2023–24 Vegas Golden Knights season

The 2023–24 Vegas Golden Knights season was the seventh season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. The Golden Knights entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions.
During the season, the Golden Knights played in the 2024 Winter Classic, losing 3–0 to the Seattle Kraken at T-Mobile Park on January 1, 2024.
On April 12, the Golden Knights clinched a playoff berth for the sixth time in their first seven seasons, following a 7–2 win over the Minnesota Wild and a 5–2 loss by the St. Louis Blues to the Carolina Hurricanes. In the playoffs, the Golden Knights faced the Dallas Stars, losing in seven games in the first round.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The 2023 preseason schedule was published on June 22, 2023.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 24 	Vegas 	2–5 	San Jose 	 	Patera 	9,785 	0–1–0 	 	
2 	September 25 	Vegas 	2–3 	Colorado 	 	Patera 	13,294 	0–2–0 	 	
3 	September 27 	Los Angeles 	4–3 	Vegas 	OT 	Hill 	17,427 	0–2–1 	 	
4 	September 29 	Arizona 	1–3 	Vegas 	 	Thompson 	17,501 	1–2–1 	 	
5 	October 3 	San Jose 	2–0 	Vegas 	 	Hill 	17,406 	1–3–1 	 	
6 	October 5 	Colorado 	3–4 	Vegas 	 	Thompson 	17,539 	2–3–1 	 	
7 	October 7 	Vegas 	7–4 	Los Angeles 	 	Hill 	15,080 	3–3–1 	 	
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 27, 2023.
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October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)	October: 9–0–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 4–0–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 10 	Seattle 	1–4 	Vegas 	 	Hill 	18,724 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 12 	Vegas 	4–1 	San Jose 	 	Thompson 	17,435 	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	October 14 	Anaheim 	1–4 	Vegas 	 	Hill 	18,033 	3–0–0 	6 	
4 	October 17 	Dallas 	2–3 	Vegas 	SO 	Hill 	17,612 	4–0–0 	8 	
5 	October 19 	Vegas 	5–3 	Winnipeg 	 	Thompson 	11,521 	5–0–0 	10 	
6 	October 21 	Vegas 	5–3 	Chicago 	 	Hill 	19,867 	6–0–0 	12 	
7 	October 24 	Philadelphia 	2–3 	Vegas 	 	Thompson 	17,717 	7–0–0 	14 	
8 	October 27 	Chicago 	4–3 	Vegas 	OT 	Hill 	18,338 	7–0–1 	15 	
9 	October 28 	Vegas 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	SO 	Thompson 	18,145 	8–0–1 	17 	
10 	October 30 	Montreal 	2–3 	Vegas 	SO 	Hill 	17,791 	9–0–1 	19 	
===Playoffs===
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Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3	Western Conference first round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 22 	Vegas 	4–3 	Dallas 	 	Thompson 	18,532 	1–0 	 	
2 	April 24 	Vegas 	3–1 	Dallas 	 	Thompson 	18,532 	2–0 	 	
3 	April 27 	Dallas 	3–2 	Vegas 	OT 	Thompson 	18,536 	2–1 	 	
4 	April 29 	Dallas 	4–2 	Vegas 	 	Thompson 	18,333 	2–2 	 	
5 	May 1 	Vegas 	2–3 	Dallas 	 	Hill 	18,532 	2–3 	 	
6 	May 3 	Dallas 	0–2 	Vegas 	 	Hill 	18,432 	3–3 	 	
7 	May 5 	Vegas 	1–2 	Dallas 	 	Hill 	19,046 	3–4 	 	
==Player statistics==
Updated to games played May 5, 2024
===Skaters===
Regular season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	42	27	69	 	40
 	63	31	37	68	+4 	27
 	70	30	30	60	+15	22
 	56	16	37	53	+1 	22
 	75	16	35	51	 	25
 	82	19	26	45	+15	42
 	47	5 	37	42	+4 	6
 	70	13	28	41	+8 	29
 	64	4 	29	33	 	24
 	73	14	13	27	+4 	16
 	82	4 	22	26	+18	37
 	76	7 	18	25	 	41
 	47	13	11	24	+8 	12
 	72	8 	11	19	 	39
 	79	8 	10	18	 	49
 	55	4 	13	17	 	6
 	61	2 	12	14	 	32
† 	19	2 	10	12	+6 	2
 	73	2 	10	12	 	43
† 	18	3 	7 	10	+6 	8
 	41	2 	8 	10	+12	17
 	26	1 	8 	9 	+12	8
 	39	6 	2 	8 	+3 	16
 	15	2 	6 	8 	 	2
 	9 	3 	1 	4 	 	0
† 	6 	2 	2 	4 	 	0
 	9 	2 	1 	3 	 	4
 	20	1 	2 	3 	+2 	0
‡ 	17	1 	0 	1 	 	12
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	0
 	16	0 	1 	1 	 	4
†‡ 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	2
‡ 	4 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	 	2
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	3	4	7	0 	0
 	7	2	3	5	 	0
 	7	2	3	5	+5	0
 	7	2	2	4	+1	2
 	7	0	4	4	+3	0
 	7	3	0	3	 	2
 	4	1	1	2	+2	0
 	7	1	1	2	+1	0
 	7	0	2	2	+4	0
 	7	1	0	1	+1	6
 	7	1	0	1	 	2
 	7	0	1	1	 	8
 	7	0	1	1	0 	4
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	1	0	0	0	+1	0
 	3	0	0	0	 	2
 	6	0	0	0	0 	2
 	6	0	0	0	 	2
 	6	0	0	0	 	0
 	7	0	0	0	+1	4
 	7	0	0	0	+2	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	46	42	2,645:28	25	14	5	119	2.70	1,298	.908	1	0	3	0
 	35	35	1,968:49	19	12	2	89 	2.71	957 	.909	2	0	1	0
 	6 	5 	316:46 	1 	3 	1	21 	3.98	196 	.893	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	4	255:00	2	2	10	2.35	127	.921	0	0	0	0
 	3	3	176:17	1	2	5 	1.70	72 	.931	1	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 2023–24 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 	Ref
June 28, 2023	To Pittsburgh PenguinsReilly Smith 	To Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 3rd-round pick in 2024 	
June 29, 2023	To Columbus Blue Jackets7th-round pick in 2023 	To Vegas Golden Knights7th-round pick in 2024 	
March 5, 2023	To Washington Capitals2nd-round pick in 20244th-round pick in 2026 	To Vegas Golden KnightsAnthony Mantha* 	
March 6, 2024	To Philadelphia Flyers5th-round pick in 2024 	To Vegas Golden KnightsNoah Hanifin* 	
March 6, 2024	To Calgary FlamesDaniil Miromanovconditional 1st-round pick in 2025 or     1st-round pick in 2026conditional 2nd-round pick in 2025 or     3rd-round pick in 2025	To Vegas Golden KnightsMikhail Vorobyev 	
March 8, 2024	To San Jose SharksDavid Edstrom1st-round pick in 2025 	To Vegas Golden KnightsTomas Hertl*3rd-round pick in 20253rd-round pick in 2027	
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Mason Geertsen 	New Jersey Devils 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Mason Morelli 	Hershey Bears (AHL) 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Gage Quinney 	Henderson Silver Knights (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	
 	Grigori Denisenko	Florida Panthers 	 	Waivers 	
 	Tobias Bjornfot 	Los Angeles Kings 	 	Waivers 	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Teddy Blueger 	Vancouver Canucks 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Laurent Brossoit 	Winnipeg Jets 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Connor Corcoran 	Bakersfield Condors (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jonathan Quick 	New York Rangers 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Maxim Marushev 	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 	Tryout	Free agency	
 	Spencer Foo 	Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 	3-year	Free agency	
 	Brayden Pachal 	Calgary Flames 	 	Waivers 	
 	Marcus Kallionkieli	Kiekko–Espoo (Mestis) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Marcus Kallionkieli	 	 	Termination	
 	Tobias Bjornfot 	Florida Panthers 	 	Waivers 	
===Signings===
Date 	Player 	Term 	Ref 	 	
 	Ivan Barbashev 	5-year 	 	 	
 	Brayden Pachal 	2-year 	 	 	
 	Adin Hill 	2-year 	 	 	
 	Jiri Patera 	1-year 	 	 	
 	David Edstrom 	3-year 	 	 	
 	Pavel Dorofeyev 	1-year 	 	 	
 	Brett Howden 	2-year 	 	 	
 	Jakub Demek 	3-year 	 	 	
 	Ben Hemmerling 	3-year 	 	 	
 	Jordan Gustafson 	3-year 	 	 	
 	Ben Hutton 	2-year 	 	 	
 	Mathieu Cataford 	3-year 	 	 	
 	Noah Hanifin 	8-year 	 	 	
Legend: Contract is entry-level. Contract begins in 2024–25 season.	Legend: Contract is entry-level. Contract begins in 2024–25 season.	Legend: Contract is entry-level. Contract begins in 2024–25 season.	Legend: Contract is entry-level. Contract begins in 2024–25 season.	Legend: Contract is entry-level. Contract begins in 2024–25 season.	Legend: Contract is entry-level. Contract begins in 2024–25 season.
==Draft picks==
Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 to 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1 	32 	David Edstrom 	C 	 	Frölunda HC (J20 Nationell)
3 	77 	Mathieu Cataford	C 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3 	96 	Arttu Karki 	D 	 	Tappara (U20 SM-sarja)
6 	192	Tuomas Uronen 	RW 	 	HIFK (U20 SM-sarja)
==Notes==
==References==
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