# 2022–23 Vegas Golden Knights season

The 2022–23 Vegas Golden Knights season was the sixth season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season.
On March 30, 2023, the Golden Knights clinched a playoff berth after the Nashville Predators lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, returning to the playoffs after missing the previous postseason. The Golden Knights then clinched their third Pacific Division championship, as well as the first seed in the Western Conference, with a victory over the Seattle Kraken on April 13, 2023.
For the fourth time in their six-year history, the Golden Knights advanced to the Western Conference Finals, where they defeated the Dallas Stars in six games to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in team history. The Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in five games to win their first Stanley Cup.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 51 | 22 | 9 | 38 | 272 | 229 | +43 | 111 |
| 2 | x – Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 45 | 325 | 260 | +65 | 109 |
| 3 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 37 | 280 | 257 | +23 | 104 |
| 4 | x – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 37 | 289 | 256 | +33 | 100 |
| 5 | e – Calgary Flames | 82 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 260 | 252 | +8 | 93 |
| 6 | e – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 24 | 276 | 298 | −22 | 83 |
| 7 | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 22 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 234 | 321 | −87 | 60 |
| 8 | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 13 | 209 | 338 | −129 | 58 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PA | x – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 37 | 289 | 256 | +33 | 100 |
| 2 | CE | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 247 | 225 | +22 | 95 |
| 3 | PA | e – Calgary Flames | 82 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 260 | 252 | +8 | 93 |
| 4 | CE | e – Nashville Predators | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 29 | 229 | 238 | −9 | 92 |
| 5 | PA | e – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 24 | 276 | 298 | −22 | 83 |
| 6 | CE | e – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 27 | 263 | 301 | −38 | 81 |
| 7 | CE | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 20 | 228 | 299 | −71 | 70 |
| 8 | PA | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 22 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 234 | 321 | −87 | 60 |
| 9 | CE | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 18 | 204 | 301 | −97 | 59 |
| 10 | PA | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 13 | 209 | 338 | −129 | 58 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The 2022 preseason schedule was published on July 6, 2022.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
2022–23 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2023 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics

Updated to games played June 13, 2023

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jack Eichel | 67 | 27 | 39 | 66 | +26 | 6 |
| Chandler Stephenson | 81 | 16 | 49 | 65 | +12 | 26 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 76 | 28 | 29 | 57 | +2 | 21 |
| Reilly Smith | 78 | 26 | 30 | 56 | +11 | 16 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 73 | 11 | 43 | 54 | +13 | 16 |
| William Karlsson | 82 | 14 | 39 | 53 | +14 | 10 |
| Shea Theodore | 55 | 8 | 33 | 41 | +16 | 18 |
| Mark Stone | 43 | 17 | 21 | 38 | +11 | 10 |
| Phil Kessel | 82 | 14 | 22 | 36 | –7 | 30 |
| Nicolas Roy | 65 | 14 | 16 | 30 | +10 | 24 |
| Michael Amadio | 67 | 16 | 11 | 27 | +2 | 12 |
| William Carrier | 56 | 16 | 9 | 25 | +15 | 30 |
| Paul Cotter | 55 | 13 | 5 | 18 | –5 | 15 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 74 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +6 | 68 |
| Nicolas Hague | 81 | 3 | 14 | 17 | +7 | 51 |
| Brayden McNabb | 82 | 1 | 16 | 17 | +17 | 51 |
| Ivan Barbashev$^†$ | 23 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +11 | 6 |
| Alec Martinez | 77 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +30 | 29 |
| Brett Howden | 54 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +5 | 55 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 59 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +10 | 41 |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +5 | 6 |
| Ben Hutton | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +1 | 6 |
| Daniil Miromanov | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –6 | 2 |
| Teddy Blueger$^†$ | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 14 |
| Byron Froese | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –3 | 0 |
| Brayden Pachal | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 8 |
| Jonas Rondbjerg | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –5 | 4 |
| Sheldon Rempal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 0 |
| Jake Leschyshyn$^‡$ | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –7 | 8 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jack Eichel | 22 | 6 | 20 | 26 | +14 | 14 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 22 | 13 | 12 | 25 | +17 | 14 |
| Mark Stone | 22 | 11 | 13 | 24 | +5 | 8 |
| Chandler Stephenson | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 | +3 | 30 |
| Ivan Barbashev | 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +14 | 18 |
| William Karlsson | 22 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +11 | 2 |
| Reilly Smith | 22 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +9 | 14 |
| Shea Theodore | 21 | 1 | 12 | 13 | +8 | 10 |
| Nicolas Roy | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +2 | 20 |
| Brett Howden | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +4 | 31 |
| Michael Amadio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +8 | 4 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 21 | 1 | 9 | 10 | +9 | 29 |
| Zach Whitecloud | 22 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +14 | 21 |
| Alec Martinez | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +13 | 4 |
| Nicolas Hague | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +12 | 37 |
| William Carrier | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 26 |
| Keegan Kolesar | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 50 |
| Brayden McNabb | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +7 | 10 |
| Teddy Blueger | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 |
| Phil Kessel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 |
| Brayden Pachal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Hutton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Logan Thompson | 37 | 36 | 2,171:22 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 96 | 2.65 | 1,132 | .915 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Adin Hill | 27 | 25 | 1,490:54 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 62 | 2.50 | 729 | .916 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Laurent Brossoit | 11 | 10 | 636:02 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 2.17 | 317 | .927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Quick$^†$ | 10 | 9 | 536:22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 3.13 | 282 | .901 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jiri Patera | 2 | 2 | 120:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 70 | .929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Adin Hill | 16 | 14 | 913:20 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 2.17 | 488 | .932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Laurent Brossoit | 8 | 8 | 433:22 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 3.18 | 216 | .894 | 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 or waived mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only. Bold denotes new franchise record.

## Transactions

The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 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.
| Date | Details | Details |
| July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) | To Toronto Maple LeafsNYR 3rd-round pick in 2022 CHI 5th-round pick in 2022 | To Vegas Golden KnightsWPG 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) | To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2023 | To Vegas Golden KnightsTBL 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | To Carolina HurricanesMax Pacioretty Dylan Coghlan | To Vegas Golden KnightsFuture considerations |
| August 29, 2022 (2022-08-29) | To San Jose Sharks4th-round pick in 2024 | To Vegas Golden KnightsAdin Hill |
| November 30, 2022 | To Carolina HurricanesZack Hayes | To Vegas Golden KnightsFuture considerations |
| February 22, 2023 | To Arizona CoyotesShea Weber 5th-round pick in 2023 | To Vegas Golden KnightsDysin Mayo |
| February 26, 2023 | To St. Louis BluesZach Dean | To Vegas Golden KnightsIvan Barbashev |
| March 1, 2023 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsPeter DiLiberatore 3rd-round pick in 2024 | To Vegas Golden KnightsTeddy Blueger |
| March 2, 2023 | To Columbus Blue JacketsMichael Hutchinson 7th-round pick in 2025 | To Vegas Golden KnightsJonathan Quick* |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Byron Froese | Calgary Flames | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Michael Hutchinson | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Sheldon Rempal | Vancouver Canucks | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Spencer Foo | Kunlun Red Star (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Sakari Manninen | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 24, 2022 (2022-08-24) | Phil Kessel | Arizona Coyotes | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 29, 2022 (2022-09-29) | Joe Fleming | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) | 3-year† | Free agency |
| March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02) | Christoffer Sedoff | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) | 3-year†‡ | Free agency |
| Legend: † Contract is entry-level. ‡ Contract begins in 2023–24 season. ||||||

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Term | Via |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Jake Bischoff | Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Gage Quinney | Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15) | Jack Dugan | New Jersey Devils | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 17, 2022 (2022-7-17) | Mattias Janmark | Edmonton Oilers | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21) | Ben Jones | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 11, 2022 (2022-10-11) | Dylan Ferguson | Toronto Marlies (AHL) | Professional tryout | Free agency |
| January 11, 2023 (2023-01-11) | Jake Leschyshyn | New York Rangers | | Waivers |
| May 12, 2023 (2023-5-12) | Sakari Manninen | Geneve-Servette HC (NL) | 1-year‡ | Free agency |
| Legend: ‡ Contract begins in 2023–24 season. ||||||

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Brett Howden | 1-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Reilly Smith | 3-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Jonas Rondbjerg | 3-year |
| July 28, 2022 (2022-7-28) | Brayden Pachal | 1-year |
| August 5, 2022 (2022-8-5) | Keegan Kolesar | 3-year |
| August 8, 2022 (2022-8-8) | Nicolas Roy | 5-year |
| August 13, 2022 (2022-08-13) | Paul Cotter | 3-year |
| August 13, 2022 (2022-08-13) | Jake Leschyshyn | 3-year |
| October 10, 2022 (2022-10-10) | Nicolas Hague | 3-year |
| December 10, 2022 (2022-12-10) | Jakub Brabenec | 3-year† |
| December 26, 2022 (2022-12-26) | Matyas Sapovaliv | 3-year† |
| April 10, 2023 (2023-04-10) | Jesper Vikman | 3-year†‡ |
| June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01) | Carl Lindbom | 3-year† |
| Legend: † Contract is entry-level. ‡ Contract begins in 2023–24 season. ||||

## Draft picks

Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 to 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team (League) |
| 2 | 48 | Matyas Sapovaliv | C | Czech Republic | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
| 3 | 79 | Jordan Gustafson | C | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
| 4 | 128 | Cameron Whitehead | G | Canada | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
| 5 | 145 | Patrick Guay | C | Canada | Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 177 | Ben Hemmerling | RW | Canada | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |
| 7 | 209 | Abram Wiebe | D | Canada | Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) |