30 36 66 +3 36 79 21 43 64 +5 26 78 14 38 52 +6 24 80 13 31 44 +7 42 78 20 23 43 +4 18 78 15 24 39 +12 51 56 16 22 38 +4 8 39 19 18 37 +8 33 67 12 23 35 +3 10 37 9 21 30 +7 8 34 14 11 25 +3 10 67 9 16 25 +3 21 77 7 17 24 –6 68 63 9 11 20 +7 34 47 9 11 20 +9 12 59 8 11 19 +21 20 † 53 11 7 18 0 15 69 3 15 18 +10 42 52 4 10 14 +6 38 58 3 10 13 +7 32 59 3 10 13 −5 18 26 3 5 8 +6 4 25 2 5 7 +1 6 41 2 4 6 –2 8 30 2 4 6 0 4 †‡ 7 2 0 2 +3 2 7 2 0 2 +1 6 ‡ 2 0 1 1 0 2 11 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 −1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 −2 0 ‡ 9 0 0 0 −6 2 1 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 –1 2 3 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 44 44 2,546:39 23 17 2 120 2.83 1,288 .907 1 0 1 10 24 21 1,281:23 10 9 3 62 2.90 588 .895 1 0 0 0 19 17 1,097:44 10 5 3 49 2.68 569 .914 1 0 0 0

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

Transactions The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades Date Details Ref July 24, 2021 To Detroit Red WingsNJD 2nd-round pick in 2021 To Vegas Golden Knights2nd-round pick in 2021TBL 4th-round pick in 2021 To Chicago BlackhawksMarc-Andre Fleury To Vegas Golden KnightsMikael Hakkarainen To Ottawa SenatorsNick HoldenVAN 3rd-round pick in 2022 To Vegas Golden KnightsEvgenii Dadonov To New York RangersRyan Reaves To Vegas Golden Knights3rd-round pick in 2022 To Buffalo SabresPeyton KrebsAlex TuchConditional 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2023 or 2024 To Vegas Golden KnightsJack EichelConditional 3rd-round pick in 2023 or 2024 To Montreal CanadiensEvgenii Dadonov To Vegas Golden KnightsShea Weber

Voided trade

On March 21, 2022, the date of the NHL's trade deadline, the Golden Knights attempted to trade forward Evgenii Dadonov and a 2nd-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman John Moore and the contract of retired forward Ryan Kesler. However, the trade was voided by the NHL on March 23, as Dadonov's limited no-trade clause had not been complied with.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Sven Baertschi Vancouver Canucks 1-year Free agency Laurent Brossoit Winnipeg Jets 2-year Free agency Ben Hutton Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency Michael Amadio Toronto Maple Leafs Waivers Adam Brooks Montreal Canadiens Waivers Derrick Pouliot Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Carl Dahlstrom Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency Tomas Nosek Boston Bruins 2-year Free agency Jimmy Schuldt Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency Danny O'Regan Anaheim Ducks 2-year Free agency Dylan Sikura Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency Tyrell Goulbourne Belleville Senators (AHL) 1-year Free agency Mikael Hakkarainen Mutual termination TPS (Liiga) 1-year Free agency Reid Duke Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) 1-year Free agency Patrick Brown Philadelphia Flyers Waivers Tomas Jurco Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL) 1-year Free agency Lucas Elvenes Anaheim Ducks Waivers Adam Brooks Toronto Maple Leafs Waivers Derrick Pouliot Seattle Kraken Waivers Sven Baertschi SC Bern (NL) 3-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Contract type Ref Patrick Brown 2-year Re-signing Mattias Janmark 1-year Re-signing Alec Martinez 3-year Re-signing Gage Quinney 1-year Re-signing Dylan Coghlan 2-year Re-signing Nolan Patrick 2-year Re-signing Daniil Chayka 3-year Entry-level Zach Whitecloud 6-year Extension Zach Dean 3-year Entry-level Michael Amadio 2-year Extension Brayden McNabb 3-year Extension Logan Thompson 3-year Extension Ben Hutton 2-year Extension Isaiah Saville 3-year Entry-level Ivan Morozov 2-year Entry-level Brendan Brisson 3-year Entry-level Daniil Miromanov 2-year Extension

Draft picks

Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos. Nationality Team (League)130 Zach Dean C Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)238 Daniil Chayka D CSKA Moscow (KHL)4102 Jakub Brabenec C HC Kometa Brno (ELH)4128 Jakub Demek C HC Kosice (Slovak Extraliga)6190 Artur Cholach D Sokil Kyiv (PHL)7222 Carl Lindbom G Djurgardens IF (J20 SuperElit)

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