The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. They are members of the Pacific Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Western Conference. The Golden Knights franchise has been a part of the NHL since 2017, [1] and plays its home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. [2]
This is a list of players who have played at least one game for the Vegas Golden Knights.
Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, retired number, or Stanley Cup champion with the Golden Knights.
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The seasons column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2018–19 season would be listed as playing with the team from 2018–2019, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.
Statistics are complete to the end of the 2022–23 NHL season.
Name | Nat. | Seasons | GP | W | L | OTL | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | SO | GAA | SV% | Notes |
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Laurent Brossoit | 2021–2023 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2.66 | .906 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.18 | .894 | SC 2023 | |
Oscar Dansk | 2017–2021 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.10 | .906 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Dylan Ferguson | 2017–2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Marc-Andre Fleury | 2017–2021 | 192 | 117 | 60 | 14 | 23 | 2.41 | .917 | 47 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 2.25 | .920 | Vezina Trophy – 2020–21 William M. Jennings Trophy – 2020–21 | |
Adin Hill | 2022–present | 27 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | .915 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2.17 | .932 | SC 2023 | |
Maxime Lagace | 2017–2019 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3.92 | .871 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Robin Lehner | 2019–present | 66 | 39 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2.61 | .910 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | .920 | William M. Jennings Trophy – 2020–21 | |
Jiří Patera | 2022–present | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | .929 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Jonathan Quick | 2022–2023 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.13 | .901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SC 2023 | |
Garret Sparks | 2019–2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 | .857 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Malcolm Subban | 2017–2020 | 63 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2.92 | .901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Logan Thompson | 2020–present | 57 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2.65 | .915 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SC 2023 |
Name | Nat. | Pos | Seasons | GP | G | A | P | PIM | GP | G | A | P | PIM | Notes |
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Michael Amadio | C | 2021–present | 120 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | SC 2023 | |
Ivan Barbashev | C | 2022–present | 23 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 18 | SC 2023 | |
Sven Bärtschi | C | 2021–2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | LW | 2017–2019 | 148 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||
Jake Bischoff | D | 2019–2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Teddy Blueger | C | 2022–2023 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | SC 2023 | |
Adam Brooks | C | 2021–2022 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Patrick Brown | C | 2019–2021 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Ryan Carpenter | C | 2017–2019 | 104 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
Daniel Carr | LW | 2018–2019 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
William Carrier | LW | 2017–present | 333 | 47 | 44 | 91 | 167 | 74 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 58 | SC 2023 | |
Dylan Coghlan | D | 2020–2022 | 88 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Paul Cotter | C | 2021–present | 62 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | SC 2023 | |
Nick Cousins | C | 2019–2020 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
Evgenii Dadonov | RW | 2021–2022 | 78 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Pavel Dorofeyev | LW | 2021–present | 20 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Cody Eakin | C | 2017–2020 | 199 | 37 | 41 | 78 | 54 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | ||
Jack Eichel | C | 2021–present | 101 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 14 | SC 2023 | |
Deryk Engelland | D | 2017–2020 | 202 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 79 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34 | Mark Messier Leadership Award – 2017–18 | |
Byron Froese | C | 2022–present | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Jason Garrison | D | 2017–2018 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Cody Glass | C | 2019–2021 | 66 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nicolas Hague | D | 2019–present | 223 | 13 | 46 | 59 | 152 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 43 | SC 2023 | |
Erik Haula | LW | 2017–2019 | 91 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | ||
Zack Hayes | D | 2021–2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Nick Holden | D | 2018–2021 | 139 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
Brett Howden | C | 2021–present | 101 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 67 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 31 | SC 2023 | |
Brad Hunt | D | 2017–2019 | 58 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Ben Hutton | D | 2021–present | 89 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SC 2023 | |
Tomas Hyka | RW | 2017–2019 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Mattias Janmark | C | 2020–2022 | 82 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
Ben Jones | C | 2021–2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Tomas Jurco | RW | 2020–2021 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
William Karlsson | C | 2017–present | 432 | 122 | 185 | 307 | 68 | 88 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 8 | SC 2023 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy – 2017–18 | |
Phil Kessel | RW | 2022–2023 | 82 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | SC 2023 | |
Keegan Kolesar | RW | 2019–present | 196 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 166 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 54 | SC 2023 | |
Kaedan Korczak | D | 2021–present | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Peyton Krebs | C | 2020–2021 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Brendan Leipsic | LW | 2017–2018 | 44 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Jake Leschyshyn | C | 2021–2023 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Oscar Lindberg | C | 2017–2019 | 98 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Jonathan Marchessault | C | 2017–present | 432 | 150 | 198 | 348 | 216 | 88 | 34 | 37 | 71 | 58 | SC 2023 Conn Smythe Trophy – 2023 | |
Alec Martinez | D | 2019–present | 166 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 51 | 61 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 17 | SC 2023 | |
Stefan Matteau | C | 2017–2018 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Brayden McNabb | D | 2017–present | 420 | 17 | 66 | 83 | 243 | 81 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 52 | SC 2023 | |
Jon Merrill | D | 2017–2020 | 140 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 107 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
Colin Miller | D | 2017–2019 | 147 | 13 | 57 | 70 | 97 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | ||
Daniil Miromanov | D | 2021–present | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
James Neal | LW | 2017–2018 | 71 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | ||
Tomas Nosek | LW | 2017–2021 | 240 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 62 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | ||
Brayden Pachal | D | 2021–present | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | SC 2023 | |
Max Pacioretty | LW | 2018–2022 | 224 | 97 | 97 | 194 | 127 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 20 | ||
Nolan Patrick | C | 2021–2022 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
David Perron | LW | 2017–2018 | 70 | 16 | 50 | 66 | 50 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
Alex Pietrangelo | D | 2020–present | 194 | 31 | 90 | 121 | 74 | 40 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 47 | SC 2023 | |
Brandon Pirri | C | 2017–2020 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Derrick Pouliot | D | 2021–2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Gage Quinney | F | 2019–2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Ryan Reaves | RW | 2017–2021 | 209 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 158 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 65 | ||
Sheldon Rempal | RW | 2022–present | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Jonas Røndbjerg | RW | 2021–present | 43 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Nicolas Roy | C | 2019–present | 221 | 40 | 54 | 94 | 97 | 61 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 34 | SC 2023 | |
Luca Sbisa | D | 2017–2018 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
Nate Schmidt | D | 2017–2020 | 196 | 21 | 76 | 97 | 36 | 47 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 10 | ||
Jimmy Schuldt | D | 2018–2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Vadim Shipachyov | LW | 2017–2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Dylan Sikura | C | 2020–2021 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Reilly Smith | RW | 2017–2023 | 399 | 124 | 162 | 286 | 100 | 88 | 18 | 48 | 66 | 36 | SC 2023 | |
Paul Stastny | C | 2018–2020 | 121 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 54 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | ||
Chandler Stephenson | C | 2019–present | 252 | 59 | 127 | 186 | 91 | 58 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 34 | SC 2023 | |
Mark Stone | RW | 2018–present | 218 | 73 | 130 | 203 | 78 | 68 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 16 | SC 2023 Captain, 2021–present | |
Tomas Tatar | LW | 2017–2018 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Shea Theodore | D | 2017–present | 397 | 61 | 186 | 247 | 115 | 87 | 13 | 47 | 60 | 42 | SC 2023 | |
Alex Tuch | RW | 2017–2021 | 249 | 61 | 78 | 139 | 71 | 66 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 34 | ||
Zach Whitecloud | D | 2017–present | 186 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 89 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 43 | SC 2023 | |
Valentin Zykov | RW | 2018–2020 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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