2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season
{{Short description|Professional ice hockey team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox ice hockey team season
| League = NHL
| Season = 2019–20
| year = 2019
| Team = Vegas Golden Knights
| Division = Pacific
| DivisionRank = 1st
| Conference = Western
| ConferenceRank = 3rd
| Record = 39–24–8
| HomeRecord = 22–11–4
| RoadRecord = 17–13–4
| GoalsFor = 227
| GoalsAgainst = 211
| GeneralManager = Kelly McCrimmon
| Coach = Gerard Gallant (Oct. 2 – Jan. 15)
Peter DeBoer (Jan. 15 – Sep. 14)
| Captain = Vacant
| AltCaptain = Deryk Engelland
Max Pacioretty
Reilly Smith
Mark Stone
| Arena = T-Mobile Arena
| Attendance = 18,310{{cite web |title=2019-2020 NHL Attendance |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance/_/year/2020 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=November 7, 2021}}
| MinorLeague = Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)
| GoalsLeader = Max Pacioretty (32)
| AssistsLeader = Mark Stone (42)
| PointsLeader = Max Pacioretty (66)
| PlusMinusLeader = Chandler Stephenson (+19)
| PIMLeader = Ryan Reaves (47)
| WinsLeader = Marc-Andre Fleury (27)
| GAALeader = Robin Lehner (1.67)
| DivisionWin = yes
| ConferenceWin =
| StanleyCup =
}}
The 2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season was the third season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. They made the playoffs for the third straight season after losing in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs to the San Jose Sharks the year prior.{{cite web |title=Goodrow's OT goal caps Sharks 5-4 Game 7 win vs. Vegas |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=nhl&id=26591330 |website=ESPN.com |accessdate=April 24, 2019 |date=April 23, 2019 |quote=Jones, who was pulled for ineffectiveness in two of the first five games, made 34 saves to close out the series and give the Sharks their first comeback from 3-1 down in a series in seven tries.}} 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.{{cite web |title=Zykov of Golden Knights suspended 20 games |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/valentin-zykov-of-vegas-suspended-20-games/c-310202892 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=October 18, 2019 |date=October 17, 2019}}
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.{{cite web |title=NHL statement on coronavirus |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-coronavirus-status/c-316155530 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=March 12, 2020 |date=March 12, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Fernandez |first1=Gabriel |title=Coronavirus live updates: NHL suspends season; MLB to halt spring training; NCAA conference tourneys canceled |url=https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/coronavirus-live-updates-nhl-suspends-season-mlb-to-halt-spring-training-ncaa-conference-tourneys-canceled/live/ |website=CBSSports.com |accessdate=March 12, 2020 |date=March 12, 2020}} On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.{{cite web |last1=Gulitti |first1=Tom |title=NHL plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-plans-to-return-with-24-team-stanley-cup-playoffs/c-317031010 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=May 27, 2020 |date=May 26, 2020}} The Golden Knights advanced to the playoffs and earned the top seed in the Western Conference during the Stanley Cup Qualifiers.{{cite web |title=Golden Knights defeat Avalanche in OT in round-robin |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-colorado-avalanche-game-recap/c-317515328 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=August 8, 2020 |date=August 8, 2020}} In the First Round they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games.{{cite web |title=Golden Knights top Blackhawks in Game 5, win Western First Round series |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/chicago-blackhawks-vegas-golden-knights-game-5-recap/c-318554842 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=August 19, 2020 |date=August 18, 2020}} The Golden Knights advanced to their second Conference Final in three years after defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the Second Round.{{cite web |last1=Morreale |first1=Mike G. |title=Golden Knights shut out Canucks in Game 7, advance to West Final |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-vegas-golden-knights-game-7-recap/c-318858484 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=September 4, 2020 |date=September 4, 2020}} The Golden Knights season came to an end in the fifth game of the Conference Finals as they fell to the Dallas Stars.{{cite web |last1=Satriano |first1=David |title=Stars defeat Golden Knights in OT in Game 5, reach Stanley Cup Final |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dallas-stars-vegas-golden-knights-game-5-recap/c-318994290 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=September 14, 2020 |date=September 14, 2020}}
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.{{cite news |last=Blackburn |first=Pete |title=NHL Opening Night: Capitals spoil Blues' banner ceremony, Auston Matthews dominates, and other takeaways |work=CBS Sports |date=October 3, 2019 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/nhl-opening-night-capitals-spoil-blues-banner-ceremony-auston-matthews-dominates-and-other-takeaways/ |accessdate=October 3, 2019}}
Standings
=Divisional standings=
{{2019–20 NHL Pacific Division standings|team=VGK}}
=Western Conference=
{{2019–20 NHL Western Conference standings}}
;Tiebreaking procedures
- Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
- Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
- Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
- Greater number 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 number of goals scored (denoted by GF).
Schedule and results
=Preseason=
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.{{cite web |title=VGK Announce 2019 Rookie & Training Camp, Preseason Games |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/vgk-announce-2019-rookie--training-camp-preseason-games/c-307892462 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=August 31, 2019 |date=June 18, 2019}}
=Regular season=
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.{{cite web |title=NHL Announces Golden Knights 2019-20 Regular Season Schedule |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/nhl-announces-golden-knights-2019-20-regular-season-schedule/c-308047016 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=August 31, 2019 |date=June 25, 2019}}
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! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Home | |||
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| 72 | March 12 | Vegas | Minnesota |
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| 73 | March 15 | Vegas | Colorado |
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| 74 | March 17 | Dallas | Vegas |
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| 75 | March 18 | Vegas | Arizona |
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| 76 | March 21 | Detroit | Vegas |
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| 77 | March 23 | Vancouver | Vegas |
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| 78 | March 25 | Arizona | Vegas |
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| 79 | March 29 | Vegas | Winnipeg |
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| 80 | March 31 | Vegas | Edmonton |
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| 81 | April 2 | Vegas | Calgary |
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| 82 | April 4 | Vegas | Vancouver |
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Legend:
{{legend2|#cfc|Win (2 points)|border=1px solid #ccffcc}}
{{legend2|#fcc|Loss (0 points)|border=1px solid #ffcccc}}
{{legend2|#fff|Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
|}
= Playoffs =
{{Main|2020 Stanley Cup playoffs}}
The Golden Knights played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Vegas finished with a 3–0–0 record to clinch the first seed for the playoffs.{{cite web |title=Stanley Cup Qualifiers schedule |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-round-robin-best-of-5-series-dates-times/c-317365910 |website=NHL.com |publisher=NHL.com |accessdate=July 15, 2020 |date=July 10, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Golden Knights defeat Avalanche in OT in round-robin, win West top seed |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-colorado-avalanche-game-recap/c-317515328 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=August 8, 2020 |date=August 8, 2020}}
In the first round, the Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games.
In the second round, the Golden Knights faced the Vancouver Canucks,{{cite web |title=Stanley Cup Playoffs second-round schedule |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-playoffs-round-2-schedule/c-280468316 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=August 22, 2020 |date=August 22, 2020}} and defeated them in seven games.
The Golden Knights faced the Dallas Stars in the Conference Final,{{cite web |title=Stanley Cup Playoffs conference finals schedule |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-playoffs-conference-finals-schedule/c-289370440 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=September 6, 2020 |date=September 6, 2020}} but were defeated in five games.
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! # !! Date !! Visitor !! Score !! Home !! OT !! Decision !! Record !! Points !! Recap | |||||||||
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| 1 | August 3 | Dallas | 3–5 | Vegas | Lehner | 1–0–0 | 2 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-vgk/2020/08/03/2019030012|title=Dallas Stars - Vegas Golden Knights - August 3rd, 2020|website=NHL.com}} | |
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| 2 | August 6 | Vegas | 6–4 | St. Louis | Fleury | 2–0–0 | 4 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/stl-vs-vgk/2020/08/06/2019030014|title=Vegas Golden Knights - St. Louis Blues - August 6th, 2020|website=NHL.com}} | |
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| 3 | August 8 | Vegas | 4–3 | Colorado | OT | Lehner | 3–0–0 | 6 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/col-vs-vgk/2020/08/08/2019030015|title=Vegas Golden Knights - Colorado Avalanche - August 8th, 2020|website=NHL.com}} |
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Legend:
{{legend2|#cfc|Win (2 points)|border=1px solid #ccffcc}}
{{legend2|#fcc|Loss (0 points)|border=1px solid #ffcccc}}
{{legend2|#fff|Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
|}
Player statistics
=Skaters=
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#333F42 5px solid; border-bottom:#B4975A 5px solid;"|Regular season{{cite web |title=2019–20 Regular season – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Skaters |url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20192020&seasonTo=20192020&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.38&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists|website=NHL.com |accessdate=March 7, 2020}} ! Player ! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! {{abbr|G|Goals}} ! {{abbr|A|Assists}} ! {{abbr|Pts|Points}} ! data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|+/−|Plus/minus}} ! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty minutes}} | ||||||
{{sortname|Max|Pacioretty}} | 71 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 18 | 44 |
{{sortname|Mark|Stone}} | 65 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 15 | 27 |
{{sortname|Reilly|Smith}} | 71 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 17 | 20 |
{{sortname|Jonathan|Marchessault}} | 66 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 6 | 28 |
{{sortname|William|Karlsson}} | 63 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 11 | 16 |
{{sortname|Shea|Theodore}} | 71 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 25 |
{{sortname|Paul|Stastny}} | 71 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 6 | 24 |
{{sortname|Nate|Schmidt}} | 59 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 12 |
{{sortname|Chandler|Stephenson}}† | 41 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 10 |
{{sortname|William|Carrier}} | 71 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
{{sortname|Alex|Tuch}} | 42 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −10 | 8 |
{{sortname|Ryan|Reaves}} | 71 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −5 | 47 |
{{sortname|Tomas|Nosek|Tomáš Nosek}} | 67 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −2 | 20 |
{{sortname|Nick|Holden}} | 61 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −1 | 13 |
{{sortname|Cody|Glass}} | 39 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −7 | 6 |
{{sortname|Nicolas|Hague}} | 38 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 32 |
{{sortname|Nicolas|Roy}} | 28 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
{{sortname|Cody|Eakin}}‡ | 41 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −9 | 16 |
{{sortname|Brayden|McNabb}} | 71 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 40 |
{{sortname|Alec|Martinez}}† | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
{{sortname|Jon|Merrill}} | 49 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
{{sortname|Deryk|Engelland}} | 49 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 37 |
{{sortname|Valentin|Zykov}} | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 6 |
{{sortname|Nick|Cousins}}† | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
{{sortname|Brandon|Pirri}} | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 8 |
{{sortname|Patrick|Brown|dab=ice hockey}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
{{sortname|Zach|Whitecloud}} | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
{{sortname|Gage|Quinney}} | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
{{sortname|Keegan|Kolesar}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{sortname|Jake|Bischoff}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
{{col-2}}
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#333F42 5px solid; border-bottom:#B4975A 5px solid;"|Playoffs{{cite web |title=2019–20 Playoffs – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Skaters |url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20192020&seasonTo=20192020&gameType=3&playerPlayedFor=franchise.38&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists |website=NHL.com |accessdate=September 15, 2020}} ! Player ! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! {{abbr|G|Goals}} ! {{abbr|A|Assists}} ! {{abbr|Pts|Points}} ! data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|+/−|Plus/minus}} ! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty minutes}} | ||||||
{{sortname|Shea|Theodore}} | 20 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 8 |
{{sortname|Mark|Stone}} | 20 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −1 | 6 |
{{sortname|Reilly|Smith}} | 20 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 8 |
{{sortname|Alex|Tuch}} | 20 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 |
{{sortname|William|Karlsson}} | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
{{sortname|Jonathan|Marchessault}} | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
{{sortname|Paul|Stastny}} | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
{{sortname|Nate|Schmidt}} | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
{{sortname|Max|Pacioretty}} | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −2 | 12 |
{{sortname|Alec|Martinez}} | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
{{sortname|Nicolas|Roy}} | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
{{sortname|Chandler|Stephenson}} | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
{{sortname|Nick|Cousins}} | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
{{sortname|Ryan|Reaves}} | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
{{sortname|William|Carrier}} | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
{{sortname|Zach|Whitecloud}} | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
{{sortname|Tomas|Nosek|Tomáš Nosek}} | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
{{sortname|Brayden|McNabb}} | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 14 |
{{sortname|Patrick|Brown|dab=ice hockey}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
{{sortname|Jon|Merrill}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
{{sortname|Nick|Holden}} | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
{{col-end}}
=Goaltenders=
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#333F42 5px solid; border-bottom:#B4975A 5px solid;"|Regular season{{cite web |title=2019–20 Regular season – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Goalies |url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20192020&seasonTo=20192020&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.38&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=wins |website=NHL.com |accessdate=March 7, 2020}} ! Player ! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} ! {{abbr|TOI|Time on ice}} ! {{abbr|W|Win}} ! {{abbr|L|Loss}} ! {{abbr|OT|Overtime loss}} ! {{abbr|GA|Goals against}} ! {{abbr|GAA|Goals against average}} ! {{abbr|SA|Shots against}} ! {{abbr|SV%|Save percentage}} ! {{abbr|SO|Shutouts}} ! {{abbr|G|Goals}} ! {{abbr|A|Assists}} ! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty minutes}} | ||||||||||||||
{{sortname|Marc-Andre|Fleury|Marc-André Fleury}} | 49 | 48 | 2,880:06 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 133 | 2.77 | 1,399 | .905 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
{{sortname|Malcolm|Subban}}‡ | 20 | 19 | 1,133:05 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 60 | 3.18 | 546 | .890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{sortname|Robin|Lehner}}† | 3 | 3 | 180:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 83 | .940 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{sortname|Garret|Sparks}} | 1 | 0 | 27:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.38 | 14 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{sortname|Oscar|Dansk}} | 1 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 37 | .838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#333F42 5px solid; border-bottom:#B4975A 5px solid;"|Playoffs{{cite web |title=2019–20 Playoffs – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Goalies |url=http://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20192020&seasonTo=20192020&gameType=3&playerPlayedFor=franchise.38&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=wins |website=NHL.com |accessdate=September 15, 2020}} | |||||||||||||
Player
! {{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! {{abbr|GS|Games started}} ! {{abbr|TOI|Time on ice}} ! {{abbr|W|Win}} ! {{abbr|L|Loss}} ! {{abbr|GA|Goals against}} ! {{abbr|GAA|Goals against average}} ! {{abbr|SA|Shots against}} ! {{abbr|SV%|Save percentage}} ! {{abbr|SO|Shutouts}} ! {{abbr|G|Goals}} ! {{abbr|A|Assists}} ! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty minutes}} | |||||||||||||
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{{sortname|Robin|Lehner}} | 16 | 16 | 965:52 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 1.99 | 386 | .917 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{sortname|Marc-Andre|Fleury|Marc-André Fleury}} | 4 | 4 | 238:02 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2.27 | 100 | .910 | 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 mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Transactions
{{See also|2019–20 NHL transactions}}
The Golden Knights were involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 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.
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June 26, 2019
| style="width: 25em;" valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes Erik Haula | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Nicolas Roy >conditional 5th-round pick in 2021 | ||
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| June 28, 2019 | valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres Colin Miller | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights STL 2nd-round pick in 2021 5th-round pick in 2022 | ||
June 22, 2019
| valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2019 (#48 overall) WPG 3rd-round pick in 2019 (#82 overall) | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights PHI 2nd-round pick in 2019 (#41 overall) | ||
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| July 23, 2019 | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs David Clarkson 4th-round pick in 2020 | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Garret Sparks | ||
July 29, 2019
| valign="top"| To New Jersey Devils Nikita Gusev | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021 | ||
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| December 2, 2019 | valign="top"| To Washington Capitals 5th-round pick in 2021 | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Chandler Stephenson | ||
February 19, 2020
| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-round pick in 2020 STL 2nd-round pick in 2021 | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Alec Martinez | ||
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| February 21, 2020 | valign="top"| To Winnipeg Jets Cody Eakin | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021 or 4th-round pick in 2021 | ||
February 24, 2020
| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2021 | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Nick Cousins | ||
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| February 24, 2020 | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th-round pick in 2020 | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Robin Lehner* | ||
February 24, 2020
| valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Malcolm Subban Slava Demin PIT 2nd-round pick in 2020 | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Martins Dzierkals | ||
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| September 28, 2020 | valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Pirri | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Sikura |
=Players acquired=
=Players lost=
=Signings=
Draft picks
{{See also|List of Vegas Golden Knights draft picks}}
Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 to 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
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| style="text-align:center;"|17 | C | {{flagu|Canada}} | Kootenay Ice (WHL) |
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| style="text-align:center;"|41 | D | {{flagu|Canada}} | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
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| style="text-align:center;"|79 | LW | {{flagu|Russia}} |
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| style="text-align:center;"|86 | D | {{flagu|Canada}} |
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| style="text-align:center;"|110 | C | {{flagu|United States}} |
style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|135 | G | {{flagu|United States}} | Tri-City Storm (USHL) |
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| style="text-align:center;"|139 | LW | {{flagu|Finland}} | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
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| style="text-align:center;"|141 | C | {{flagu|Canada}} |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Vegas Golden Knights}}
{{Vegas Golden Knights seasons}}
{{2019–20 NHL season by team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 Vegas Golden Knights season}}