2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season

2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	3rd Western
2017–18 record	51–24–7
Home record	29–10–2
Road record	22–14–5
Goals for	272
Goals against	228
Team information
General manager	George McPhee
Coach	Gerard Gallant
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare Deryk Engelland James Neal David Perron Luca Sbisa Reilly Smith
Arena	T-Mobile Arena
Average attendance	17,892 (103.0%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves (AHL) Quad City Mallards (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	William Karlsson (43)
Assists	David Perron (50)
Points	William Karlsson (78)
Penalty minutes	Colin Miller (53)
Plus/minus	William Karlsson (+49)
Wins	Marc-Andre Fleury (29)
Goals against average	Oscar Dansk (1.78)

The 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season was the inaugural season for the Vegas Golden Knights. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.

The Golden Knights enjoyed the strongest debut season for an expansion team in North American professional sports history. On February 1, 2018, they broke the record for most wins by an expansion team in their first season when they earned their 34th win of the season. On February 21, they broke the record for most points by an expansion team in their inaugural season when they got their 84th point of the season. Then on March 26, they became the first team to make the playoffs in their inaugural season in the league since the Edmonton Oilers and Hartford Whalers in the 1979–80 season. Following that achievement, on March 31, 2018, with a 3–2 victory over the San Jose Sharks, the Knights became the first modern-era expansion team from any of the four major sports and the first NHL team since the 1926–27 New York Rangers to win their division in their inaugural season (excluding the 1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers, as all teams in the West Division that year were expansion teams). The Golden Knights finished the regular season with a .665 points percentage; prior to 2018 the only examples of first year expansion teams joining any of the North American major professional sports leagues after their respective league's first decade and finishing with a winning/points percentage of .500 or better were teams that had joined from another league.

Earning a playoff berth in their first season, the Golden Knights eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in four straight games during the First Round, becoming the first team in NHL history to sweep their first playoff series in their inaugural season. They later defeated the San Jose Sharks in the Second Round in six games and advanced to the Western Conference Finals. There they defeated the Winnipeg Jets in five games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals in their inaugural season where they faced the Washington Capitals, and lost in five games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Vegas Golden Knights	82	51	24	7	47	272	228	+44	109
2	x – Anaheim Ducks	82	44	25	13	40	235	216	+19	101
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	45	27	10	40	252	229	+23	100
4	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	45	29	8	43	239	203	+36	98
5	Calgary Flames	82	37	35	10	35	218	248	−30	84
6	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	40	6	31	234	263	−29	78
7	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	40	11	31	218	264	−46	73
8	Arizona Coyotes	82	29	41	12	27	208	256	−48	70

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Nashville Predators	82	53	18	11	47	267	211	+56	117
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	52	20	10	48	277	218	+59	114
3	x – Minnesota Wild	82	45	26	11	42	253	232	+21	101

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Vegas Golden Knights	82	51	24	7	47	272	228	+44	109
2	x – Anaheim Ducks	82	44	25	13	40	235	216	+19	101
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	45	27	10	40	252	229	+23	100

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PA	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	45	29	8	43	239	203	+36	98
2	CE	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	41	257	237	+20	95
3	CE	St. Louis Blues	82	44	32	6	41	226	222	+4	94
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	42	32	8	38	235	225	+10	92
5	PA	Calgary Flames	82	37	35	10	35	218	248	−30	84
6	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	40	6	31	234	263	−29	78
7	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	39	10	32	229	256	−27	76
8	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	40	11	31	218	264	−46	73
9	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	29	41	12	27	208	256	−48	70

Schedule and results

Preseason

A preliminary preseason schedule was announced in January 2017. The draft schedule was released in April 2017, while the final schedule was released in June 2017.

2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Vegas	9–4	Vancouver		Ferguson	15,565	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 19	Vegas	4–1	Colorado		Lagace	—	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 21	Vegas	2–5	San Jose		Pickard	15,071	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 24	Vegas	4–2	Anaheim		Fleury	15,442	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 26	Los Angeles	3–2	Vegas	OT	Fleury	17,101	3–1–1	Recap
6	September 28	Colorado	4–2	Vegas		Fleury	15,337	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 1	San Jose	5–3	Vegas		Fleury	16,479	3–3–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.

2017–18 game log
October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 6 Vegas 2–1 Dallas Fleury 18,532 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 7 Vegas 2–1 Arizona OT Fleury 17,125 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 10 Arizona 2–5 Vegas Fleury 18,191 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 13 Detroit 6–3 Vegas Fleury 17,645 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 15 Boston 1–3 Vegas Subban 17,562 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 17 Buffalo 4–5 Vegas OT Subban 17,617 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 21 St. Louis 2–3 Vegas OT Dansk 17,883 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 October 24 Chicago 2–4 Vegas Dansk 18,108 7–1–0 14 Recap 9 October 27 Colorado 0–7 Vegas Dansk 17,702 8–1–0 16 Recap 10 October 30 Vegas 3–6 NY Islanders Lagace 11,113 8–2–0 16 Recap 11 October 31 Vegas 4–6 NY Rangers Lagace 17,294 8–3–0 16 Recap
November: 7–5–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Vegas 1–2 Boston Lagace 17,565 8–4–0 16 Recap 13 November 4 Vegas 5–4 Ottawa Lagace 16,824 9–4–0 18 Recap 14 November 6 Vegas 3–4 Toronto SO Lagace 19,398 9–4–1 19 Recap 15 November 7 Vegas 2–3 Montreal Lagace 21,302 9–5–1 19 Recap 16 November 10 Winnipeg 2–5 Vegas Lagace 18,110 10–5–1 21 Recap 17 November 14 Vegas 2–8 Edmonton Lagace 18,347 10–6–1 21 Recap 18 November 16 Vegas 5–2 Vancouver Lagace 18,119 11–6–1 23 Recap 19 November 19 Los Angeles 2–4 Vegas Lagace 18,211 12–6–1 25 Recap 20 November 22 Vegas 4–2 Anaheim Lagace 17,174 13–6–1 27 Recap 21 November 24 San Jose 4–5 Vegas OT Subban 18,094 14–6–1 29 Recap 22 November 25 Vegas 4–2 Arizona Subban 13,226 15–6–1 31 Recap 23 November 28 Dallas 3–0 Vegas Subban 17,579 15–7–1 31 Recap 24 November 30 Vegas 2–4 Minnesota Subban 19,084 15–8–1 31 Recap
December: 11–1–1 (Home: 7–0–1 ; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Vegas 4–7 Winnipeg Lagace 15,321 15–9–1 31 Recap 26 December 3 Arizona 2–3 Vegas OT Subban 17,519 16–9–1 33 Recap 27 December 5 Anaheim 3–4 Vegas SO Subban 17,608 17–9–1 35 Recap 28 December 8 Vegas 4–3 Nashville SO Subban 17,125 18–9–1 37 Recap 29 December 9 Vegas 5–3 Dallas Lagace 18,532 19–9–1 39 Recap 30 December 12 Carolina 3–2 Vegas SO Fleury 17,520 19–9–2 40 Recap 31 December 14 Pittsburgh 1–2 Vegas Fleury 18,029 20–9–2 42 Recap 32 December 17 Florida 2–5 Vegas Subban 17,593 21–9–2 44 Recap 33 December 19 Tampa Bay 3–4 Vegas Fleury 17,813 22–9–2 46 Recap 34 December 23 Washington 0–3 Vegas Fleury 18,025 23–9–2 48 Recap 35 December 27 Vegas 4–1 Anaheim Subban 17,444 24–9–2 50 Recap 36 December 28 Vegas 3–2 Los Angeles OT Fleury 18,432 25–9–2 52 Recap 37 December 31 Toronto 3–6 Vegas Subban 18,118 26–9–2 54 Recap
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Nashville 0–3 Vegas Fleury 18,171 27–9–2 56 Recap 39 January 4 Vegas 1–2 St. Louis Fleury 18,976 27–10–2 56 Recap 40 January 5 Vegas 5–4 Chicago Subban 21,933 28–10–2 58 Recap 41 January 7 NY Rangers 1–2 Vegas Fleury 18,234 29–10–2 60 Recap 42 January 13 Edmonton 3–2 Vegas OT Fleury 18,351 29–10–3 61 Recap 43 January 16 Vegas 0–1 Nashville Fleury 17,150 29–11–3 61 Recap 44 January 18 Vegas 4–1 Tampa Bay Fleury 19,092 30–11–3 63 Recap 45 January 19 Vegas 3–4 Florida OT Subban 17,468 30–11–4 64 Recap 46 January 21 Vegas 5–1 Carolina Fleury 15,303 31–11–4 66 Recap 47 January 23 Columbus 3–6 Vegas Fleury 18,231 32–11–4 68 Recap 48 January 25 NY Islanders 2–1 Vegas Fleury 18,184 32–12–4 68 Recap 49 January 30 Vegas 4–2 Calgary Fleury 19,289 33–12–4 70 Recap
February: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Vegas 3–2 Winnipeg OT Fleury 15,321 34–12–4 72 Recap 51 February 2 Vegas 2–5 Minnesota Subban 19,057 34–13–4 72 Recap 52 February 4 Vegas 4–3 Washington Fleury 18,506 35–13–4 74 Recap 53 February 6 Vegas 4–5 Pittsburgh Fleury 18,644 35–14–4 74 Recap 54 February 8 Vegas 5–3 San Jose Fleury 17,562 36–14–4 76 Recap 55 February 11 Philadelphia 4–1 Vegas Fleury 18,220 36–15–4 76 Recap 56 February 13 Chicago 2–5 Vegas Fleury 18,085 37–15–4 78 Recap 57 February 15 Edmonton 1–4 Vegas Fleury 18,030 38–15–4 80 Recap 58 February 17 Montreal 3–6 Vegas Fleury 18,122 39–15–4 82 Recap 59 February 19 Anaheim 2–0 Vegas Fleury 18,267 39–16–4 82 Recap 60 February 21 Calgary 3–7 Vegas Fleury 18,014 40–16–4 84 Recap 61 February 23 Vancouver 3–6 Vegas Fleury 18,207 41–16–4 86 Recap 62 February 26 Vegas 2–3 Los Angeles OT Fleury 18,230 41–16–5 87 Recap 63 February 27 Los Angeles 4–1 Vegas Lagace 18,328 41–17–5 87 Recap
March: 9–5–2 (Home: 5–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Ottawa 5–4 Vegas Fleury 18,269 41–18–5 87 Recap 65 March 4 Vegas 3–2 New Jersey Fleury 16,514 42–18–5 89 Recap 66 March 6 Vegas 1–4 Columbus Fleury 17,402 42–19–5 89 Recap 67 March 8 Vegas 4–0 Detroit Fleury 19,515 43–19–5 91 Recap 68 March 10 Vegas 2–1 Buffalo SO Fleury 19,070 44–19–5 93 Recap 69 March 12 Vegas 3–2 Philadelphia Fleury 19,723 45–19–5 95 Recap 70 March 14 New Jersey 8–3 Vegas Fleury 18,420 45–20–5 95 Recap 71 March 16 Minnesota 4–2 Vegas Fleury 18,295 45–21–5 95 Recap 72 March 18 Calgary 0–4 Vegas Fleury 18,075 46–21–5 97 Recap 73 March 20 Vancouver 1–4 Vegas Fleury 18,214 47–21–5 99 Recap 74 March 22 Vegas 1–2 San Jose OT Subban 17,562 47–21–6 100 Recap 75 March 24 Vegas 1–2 Colorado SO Fleury 18,042 47–21–7 101 Recap 76 March 26 Colorado 1–4 Vegas Fleury 18,326 48–21–7 103 Recap 77 March 28 Arizona 3–2 Vegas Fleury 18,121 48–22–7 103 Recap 78 March 30 St. Louis 3–4 Vegas OT Subban 18,191 49–22–7 105 Recap 79 March 31 San Jose 2–3 Vegas Fleury 18,458 50–22–7 107 Recap
April: 1–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 3 Vegas 5–4 Vancouver SO Subban 18,865 51–22–7 109 Recap 81 April 5 Vegas 3–4 Edmonton Subban 18,347 51–23–7 109 Recap 82 April 7 Vegas 1–7 Calgary Fleury 19,289 51–24–7 109 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Updated as of June 9, 2018

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Karlsson, WilliamWilliam Karlsson 82 43 35 78 49 12 Marchessault, JonathanJonathan Marchessault 77 27 48 75 36 40 Perron, DavidDavid Perron 70 16 50 66 1 50 Smith, ReillyReilly Smith 67 22 38 60 31 24 Haula, ErikErik Haula 76 29 26 55 –16 37 Neal, JamesJames Neal 71 25 19 44 –11 24 Miller, ColinColin Miller 82 10 31 41 –4 53 Tuch, AlexAlex Tuch 78 15 22 37 3 27 Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt 76 5 31 36 19 16 Theodore, SheaShea Theodore 61 6 23 29 5 14 Eakin, CodyCody Eakin 80 11 16 27 –6 22 Engelland, DerykDeryk Engelland 79 5 18 23 6 24 Hunt, BradBrad Hunt 45 3 15 18 –5 6 Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare 72 6 10 16 5 14 Nosek, TomasTomas Nosek 67 7 8 15 6 14 McNabb, BraydenBrayden McNabb 76 5 10 15 26 52 Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter † || 36 || 9 || 5 || 14 || 0 || 9 Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 30 2 12 14 8 15 Leipsic, BrendanBrendan Leipsic ‡ || 44 || 2 || 11 || 13 || –1 || 4 Lindberg, OscarOscar Lindberg 63 9 2 11 –11 14 Tatar, TomasTomas Tatar † || 20 || 4 || 2 || 6 || –11 || 10 Pirri, BrandonBrandon Pirri 2 3 0 3 3 0 Carrier, WilliamWilliam Carrier 37 1 2 3 –3 19 Hyka, TomasTomas Hyka 10 1 2 3 2 0 Merrill, JonJon Merrill 34 1 2 3 7 22 Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves † || 21 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 10 Shipachyov, VadimVadim Shipachyov 3 1 0 1 3 2 Garrison, JasonJason Garrison 8 0 1 1 –2 4 Matteau, StefanStefan Matteau 8 0 1 1 0 0 Whitecloud, ZachZach Whitecloud 1 0 0 0 3 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Smith, ReillyReilly Smith 20 5 17 22 5 10 Marchessault, JonathanJonathan Marchessault 20 8 13 21 8 10 Karlsson, WilliamWilliam Karlsson 20 7 8 15 8 2 Neal, JamesJames Neal 20 6 5 11 0 12 Tuch, AlexAlex Tuch 20 6 4 10 0 12 Theodore, SheaShea Theodore 20 3 7 10 2 8 Haula, ErikErik Haula 20 3 6 9 –3 27 Perron, DavidDavid Perron 15 1 8 9 1 10 Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt 20 3 4 7 7 4 Miller, ColinColin Miller 20 3 4 7 5 14 Nosek, TomasTomas Nosek 17 4 2 6 5 8 McNabb, BraydenBrayden McNabb 20 2 3 5 2 20 Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter 17 0 5 5 5 6 Eakin, CodyCody Eakin 20 3 1 4 3 4 Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 12 0 4 4 5 8 Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare 20 0 3 3 6 14 Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves 10 2 0 2 4 18 Tatar, TomasTomas Tatar 8 1 1 2 1 2 Engelland, DerykDeryk Engelland 20 0 2 2 2 26 Lindberg, OscarOscar Lindberg 3 0 1 1 1 2 Carrier, WilliamWilliam Carrier 10 0 0 0 –1 8 Merrill, JonJon Merrill 8 0 0 0 2 10

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	46	46	2,673:24	29	13	4	100	2.24	1376	.927	4	0	1	6
Subban, MalcolmMalcolm Subban	22	19	1,230:11	13	4	2	55	2.68	614	.910	0	0	0	2
Lagace, MaximeMaxime Lagace	16	14	873:31	6	7	1	57	3.92	430	.867	0	0	0	0
Dansk, OscarOscar Dansk	4	3	168:36	3	0	0	5	1.78	93	.946	1	0	0	0
Ferguson, DylanDylan Ferguson	1	0	9:14	0	0	0	1	6.50	2	.500	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	20	20	1,258:35	13	7	47	2.24	641	.927	4	0	1	4

Awards and honours

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Tuch, AlexAlex Tuch 1st career goal 1st career assist 1st career point October 15, 2017 Subban, MalcolmMalcolm Subban 1st career win October 15, 2017 Shipachyov, VadimVadim Shipachyov 1st career game 1st career goal 1st career point October 15, 2017 Dansk, OscarOscar Dansk 1st career game 1st career win October 21, 2017 Nosek, TomasTomas Nosek 1st career assist October 24, 2017 Oscar Dansk 1st career shutout October 27, 2017 Lagace, MaximeMaxime Lagace 1st career game October 30, 2017 Maxime Lagace 1st career win November 4, 2017 Smith, ReillyReilly Smith 200th career point November 10, 2017 Karlsson, WilliamWilliam Karlsson 200th career game November 14, 2017 Ferguson, DylanDylan Ferguson 1st career game November 14, 2017 Haula, ErikErik Haula 100th career point November 16, 2017 Eakin, CodyCody Eakin 400th career game November 24, 2017 Perron, DavidDavid Perron 400th career point December 9, 2017 Engelland, DerykDeryk Engelland 500th career game December 17, 2017 Marchessault, JonathanJonathan Marchessault 100th career point December 19, 2017 Cody Eakin 100th career assist December 23, 2017 Reilly Smith 400th career game December 27, 2017 Erik Haula 300th career game January 2, 2018 Deryk Engelland 100th career point January 18, 2018 David Perron 700th career game February 8, 2018 William Karlsson 100th career point February 15, 2018 Hyka, TomasTomas Hyka 1st career game February 19, 2018 Tomas Hyka 1st career goal 1st career point February 23, 2018 Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 100th career point February 26, 2018 Tomas Hyka 1st career assist March 4, 2018 Theodore, SheaShea Theodore 100th career game March 12, 2018 Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare 300th career game March 20, 2018 Jonathan Marchessault 200th career game March 31, 2018 Neal, JamesJames Neal 700th career game March 31, 2018 Pirri, BrandonBrandon Pirri 100th career point April 3, 2018 Whitecloud, ZachZach Whitecloud 1st career game April 5, 2018 McNabb, BraydenBrayden McNabb 300th career game April 12, 2018 Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury 400th career win April 15, 2018

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter 1st career playoff game April 11, 2018 William Carrier 1st career playoff game April 11, 2018 Jon Merrill 1st career playoff game April 11, 2018 Alex Tuch 1st career playoff game April 11, 2018 Tomas Nosek 1st career playoff game 1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff point April 11, 2018 Alex Tuch 1st career playoff goal 1st career playoff point April 13, 2018 Ryan Carpenter 1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff point April 15, 2018 Alex Tuch 1st career playoff assist April 15, 2018 Brayden McNabb 1st career playoff goal 1st career playoff point April 17, 2018 Brayden McNabb 1st career playoff assist April 26, 2018 Jonathan Marchessault 1st career playoff goal April 26, 2018

Transactions

The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2018	To Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Buffalo Sabres Expansion Draft considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights 6th-round pick in 2017
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Carolina Hurricanes Expansion Draft considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights BOS's 5th-round pick in 2017
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Expansion Draft considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights Nikita Gusev 2nd-round pick in 2017 PIT's 4th-round pick in 2018
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To New York Islanders Expansion Draft considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights Mikhail Grabovski Jake Bischoff 1st-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2019
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Anaheim Ducks Expansion Draft considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Expansion Draft considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights David Clarkson 1st-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2019
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Winnipeg Jets CBJ's 1st-round pick in 2017 Expansion Draft considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights 1st-round pick in 2017 3rd-round pick in 2019
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2017 or 2018	To Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Expansion Draft considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights 2nd-round pick in 2020
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	To Carolina Hurricanes Trevor van Riemsdyk 7th-round pick in 2018	To Vegas Golden Knights PIT's 2nd-round pick in 2017
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	To Montreal Canadiens David Schlemko	To Vegas Golden Knights 5th-round pick in 2019
June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)	To Columbus Blue Jackets TBL's 2nd-round pick in 2017	To Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	To Dallas Stars Marc Methot	To Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Ferguson 2nd-round pick in 2020
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	To Nashville Predators Alexei Emelin	To Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2019
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights Marcus Kruger
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	To Carolina Hurricanes Marcus Kruger	To Vegas Golden Knights 5th-round pick in 2018
October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Calvin Pickard	To Vegas Golden Knights Tobias Lindberg 6th-round pick in 2018
February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations	To Vegas Golden Knights Zachary Leslie
February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tobias Lindberg	To Vegas Golden Knights Ryan Reaves VAN's 4th-round pick in 2018
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	To Vancouver Canucks Brendan Leipsic	To Vegas Golden Knights Philip Holm
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	To Detroit Red Wings 1st-round pick in 2018 NYI's 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2021	To Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Tatar

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref March 6, 2017 (2017-03-06) Reid Duke Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 3-year, $2.775 million May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04) Vadim Shipachyov SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL) 2-year, $9 million June 1, 2017 (2017-06-01) Tomas Hyka BK Mladá Boleslav (ELH) 1-year, $710,000 entry-level contract July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Chris Casto Boston Bruins 1-year, $650,000 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Brad Hunt Nashville Predators 2-year, $1.3 million July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Maxime Lagace Dallas Stars 1-year, $650,000 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Stefan Matteau Montreal Canadiens 1-year, $650,000 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Paul Thompson Florida Panthers 1-year, $650,000 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) T. J. Tynan Columbus Blue Jackets 2-year, $1.3 million July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) Oscar Dansk Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year, $650,000 September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20) Dylan Coghlan Tri-City Americans (WHL) 3-year, $2.195 million entry-level contract October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04) Brandon Pirri New York Rangers 1-year, $650,000 March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08) Zach Whitecloud Bemidji State University (NCAA) 3-year, $4.475 million entry-level contract June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01) Gage Quinney Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) 2-year, $1.43 million entry-level contract June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12) Brooks Macek EHC Red Bull München (DEL) 1-year, $650,000

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Jean-Francois Berube Chicago Blackhawks 2-year, $1.5 million July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Connor Brickley Florida Panthers 1-year, $750,000 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Chris Thorburn St. Louis Blues 2-year, $1.8 million

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref Malcolm Subban Boston Bruins October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) Ryan Carpenter San Jose Sharks December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13)

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref

Players released Date Player Via Ref

Lost via retirement Date Player Ref November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) Vadim Shipachyov

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21) Deryk Engelland 1-year, $1 million June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21) Erik Haula 3-year, $8.25 million July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04) Oscar Lindberg 2-year, $3.4 million July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) Teemu Pulkkinen 1-year, $700,000 July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) Erik Brannstrom 3-year, $4.125 million entry-level contract July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) Cody Glass 3-year, $5.325 million entry-level contract July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) Brendan Leipsic 2-year, $1.3 million July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) Griffin Reinhart 2-year, $1.6 million July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) Nick Suzuki 3-year, $4.6265 million entry-level contract August 5, 2017 (2017-08-05) Nate Schmidt 2-year, $4.45 million September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) Dylan Ferguson 3-year, $2.15 million entry-level contract September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) Nicolas Hague 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract November 29, 2017 (2017-11-29) Brayden McNabb 4-year, $10 million contract extension January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03) Jonathan Marchessault 6-year, $30 million contract extension January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15) Deryk Engelland 1-year, $1.5 million contract extension January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16) Jon Merrill 2-year, $2.75 million contract extension May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31) Tomas Hyka 1-year, $650,000 contract extension May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31) Zachary Leslie 1-year, $675,000 contract extension June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01) Ben Jones 3-year, $2.245 million entry-level contract June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01) Jake Leschyshyn 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract June 11, 2018 (2018-06-11) Stefan Matteau 1-year, $650,000 contract extension June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15) Lucas Elvenes 3-year, entry-level contract Draft picks Expansion draft The team filled its initial roster by selecting players in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft on June 21, 2017. They were required to select or sign one player, who was not protected, from each existing team. In return for not selecting certain unprotected players, Vegas made several deals to grant concessions with some teams. # Player Drafted from Notes 1. Calvin Pickard (G) Colorado Avalanche Traded to Toronto on October 6, 2017. 2. Luca Sbisa (D) Vancouver Canucks 3. Teemu Pulkkinen (LW) Arizona Coyotes 4. Jon Merrill (D) New Jersey Devils 5. William Carrier (LW) Buffalo Sabres Sabres traded their sixth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Carrier instead of Linus Ullmark. 6. Cody Eakin (C) Dallas Stars 7. Tomas Nosek (LW) Detroit Red Wings 8. Jonathan Marchessault (C) Florida Panthers Panthers traded Reilly Smith in exchange for Vegas selecting Marchessault and a fourth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. 9. Brayden McNabb (D) Los Angeles Kings 10. Connor Brickley (C) Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes traded Boston's fifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired) in exchange for Vegas selecting Brickley. Brickley was a pending unrestricted free agent and signed with the Panthers on July 1. 11. Chris Thorburn (RW) Winnipeg Jets Jets traded their first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Thorburn and Columbus' first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired). Thorburn was a pending unrestricted free agent and signed with the Blues on July 1. 12. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (RW) Philadelphia Flyers 13. Jason Garrison (D) Tampa Bay Lightning Lightning traded their second-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Pittsburgh's fourth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired) and Nikita Gusev in exchange for Vegas selecting Garrison. 14. Jean-Francois Berube (G) New York Islanders Islanders traded their first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Mikhail Grabovski and Jake Bischoff in exchange for Vegas selecting Berube. Berube was a pending unrestricted free agent and would sign with the Blackhawks on July 1. 15. James Neal (LW) Nashville Predators 16. Deryk Engelland (D) Calgary Flames Engelland was a pending unrestricted free agent. As a Las Vegas resident, he signed a one-year deal before free agency. 17. Brendan Leipsic (LW) Toronto Maple Leafs 18. Colin Miller (D) Boston Bruins 19. Marc Methot (D) Ottawa Senators Traded to Dallas on June 26, 2017. 20. David Schlemko (D) San Jose Sharks Traded to Montreal on June 22, 2017. 21. David Perron (LW) St. Louis Blues 22. Oscar Lindberg (C) New York Rangers 23. Griffin Reinhart (D) Edmonton Oilers 24. Alexei Emelin (D) Montreal Canadiens Traded to Nashville on July 1, 2017. 25. Clayton Stoner (D) Anaheim Ducks Ducks traded Shea Theodore in exchange for Vegas selecting Stoner. 26. Erik Haula (C) Minnesota Wild Wild traded Alex Tuch in exchange for Vegas selecting Haula and a conditional third-round pick in the 2017 or 2018 NHL Entry Draft. 27. William Karlsson (C) Columbus Blue Jackets Blue Jackets traded their first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and David Clarkson in exchange for Vegas selecting Karlsson. 28. Trevor van Riemsdyk (D) Chicago Blackhawks Traded to Carolina on June 22, 2017. 29. Marc-Andre Fleury (G) Pittsburgh Penguins Penguins traded their second-round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Fleury. 30. Nate Schmidt (D) Washington Capitals Entry draft See also: List of Vegas Golden Knights draft picks Before the draft lottery, the Golden Knights were given the same odds as the team with the third worst point total from the 2016–17 season, which meant that they would not draft any lower than sixth overall and would draft third in each subsequent round. On April 30, 2017, the Golden Knights received a sixth overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft during the draft lottery. Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 6 Cody Glass C Canada Portland Winterhawks (WHL) 1 131 Nick Suzuki C Canada Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 1 152 Erik Brannstrom D Sweden HV71 (SHL) 2 34 Nicolas Hague D Canada Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) 2 623 Jake Leschyshyn C Canada Regina Pats (WHL) 3 65 Jonas Rondbjerg RW Denmark Växjö Lakers (J20 SuperElit) 4 96 Maxim Zhukov G Russia Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 5 127 Lucas Elvenes C Sweden Rögle BK (J20 SuperElit) 5 1424 Jonathan Dugan LW United States Northwood School (USHS) 6 158 Nick Campoli C Canada North York Rangers (OJHL) 6 1615 Jiri Patera G Czech Republic Motor České Budějovice (Czech 1.liga) 7 189 Ben Jones C Canada Niagara IceDogs (OHL) Notes: The Winnipeg Jets' first-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that sent Columbus' first-round pick in 2017 to Winnipeg in exchange for Vegas selecting Chris Thorburn in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Winnipeg, a third-round pick in 2019 and this pick. The New York Islanders' first-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that ensured that Vegas selected Jean-Francois Berube in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from the Islanders in exchange for Mikhail Grabovski, Jake Bischoff, a second-round pick in 2019 and this pick. The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 22, 2017, that sent Trevor van Riemsdyk and a seventh-round pick in 2018 to Carolina in exchange for this pick. The Boston Bruins' fifth-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that ensured that Vegas selected Connor Brickley in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Carolina in exchange for this pick. The Buffalo Sabres' sixth-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that ensured that Vegas selected William Carrier in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Buffalo in exchange for this pick. References