2020–21 Vegas Golden Knights season

The 2020–21 Vegas Golden Knights season is 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 will try to make 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 will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Vegas Golden Knights
2020–21 record6–1–1
Home record5–0–1
Road record1–1–0
Goals for28
Goals against19
Team information
General managerKelly McCrimmon
CoachPeter DeBoer
CaptainMark Stone
Alternate captainsAlex Pietrangelo
Reilly Smith
ArenaT-Mobile Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Henderson Silver Knights (AHL)
Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMax Pacioretty (6)
AssistsMark Stone (10)
PointsMark Stone (13)
Penalty minutesMark Stone (9)
Plus/minusMax Pacioretty
Mark Stone (+8)
WinsMarc-Andre Fleury (4)
Goals against averageMarc-Andre Fleury (1.25)

Standings

Divisional standings
West Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Colorado Avalanche 11 7 3 1 6 38 24 +14 15
2 St. Louis Blues 11 7 3 1 6 39 36 +3 15
3 Vegas Golden Knights 8 6 1 1 5 28 19 +9 13
4 Minnesota Wild 11 6 5 0 3 30 30 0 12
5 Anaheim Ducks 12 4 5 3 4 23 33 −10 11
6 Arizona Coyotes 10 4 5 1 4 27 29 −2 9
7 San Jose Sharks 9 4 5 0 1 27 35 −8 8
8 Los Angeles Kings 10 3 5 2 3 28 34 −6 8
Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[2]

2020–21 game log
February: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
—February 1Vegas–San JosePostponed due to COVID-19.[4] Makeup date February 13.
—February 3Vegas–San JosePostponed due to COVID-19. Makeup date February 25.
8February 5Los Angeles2–5VegasFleury06–1–113Recap
9February 7Los Angeles–Vegas
10February 9Anaheim–Vegas
11February 11Anaheim–Vegas
12February 13Vegas–San Jose
13February 14Colorado–Vegas
14February 16Colorado–Vegas
15February 20Vegas–Colorado
16February 22Vegas–Colorado
17February 25Vegas–San Jose
18February 27Vegas–Anaheim

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

Player statistics

Updated to game played January 26, 2021

Skaters
Regular season[5]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Mark Stone7291169
Max Pacioretty761764
Shea Theodore734762
Alex Tuch733608
Jonathan Marchessault714528
Alec Martinez705564
Alex Pietrangelo713420
William Karlsson721310
Reilly Smith721320
Chandler Stephenson712340
Cody Glass311200
Keegan Kolesar7022−10
Tomas Nosek710102
Nicolas Hague401120
Ryan Reaves701100
Nicolas Roy701124
Zach Whitecloud701110
William Carrier7000−14
Brayden McNabb7000−14

Goaltenders
Regular season[6]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Marc-Andre Fleury33179:2930031.0061.9511000
Robin Lehner44244:19211122.95104.8850000

†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
See also: List of Vegas Golden Knights 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 February 4, 2021[7][8]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
28 William Carrier LW L 26 2017 LaSalle, Quebec
52 Dylan Coghlan D L 22 2017 Nanaimo, British Columbia
35 Oscar Dansk G L 26 2017 Stockholm, Sweden
29 Marc-Andre Fleury G L 36 2017 Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
9 Cody Glass C R 21 2017 Winnipeg, Manitoba
14 Nicolas Hague D L 22 2017 Kitchener, Ontario
22 Nick Holden D L 33 2018 St. Albert, Alberta
13 Tomas Jurco RW L 28 2020 Košice, Czechoslovakia
71 William Karlsson C L 27 2017 Märsta, Sweden
55 Keegan Kolesar RW R 23 2017 Brandon, Manitoba
20 Kaedan Korczak D R 20 2019 Yorkton, Saskatchewan
90 Robin Lehner G L 29 2020 Göteborg, Sweden
81 Jonathan Marchessault C R 30 2017 Cap-Rouge, Quebec
23 Alec Martinez D L 33 2020 Rochester Hills, Michigan
3 Brayden McNabb  D L 30 2017 Davidson, Saskatchewan
92 Tomas Nosek C L 28 2017 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
67 Max Pacioretty LW L 32 2018 New Canaan, Connecticut
7 Alex Pietrangelo (A) D R 31 2020 King City, Ontario
72 Gage Quinney LW/C L 25 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada
75 Ryan Reaves RW R 34 2018 Winnipeg, Manitoba
10 Nicolas Roy RW R 24 2019 Amos, Quebec
19 Reilly Smith (A) RW L 29 2017 Etobicoke, Ontario
20 Chandler Stephenson C L 26 2019 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
61 Mark Stone (C) RW R 28 2019 Winnipeg, Manitoba
27 Shea Theodore D L 25 2017 Langley, British Columbia
89 Alex Tuch RW R 24 2017 Syracuse, New York
2 Zach Whitecloud D R 24 2018 Brandon, Manitoba

References
  1. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  2. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  3. "Golden Knights-Blues game postponed due to COVID-19". NHL.com. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  4. "Golden Knights-Sharks games next week postponed because of COVID-19". NHL.com. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  5. "2020–21 Regular season – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  6. "2020–21 Regular season – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  7. "Vegas Golden Knights Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  8. "Vegas Golden Knights Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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