2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season

The 2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season was the third season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. They made the playoffs for the third straight season after losing in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs to the San Jose Sharks the year prior. On October 17, 2019, the NHL suspended Valentin Zykov for 20 regular season games for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Golden Knights advanced to the playoffs and earned the top seed in the Western Conference during the Stanley Cup Qualifiers. In the First Round they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games. The Golden Knights advanced to their second Conference Final in three years after defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the Second Round. The Golden Knights season came to an end in the fifth game of the Conference Finals as they fell to the Dallas Stars.
==Regular season==
The Golden Knights started their season with a 4–1 win against the San Jose Sharks on October 3. Cody Glass scored his first NHL goal in his debut game during the opener.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Western Conference===
;Tiebreaking procedures
# Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
# Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
# Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
# Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
# 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.
# Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
# Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 15 	Arizona 	2–6 	Vegas 	 	Subban 	17,767 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 17 	Vegas 	5–0 	Colorado 	 	Sparks 	— 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 19 	Vegas 	3–2 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Dansk 	10,421 	3–0–0 	Recap
4 	September 21 	Vegas 	3–1 	San Jose 	 	Fleury 	15,052 	4–0–0 	Recap
5 	September 25 	Colorado 	4–1 	Vegas 	 	Subban 	17,954 	4–1–0 	Recap
6 	September 27 	Los Angeles 	3–2 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,103 	4–2–0 	Recap
7 	September 29 	San Jose 	1–5 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,131 	5–2–0 	Recap
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 2 	San Jose 	1–4 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,588 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 4 	Vegas 	5–1 	San Jose 	 	Fleury 	17,562 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 8 	Boston 	4–3 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,223 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Vegas 	1–4 	Arizona 	 	Subban 	13,864 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 12 	Calgary 	2–6 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,192 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 13 	Vegas 	5–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Fleury 	17,699 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 15 	Nashville 	5–2 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,188 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 17 	Ottawa 	2–3 	Vegas 	SO 	Fleury 	18,171 	5–3–0 	10 	Recap
9 	October 19 	Vegas 	3–0 	Pittsburgh 	 	Fleury 	18,610 	6–3–0 	12 	Recap
10 	October 21 	Vegas 	2–6 	Philadelphia 	 	Dansk 	16,780 	6–4–0 	12 	Recap
11 	October 22 	Vegas 	2–1 	Chicago 	SO 	Fleury 	21,172 	7–4–0 	14 	Recap
12 	October 25 	Colorado 	6–1 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,420 	7–5–0 	14 	Recap
13 	October 27 	Anaheim 	2–5 	Vegas 	 	Fleury 	18,110 	8–5–0 	16 	Recap
14 	October 31 	Montreal 	5–4 	Vegas 	OT 	Fleury 	18,035 	8–5–1 	17 	Recap
=== Playoffs ===
The Golden Knights played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Vegas finished with a 3–0–0 record to clinch the first seed for the playoffs.
In the first round, the Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games.
In the second round, the Golden Knights faced the Vancouver Canucks, and defeated them in seven games.
The Golden Knights faced the Dallas Stars in the Conference Final, but were defeated in five games.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Record 	Points 	Recap
1 	August 3 	Dallas 	3–5 	Vegas 	 	Lehner 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	August 6 	Vegas 	6–4 	St. Louis 	 	Fleury 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	August 8 	Vegas 	4–3 	Colorado 	OT 	Lehner 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
==Player statistics==
As of September 4, 2020
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	71	32	34	66	18 	44
 	65	21	42	63	15 	27
 	71	27	27	54	17 	20
 	66	22	25	47	6 	28
 	63	15	31	46	11 	16
 	71	13	33	46	12 	25
 	71	17	21	38	6 	24
 	59	7 	24	31	11 	12
† 	41	8 	14	22	19 	10
 	71	7 	12	19	0 	39
 	42	8 	9 	17	−10	8
 	71	8 	7 	15	−5 	47
 	67	8 	7 	15	−2 	20
 	61	6 	8 	14	−1 	13
 	39	5 	7 	12	−7 	6
 	38	1 	10	11	0 	32
 	28	5 	5 	10	3 	8
‡ 	41	4 	6 	10	−9 	16
 	71	2 	7 	9 	1 	40
† 	10	2 	6 	8 	5 	6
 	49	2 	5 	7 	9 	32
 	49	1 	5 	6 	6 	37
 	15	1 	3 	4 	−2 	6
† 	7 	1 	2 	3 	−1 	2
 	16	0 	2 	2 	−4 	8
 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	16	0 	1 	1 	3 	4
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	−1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	4
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	15	6	10	16	6 	6
 	15	6	9 	15	0 	4
 	15	4	9 	13	3 	8
 	15	8	2 	10	3 	4
 	15	3	6 	9 	2 	14
 	15	3	5 	8 	2 	0
 	15	2	6 	8 	1 	4
 	11	5	2 	7 	0 	8
 	15	1	6 	7 	12	4
 	15	1	6 	7 	3 	6
 	13	2	3 	5 	2 	6
 	14	0	5 	5 	0 	20
 	15	0	4 	4 	2 	14
 	15	2	1 	3 	4 	8
 	15	2	1 	3 	2 	2
 	15	2	1 	3 	1 	4
 	5 	1	1 	2 	0 	2
 	15	0	2 	2 	−1	8
 	2 	1	0 	1 	1 	0
 	14	0	1 	1 	2 	4
 	1 	0	1 	1 	1 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	49	48	2,880:06	27	16	5	133	2.77	1,399	.905	5	0	0	8
‡ 	20	19	1,133:05	9 	7 	3	60 	3.18	546 	.890	0	0	0	0
† 	3 	3 	180:00 	3 	0 	0	5 	1.67	83 	.940	1	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	27:24 	0 	0 	0	2 	4.38	14 	.857	0	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	60:00 	0 	1 	0	6 	6.00	37 	.838	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	12	12	723:19	8	4	24	1.99	293	.918	3	0	0	0
 	3 	3 	180:00	3	0	8 	2.67	75 	.893	0	0	0	2
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Golden Knights. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Roster==
==References==
Category:Vegas Golden Knights seasons
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