2024–25 Vegas Golden Knights season

The 2024–25 Vegas Golden Knights season was the eighth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season.

On April 1, 2025, the Golden Knights clinched a playoff berth for the seventh time in eight seasons, following the Calgary Flames' loss in regulation to the Utah Hockey Club. Subsequently, on April 12, the Golden Knights clinched their fourth Pacific Division championship after defeating the Nashville Predators 5–3 in regulation. The Golden Knights defeated the Minnesota Wild in the first round in six games before losing to the Edmonton Oilers in the second round in five games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The 2024 preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2024.

2024 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 Vegas 4–2 San Jose Saville 9,049 1–0–0 2 September 25 Los Angeles 3–2 Vegas Samsonov 17,488 1–1–0 3 September 27 Utah 2–5 Vegas Hill 17,561 2–1–0 4 October 1 Vegas 6–1 Colorado Schmid 15,729 3–1–0 5 October 3 Colorado 3–1 Vegas Samsonov 17,419 3–2–0 6 October 5 San Jose 6–5 Vegas Hill 17,590 3–3–0

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 2, 2024. 2024–25 game logOctober: 7–3–1 (home: 7–0–0; road: 0–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Colorado 4–8 Vegas Hill 18,388 1–0–0 2 2 October 11 St. Louis 3–4 Vegas Hill 17,861 2–0–0 4 3 October 13 Anaheim 1–3 Vegas Samsonov 18,027 3–0–0 6 4 October 15 Vegas 2–4 Washington Hill 16,727 3–1–0 6 5 October 17 Vegas 3–4 Tampa Bay Hill 19,092 3–2–0 6 6 October 19 Vegas 3–4 Florida OT Samsonov 19,572 3–2–1 7 7 October 22 Los Angeles 1–6 Vegas Samsonov 17,767 4–2–1 9 8 October 25 Ottawa 4–6 Vegas Hill 17,564 5–2–1 11 9 October 26 San Jose 3–7 Vegas Samsonov 17,686 6–2–1 13 10 October 28 Calgary 0–5 Vegas Hill 17,599 7–2–1 15 11 October 30 Vegas 3–6 Los Angeles Samsonov 15,007 7–3–1 15 November: 8–4–2 (home: 2–3–0; road: 6–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Utah 3–4 Vegas OT Hill 18,216 8–3–1 17 13 November 6 Vegas 4–2 Edmonton Hill 18,347 9–3–1 19 14 November 8 Vegas 3–4 Seattle OT Hill 17,151 9–3–2 20 15 November 11 Carolina 5–2 Vegas Hill 17,908 9–4–2 20 16 November 13 Vegas 3–2 Anaheim Hill 13,153 10–4–2 22 17 November 15 Vegas 4–2 Utah Hill 11,131 11–4–2 24 18 November 17 Washington 5–2 Vegas Samsonov 17,877 11–5–2 24 19 November 20 Vegas 0–3 Toronto Hill 18,853 11–6–2 24 20 November 21 Vegas 3–2 Ottawa Samsonov 16,822 12–6–2 26 21 November 23 Vegas 6–2 Montreal Hill 21,105 13–6–2 28 22 November 25 Vegas 5–4 Philadelphia SO Samsonov 18,050 14–6–2 30 23 November 27 Vegas 1–2 Colorado SO Hill 18,078 14–6–3 31 24 November 29 Winnipeg 3–4 Vegas Hill 18,044 15–6–3 33 25 November 30 Utah 6–0 Vegas Samsonov 17,666 15–7–3 33 December: 10–2–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 3 Edmonton 0–1 Vegas Hill 17,887 16–7–3 35 27 December 4 Vegas 4–1 Anaheim Samsonov 13,188 17–7–3 37 28 December 6 Dallas 2–3 Vegas Hill 17,961 18–7–3 39 29 December 12 Vegas 3–2 Winnipeg OT Hill 13,320 19–7–3 41 30 December 14 Vegas 3–6 Edmonton Hill 18,347 19–8–3 41 31 December 15 Vegas 3–2 Minnesota Samsonov 18,771 20–8–3 43 32 December 19 Vancouver 1–3 Vegas Hill 17,779 21–8–3 45 33 December 21 Seattle 2–6 Vegas Samsonov 17,862 22–8–3 47 34 December 23 Anaheim 1–3 Vegas Hill 18,009 23–8–3 49 35 December 27 Vegas 6–3 San Jose Hill 17,435 24–8–3 51 36 December 29 Calgary 0–3 Vegas Samsonov 18,269 25–8–3 53 37 December 31 Montreal 3–2 Vegas Hill 17,925 25–9–3 53 January: 6–6–3 (home: 4–2–3; road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Philadelphia 2–5 Vegas Samsonov 17,909 26–9–3 55 39 January 4 Buffalo 1–3 Vegas Hill 18,111 27–9–3 57 40 January 7 Vegas 4–2 San Jose Samsonov 10,802 28–9–3 59 41 January 9 NY Islanders 4–0 Vegas Hill 17,713 28–10–3 59 42 January 11 NY Rangers 2–1 Vegas Samsonov 18,144 28–11–3 59 43 January 12 Minnesota 1–4 Vegas Hill 17,921 29–11–3 61 44 January 14 Vegas 3–5 Nashville Samsonov 17,159 29–12–3 61 45 January 17 Vegas 2–3 Carolina Hill 18,825 29–13–3 61 46 January 18 Vegas 3–5 Chicago Samsonov 19,340 29–14–3 61 47 January 20 St. Louis 5–4 Vegas SO Hill 17,879 29–14–4 62 48 January 23 Vegas 4–2 St. Louis Samsonov 17,430 30–14–4 64 49 January 24 Vegas 3–4 Dallas Hill 18,532 30–15–4 64 50 January 26 Florida 1–4 Vegas Hill 17,716 31–15–4 66 51 January 28 Dallas 4–3 Vegas OT Hill 17,811 31–15–5 67 52 January 30 Columbus 2–1 Vegas OT Samsonov 17,783 31–15–6 68 February: 4–3–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 Vegas 2–4 NY Rangers Hill 18,006 31–16–6 68 54 February 4 Vegas 1–2 NY Islanders Samsonov 16,031 31–17–6 68 55 February 6 Vegas 3–1 New Jersey Hill 16,514 32–17–6 70 56 February 8 Vegas 4–3 Boston Samsonov 17,850 33–17–6 72 57 February 22 Vancouver 1–3 Vegas Hill 18,309 34–17–6 74 58 February 24 Vegas 2–5 Los Angeles Samsonov 18,145 34–18–6 74 59 February 27 Chicago 5–7 Vegas Samsonov 18,290 35–18–6 76 March: 10–2–2 (home: 6–1–0; road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 2 New Jersey 0–2 Vegas Hill 17,941 36–18–6 78 61 March 5 Toronto 2–5 Vegas Hill 17,769 37–18–6 80 62 March 7 Pittsburgh 0–4 Vegas Samsonov 18,219 38–18–6 82 63 March 9 Los Angeles 6–5 Vegas Hill 18,019 38–19–6 82 64 March 11 Vegas 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Samsonov 15,760 38–19–7 83 65 March 13 Vegas 4–0 Columbus Hill 18,823 39–19–7 85 66 March 15 Vegas 3–4 Buffalo SO Hill 16,770 39–19–8 86 67 March 16 Vegas 0–3 Detroit Samsonov 19,515 39–20–8 86 68 March 20 Boston 1–5 Vegas Hill 18,225 40–20–8 88 69 March 22 Detroit 3–6 Vegas Hill 18,348 41–20–8 90 70 March 23 Tampa Bay 2–4 Vegas Samsonov 17,906 42–20–8 92 71 March 25 Vegas 5–1 Minnesota Hill 17,734 43–20–8 94 72 March 28 Vegas 5–3 Chicago Hill 19,121 44–20–8 96 73 March 29 Vegas 3–1 Nashville Hill 17,159 45–20–8 98 April: 5–2–2 (home: 2–2–0; road: 3–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Edmonton 3–2 Vegas Hill 18,335 45–21–8 98 75 April 3 Winnipeg 4–0 Vegas Hill 18,022 45–22–8 98 76 April 5 Vegas 3–2 Calgary OT Schmid 18,104 46–22–8 100 77 April 6 Vegas 3–2 Vancouver Hill 18,807 47–22–8 102 78 April 8 Vegas 2–3 Colorado SO Schmid 18,077 47–22–9 103 79 April 10 Seattle 1–2 Vegas Hill 17,971 48–22–9 105 80 April 12 Nashville 3–5 Vegas Hill 18,338 49–22–9 107 81 April 15 Vegas 4–5 Calgary SO Samsonov 19,055 49–22–10 108 82 April 16 Vegas 4–1 Vancouver Schmid 18,942 50–22–10 110 Legend:

Playoffs

2025 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference first round vs. (WC1) Minnesota Wild: Vegas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 20 Minnesota 2–4 Vegas Hill 18,016 1–0 2 April 22 Minnesota 5–2 Vegas Hill 18,311 1–1 3 April 24 Vegas 2–5 Minnesota Hill 19,058 1–2 4 April 26 Vegas 4–3 Minnesota OT Hill 19,324 2–2 5 April 29 Minnesota 2–3 Vegas OT Hill 18,441 3–2 6 May 1 Vegas 3–2 Minnesota Hill 19,047 4–2 Western Conference Second Round vs. (P3) Edmonton Oilers: Edmonton won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 6 Edmonton 4–2 Vegas Hill 18,111 0–1 2 May 8 Edmonton 5–4 Vegas OT Hill 18,415 0–2 3 May 10 Vegas 4–3 Edmonton Hill 18,347 1–2 4 May 12 Vegas 0–3 Edmonton Hill 18,347 1–3 5 May 14 Edmonton 1–0 Vegas OT Hill 18,288 1–4 Legend:

Player statistics Updated to games played May 14, 2025

Skaters

Regular season Player 76 28 66 94 +32 8 66 19 48 67 +22 14 73 32 29 61 20 67 7 50 57 +19 26 82 35 17 52 +2 30 70 23 28 51 +26 10 80 23 17 40 +17 46 80 10 29 39 +8 14 71 4 29 33 +11 16 71 15 16 31 43 82 12 18 30 +3 53 56 15 14 29 +16 16 53 9 20 29 +17 4 78 12 15 27 +4 6 82 5 15 20 +42 32 † 29 6 8 14 +6 0 74 4 9 13 +7 37 68 5 7 12 40 53 4 8 12 10 † 21 3 8 11 +11 2 40 0 10 10 +15 2 42 1 7 8 +3 0 11 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 0 1 +2 2 8 1 0 1 6 ‡ 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ‡ 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 11 1 9 10 0 10 4 4 8 0 11 3 3 6 +5 0 10 2 4 6 +1 0 11 3 2 5 0 11 2 3 5 0 11 1 4 5 +1 2 11 3 1 4 +1 4 9 2 2 4 0 11 2 2 4 21 11 0 4 4 6 11 3 0 3 4 8 1 1 2 2 11 1 1 2 6 8 0 2 2 0 2 11 0 2 2 9 11 0 2 2 8 8 0 1 1 0 11 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 50 50 2,940:13 32 13 5 121 2.47 1,293 .906 4 0 0 4 29 29 1,745:22 16 9 4 82 2.82 752 .891 2 0 1 4 5 3 238:06 2 0 1 5 1.26 90 .944 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player 11 11 676:30 5 6 33 2.93 292 .887 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:56 0 0 0 0.00 9 1.000 0 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 denotes new franchise record.

Transactions

The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 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 To Washington CapitalsLogan Thompson To Vegas Golden KnightsNYI 3rd-round pick in 20243rd-round pick in 2025 To New Jersey DevilsPaul Cotter3rd-round pick in 2025 To Vegas Golden KnightsAlexander HoltzAkira Schmid To Washington Capitals7th-round pick in 2024 To Vegas Golden Knights6th-round pick in 2025 To Nashville PredatorsGrigori Denisenko To Vegas Golden KnightsFuture considerations To New York RangersBrendan BrissonSJS 3rd-round pick in 2025 To Vegas Golden KnightsReilly Smith*

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Zach Aston-Reese Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency Tanner Laczynski Philadelphia Flyers 2-year Ilya Samsonov Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Callahan Burke Carolina Hurricanes Robert Hagg Anaheim Ducks Victor Olofsson Buffalo Sabres Viliam Kmec Prince George Cougars (WHL) 3-year Tanner Pearson Montreal Canadiens 1-year Raphael Lavoie Edmonton Oilers Waivers Cole Schwindt Calgary Flames Raphael Lavoie Edmonton Oilers Brandon Saad St. Louis Blues 1-year Free agency Braeden Bowman Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) 2-year Kai Uchacz Legend: Contract is entry-level. Contract begins in 2025–26 season.

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Michael Amadio Ottawa Senators 3-year Free agency Anthony Mantha Calgary Flames 1-year Jonathan Marchessault Nashville Predators 5-year Alec Martinez Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Jiri Patera Vancouver Canucks 2-year Chandler Stephenson Seattle Kraken 7-year Sheldon Rempal Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) 1-year William Carrier Carolina Hurricanes 6-year Byron Froese Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) 1-year Layton Ahac Abbotsford Canucks (AHL) Mason Primeau Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Robin Lehner Termination settlement Zach Aston-Reese Columbus Blue Jackets Waivers Raphael Lavoie Edmonton Oilers Daniil Chayka Mutual termination Avangard Omsk (KHL) 2-year Free agency Robert Hagg Brynäs IF (SHL) 1-year Legend: Contract begins in 2025–26 season.

Signings Date Player Term Ref Pavel Dorofeyev 2-year Kaedan Korczak Akira Schmid Shea Theodore 7-year Brayden McNabb 3-year Brett Howden 5-year Keegan Kolesar 3-year Trent Swick 3-year Adin Hill 6-year Cameron Whitehead 2-year Trevor Connelly 3-year Jackson Hallum 2-year Tuomas Uronen 3-year Legend: Contract is entry-level. Contract begins in 2025–26 season.

Draft picks