The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey franchise located in Las Vegas metropolitan area. Founded ahead of the 2017–18 season as an expansion team, they play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise plays its home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. As of the conclusion of the 2025–26 season, the Golden Knights have won 401 regular-season games, the third-fewest in the NHL among active teams; in 2023–24, however, they became the fastest expansion franchise in NHL history to reach 300 wins.
Noted for their early success as a franchise, the Golden Knights have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs eight times in their nine completed seasons, with five Pacific Division championships, three Stanley Cup Final appearances, and a Stanley Cup championship in 2023. During their inaugural season in 2017–18, the Golden Knights broke the NHL records for most wins and points in an inaugural season and became the first franchise since the 1967–68 St. Louis Blues to reach the Final in their inaugural season; however, they ultimately lost the 2018 Stanley Cup Final to the Washington Capitals in five games. After suffering a first-round exit against the San Jose Sharks in 2019, the Golden Knights returned to the Western Conference finals in the COVID-19 pandemic-affected 2020 playoffs, falling in five games to the Dallas Stars. During the pandemic-shortened 2020–21 season, the Golden Knights were temporarily placed in the single-season West Division; after finishing second behind the Colorado Avalanche, the Golden Knights again fell one round short of the Stanley Cup Final, losing to the Montreal Canadiens in six games in a re-aligned Stanley Cup semifinals. Despite entering the following 2021–22 season as Stanley Cup favorites, the Golden Knights suffered a rash of injuries and poor play, eventually missing the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. In their sixth season, the team rebounded, winning the Pacific Division for the first time since 2020 and defeating the Florida Panthers in five games in the Stanley Cup Final to win their first Stanley Cup, becoming the fastest expansion team to win the Cup in NHL history. The Golden Knights' championship defense in 2023–24 began with the longest season-opening winning streak of any defending champion in NHL history, as they began the season 7–0–0; however, the team struggled later in the season, qualifying for the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs as a wild card and losing to the Dallas Stars in the first round in seven games.In 2026, the Golden Knights fired cup-winning coach Bruce Cassidy with 8 games left in the regular season and hired John Tortorella. The team went on a 7-0-1 run to end the regular season. In the playoffs, they went on an unexpected run and swept the President’s Trophy winning Colorado Avalanche to advance to a third cup final in nine years as a franchise. They ultimately lost the Stanley Cup in 6 games to the Carolina Hurricanes.
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+Key of colors and symbolsColor/symbolExplanationStanley Cup championsConference championsDivision champions Led league in points
+Key of terms and abbreviationsTerm or abbreviationDefinitionFinishFinal position in division or league standingsGPNumber of games playedWNumber of winsLNumber of lossesOTNumber of losses in overtime or shootoutsPtsNumber of pointsGFGoals for (goals scored by the Golden Knights)GAGoals against (goals scored by the Golden Knights' opponents)—Does not apply
Year by year + List of all seasons played by the Vegas Golden Knights NHL season Golden Knights season Conference Division Regular seasonPostseason Finish GP W L GF GA Result 2017–182017–18WesternPacific1st8251247109272228201375747Won in first round, 4–0 (Kings)Won in second round, 4–2 (Sharks)Won conference finals, 4–1 (Jets)Lost in Stanley Cup Final, 1–4 (Capitals) 2018–192018–19WesternPacific3rd8243327932492307342523Lost in first round, 3–4 (Sharks) 2019–202019–20WesternPacific1st713924886227211201285744Finished first in seeding round-robin (3–0)Won in first round, 4–1 (Blackhawks)Won in second round, 4–3 (Canucks)Lost in conference finals, 1–4 (Stars) 2020–212020–21—West2nd564014282191124191095346Won in first round, 4–3 (Wild)Won in second round, 4–2 (Avalanche)Lost in Stanley Cup semifinals, 2–4 (Canadiens) 2021–222021–22WesternPacific4th824331894266248—————Did not qualify 2022–232022–23WesternPacific1st8251229111272229221668857Won in first round, 4–1 (Jets)Won in second round, 4–2 (Oilers)Won in conference finals, 4–2 (Stars)Won in Stanley Cup Final, 4–1 (Panthers) 2023–242023–24WesternPacific4th8245298982672457341616Lost in first round, 3–4 (Stars) 2024–252024–25WesternPacific1st8250221011027521911562835Won in first round, 4–2 (Wild) Lost in second round, 1–4 (Oilers) 2025–262025–26WesternPacific1st8239261795265250221487662 Won in first round, 4–2 (Mammoth)Won in second round, 4–2 (Ducks)Won conference finals, 4–0 (Avalanche)Lost in Stanley Cup Final, 2–4 (Hurricanes)Totals701401224768782,2841,98412876524003308 playoff appearances
All-time records + Vegas Golden Knights all-time regular-season and postseason records Statistic GP W L Regular season record (2017–present) 701 401 224 76 Postseason record (2017–present) 128 76 52 — All-time regular and postseason record 829 477 276 59All-time playoff series record: 15–7
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