2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season
The 2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season is the third season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. They will play their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. They will attempt to make the playoffs for the third straight season after losing in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs to the San Jose Sharks.[1] 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.[2]
2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights | |
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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 – present) |
Captain | Vacant |
Alternate captains | Deryk Engelland Max Pacioretty Reilly Smith Mark Stone |
Arena | T-Mobile Arena |
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 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.[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[5] The Golden Knights advanced to the playoffs and are scheduled to play in a round-robin tournament, which will determine the team's seed for the playoffs.
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.[6]
Standings
Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Western Conference
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[8] |
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[8] |
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 |
- Tiebreaking procedures
- Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
- Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
- Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
- Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
- 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.
- Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
- Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[9]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 15 | Arizona | 2–6 | Vegas | Subban | 17,767 | 1–0–0 | Recap | |
2 | September 17 | Vegas | 5–0 | Colorado | Sparks | — | 2–0–0 | Recap | |
3 | September 19 | Vegas | 3–2 | Los Angeles | OT | Dansk | 10,421 | 3–0–0 | Recap |
4 | September 21 | Vegas | 3–1 | San Jose | Fleury | 15,052 | 4–0–0 | Recap | |
5 | September 25 | Colorado | 4–1 | Vegas | Subban | 17,954 | 4–1–0 | Recap | |
6 | September 27 | Los Angeles | 3–2 | Vegas | Fleury | 18,103 | 4–2–0 | Recap | |
7 | September 29 | San Jose | 1–5 | Vegas | Fleury | 18,131 | 5–2–0 | Recap |
Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[10]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
As of March 9, 2020
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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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 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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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 |
†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.
Roster
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