2018–19 Vegas Golden Knights season
The 2018–19 Vegas Golden Knights season was the second season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. Prior to the season, the NHL suspended Nate Schmidt for 20 regular season games for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.[1][2] On March 29, 2019, the Golden Knights clinched a playoff spot after the Arizona Coyotes' 3–2 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche.[3]
2018–19 Vegas Golden Knights | |
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Division | 3rd Pacific |
Conference | 7th Western |
2018–19 record | 43–32–7 |
Home record | 24–12–5 |
Road record | 19–20–2 |
Goals for | 249 |
Goals against | 230 |
Team information | |
General Manager | George McPhee |
Coach | Gerard Gallant |
Captain | Vacant |
Alternate captains | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare Deryk Engelland Max Pacioretty Reilly Smith |
Arena | T-Mobile Arena |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Chicago Wolves (AHL) Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jonathan Marchessault (25) |
Assists | Jonathan Marchessault Reilly Smith (34) |
Points | Jonathan Marchessault (59) |
Penalty minutes | Ryan Reaves (74) |
Plus/minus | Nate Schmidt (+22) |
Wins | Marc-Andre Fleury (35) |
Goals against average | Marc-Andre Fleury (2.51) |
Despite leading the series against the San Jose Sharks 3–1 in the First Round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Golden Knights were eliminated in seven games, after blowing a 3–0 lead in the game following a controversial[4] major penalty. [5]
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | z – Calgary Flames | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 50 | 289 | 227 | +62 | 107 |
2 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 46 | 289 | 261 | +28 | 101 |
3 | x – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 40 | 249 | 230 | +19 | 93 |
4 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 35 | 213 | 223 | −10 | 86 |
5 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 225 | 254 | −29 | 81 |
6 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 199 | 251 | −52 | 80 |
7 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 32 | 232 | 274 | −42 | 79 |
8 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 28 | 202 | 263 | −61 | 71 |
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was released on June 18, 2018.[6]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 16 | Arizona | 2–7 | Vegas | Ferguson | 17,567 | 1–0–0 | Recap | |
2 | September 18 | Vegas | 5–1 | Colorado | Fucale | — | 2–0–0 | Recap | |
3 | September 20 | Vegas | 7–2 | Los Angeles | Dansk | 12,916 | 3–0–0 | Recap | |
4 | September 22 | Vegas | 5–4 | San Jose | SO | Lagace | — | 4–0–0 | Recap |
5 | September 24 | Colorado | 5–3 | Vegas | Subban | 17,880 | 4–1–0 | Recap | |
6 | September 28 | Los Angeles | 0–2 | Vegas | Fleury | 17,928 | 5–1–0 | Recap | |
7 | September 30 | San Jose | 2–5 | Vegas | Fleury | 17,958 | 6–1–0 | Recap |
Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[7]
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Playoffs
The Golden Knights faced the San Jose Sharks in the First Round of the playoffs,[8] and were defeated in seven games.[9] They played against each other in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Golden Knights defeated the Sharks in the Second Round in six games.[10][11][12]
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Player statistics
Final[13]
Skaters
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Marc-Andre Fleury | 61 | 61 | 3,635 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 152 | 2.51 | 1745 | .913 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Malcolm Subban | 21 | 20 | 1,227 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 60 | 2.93 | 612 | .902 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Maxime Lagace | 1 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.03 | 31 | .871 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Marc-Andre Fleury | 7 | 7 | 466:32 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 2.70 | 230 | .909 | 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 mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Transactions
The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2018 | To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2019 |
To Vegas Golden Knights 7th-round pick in 2018 |
[14] |
September 10, 2018 | To Montreal Canadiens Tomas Tatar Nick Suzuki 2nd-round pick in 2019 |
To Vegas Golden Knights Max Pacioretty |
[15] |
January 3, 2019 | To Winnipeg Jets Jimmy Oligny |
To Vegas Golden Knights Future considerations |
[16] |
January 21, 2019 | To Minnesota Wild Brad Hunt 6th-round pick in 2019 |
To Vegas Golden Knights Conditional 5th-round pick in 2019 |
[17] |
February 25, 2019 | To Ottawa Senators Erik Brannstrom Oscar Lindberg DAL's 2nd-round pick in 2020 |
To Vegas Golden Knights Tobias Lindberg Mark Stone |
[18] |
Free agents
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2018 | Daniel Carr | from Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | [19] |
July 1, 2018 | Zach Fucale | from Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | [19] |
July 1, 2018 | Alex Gallant | from Tampa Bay Lightning | 1-year | [19] |
July 1, 2018 | Nick Holden | from Boston Bruins | 2-year | [20][19] |
July 1, 2018 | Curtis McKenzie | from Dallas Stars | 2-year | [19] |
July 1, 2018 | Jimmy Oligny | from Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | 1-year | [19] |
July 1, 2018 | David Perron | to St. Louis Blues | 4-year | [21] |
July 1, 2018 | Paul Stastny | from Winnipeg Jets | 3-year | [22][19] |
July 2, 2018 | James Neal | to Calgary Flames | 5-year | [23] |
July 2, 2018 | Paul Thompson | to Florida Panthers | 2-year | [24] |
July 16, 2018 | Philip Holm | to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL) | 1-year | [25] |
July 18, 2018 | Teemu Pulkkinen | to Dinamo Minsk (KHL) | 1-year | [26] |
September 24, 2018 | Luca Sbisa | to New York Islanders | 1-year | [27] |
October 2, 2018 | Jason Garrison | to Edmonton Oilers | 1-year | [28] |
April 3, 2019 | Jimmy Schuldt | from St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC) | 1-year | [29] |
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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December 29, 2018 | Valentin Zykov | from Edmonton Oilers | [30] |
Contract terminations
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Signings
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2018 | Maxime Lagace | 1-year | [31] |
July 1, 2018 | Brandon Pirri | 1-year | [32] |
July 1, 2018 | Ryan Reaves | 2-year | [33] |
July 6, 2018 | Oscar Dansk | 2-year | [34] |
July 7, 2018 | Colin Miller | 4-year | [35] |
July 13, 2018 | Marc-Andre Fleury | 3-year | [36] |
July 18, 2018 | Tomas Nosek | 1-year | [37] |
July 23, 2018 | William Carrier | 2-year | [38] |
August 4, 2018 | William Karlsson | 1-year | [39] |
September 10, 2018 | Max Pacioretty | 4-year | [40] |
September 24, 2018 | Shea Theodore | 7-year | [41] |
October 19, 2018 | Alex Tuch | 7-year | [42] |
October 25, 2018 | Nate Schmidt | 6-year | [43] |
December 28, 2018 | Paul Cotter | 3-year | [44] |
March 8, 2019 | Mark Stone | 8-year | [45] |
April 14, 2019 | Nikita Gusev | 1-year | [46] |
Draft picks
Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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2 | 61 | Ivan Morozov | C | Mamonty Yugry (MHL) | |
4 | 991 | Slava Demin | D | Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) | |
4 | 1152 | Paul Cotter | C | Lincoln Stars (USHL) | |
5 | 1353 | Brandon Kruse | LW | Bowling Green State University (WCHA) | |
5 | 154 | Connor Corcoran | D | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) | |
6 | 1804 | Peter Diliberatore | D | Salisbury School (USHS) | |
6 | 185 | Xavier Bouchard | D | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) | |
7 | 2085 | Jordan Kooy | G | London Knights (OHL) |
Notes:
- The Vancouver Canucks' fourth-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on February 23, 2018, that sent Derick Brassard to Pittsburgh in exchange for Ryan Reaves and this pick.[47]
- The Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that ensured Vegas would select Jason Garrison in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft from Tampa Bay in exchange for Nikita Gusev, a second-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[48]
- The Carolina Hurricanes' fifth-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on July 4, 2017, that sent Marcus Kruger to Carolina in exchange for this pick.[49]
- The Toronto Maple Leafs' sixth-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on October 6, 2017, that sent Calvin Pickard to Toronto in exchange for Tobias Lindberg and this pick.[50]
- The Pittsburgh Penguins' seventh-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2019 to Pittsburgh in exchange for this pick.[51]
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