2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season

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===
===Conference standings===
==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)	2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	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.
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October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	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
===Playoffs===
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Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Los Angeles Kings: Vegas won 4–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 11 	Los Angeles 	0–1 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,479 	1–0 	Recap
2 	April 13 	Los Angeles 	1–2 	Vegas 	2OT 	Fleury 	18,588 	2–0 	Recap
3 	April 15 	Vegas 	3–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Fleury 	18,484 	3–0 	Recap
4 	April 17 	Vegas 	1–0 	Los Angeles 	 	Fleury 	18,422 	4–0 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Updated as of June 9, 2018
===Skaters===
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	43	35	78	49 	12
 	77	27	48	75	36 	40
 	70	16	50	66	1 	50
 	67	22	38	60	31 	24
 	76	29	26	55	–16	37
 	71	25	19	44	–11	24
 	82	10	31	41	–4 	53
 	78	15	22	37	3 	27
 	76	5 	31	36	19 	16
 	61	6 	23	29	5 	14
 	80	11	16	27	–6 	22
 	79	5 	18	23	6 	24
 	45	3 	15	18	–5 	6
 	72	6 	10	16	5 	14
 	67	7 	8 	15	6 	14
 	76	5 	10	15	26 	52
† 	36	9 	5 	14	0 	9
 	30	2 	12	14	8 	15
‡ 	44	2 	11	13	–1 	4
 	63	9 	2 	11	–11	14
† 	20	4 	2 	6 	–11	10
 	2 	3 	0 	3 	3 	0
 	37	1 	2 	3 	–3 	19
 	10	1 	2 	3 	2 	0
 	34	1 	2 	3 	7 	22
† 	21	0 	2 	2 	2 	10
 	3 	1 	0 	1 	3 	2
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	–2 	4
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	3 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	20	5	17	22	5 	10
 	20	8	13	21	8 	10
 	20	7	8 	15	8 	2
 	20	6	5 	11	0 	12
 	20	6	4 	10	0 	12
 	20	3	7 	10	2 	8
 	20	3	6 	9 	–3	27
 	15	1	8 	9 	1 	10
 	20	3	4 	7 	7 	4
 	20	3	4 	7 	5 	14
 	17	4	2 	6 	5 	8
 	20	2	3 	5 	2 	20
 	17	0	5 	5 	5 	6
 	20	3	1 	4 	3 	4
 	12	0	4 	4 	5 	8
 	20	0	3 	3 	6 	14
 	10	2	0 	2 	4 	18
 	8 	1	1 	2 	1 	2
 	20	0	2 	2 	2 	26
 	3 	0	1 	1 	1 	2
 	10	0	0 	0 	–1	8
 	8 	0	0 	0 	2 	10
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	46	46	2,673:24	29	13	4	100	2.24	1376	.927	4	0	1	6
 	22	19	1,230:11	13	4 	2	55 	2.68	614 	.910	0	0	0	2
 	16	14	873:31 	6 	7 	1	57 	3.92	430 	.867	0	0	0	0
 	4 	3 	168:36 	3 	0 	0	5 	1.78	93 	.946	1	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	9:14 	0 	0 	0	1 	6.50	2 	.500	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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
 	1st career goal1st career assist1st career point	October 15, 2017
 	1st career win 	October 15, 2017
 	1st career game1st career goal1st career point 	October 15, 2017
 	1st career game1st career win 	October 21, 2017
 	1st career assist 	October 24, 2017
Oscar Dansk 	1st career shutout 	October 27, 2017
 	1st career game 	October 30, 2017
Maxime Lagace 	1st career win 	November 4, 2017
 	200th career point 	November 10, 2017
 	200th career game 	November 14, 2017
 	1st career game 	November 14, 2017
 	100th career point 	November 16, 2017
 	400th career game 	November 24, 2017
 	400th career point 	December 9, 2017
 	500th career game 	December 17, 2017
 	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
 	1st career game 	February 19, 2018
Tomas Hyka 	1st career goal1st career point 	February 23, 2018
 	100th career point 	February 26, 2018
Tomas Hyka 	1st career assist 	March 4, 2018
 	100th career game 	March 12, 2018
 	300th career game 	March 20, 2018
Jonathan Marchessault	200th career game 	March 31, 2018
 	700th career game 	March 31, 2018
 	100th career point 	April 3, 2018
 	1st career game 	April 5, 2018
 	300th career game 	April 12, 2018
 	400th career win 	April 15, 2018
Playoffs
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	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 game1st career playoff assist1st career playoff point	April 11, 2018
Alex Tuch 	1st career playoff goal1st career playoff point 	April 13, 2018
Ryan Carpenter 	1st career playoff assist1st career playoff point 	April 15, 2018
Alex Tuch 	1st career playoff assist 	April 15, 2018
Brayden McNabb 	1st career playoff goal1st 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 	Details 	Ref
 	To Florida Panthers4th-round pick in 2018 	To Vegas Golden KnightsReilly Smith 	>
 	To Buffalo SabresExpansion Draft considerations 	To Vegas Golden Knights6th-round pick in 2017 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesExpansion Draft considerations 	To Vegas Golden KnightsBOS's 5th-round pick in 2017 	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningExpansion Draft considerations 	To Vegas Golden KnightsNikita Gusev2nd-round pick in 2017PIT's 4th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To New York IslandersExpansion Draft considerations 	To Vegas Golden KnightsMikhail GrabovskiJake Bischoff1st-round pick in 20172nd-round pick in 2019	
 	To Anaheim DucksExpansion Draft considerations 	To Vegas Golden KnightsShea Theodore 	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsExpansion Draft considerations 	To Vegas Golden KnightsDavid Clarkson1st-round pick in 20172nd-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Winnipeg JetsCBJ's 1st-round pick in 2017Expansion Draft considerations 	To Vegas Golden Knights1st-round pick in 20173rd-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Minnesota Wild3rd-round pick in 2017 or 2018 	To Vegas Golden KnightsAlex Tuch 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsExpansion Draft considerations 	To Vegas Golden Knights2nd-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesTrevor van Riemsdyk7th-round pick in 2018 	To Vegas Golden KnightsPIT's 2nd-round pick in 2017 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensDavid Schlemko 	To Vegas Golden Knights5th-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsTBL's 2nd-round pick in 2017 	To Vegas Golden KnightsKeegan Kolesar 	
 	To Dallas StarsMarc Methot 	To Vegas Golden KnightsDylan Ferguson2nd-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Nashville PredatorsAlexei Emelin 	To Vegas Golden Knights3rd-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksFuture considerations 	To Vegas Golden KnightsMarcus Kruger 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesMarcus Kruger 	To Vegas Golden Knights5th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsCalvin Pickard 	To Vegas Golden KnightsTobias Lindberg6th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations 	To Vegas Golden KnightsZachary Leslie 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsTobias Lindberg 	To Vegas Golden KnightsRyan Reaves VAN's 4th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksBrendan Leipsic 	To Vegas Golden KnightsPhilip Holm 	
 	To Detroit Red Wings1st-round pick in 2018NYI's 2nd-round pick in 20193rd-round pick in 2021	To Vegas Golden KnightsTomas Tatar 	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Reid Duke 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 	3-year, $2.775 million 	
 	Vadim Shipachyov	SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL) 	2-year, $9 million 	
 	Tomas Hyka 	BK Mladá Boleslav (ELH) 	1-year, $710,000 entry-level contract 	
 	Chris Casto 	Boston Bruins 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Brad Hunt 	Nashville Predators 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Maxime Lagace 	Dallas Stars 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Stefan Matteau 	Montreal Canadiens 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Paul Thompson 	Florida Panthers 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	T. J. Tynan 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Oscar Dansk 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Dylan Coghlan 	Tri-City Americans (WHL) 	3-year, $2.195 million entry-level contract	
 	Brandon Pirri 	New York Rangers 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Zach Whitecloud 	Bemidji State University (NCAA) 	3-year, $4.475 million entry-level contract	
 	Gage Quinney 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	2-year, $1.43 million entry-level contract 	
 	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
 	Jean-Francois Berube	Chicago Blackhawks	2-year, $1.5 million 	
 	Connor Brickley 	Florida Panthers 	1-year, $750,000 	
 	Chris Thorburn 	St. Louis Blues 	2-year, $1.8 million 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Previous team 	Date	Ref
Malcolm Subban	Boston Bruins 	 	
Ryan Carpenter	San Jose Sharks	 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player	New team	Date	Ref
 	 	 	
===Players released===
Date	Player	Via	Ref
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Vadim Shipachyov	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Deryk Engelland 	1-year, $1 million 	
 	Erik Haula 	3-year, $8.25 million 	
 	Oscar Lindberg 	2-year, $3.4 million 	
 	Teemu Pulkkinen 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Erik Brannstrom 	3-year, $4.125 million entry-level contract 	
 	Cody Glass 	3-year, $5.325 million entry-level contract 	
 	Brendan Leipsic 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Griffin Reinhart 	2-year, $1.6 million 	
 	Nick Suzuki 	3-year, $4.6265 million entry-level contract	
 	Nate Schmidt 	2-year, $4.45 million 	
 	Dylan Ferguson 	3-year, $2.15 million entry-level contract 	
 	Nicolas Hague 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Brayden McNabb 	4-year, $10 million contract extension 	
 	Jonathan Marchessault	6-year, $30 million contract extension 	
 	Deryk Engelland 	1-year, $1.5 million contract extension 	
 	Jon Merrill 	2-year, $2.75 million contract extension 	
 	Tomas Hyka 	1-year, $650,000 contract extension 	
 	Zachary Leslie 	1-year, $675,000 contract extension 	
 	Ben Jones 	3-year, $2.245 million entry-level contract 	
 	Jake Leschyshyn 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Stefan Matteau 	1-year, $650,000 contract extension 	
 	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.Canadiens acquire defenseman David Schlemko from Vegas
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===
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 	 	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
1 	131 	Nick Suzuki 	C 	 	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
1 	152 	Erik Brannstrom	D 	 	HV71 (SHL)
2 	34 	Nicolas Hague 	D 	 	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
2 	623 	Jake Leschyshyn	C 	 	Regina Pats (WHL)
3 	65 	Jonas Rondbjerg	RW 	 	Växjö Lakers (J20 SuperElit)
4 	96 	Maxim Zhukov 	G 	 	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
5 	127 	Lucas Elvenes 	C 	 	Rögle BK (J20 SuperElit)
5 	1424	Jonathan Dugan 	LW 	 	Northwood School (USHS)
6 	158 	Nick Campoli 	C 	 	North York Rangers (OJHL)
6 	1615	Jiri Patera 	G 	 	Motor České Budějovice (Czech 1.liga)
7 	189 	Ben Jones 	C 	 	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==
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