The 2025–26 Vegas Golden Knights season was the ninth season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season.
On March 29, 2026, head coach Bruce Cassidy was fired with eight games remaining in the season, after a 32–26–16 start and a 3–5–2 record in the 10 games prior to his dismissal. Veteran NHL coach John Tortorella was named his replacement the same day.
On April 11, the Golden Knights clinched a playoff berth for the eighth time in nine seasons after a 3–2 overtime win against the Colorado Avalanche. Four days later, Vegas clinched their second consecutive and fifth overall Pacific Division title with a 4–1 win over the Seattle Kraken. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Golden Knights advanced to the Western Conference finals for the fifth time in their nine seasons, where they defeated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Avalanche in a four-game sweep to reach their third Stanley Cup Final. Taking on the Carolina Hurricanes, Las Vegas opened the series with a 1–0 and a 2–1 lead after Game 3, but the team would eventually lose in six games, concluding with a 3–0 shutout loss. Just a few days following the team's defeat, Vegas announced the team was parting ways with Tortorella.
Standings
Divisional standings
Conference standings
Schedule and results
Preseason The 2025 preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2025.
2025 preseason game log: 3–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 21 Vegas 0–3 San Jose Lindbom 11,613 0–1–0 2 September 23 Los Angeles 3–1 Vegas Schmid 17,439 0–2–0 3 September 25 Utah 2–3 Vegas OT Hill 17,383 1–2–0 4 September 26 Vegas 2–1 San Jose Schmid 11,143 2–2–0 5 September 30 Vegas 2–4 Colorado Lindbom 13,150 2–3–0 6 October 1 Colorado 1–2 Vegas Schmid 17,409 3–3–0 7 October 3 San Jose 4–1 Vegas Hill 17,488 3–4–0
Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 16, 2025. 2025–26 game logOctober: 6–2–3 (home: 3–1–1; road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Los Angeles 6–5 Vegas SO Hill 18,393 0–0–1 1 2 October 9 Vegas 4–3 San Jose OT Schmid 17,435 1–0–1 3 3 October 11 Vegas 1–2 Seattle OT Hill 17,151 1–0–2 4 4 October 14 Vegas 4–2 Calgary Schmid 16,553 2–0–2 6 5 October 16 Boston 5–6 Vegas Schmid 17,927 3–0–2 8 6 October 18 Calgary 1–6 Vegas Hill 17,811 4–0–2 10 7 October 20 Carolina 1–4 Vegas Schmid 17,682 5–0–2 12 8 October 25 Vegas 0–3 Florida Schmid 19,558 5–1–2 12 9 October 26 Vegas 1–2 Tampa Bay OT Lindbom 19,092 5–1–3 13 10 October 28 Vegas 6–3 Carolina Schmid 18,299 6–1–3 15 11 October 31 Colorado 4–2 Vegas Lindbom 17,889 6–2–3 15 November: 5–4–5 (home: 3–3–3; road: 2–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 4 Detroit 0–1 Vegas Schmid 18,025 7–2–3 17 13 November 6 Tampa Bay 6–3 Vegas Lindbom 17,717 7–3–3 17 14 November 8 Anaheim 4–3 Vegas OT Schmid 17,977 7–3–4 18 15 November 10 Florida 3–2 Vegas Lindbom 17,812 7–4–4 18 16 November 13 NY Islanders 4–3 Vegas OT Schmid 17,733 7–4–5 19 17 November 15 Vegas 4–1 St. Louis Schmid 18,096 8–4–5 21 18 November 16 Vegas 2–3 Minnesota OT Lindbom 17,439 8–4–6 22 19 November 18 NY Rangers 2–3 Vegas Schmid 18,008 9–4–6 24 20 November 20 Vegas 4–1 Utah Schmid 12,478 10–4–6 26 21 November 22 Vegas 3–4 Anaheim OT Schmid 17,174 10–4–7 27 22 November 24 Vegas 1–5 Utah Lindbom 12,478 10–5–7 27 23 November 26 Ottawa 4–3 Vegas SO Schmid 17,791 10–5–8 28 24 November 28 Montreal 4–1 Vegas Schmid 17,739 10–6–8 28 25 November 29 San Jose 3–4 Vegas Lindbom 17,919 11–6–8 30 December: 6–4–3 (home: 1–2–2; road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Chicago 3–4 Vegas SO Hart 17,944 12–6–8 32 27 December 5 Vegas 3–0 New Jersey Schmid 15,842 13–6–8 34 28 December 7 Vegas 3–2 NY Rangers OT Hart 17,486 14–6–8 36 29 December 9 Vegas 4–5 NY Islanders SO Hart 13,514 14–6–9 37 30 December 11 Vegas 3–2 Philadelphia OT Schmid 17,585 15–6–9 39 32 December 13 Vegas 3–2 Columbus Hart 16,965 16–6–9 41 32 December 17 New Jersey 2–1 Vegas SO Hart 17,862 16–6–10 42 33 December 20 Vegas 3–6 Calgary Schmid 18,256 16–7–10 42 34 December 21 Vegas 3–4 Edmonton Hart 18,347 16–8–10 42 35 December 23 San Jose 2–7 Vegas Hart 18,092 17–8–10 44 36 December 27 Colorado 6–5 Vegas SO Hart 18,168 17–8–11 45 37 December 29 Minnesota 5–2 Vegas Hart 18,102 17–9–11 45 38 December 31 Nashville 4–2 Vegas Schmid 17,970 17–10–11 45 January: 8–5–3 (home: 4–2–1; road: 4–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Vegas 3–4 St. Louis Hart 18,096 17–11–11 45 40 January 4 Vegas 2–3 Chicago OT Schmid 18,266 17–11–12 46 41 January 6 Vegas 4–3 Winnipeg OT Hart 13,951 18–11–12 48 42 January 8 Columbus 3–5 Vegas Schmid 17,614 19–11–12 50 43 January 10 St. Louis 2–4 Vegas Schmid 17,955 20–11–12 52 44 January 11 Vegas 7–2 San Jose Lindbom 17,435 21–11–12 54 45 January 14 Vegas 3–2 Los Angeles OT Schmid 18,145 22–11–12 56 46 January 15 Toronto 5–6 Vegas OT Hill 17,975 23–11–12 58 47 January 17 Nashville 2–7 Vegas Schmid 17,988 24–11–12 60 48 January 19 Philadelphia 2–1 Vegas Hill 17,867 24–12–12 60 49 January 22 Vegas 3–4 Boston Schmid 17,850 24–13–12 60 50 January 23 Vegas 6–3 Toronto Hill 19,305 25–13–12 62 51 January 25 Vegas 1–7 Ottawa Hill 17,025 25–14–12 62 52 January 27 Vegas 2–3 Montreal OT Schmid 20,962 25–14–13 63 53 January 29 Dallas 5–4 Vegas SO Hill 17,888 25–14–14 64 54 January 31 Seattle 3–2 Vegas Schmid 18,141 25–15–14 64 February: 3–2–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 1 Vegas 3–4 Anaheim Hill 16,214 25–16–14 64 56 February 4 Vancouver 2–5 Vegas Schmid 17,622 26–16–14 66 57 February 5 Los Angeles 1–4 Vegas Hill 18,020 27–16–14 68 58 February 25 Vegas 6–4 Los Angeles Hill 18,145 28–16–14 70 59 February 27 Vegas 2–3 Washington Schmid 18,347 28–17–14 70 March: 5–9–2 (home: 3–4–2; road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Vegas 0–5 Pittsburgh Hill 18,195 28–18–14 70 61 March 3 Vegas 2–3 Buffalo Schmid 19,070 28–19–14 70 62 March 4 Vegas 4–3 Detroit OT Hill 19,515 29–19–14 72 63 March 6 Minnesota 4–2 Vegas Schmid 18,116 29–20–14 72 64 March 8 Edmonton 4–2 Vegas Hill 17,960 29–21–14 72 65 March 10 Vegas 1–2 Dallas Hill 18,532 29–22–14 72 66 March 12 Pittsburgh 2–6 Vegas Hill 17,949 30–22–14 74 67 March 14 Chicago 0–4 Vegas Hill 18,128 31–22–14 76 68 March 17 Buffalo 2–0 Vegas Hill 17,844 31–23–14 76 69 March 19 Utah 4–0 Vegas Hill 17,875 31–24–14 76 70 March 21 Vegas 1–4 Nashville Schmid 17,439 31–25–14 76 71 March 22 Vegas 3–2 Dallas Hill 18,532 32–25–14 78 72 March 24 Vegas 1–4 Winnipeg Hill 13,478 32–26–14 78 73 March 26 Edmonton 4–3 Vegas OT Hill 17,910 32–26–15 79 74 March 28 Washington 5–4 Vegas SO Hill 17,922 32–26–16 80 75 March 30 Vancouver 2–4 Vegas Hill 17,810 33–26–16 82 April: 6–0–1 (home: 3–0–0; road: 3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Calgary 3–6 Vegas Hart 17,912 34–26–16 84 77 April 4 Vegas 5–1 Edmonton Hart 18,347 35–26–16 86 78 April 7 Vegas 2–1 Vancouver Hart 18,691 36–26–16 88 79 April 9 Vegas 3–4 Seattle SO Hill 17,151 36–26–17 89 80 April 11 Vegas 3–2 Colorado OT Hart 18,152 37–26–17 91 81 April 13 Winnipeg 2–6 Vegas Hart 17,936 38–26–17 93 82 April 15 Seattle 1–4 Vegas Hart 18,090 39–26–17 95 Legend:
Playoffs
2026 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference first round vs. (WC1) Utah Mammoth: Vegas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 19 Utah 2–4 Vegas Hart 17,979 1–0 2 April 21 Utah 3–2 Vegas Hart 17,871 1–1 3 April 24 Vegas 2–4 Utah Hart 12,478 1–2 4 April 27 Vegas 5–4 Utah OT Hart 12,478 2–2 5 April 29 Utah 4–5 Vegas 2OT Hart 18,033 3–2 6 May 1 Vegas 5–1 Utah Hart 12,478 4–2 Western Conference second round vs. (P3) Anaheim Ducks: Vegas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 4 Anaheim 1–3 Vegas Hart 17,838 1–0 2 May 6 Anaheim 3–1 Vegas Hart 18,018 1–1 3 May 8 Vegas 6–2 Anaheim Hart 16,826 2–1 4 May 10 Vegas 3–4 Anaheim Hart 16,800 2–2 5 May 12 Anaheim 2–3 Vegas OT Hart 18,089 3–2 6 May 14 Vegas 5–1 Anaheim Hart 16,778 4–2 Western Conference final vs. (C1) Colorado Avalanche: Vegas won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 20 Vegas 4–2 Colorado Hart 18,109 1–0 2 May 22 Vegas 3–1 Colorado Hart 18,147 2–0 3 May 24 Colorado 3–5 Vegas Hart 18,212 3–0 4 May 26 Colorado 1–2 Vegas Hart 18,188 4–0 Stanley Cup Final vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 2 Vegas 5–4 Carolina Hart 18,738 1–0 2 June 4 Vegas 3–4 Carolina OT Hart 18,710 1–1 3 June 6 Carolina 4–5 Vegas 2OT Hart 18,233 2–1 4 June 9 Carolina 5–3 Vegas Hart 18,339 2–2 5 June 11 Vegas 2–4 Carolina Hart 18,761 2–3 6 June 14 Carolina 3–0 Vegas Hart 18,354 2–4 Legend:
Player statistics Updated to games played June 14, 2026
Skaters
Regular season Player 74 27 63 90 +23 18 81 24 56 80 +17 24 60 28 45 73 +26 9 82 37 27 64 24 82 23 38 61 +20 14 82 24 34 58 39 70 10 29 39 +19 24 71 3 25 28 0 14 69 16 10 26 4 54 8 18 26 12 58 12 10 22 41 † 33 7 10 17 +1 18 82 6 11 17 55 78 3 13 16 +6 26 55 6 9 15 +2 19 68 1 12 13 89 63 5 7 12 +2 26 66 6 5 11 28 28 3 6 9 10 49 3 6 9 14 14 4 3 7 4 ‡ 44 3 4 7 19 ‡ 47 2 5 7 20 † 20 1 4 5 +2 20 10 0 5 5 0 4 † 21 2 0 2 0 9 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 +1 2 3 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 2
Playoffs Player 22 10 19 29 +11 6 22 2 20 22 +4 16 22 14 4 18 +11 6 22 6 12 18 +10 10 22 12 4 16 +2 0 22 6 8 14 0 8 22 5 9 14 6 17 7 5 12 10 21 1 9 10 +13 23 15 3 6 9 +10 4 22 2 6 8 +4 6 22 0 7 7 +2 2 22 3 3 6 +3 24 22 0 6 6 +2 18 22 3 1 4 8 13 1 2 3 +4 4 13 0 3 3 +1 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 2 2 21 1 0 1 6 7 0 1 1 +1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 6
Goaltenders Regular season Player 34 29 1,965:47 16 10 6 85 2.59 791 .893 2 0 1 0 18 18 1,019:47 11 3 3 46 2.71 422 .891 0 0 0 2 27 27 1,497:49 10 9 6 76 3.04 587 .871 1 0 1 2 8 8 480:40 2 4 2 24 3.00 189 .873 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player 22 22 1,380:19 14 8 59 2.56 637 .909 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 or waived mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only. Bold denotes new franchise record.
Transactions
The Golden Knights were involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.
Key:
Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 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.