National Hockey League season
The2025–26 Vegas Golden Knights season is theninth season for theNational Hockey League (NHL) franchise that started playing in the2017–18 season .
Divisional standings [ edit ] Updated to game(s) played on November 25, 2025. Source: National Hockey League
[ 1] Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
Conference standings [ edit ] Updated to game(s) played on November 24, 2025. Source: National Hockey League
[ 2] Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
Schedule and results [ edit ] The 2025 preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2025.[ 3]
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 [ 4] 2 September 23 Los Angeles 3–1 Vegas Schmid 17,439 0–2–0 [ 5] 3 September 25 Utah 2–3 Vegas OT Hill 17,383 1–2–0 [ 6] 4 September 26 Vegas 2–1 San Jose Schmid 11,143 2–2–0 [ 7] 5 September 30 Vegas 2–4 Colorado Lindbom 13,150 2–3–0 [ 8] 6 October 1 Colorado 1–2 Vegas Schmid 17,409 3–3–0 [ 9] 7 October 3 San Jose 4–1 Vegas Hill 17,488 3–4–0 [ 10]
The regular season schedule was published on July 16, 2025.[ 11]
2025–26 game log October: 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 [ 12] 2 October 9 Vegas 4–3 San Jose OT Schmid 17,435 1–0–1 3 [ 13] 3 October 11 Vegas 1–2 Seattle OT Hill 17,151 1–0–2 4 [ 14] 4 October 14 Vegas 4–2 Calgary Schmid 16,553 2–0–2 6 [ 15] 5 October 16 Boston 5–6 Vegas Schmid 17,927 3–0–2 8 [ 16] 6 October 18 Calgary 1–6 Vegas Hill 17,811 4–0–2 10 [ 17] 7 October 20 Carolina 1–4 Vegas Schmid 17,682 5–0–2 12 [ 18] 8 October 25 Vegas 0–3 Florida Schmid 19,558 5–1–2 12 [ 19] 9 October 26 Vegas 1–2 Tampa Bay OT Lindbom 19,092 5–1–3 13 [ 20] 10 October 28 Vegas 6–3 Carolina Schmid 18,299 6–1–3 15 [ 21] 11 October 31 Colorado 4–2 Vegas Lindbom 17,889 6–2–3 15 [ 22]
November: 4–3–4 (home: 2–2–2; 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 [ 23] 13 November 6 Tampa Bay 6–3 Vegas Lindbom 17,717 7–3–3 17 [ 24] 14 November 8 Anaheim 4–3 Vegas OT Schmid 17,977 7–3–4 18 [ 25] 15 November 10 Florida 3–2 Vegas Lindbom 17,812 7–4–4 18 [ 26] 16 November 13 NY Islanders 4–3 Vegas OT Schmid 17,733 7–4–5 19 [ 27] 17 November 15 Vegas 4–1 St. Louis Schmid 18,096 8–4–5 21 [ 28] 18 November 16 Vegas 2–3 Minnesota OT Lindbom 17,439 8–4–6 22 [ 29] 19 November 18 NY Rangers 2–3 Vegas Schmid 18,008 9–4–6 24 [ 30] 20 November 20 Vegas 4–1 Utah Schmid 12,478 10–4–6 26 [ 31] 21 November 22 Vegas 3–4 Anaheim OT Schmid 17,174 10–4–7 27 [ 32] 22 November 24 Vegas 1–5 Utah Lindbom 12,478 10–5–7 27 [ 33] 23 November 26 Ottawa – Vegas 24 November 28 Montreal – Vegas 25 November 29 San Jose – Vegas
February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 1 Vegas – Anaheim 56 February 4 Vancouver – Vegas 57 February 5 Los Angeles – Vegas 58 February 25 Vegas – Los Angeles 59 February 27 Vegas – Washington
March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Vegas – Pittsburgh 61 March 3 Vegas – Buffalo 62 March 4 Vegas – Detroit 63 March 6 Minnesota – Vegas 64 March 8 Edmonton – Vegas 65 March 10 Vegas – Dallas 66 March 12 Pittsburgh – Vegas 67 March 14 Chicago – Vegas 68 March 17 Buffalo – Vegas 69 March 19 Utah – Vegas 70 March 21 Vegas – Nashville 71 March 22 Vegas – Dallas 72 March 24 Vegas – Winnipeg 73 March 26 Edmonton – Vegas 74 March 28 Washington – Vegas 75 March 30 Vancouver – Vegas
April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Calgary – Vegas 77 April 4 Vegas – Edmonton 78 April 7 Vegas – Vancouver 79 April 9 Vegas – Seattle 80 April 11 Vegas – Colorado 81 April 13 Winnipeg – Vegas 82 April 15 Seattle – Vegas
Legend : Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Updated to games played November 24, 2025
† 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.
Updated November 19, 2025 [ 36] [ 37]
No. Nat Player Pos S /G Age Acquired Birthplace 49 Ivan Barbashev C L 292023 Moscow, Russia 42 Braeden Bowman RW R 222025 Kitchener, Ontario 16 Pavel Dorofeyev C L 252019 Nizhny Tagil, Russia 9 Jack Eichel (A )C R 292021 North Chelmsford, Massachusetts 15 Noah Hanifin D L 282024 Boston, Massachusetts 48 Tomas Hertl C L 322024 Prague, Czech Republic 33 Adin Hill G L 292022 Comox, British Columbia 26 Alexander Holtz F L 232024 Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden 21 Brett Howden C L 272021 Oakbank, Manitoba 17 Ben Hutton D L 322021 Brockville, Ontario 71 William Karlsson (A ) C L 312017 Märsta, Sweden 55 Keegan Kolesar RW R 282017 Brandon, Manitoba 6 Kaedan Korczak D R 242019 Yorkton, Saskatchewan 5 Jeremy Lauzon D L 282025 Val-d'Or, Quebec 30 Carl Lindbom G L 222021 Stockholm, Sweden 93 Mitch Marner RW R 282025 Markham, Ontario 3 Brayden McNabb D L 342017 Davidson, Saskatchewan 7 Alex Pietrangelo (A ) D R 352020 King City, Ontario 23 Cole Reinhardt LW L 252025 Calgary, Alberta 20 Brandon Saad LW L 332025 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 40 Akira Schmid G L 252024 Bern, Switzerland 10 Colton Sissons C R 322025 North Vancouver, British Columbia 19 Reilly Smith RW L 342025 Etobicoke, Ontario 61 Mark Stone (C ) RW R 332019 Winnipeg, Manitoba 27 Shea Theodore D L 302017 Langley, British Columbia 2 Zach Whitecloud D R 282018 Brandon, Manitoba
The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.
Key:
† Contract is entry-level. ‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.
* 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 Player New team Term Via Ref July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01 ) Mason Geertsen Buffalo Sabres 2-year Free agency [ 46] July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01 ) Tanner Pearson Winnipeg Jets 1-year [ 47] July 16, 2025 (2025-07-16 ) Dysin Mayo Columbus Blue Jackets [ 48] July 17, 2025 (2025-07-17 ) Isaiah Saville Ontario Reign (AHL )[ 49] August 15, 2025 (2025-08-15 ) Gage Quinney Shanghai Dragons (KHL )[ 50] August 20, 2025 (2025-08-20 ) Victor Olofsson Colorado Avalanche [ 51] August 21, 2025 (2025-08-21 ) Mason Morelli Barys Astana (KHL)[ 52] October 3, 2025 (2025-10-03 ) Cole Schwindt Florida Panthers Waivers [ 53] October 6, 2025 (2025-10-06 ) Callahan Burke San Diego Gulls (AHL)1-year Free agency [ 54] November 1, 2025 (2025-11-01 ) Ilya Samsonov HC Sochi (KHL)2-year [ 55]
Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the2025 NHL Entry Draft , which was held on June 27 to 28, 2025, at thePeacock Theater inLos Angeles .
^ Davies' contract was announced on July 2, 2025, but not formally signed until October 5 for salary cap reasons; in the interim period, Davies joined the team on an AHL contract.[ 43] ^ TheTampa Bay Lightning 's second-round pick went to theVegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent a second-round and a fifth-round pick both in 2025 (58th and 122nd overall) to Nashville in exchange for this pick.[ 38] ^ TheOttawa Senators ' third-round pick went to the Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent Washington's third-round pick in 2025 (91st overall) and a fifth-round pick in 2025 (154th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for this pick.[ 39] ^ TheWashington Capitals ' sixth-round pick went to the Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 29, 2024, that sent a seventh-round pick in2024 to Washington in exchange for this pick.[ 60] ^ "NHL Hockey Standings" .NHL.com . National Hockey League.^ "NHL Hockey Standings" .NHL.com . 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