2020–21 Vegas Golden Knights season

Vegas Golden Knights
2020–21 Vegas Golden Knights
Division	2nd West
2020–21 record	40–14–2
Home record	21–5–2
Road record	19–9–0
Goals for	191
Goals against	124
	Team information
General Manager	Kelly McCrimmon
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Mark Stone
Alternate captains	Alex Pietrangelo; Reilly Smith
Arena	T-Mobile Arena
Minor league affiliations	Henderson Silver Knights (AHL); Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)
	Team leaders
Goals	Max Pacioretty (24)
Assists	Mark Stone (40)
Points	Mark Stone (61)
Penalties in minutes	Jonathan Marchessault (39)
Plus/minus	Shea Theodore (+28)
Wins	Marc-Andre Fleury (26)
Goals against average	Marc-Andre Fleury (1.98)
<2019–20	2021–22>

The 2020–21 Vegas Golden Knights season was the fourth season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. They play their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. They made the playoffs for the fourth straight season after losing in the Conference Final to the Dallas Stars in the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment the Golden Knights played this season in the West Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

On April 21, the Golden Knights clinched a playoff berth after a 5–2 win over the San Jose Sharks.^[1] They were tied with the Colorado Avalanche for first in the league, as well as first in the West Division, but lost the chance to claim their first ever Presidents' Trophy because of a tiebreaker, as they finished with fewer regulation wins than Colorado. They eliminated the Minnesota Wild in the First Round, with a 6–2 victory.^[2] In the Second Round, the Golden Knights went on to defeat the Avalanche in six games.^[3] They faced the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Semifinals,^[4] but were defeated in six games.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

West Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	56	39	13	4	35	197	133	+64	82
2	x – Vegas Golden Knights	56	40	14	2	30	191	124	+67	82
3	x – Minnesota Wild	56	35	16	5	27	181	160	+21	75
4	x – St. Louis Blues	56	27	20	9	19	169	170	−1	63

5	e – Arizona Coyotes	56	24	26	6	19	153	176	−23	54
6	e – Los Angeles Kings	56	21	28	7	19	143	170	−27	49
7	e – San Jose Sharks	56	21	28	7	15	151	199	−48	49
8	e – Anaheim Ducks	56	17	30	9	11	126	179	−53	43

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[7]

2020–21 game log

January: 5–1–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	January 14	Anaheim	2–5	Vegas		Lehner	0	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	January 16	Anaheim	1–2	Vegas	OT	Fleury	0	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	January 18	Arizona	2–4	Vegas		Lehner	0	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	January 20	Arizona	2–5	Vegas		Fleury	0	4–0–0	8	Recap
5	January 22	Vegas	2–5	Arizona		Lehner	2,712	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	January 24	Vegas	1–0	Arizona		Fleury	2,672	5–1–0	10	Recap
7	January 26	St. Louis	5–4	Vegas	SO	Lehner	0	5–1–1	11	Recap
—	January 28	St. Louis	–	Vegas	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[8] Makeup date March 22.

February: 7–3–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
—	February 1	Vegas	–	San Jose	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[9] Makeup date February 13.
—	February 3	Vegas	–	San Jose	Postponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date February 25.
8	February 5	Los Angeles	2–5	Vegas		Fleury	0	6–1–1	13	Recap
9	February 7	Los Angeles	3–4	Vegas		Lehner	0	7–1–1	15	Recap
10	February 9	Anaheim	4–5	Vegas		Fleury	0	8–1–1	17	Recap
11	February 11	Anaheim	1–0	Vegas		Fleury	0	8–2–1	17	Recap
12	February 13	Vegas	3–1	San Jose		Fleury	0	9–2–1	19	Recap
13	February 14	Colorado	0–1	Vegas		Fleury	0	10–2–1	21	Recap
14	February 16	Colorado	3–2	Vegas		Fleury	0	10–3–1	21	Recap
15	February 20	Vegas	2–3	Colorado		Fleury	0	10–4–1	21	Recap
16	February 22	Vegas	3–0	Colorado		Fleury	0	11–4–1	23	Recap
—	February 25	Vegas	–	San Jose	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[10] Makeup date May 12.
17	February 27	Vegas	3–2	Anaheim	OT	Fleury	0	12–4–1	25	Recap

March: 12–5–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 6–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
18	March 1	Minnesota	4–5	Vegas	OT	Fleury	2,605	13–4–1	27	Recap
19	March 3	Minnesota	1–5	Vegas		Fleury	2,610	14–4–1	29	Recap
20	March 5	Vegas	5–4	San Jose	OT	Dansk	0	15–4–1	31	Recap
21	March 6	Vegas	4–0	San Jose		Fleury	0	16–4–1	33	Recap
22	March 8	Vegas	0–2	Minnesota		Fleury	0	16–5–1	33	Recap
23	March 10	Vegas	3–4	Minnesota		Fleury	0	16–6–1	33	Recap
24	March 12	Vegas	5–4	St. Louis	OT	Fleury	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	17–6–1	35	Recap
25	March 13	Vegas	5–1	St. Louis		Fleury	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	18–6–1	37	Recap
26	March 15	San Jose	1–2	Vegas		Fleury	3,473	19–6–1	39	Recap
27	March 17	San Jose	4–5	Vegas		Fleury	3,473	20–6–1	41	Recap
28	March 19	Vegas	4–2	Los Angeles		Lehner	0	21–6–1	43	Recap
29	March 21	Vegas	1–3	Los Angeles		Fleury	0	21–7–1	43	Recap
30	March 22	St. Louis	1–5	Vegas		Lehner	3,750	22–7–1	45	Recap
31	March 25	Vegas	1–5	Colorado		Fleury	0	22–8–1	45	Recap
32	March 27	Vegas	3–2	Colorado	OT	Fleury	0	23–8–1	47	Recap
33	March 29	Los Angeles	1–4	Vegas		Lehner	3,950	24–8–1	49	Recap
34	March 31	Los Angeles	4–2	Vegas		Fleury	3,950	24–9–1	49	Recap

April: 11–3–1 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 6–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
35	April 1	Minnesota	3–2	Vegas	SO	Lehner	3,950	24–9–2	50	Recap
36	April 3	Minnesota	2–1	Vegas		Fleury	3,950	24–10–2	50	Recap
37	April 5	Vegas	6–1	St. Louis		Lehner	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	25–10–2	52	Recap
38	April 7	Vegas	1–3	St. Louis		Fleury	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	25–11–2	52	Recap
39	April 9	Arizona	4–7	Vegas		Lehner	3,950	26–11–2	54	Recap
40	April 11	Arizona	0–1	Vegas		Fleury	3,950	27–11–2	56	Recap
41	April 12	Vegas	4–2	Los Angeles		Lehner	0	28–11–2	58	Recap
42	April 14	Vegas	6–2	Los Angeles		Fleury	0	29–11–2	60	Recap
43	April 16	Vegas	4–0	Anaheim		Lehner	1,717	30–11–2	62	Recap
44	April 18	Vegas	5–2	Anaheim		Fleury	1,717	31–11–2	64	Recap
45	April 19	San Jose	2–3	Vegas	SO	Lehner	3,950	32–11–2	66	Recap
46	April 21	San Jose	2–5	Vegas		Fleury	3,950	33–11–2	68	Recap
47	April 24	Vegas	5–1	Anaheim		Lehner	1,717	34–11–2	70	Recap
48	April 28	Colorado	2–5	Vegas		Fleury	3,950	35–11–2	72	Recap
49	April 30	Vegas	0–3	Arizona		Lehner	5,111	35–12–2	72	Recap

May: 5–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	May 1	Vegas	3–2	Arizona	OT	Fleury	5,671	36–12–2	74	Recap
51	May 3	Vegas	5–6	Minnesota		Lehner	3,000	36–13–2	74	Recap
52	May 5	Vegas	3–2	Minnesota	OT	Fleury	3,000	37–13–2	76	Recap
53	May 7	St. Louis	3–4	Vegas	OT	Lehner	7,567	38–13–2	78	Recap
54	May 8	St. Louis	1–4	Vegas		Fleury	7,567	39–13–2	80	Recap
55	May 10	Colorado	2–1	Vegas		Lehner	7,567	39–14–2	80	Recap
56	May 12	Vegas	6–0	San Jose		Fleury	1,654	40–14–2	82	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Postponement

Playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

West Division First Round vs. (W3) Minnesota Wild: Vegas won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 16	Minnesota	1–0	Vegas	OT	Fleury	8,683	0–1	Recap
2	May 18	Minnesota	1–3	Vegas		Fleury	8,683	1–1	Recap
3	May 20	Vegas	5–2	Minnesota		Fleury	4,500	2–1	Recap
4	May 22	Vegas	4–0	Minnesota		Fleury	4,500	3–1	Recap
5	May 24	Minnesota	4–2	Vegas		Fleury	12,156	3–2	Recap
6	May 26	Vegas	0–3	Minnesota		Fleury	4,500	3–3	Recap
7	May 28	Minnesota	2–6	Vegas		Fleury	12,156	4–3	Recap

West Division Second Round vs. (W1) Colorado Avalanche: Vegas won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 30	Vegas	1–7	Colorado		Lehner	10,489	0–1	Recap
2	June 2	Vegas	2–3	Colorado	OT	Fleury	10,491	0–2	Recap
3	June 4	Colorado	2–3	Vegas		Fleury	17,504	1–2	Recap
4	June 6	Colorado	1–5	Vegas		Fleury	18,081	2–2	Recap
5	June 8	Vegas	3–2	Colorado	OT	Fleury	10,495	3–2	Recap
6	June 10	Colorado	3–6	Vegas		Fleury	18,149	4–2	Recap

Stanley Cup Semifinals vs. (N4) Montreal Canadiens: Montreal won 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	June 14	Montreal	1–4	Vegas		Fleury	17,884	1–0	Recap
2	June 16	Montreal	3–2	Vegas		Fleury	17,920	1–1	Recap
3	June 18	Vegas	2–3	Montreal	OT	Fleury	3,500	1–2	Recap
4	June 20	Vegas	2–1	Montreal	OT	Lehner	3,500	2–2	Recap
5	June 22	Montreal	4–1	Vegas		Fleury	17,969	2–3	Recap
6	June 24	Vegas	2–3	Montreal	OT	Lehner	3,500	2–4	Recap

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[11]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mark Stone	55	21	40	61	+26	28
Max Pacioretty	48	24	27	51	+20	14
Jonathan Marchessault	55	18	26	44	+19	39
Shea Theodore	53	8	34	42	+28	14
William Karlsson	56	14	25	39	+19	4
Chandler Stephenson	51	14	21	35	+22	29
Alex Tuch	55	18	15	33	+16	28
Alec Martinez	53	9	23	32	+26	12
Reilly Smith	53	14	11	25	+10	18
Alex Pietrangelo	41	7	16	23	+20	16
Tomas Nosek	38	8	10	18	+7	10
Nicolas Hague	52	5	12	17	+14	31
William Carrier	52	6	9	15	0	16
Nicolas Roy	50	6	9	15	+9	14
Keegan Kolesar	44	3	9	12	−4	30
Zach Whitecloud	51	2	10	12	+9	24
Cody Glass	27	4	6	10	+6	8
Brayden McNabb	41	2	6	8	+10	16
Dylan Coghlan	29	3	3	6	−3	2
Mattias Janmark^†	15	1	4	5	+5	2
Ryan Reaves	37	1	4	5	0	27
Dylan Sikura	6	2	0	2	0	0
Nick Holden	17	0	2	2	+3	2
Peyton Krebs	4	0	1	1	+1	0
Tomas Jurco	8	0	1	1	0	0
Patrick Brown	4	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs^[12]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
William Karlsson	19	4	12	16	+10	2
Alex Pietrangelo	19	4	8	12	+8	18
Max Pacioretty	13	5	6	11	+6	4
Reilly Smith	19	3	7	10	+7	4
Shea Theodore	19	1	9	10	+7	10
Jonathan Marchessault	19	6	3	9	+8	12
Alex Tuch	19	4	5	9	+6	6
Nicolas Roy	19	4	5	9	−2	8
Mark Stone	19	5	3	8	+2	0
Mattias Janmark	16	4	4	8	+1	0
Nick Holden	15	2	5	7	+2	0
Alec Martinez	19	4	2	6	+1	9
Chandler Stephenson	16	0	6	6	+8	0
Brayden McNabb	13	1	3	4	+5	0
Zach Whitecloud	19	1	3	4	+3	16
Keegan Kolesar	17	1	3	4	−2	4
William Carrier	19	1	2	3	−1	8
Patrick Brown	12	2	0	2	−2	0
Nicolas Hague	10	1	1	2	+2	6
Tomas Nosek	6	0	1	1	−2	4
Ryan Reaves	12	0	1	1	+1	16
Dylan Sikura	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Glass	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[13]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	36	36	2,146:36	26	10	0	71	1.98	989	.928	6	1	2
Robin Lehner	19	19	1,155:19	13	4	2	44	2.29	505	.913	1	1	0
Oscar Dansk	1	1	61:25	1	0	0	4	3.91	29	.862	0	0	0
Logan Thompson	1	0	8:15	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1.000	0	0	0

Playoffs^[14]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury	16	16	972:52	9	7	33	2.04	403	.918	1	0	1	0
Robin Lehner	3	3	182:27	1	2	11	3.62	97	.887	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 mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Draft picks

Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020, at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The draft was held virtually via video conference call on October 6–7, 2020, from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	29	Brendan Brisson	C	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
3	68	Lukas Cormier	D	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
3	91	Jackson Hallum	C	United States	St. Thomas Academy (Minnesota)
6	184	Noah Ellis	D	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
7	215	Maxim Marushev	C	Russia	Bars Kazan (VHL)

Current roster

Updated July 17, 2022^[15]^[16]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
22	Michael Amadio	C	R	27	2021	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
39	Laurent Brossoit Injured Reserve	G	L	31	2021	Port Alberni, British Columbia
28	William Carrier	LW	L	29	2017	LaSalle, Quebec
9	Jack Eichel	C	R	Expression error: Unrecognized word "october".	2021	North Chelmsford, Massachusetts
–	Byron Froese	C	R	33	2022	Winkler, Manitoba
14	Nicolas Hague Injured Reserve (RFA)	D	L	25	2017	Kitchener, Ontario
21	Brett Howden Injured Reserve	C	L	26	2021	Oakbank, Manitoba
17	Ben Hutton	D	L	31	2021	Brockville, Ontario
71	William Karlsson	C	L	30	2017	Märsta, Sweden
55	Keegan Kolesar (RFA)	RW	R	27	2017	Brandon, Manitoba
90	Robin Lehner	G	L	32	2020	Göteborg, Sweden
81	Jonathan Marchessault	C	R	33	2017	Cap-Rouge, Quebec
23	Alec Martinez	D	L	36	2020	Rochester Hills, Michigan
3	Brayden McNabb	D	L	33	2017	Davidson, Saskatchewan
41	Nolan Patrick Injured Reserve	C	R	25	2021	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7	Alex Pietrangelo (A)	D	R	34	2020	King City, Ontario
10	Nicolas Roy (RFA)	RW	R	27	2019	Amos, Quebec
19	Reilly Smith (A) Injured Reserve	RW	L	33	2017	Etobicoke, Ontario
20	Chandler Stephenson	C	L	30	2019	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
61	Mark Stone (C)	RW	R	31	2019	Winnipeg, Manitoba
27	Shea Theodore	D	L	28	2017	Langley, British Columbia
36	Logan Thompson	G	R	27	2020	Calgary, Alberta
—	Shea Weber Injured Reserve	D	R	38	2022	Sicamous, British Columbia
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	R	27	2018	Brandon, Manitoba

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

References

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