2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season
American ice hockey team season
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The 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season was the inaugural season for the Vegas Golden Knights. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
| 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights | |
|---|---|
Western Conference champions | |
Pacific Division champions | |
| Division | 1st Pacific |
| Conference | 3rd Western |
| 2017–18 record | 51–24–7 |
| Home record | 29–10–2 |
| Road record | 22–14–5 |
| Goals for | 272 |
| Goals against | 228 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | George McPhee |
| Coach | Gerard Gallant |
| Captain | Vacant |
| Alternate captains | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare Deryk Engelland James Neal David Perron Luca Sbisa Reilly Smith |
| Arena | T-Mobile Arena |
| Average attendance | 18,042[1] |
| Minor league affiliates | Chicago Wolves (AHL) Quad City Mallards (ECHL) |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | William Karlsson (43) |
| Assists | David Perron (50) |
| Points | William Karlsson (78) |
| Penalty minutes | Colin Miller (53) |
| Plus/minus | William Karlsson (+49) |
| Wins | Marc-Andre Fleury (29) |
| Goals against average | Oscar Dansk (1.78) |
The Golden Knights enjoyed the strongest debut season for an expansion team in North American professional sports history. On February 1, 2018, they broke the record for most wins by an expansion team in their first season when they earned their 34th win of the season.[2] On February 21, they broke the record for most points by an expansion team in their inaugural season when they got their 84th point of the season.[3] Then on March 26, they became the first team to make the playoffs in their inaugural season in the league since the Edmonton Oilers and Hartford Whalers in the 1979–80 season.[4] Following that achievement, on March 31, 2018, with a 3–2 victory over the San Jose Sharks, the Knights became the first modern-era expansion team from any of the four major sports and the first NHL team since the 1926–27 New York Rangers to win their division in their inaugural season (excluding the 1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers, as all teams in the West Division that year were expansion teams).[5] The Golden Knights finished the regular season with a .665 points percentage; prior to 2018 the only examples of first year expansion teams joining any of the North American major professional sports leagues after their respective league's first decade and finishing with a winning/points percentage of .500 or better were teams that had joined from another league.
Earning a playoff berth in their first season, the Golden Knights eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in four straight games during the first round, becoming the first team in NHL history to sweep their first playoff series in their inaugural season.[6] They later defeated the San Jose Sharks in the second round in six games and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.[7] There they defeated the Winnipeg Jets in five games to advance to the Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season where they faced the Washington Capitals,[8] and lost in five games.
Standings
| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | y – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 47 | 272 | 228 | +44 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 40 | 235 | 216 | +19 | 101 |
| 3 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 252 | 229 | +23 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 98 |
| 5 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 35 | 218 | 248 | −30 | 84 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 234 | 263 | −29 | 78 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 31 | 218 | 264 | −46 | 73 |
| 8 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 27 | 208 | 256 | −48 | 70 |
Schedule and results
Preseason
A preliminary preseason schedule was announced in January 2017.[9] The draft schedule was released in April 2017,[10] while the final schedule was released in June 2017.[11][12]
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| 1 | September 17 | Vegas | 9–4 | Vancouver | Ferguson | 15,565 | 1–0–0 | Recap | |
| 2 | September 19 | Vegas | 4–1 | Colorado | Lagace | — | 2–0–0 | Recap | |
| 3 | September 21 | Vegas | 2–5 | San Jose | Pickard | 15,071 | 2–1–0 | Recap | |
| 4 | September 24 | Vegas | 4–2 | Anaheim | Fleury | 15,442 | 3–1–0 | Recap | |
| 5 | September 26 | Los Angeles | 3–2 | Vegas | OT | Fleury | 17,101 | 3–1–1 | Recap |
| 6 | September 28 | Colorado | 4–2 | Vegas | Fleury | 15,337 | 3–2–1 | Recap | |
| 7 | October 1 | San Jose | 5–3 | Vegas | Fleury | 16,479 | 3–3–1 | Recap | |
Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.[13]
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Player statistics
Final stats[14]
Skaters
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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| Marc-Andre Fleury | 46 | 46 | 2,673:24 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 100 | 2.24 | 1376 | .927 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Malcolm Subban | 22 | 19 | 1,230:11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 2.68 | 614 | .910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maxime Lagace | 16 | 14 | 873:31 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 3.92 | 430 | .867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Dansk | 4 | 3 | 168:36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.78 | 93 | .946 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 9:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.50 | 2 | .500 | 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 | 20 | 20 | 1,258:35 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 2.24 | 641 | .927 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Awards and honours
Milestones
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Transactions
The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.
Trades
| Date | Details | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2017 | To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2018 |
To Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To Buffalo Sabres Expansion Draft considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights 6th-round pick in 2017 |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To Carolina Hurricanes Expansion Draft considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights BOS's 5th-round pick in 2017 |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Expansion Draft considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights Nikita Gusev 2nd-round pick in 2017 PIT's 4th-round pick in 2018 |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To New York Islanders Expansion Draft considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights Mikhail Grabovski Jake Bischoff 1st-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2019 |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To Anaheim Ducks Expansion Draft considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Expansion Draft considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights David Clarkson 1st-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2019 |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To Winnipeg Jets CBJ's 1st-round pick in 2017 Expansion Draft considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights 1st-round pick in 2017 3rd-round pick in 2019 |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2017 or 2018 |
To Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch |
[19] |
| June 21, 2017 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Expansion Draft considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights 2nd-round pick in 2020 |
[19] |
| June 22, 2017 | To Carolina Hurricanes Trevor van Riemsdyk 7th-round pick in 2018 |
To Vegas Golden Knights PIT's 2nd-round pick in 2017 |
[20] |
| June 22, 2017 | To Montreal Canadiens David Schlemko |
To Vegas Golden Knights 5th-round pick in 2019 |
[21] |
| June 24, 2017 | To Columbus Blue Jackets TBL's 2nd-round pick in 2017 |
To Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar |
[22] |
| June 26, 2017 | To Dallas Stars Marc Methot |
To Vegas Golden Knights Dylan Ferguson 2nd-round pick in 2020 |
[23] |
| July 1, 2017 | To Nashville Predators Alexei Emelin |
To Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2019 |
[24] |
| July 2, 2017 | To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights Marcus Kruger |
[25] |
| July 4, 2017 | To Carolina Hurricanes Marcus Kruger |
To Vegas Golden Knights 5th-round pick in 2018 |
[26] |
| October 6, 2017 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Calvin Pickard |
To Vegas Golden Knights Tobias Lindberg 6th-round pick in 2018 |
[27] |
| February 5, 2018 | To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations |
To Vegas Golden Knights Zachary Leslie |
[28] |
| February 23, 2018 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Tobias Lindberg |
To Vegas Golden Knights Ryan Reaves VAN's 4th-round pick in 2018 |
[29] |
| February 26, 2018 | To Vancouver Canucks Brendan Leipsic |
To Vegas Golden Knights Philip Holm |
[30] |
| February 26, 2018 | To Detroit Red Wings 1st-round pick in 2018 NYI's 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
To Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Tatar |
[31] |
Free agents acquired
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Free agents lost
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Claimed via waivers
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Lost via waivers
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Player signings
| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2017 | Deryk Engelland | 1-year, $1 million | [48] |
| June 21, 2017 | Erik Haula | 3-year, $8.25 million | [49] |
| July 4, 2017 | Oscar Lindberg | 2-year, $3.4 million | [50] |
| July 6, 2017 | Teemu Pulkkinen | 1-year, $700,000 | [51] |
| July 15, 2017 | Erik Brannstrom | 3-year, $4.125 million entry-level contract | [52] |
| July 15, 2017 | Cody Glass | 3-year, $5.325 million entry-level contract | [52] |
| July 15, 2017 | Brendan Leipsic | 2-year, $1.3 million | [53] |
| July 15, 2017 | Griffin Reinhart | 2-year, $1.6 million | [53] |
| July 15, 2017 | Nick Suzuki | 3-year, $4.6265 million entry-level contract | [52] |
| August 5, 2017 | Nate Schmidt | 2-year, $4.45 million | [54] |
| September 28, 2017 | Dylan Ferguson | 3-year, $2.15 million entry-level contract | [55] |
| September 29, 2017 | Nicolas Hague | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract | [56] |
| November 29, 2017 | Brayden McNabb | 4-year, $10 million contract extension | [57] |
| January 3, 2018 | Jonathan Marchessault | 6-year, $30 million contract extension | [58] |
| January 15, 2018 | Deryk Engelland | 1-year, $1.5 million contract extension | [59] |
| January 16, 2018 | Jon Merrill | 2-year, $2.75 million contract extension | [60] |
| May 31, 2018 | Tomas Hyka | 1-year, $650,000 contract extension | [61] |
| May 31, 2018 | Zachary Leslie | 1-year, $675,000 contract extension | [61] |
| June 1, 2018 | Ben Jones | 3-year, $2.245 million entry-level contract | [40] |
| June 1, 2018 | Jake Leschyshyn | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract | [40] |
| June 11, 2018 | Stefan Matteau | 1-year, $650,000 contract extension | [62] |
| June 15, 2018 | Lucas Elvenes | 3-year, entry-level contract | [63] |
Draft picks
Expansion draft
The team filled its initial roster by selecting players in the 2017 NHL expansion draft on June 21, 2017. They were required to select or sign one player, who was not protected, from each existing team. In return for not selecting certain unprotected players, Vegas made several deals to grant concessions with some teams.
| # | Player | Drafted from | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Calvin Pickard (G) | Colorado Avalanche | Traded to Toronto on October 6, 2017. |
| 2. | Luca Sbisa (D) | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 3. | Teemu Pulkkinen (LW) | Arizona Coyotes | |
| 4. | Jon Merrill (D) | New Jersey Devils | |
| 5. | William Carrier (LW) | Buffalo Sabres | Sabres traded their sixth-round pick in the 2017 NHL entry draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Carrier instead of Linus Ullmark.[64] |
| 6. | Cody Eakin (C) | Dallas Stars | |
| 7. | Tomas Nosek (LW) | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 8. | Jonathan Marchessault (C) | Florida Panthers | Panthers traded Reilly Smith in exchange for Vegas selecting Marchessault and a fourth-round pick in the 2018 NHL entry draft.[65] |
| 9. | Brayden McNabb (D) | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 10. | Connor Brickley (C) | Carolina Hurricanes | Hurricanes traded Boston's fifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired) in exchange for Vegas selecting Brickley.[66] Brickley was a pending unrestricted free agent and signed with the Panthers on July 1. |
| 11. | Chris Thorburn (RW) | Winnipeg Jets | Jets traded their first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 2019 NHL entry draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Thorburn and Columbus' first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired).[67] Thorburn was a pending unrestricted free agent and signed with the Blues on July 1. |
| 12. | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (RW) | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 13. | Jason Garrison (D) | Tampa Bay Lightning | Lightning traded their second-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Pittsburgh's fourth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (previously acquired) and Nikita Gusev in exchange for Vegas selecting Garrison.[68] |
| 14. | Jean-Francois Berube (G) | New York Islanders | Islanders traded their first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Mikhail Grabovski and Jake Bischoff in exchange for Vegas selecting Berube.[69] Berube was a pending unrestricted free agent and would sign with the Blackhawks on July 1. |
| 15. | James Neal (LW) | Nashville Predators | |
| 16. | Deryk Engelland (D) | Calgary Flames | Engelland was a pending unrestricted free agent. As a Las Vegas resident, he signed a one-year deal before free agency. |
| 17. | Brendan Leipsic (LW) | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 18. | Colin Miller (D) | Boston Bruins | |
| 19. | Marc Methot (D) | Ottawa Senators | Traded to Dallas on June 26, 2017. |
| 20. | David Schlemko (D) | San Jose Sharks | Traded to Montreal on June 22, 2017.[70] |
| 21. | David Perron (LW) | St. Louis Blues | |
| 22. | Oscar Lindberg (C) | New York Rangers | |
| 23. | Griffin Reinhart (D) | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 24. | Alexei Emelin (D) | Montreal Canadiens | Traded to Nashville on July 1, 2017. |
| 25. | Clayton Stoner (D) | Anaheim Ducks | Ducks traded Shea Theodore in exchange for Vegas selecting Stoner.[71] |
| 26. | Erik Haula (C) | Minnesota Wild | Wild traded Alex Tuch in exchange for Vegas selecting Haula and a conditional third-round pick in the 2017 or 2018 NHL Entry Draft.[72] |
| 27. | William Karlsson (C) | Columbus Blue Jackets | Blue Jackets traded their first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL entry draft and David Clarkson in exchange for Vegas selecting Karlsson.[73] |
| 28. | Trevor van Riemsdyk (D) | Chicago Blackhawks | Traded to Carolina on June 22, 2017.[74] |
| 29. | Marc-Andre Fleury (G) | Pittsburgh Penguins | Penguins traded their second-round pick in the 2020 NHL entry draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Fleury.[75] |
| 30. | Nate Schmidt (D) | Washington Capitals |
Entry draft
Before the draft lottery, the Golden Knights were given the same odds as the team with the third worst point total from the 2016–17 season, which meant that they would not draft any lower than sixth overall and would draft third in each subsequent round.[76] On April 30, 2017, the Golden Knights received a sixth overall pick in the 2017 NHL entry draft during the draft lottery.[77]
Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2017 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Cody Glass | C |  Canada |
Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
| 1 | 131 | Nick Suzuki | C | Canada |
Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
| 1 | 152 | Erik Brannstrom | D |  Sweden |
HV71 (SHL) |
| 2 | 34 | Nicolas Hague | D | Canada |
Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) |
| 2 | 623 | Jake Leschyshyn | C | Canada |
Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 3 | 65 | Jonas Rondbjerg | RW |  Denmark |
Växjö Lakers (J20 SuperElit) |
| 4 | 96 | Maxim Zhukov | G |  Russia |
Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |
| 5 | 127 | Lucas Elvenes | C | Sweden |
Rögle BK (J20 SuperElit) |
| 5 | 1424 | Jonathan Dugan | LW |  United States |
Northwood School (USHS) |
| 6 | 158 | Nick Campoli | C | Canada |
North York Rangers (OJHL) |
| 6 | 1615 | Jiri Patera | G |  Czech Republic |
Motor České Budějovice (Czech 1.liga) |
| 7 | 189 | Ben Jones | C | Canada |
Niagara IceDogs (OHL) |
Notes:
- The Winnipeg Jets' first-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that sent Columbus' first-round pick in 2017 to Winnipeg in exchange for Vegas selecting Chris Thorburn in the 2017 NHL expansion draft from Winnipeg, a third-round pick in 2019 and this pick.[78]
- The New York Islanders' first-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that ensured that Vegas selected Jean-Francois Berube in the 2017 NHL expansion draft from the Islanders in exchange for Mikhail Grabovski, Jake Bischoff, a second-round pick in 2019 and this pick.[79]
- The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 22, 2017, that sent Trevor van Riemsdyk and a seventh-round pick in 2018 to Carolina in exchange for this pick.[80]
- The Boston Bruins' fifth-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that ensured that Vegas selected Connor Brickley in the 2017 NHL expansion draft from Carolina in exchange for this pick.[81]
- The Buffalo Sabres' sixth-round pick went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 21, 2017, that ensured that Vegas selected William Carrier in the 2017 NHL expansion draft from Buffalo in exchange for this pick.[82]