2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season


The 2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season is the third season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. They will play their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. They will attempt to make the playoffs for the third straight season after losing in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs to the San Jose Sharks. 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 are scheduled to play in a round-robin tournament, which will determine the team's seed for the playoffs.

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
  1. Fewer number of games played.
  2. Greater number of regulation wins.
  3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime.
  4. Greater amount of total wins.
  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.
  7. Greater amount of goals scored.

    Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.

Playoffs

The Golden Knights will play in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs.

Player statistics

As of March 9, 2020

Skaters

Goaltenders

†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