2024–25 Vegas Golden Knights season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2024–25
Year:	2024
Team:	Vegas Golden Knights
Division:	Pacific
Conference:	Western
Record:	0–0–0
Homerecord:	0–0–0
Roadrecord:	0–0–0
Goalsfor:	0
Goalsagainst:	0
Generalmanager:	Kelly McCrimmon
Coach:	Bruce Cassidy
Captain:	Mark Stone
Altcaptain:	Jack Eichel William Karlsson Alex Pietrangelo
Arena:	T-Mobile Arena
Minorleague:	Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) Tahoe Knight Monsters (ECHL)

The 2024–25 Vegas Golden Knights season will be the eighth season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The 2024 preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2024.^[1]

2024 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Vegas	–
2	September 25		–	Vegas
3	September 27		–	Vegas
4	October 1	Vegas	–
5	October 3	Colorado	–	Vegas
6	October 5	San Jose	–	Vegas

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 2, 2024.^[2]

2024–25 game log
October: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 – Vegas 2 October 11 – Vegas 3 October 13 – Vegas 4 October 15 Vegas – 5 October 17 Vegas – 6 October 19 Vegas – 7 October 22 – Vegas 8 October 25 – Vegas 9 October 26 – Vegas 10 October 28 – Vegas 11 October 30 Vegas – Los Angeles November: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 – Vegas 13 November 6 Vegas – 14 November 8 Vegas – 15 November 11 – Vegas 16 November 13 Vegas – 17 November 15 Vegas – Utah 18 November 17 – Vegas 19 November 20 Vegas – 20 November 21 Vegas – 21 November 23 Vegas – 22 November 25 Vegas – 23 November 27 Vegas – 24 November 29 – Vegas 25 November 30 Utah – Vegas December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 3 – Vegas 27 December 4 Vegas – 28 December 6 – Vegas 29 December 12 Vegas – 30 December 14 Vegas – Edmonton 31 December 15 Vegas – 32 December 19 – Vegas 33 December 21 – Vegas 34 December 23 Anaheim – Vegas 35 December 27 Vegas – 36 December 29 – Vegas 37 December 31 – Vegas January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 – Vegas 39 January 4 – Vegas 40 January 7 Vegas – 41 January 9 – Vegas 42 January 11 – Vegas 43 January 12 – Vegas 44 January 14 Vegas – 45 January 17 Vegas – 46 January 18 Vegas – 47 January 20 – Vegas 48 January 23 Vegas – St. Louis 49 January 24 Vegas – 50 January 26 – Vegas 51 January 28 Dallas – Vegas 52 January 30 – Vegas February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 2 Vegas – 54 February 4 Vegas – 55 February 6 Vegas – 56 February 8 Vegas – 57 February 22 – Vegas 58 February 24 Vegas – 59 February 27 – Vegas March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 2 – Vegas 61 March 5 – Vegas 62 March 7 – Vegas 63 March 9 – Vegas 64 March 11 Vegas – Pittsburgh 65 March 13 Vegas – 66 March 15 Vegas – 67 March 16 Vegas – 68 March 20 – Vegas 69 March 22 Detroit – Vegas 70 March 23 – Vegas 71 March 25 Vegas – 72 March 28 Vegas – 73 March 29 Vegas – April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 – Vegas 75 April 3 – Vegas 76 April 5 Vegas – 77 April 6 Vegas – 78 April 8 Vegas – 79 April 10 – Vegas 80 April 12 – Vegas 81 April 15 Vegas – Calgary 82 April 16 Vegas – Vancouver
Legend:

Transactions

See also: 2024–25 NHL transactions. The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level.
Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2024	To Washington Capitals Logan Thompson	To Vegas Golden Knights NYI 3rd-round pick in 2024 3rd-round pick in 2025	^[3]
June 29, 2024	To New Jersey Devils Paul Cotter 3rd-round pick in 2025	To Vegas Golden Knights Alexander Holtz Akira Schmid	^[4]
June 29, 2024	To Washington Capitals 7th-round pick in 2024	To Vegas Golden Knights 6th-round pick in 2025	^[5]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
			1-year	Free agency	^[6]
			2-year		^[7]
			1-year		^[8]
					^[9]
					^[10]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
			3-year	Free agency	^[11]
			1-year		^[12]
			5-year		^[13]
			1-year		^[14]
			2-year		^[15]
			7-year		^[16]
		Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)	1-year		^[17]
			6-year		^[18]
		Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)	1-year		^[19]
		Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)			^[20]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
		2-year
			^[21]

Draft picks

See also: List of Vegas Golden Knights draft picks. Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 to 29, 2022, at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

Round		Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	19	Trevor Connelly	LW		Tri-City Storm (USHL)
3	83	Pavel Moysevich	G		SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL)
6	180	Trent Swick	LW		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	197	Lucas Van Vilet	RW		U.S. NTDP (USHL)

Notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vegas Golden Knights Announce Game Schedule for 2024-25 Preseason . NHL.com . June 20, 2024 . June 20, 2024.
2. Web site: NHL Announces 2024-25 Regular-Season Schedule for Vegas Golden Knights . NHL.com . July 2, 2024 . July 2, 2024.
3. Web site: Thompson traded to Capitals by Golden Knights . NHL.com . June 29, 2024.
4. Web site: Golden Knights acquire Alexander Holtz, Akira Schmid from Devils for Paul Cotter, pick . Sportsnet.ca . June 29, 2024.
5. Web site: Capitals grab late pick from Golden Knights at NHL Draft . sportsnet.ca . June 29, 2024.
6. Web site: Vegas Golden Knights sign F Zach Aston-Reese to one-year, two-way contract . Sportsnet.ca . July 1, 2024 . July 2, 2024.
7. Web site: Vegas Golden Knights sign C Tanner Laczynski to two-year deal . Sportsnet.ca . July 1, 2024 . July 2, 2024.
8. Web site: Samsonov signs 1-year, $1.8 million contract with Golden Knights . NHL.com . July 1, 2024 . July 2, 2024.
9. Web site: Gaudio . Julian . Golden Knights Sign Two Players To League-Minimum Deals . The Hockey News . July 3, 2024 . July 3, 2024.
10. Web site: Vegas Golden Knights Sign Forward Victor Olofsson to One-Year Contract . Vegas Golden Knights . July 2, 2024 . July 2, 2024.
11. Web site: D'Amico . Sydney . Amadio returns . Ottawa Senators . July 1, 2024 . July 2, 2024.
12. Web site: Flames Sign Forward Anthony Mantha . Calgary Flames . July 1, 2024 . July 2, 2024.
13. Web site: Predators Agree to Terms with Jonathan Marchessault on Five-Year, $27.5 Million Contract . Nashville Predators . July 1, 2024 . 1 July 2024 .
14. Web site: Blackhawks Sign Veteran Alec Martinez to One-Year Deal . Chicago Blackhawks . July 1, 2024.
15. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Goaltender Jiří Patera on a Two-Year, Two-Way Contract . Vancouver Canucks . July 1, 2024.
16. Web site: Cup Winner Alert 2: Kraken Add Stephenson . Condor . Bob . Seattle Kraken . July 1, 2024.
17. Web site: Шелдон Ремпал – в «Салавате»! . Sheldon Rempal is in Salavat! . hcsalavat.ru . July 2, 2024 . July 2, 2024 . ru.
18. Web site: Canes Sign Carrier To Six-Year Contract . July 3, 2024 . July 3, 2024.
19. Web site: Zislis . Mikhail . Канадский центрфорвард Фрейз перейдет в «Локомотив» . Canadian center forward Froese will move to Lokomotiv . sport-express.ru . July 13, 2024 . July 14, 2024 . ru.
20. Web site: Abbotsford sign Ahac to AHL contract . . July 23, 2024 . July 23, 2024 .
21. Web site: Golden Knights Sign Akira Schmid To Two-Year Deal . The Hockey News . July 3, 2024 . July 3, 2024.