History
Background and establishment The NHL has had a presence in Las Vegas since 1991; that year, the city hosted the first outdoor game between two NHL teams – a preseason exhibition between the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers outside Caesars Palace. The Kings would subsequently organize "Frozen Fury" – a series of annual preseason games in Las Vegas against the Colorado Avalanche. The NHL Awards ceremonies have been held in Las Vegas since 2009. In 2009, the media speculated about a plan involving Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Nevada. Rumors of a Las Vegas expansion team surfaced again in August 2014, pointing to a new indoor arena on the Strip (built as a joint venture between Anschutz Entertainment Group, owners of the Los Angeles Kings, and MGM Resorts International) as the potential home arena, although these rumors were denied by the league. In November 2014, an unconfirmed report stated that the league had selected billionaire businessman Bill Foley and the Maloof family (former owners of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings, and founders of the Palms Casino Resort) to lead the ownership group for a Las Vegas expansion team. In December 2014, the NHL's board of governors decided to allow Foley to hold a season ticket drive to gauge interest in a Las Vegas team, though league commissioner Gary Bettman also asked the media not to "make more out of this than it is". The season ticket drive began in February 2015, with interested parties placing ten percent deposits for the 2016–17 season. The drive drew 5,000 deposits in its first day and a half, and reached its goal of 10,000 deposits by April 2015. In June 2015, the league officially opened the window for prospective owners to bid on expansion teams. By this
Team identity
Logos, colors, and uniforms The team's secondary logo The team's primary logo is a barbute helmet, superimposed on a black and gold shield, with a V-shaped opening. The secondary logo is two crossing swords behind a red star, designed to resemble the star found on the landmark Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign. The team's primary color is steel gray, which is said to represent "strength and durability". The other team colors are gold, red (found in the Las Vegas skyline and at Red Rock Canyon), and black (for "power and intensity"). The first uniforms in Golden Knights team history were unveiled publicly on June 20, 2017. Home uniforms are steel gray with black, gold and red stripes, while road uniforms are white with steel gray, gold and red stripes. Shoulders feature the alternate swords logo. On October 2, 2020, the Golden Knights introduced a gold alternate uniform, essentially a palette swap of the road uniforms with gold and white switching places. On February 11, 2021, the Golden Knights debuted shiny gold helmets as an alternate to their home gray helmets. Starting with the 2022–23 season, the gold uniforms became the primary, while the gray uniforms became the alternate. The Golden Knights also released a special "Reverse Retro" alternate uniform. Because the Golden Knights did not have a long NHL history to draw from, their retro design was inspired in part by Manon Rhéaume, the first female NHL player, who played for the now-defunct International Hockey League's Las Vegas Thunder. The uniform employs a red base and features the "crossing swords" logo in front. Their second "Reverse Retro" uniform was a faux-back design from 1995, featuring a black base and a diagonal "VEGAS" wordmark inspired by various vintage hotels in the strip. The wordmark also has a glow-
Team information
Broadcasting List of Vegas Golden Knights broadcasters Television The Golden Knights' designated television market includes Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and Arizona, and formerly included Utah and Wyoming. In May 2023, amid plans by Warner Bros. Discovery to exit the RSN business, the Golden Knights announced an agreement with the E.W. Scripps Company and its newly established Scripps Sports division, under a multi-year deal beginning in the 2023–24 NHL season. Scripps' Laughlin station KMCC will serve as flagship station of the Golden Knights' television network. KMCC is a sister station to Las Vegas ABC affiliate KTNV-TV, which may also air selected Golden Knights games by virtue of the NHL's broadcast television rights with ABC, and has previously aired simulcasts of Golden Knights preseason games with ATTSN. The Golden Knights also launched an in-market streaming service, KnightTime+, to carry the games. The service costs $69.99 a season or $6.99 a game. Outside of Las Vegas, the Golden Knights' regional television network includes other Scripps stations, outside one station in Reno; KNSN-TV/Reno (owned by Deerfield Media) KIVI-DT2/Boise, Idaho and KSAW-LD2/Twin Falls Second subchannel of Montana Television Network stations Arizona 61/Phoenix, Arizona and Arizona 58/Tucson From its inaugural season through 2022–23, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (ATTSN) was the regional television rightsholder for all Golden Knights games not broadcast exclusively by the NHL's national television partners.&#
Season-by-season record
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Golden Knights. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Vegas Golden Knights seasons. GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs 2020–21 56 40 14 2 82 191 124 2nd, West Lost in Stanley Cup semifinals, 2–4 (Canadiens) 2021–22 82 43 31 8 94 266 248 4th, Pacific Did not qualify 2022–23 82 51 22 9 111 272 229 1st, Pacific Stanley Cup champions, 4–1 (Panthers) 2023–24 82 45 29 8 98 267 245 4th, Pacific Lost in first round, 3–4 (Stars) 2024–25 82 50 22 10 110 275 219 1st, Pacific Lost in second round, 1–4 (Oilers)
Players and personnel
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Team and league honors
Awards and trophies List of Vegas Golden Knights award winners Stanley Cup 2022–23 Clarence S. Campbell Bowl 2017–18 2022–23 Conn Smythe Trophy Jonathan Marchessault: 2023 Jack Adams Award Gerard Gallant: 2017–18 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy William Karlsson: 2017–18 Mark Messier Leadership Award Deryk Engelland: 2017–18 NHL General Manager of the Year Award George McPhee: 2017–18 Vezina Trophy Marc-Andre Fleury: 2020–21 William M. Jennings Trophy Marc-Andre Fleury and Robin Lehner: 2020–21 NHL Second All-Star Team Marc-Andre Fleury: 2020–21 First-round draft picks List of Vegas Golden Knights draft picks 2017: Cody Glass (6th overall), Nick Suzuki (13th overall), Erik Brannstrom (15th overall) 2019: Peyton Krebs (17th overall) 2020: Brendan Brisson (29th overall) 2021: Zach Dean (30th overall) 2023: David Edstrom (32nd overall) 2024: Trevor Connelly (19th overall) Retired numbers The number 58 was retired by the team on March 31, 2018, in honor of the 58 victims killed in the October 2017 Las Vegas shooting. The team is also not able to issue the jersey number 99 to any of its players as it was retired league-wide in honor of Wayne Gretzky at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game.
Statistics and records
List of Vegas Golden Knights records Regular season scoring leaders Jonathan Marchessault leads the franchise all-time in goals and points. These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. * – current Golden Knights player Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G Jonathan Marchessault LW 514 192 225 417 .81 William Karlsson* C 555 161 235 396 .71 Shea Theodore* D 511 73 273 346 .68 Mark Stone* RW 340 108 215 323 .95 Reilly Smith* RW 420 127 170 297 .71 Jack Eichel* C 241 100 153 253 1.05 Chandler Stephenson C 327 75 162 237 .72 Max Pacioretty LW 224 97 97 194 .87 Alex Pietrangelo* D 329 39 148 187 .57 Nicolas Roy C 362 68 98 166 .46 Goals Player Pos G Jonathan Marchessault LW 192 William Karlsson* C 161 Reilly Smith* RW 127 Mark Stone* RW 108 Jack Eichel* C 100 Max Pacioretty LW 97 Chandler Stephenson C 75 Shea Theodore* D 73 Nicolas Roy C 68 Alex Tuch RW 61 Assists Player Pos A Shea Theodore* D 273 William Karlsson* C 235 Jonathan Marchessault LW 225 Mark Stone* RW 215 Reilly Smith* RW 170 Chandler Stephenson LW 162 Jack Eichel* C 153 Alex Pietrangelo