2021–22 Vegas Golden Knights season

The 2021–22 Vegas Golden Knights season was the fifth season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. Despite high expectations entering the season,^[2][3] the Golden Knights missed the playoffs for the first (and, as of the 2024–25 season, only) time in franchise history, as they were eliminated from playoff contention following a 4–3 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on April 27, 2022.^[4]

2021–22 Vegas Golden Knights
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	9th Western
2021–22 record	43–31–8
Home record	22–15–4
Road record	21–16–4
Goals for	266
Goals against	248
Team information
General manager	Kelly McCrimmon
Coach	Peter DeBoer
Captain	Mark Stone
Alternate captains	Alex Pietrangelo Reilly Smith
Arena	T-Mobile Arena
Average attendance	18,100[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jonathan Marchessault (30)
Assists	Chandler Stephenson (43)
Points	Jonathan Marchessault (66)
Penalty minutes	Keegan Kolesar (68)
Plus/minus	Zach Whitecloud (+21)
Wins	Robin Lehner (23)
Goals against average	Logan Thompson (2.68)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Calgary Flames	82	50	21	11	44	293	208	+85	111
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	49	27	6	38	290	252	+38	104
3	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	44	27	11	35	239	236	+3	99
4	Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	31	8	34	266	248	+18	94
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	40	30	12	32	249	236	+13	92
6	San Jose Sharks	82	32	37	13	22	214	264	−50	77
7	Anaheim Ducks	82	31	37	14	22	232	271	−39	76
8	Seattle Kraken	82	27	49	6	23	216	285	−69	60

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	46	30	6	31	238	246	−8	98
2	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	45	30	7	35	266	252	+14	97
3	PA	Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	31	8	34	266	248	+18	94
4	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	40	30	12	32	249	236	+13	92
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	39	32	11	32	252	257	−5	89
6	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	32	37	13	22	214	264	−50	77
7	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	31	37	14	22	232	271	−39	76
8	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	28	42	12	16	219	291	−72	68
9	PA	Seattle Kraken	82	27	49	6	23	216	285	−69	60
10	CE	Arizona Coyotes	82	25	50	7	18	207	313	−106	57

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021.^[7] Due to COVID-19-related postponements and the NHL's withdrawal from Olympic participation, substantial updates to the schedule were published on January 19, 2022.^[8]

2021–22 game log
October: 4–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Seattle 3–4 Vegas Lehner 18,431 1–0–0 2 [9] 2 October 14 Vegas 2–6 Los Angeles Lehner 16,589 1–1–0 2 [10] 3 October 20 St. Louis 3–1 Vegas Lehner 17,690 1–2–0 2 [11] 4 October 22 Edmonton 5–3 Vegas Lehner 17,978 1–3–0 2 [12] 5 October 24 NY Islanders 2–0 Vegas Lehner 17,699 1–4–0 2 [13] 6 October 26 Vegas 3–1 Colorado Lehner 17,724 2–4–0 4 [14] 7 October 27 Vegas 3–2 Dallas OT Brossoit 18,114 3–4–0 6 [15] 8 October 29 Anaheim 4–5 Vegas SO Lehner 18,029 4–4–0 8 [16]
November: 8–5–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Vegas 0–4 Toronto Lehner 18,689 4–5–0 8 [17] 10 November 4 Vegas 5–1 Ottawa Lehner 13,211 5–5–0 10 [18] 11 November 6 Vegas 5–2 Montreal Lehner 20,156 6–5–0 12 [19] 12 November 7 Vegas 2–5 Detroit Brossoit 16,598 6–6–0 12 [20] 13 November 9 Seattle 2–4 Vegas Lehner 18,246 7–6–0 14 [21] 14 November 11 Minnesota 2–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,267 8–6–0 16 [22] 15 November 13 Vancouver 4–7 Vegas Lehner 18,264 9–6–0 18 [23] 16 November 16 Carolina 4–2 Vegas Lehner 17,737 9–7–0 18 [24] 17 November 18 Detroit 2–5 Vegas Lehner 18,002 10–7–0 20 [25] 18 November 20 Columbus 2–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,313 11–7–0 22 [26] 19 November 22 Vegas 2–5 St. Louis Lehner 18,096 11–8–0 22 [27] 20 November 24 Vegas 5–2 Nashville Lehner 17,174 12–8–0 24 [28] 21 November 27 Edmonton 3–2 Vegas Lehner 18,381 12–9–0 24 [29]
December: 10–3–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 6–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 Vegas 5–6 Anaheim Lehner 11,902 12–10–0 24 [30] 23 December 3 Vegas 7–1 Arizona Brossoit 12,389 13–10–0 26 [31] 24 December 5 Calgary 2–3 Vegas Lehner 18,077 14–10–0 28 [32] 25 December 8 Dallas 4–5 Vegas Brossoit 17,843 15–10–0 30 [33] 26 December 10 Philadelphia 4–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,011 15–11–0 30 [34] 27 December 12 Minnesota 4–6 Vegas Lehner 18,001 16–11–0 32 [35] 28 December 14 Vegas 4–1 Boston Lehner 17,850 17–11–0 34 [36] 29 December 16 Vegas 5–3 New Jersey Lehner 12,724 18–11–0 36 [37] 30 December 17 Vegas 3–2 NY Rangers SO Brossoit 17,400 19–11–0 38 [38] 31 December 19 Vegas 4–3 NY Islanders SO Lehner 17,255 20–11–0 40 [39] 32 December 21 Tampa Bay 4–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,217 20–12–0 40 [40] — December 23 Los Angeles – Vegas Postponed due to league-wide COVID-19 shutdown.[41] Makeup date February 18.[42] — December 27 Colorado – Vegas Postponed due to league-wide COVID-19 shutdown.[43] Makeup date February 16.[42] 33 December 28 Vegas 6–3 Los Angeles Brossoit 14,887 21–12–0 42 [44] 34 December 31 Anaheim 1–3 Vegas Brossoit 18,022 22–12–0 44 [45]
January: 4–4–3 (home: 2–3–2; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 35 January 2 Winnipeg 5–4 Vegas OT Brossoit 17,888 22–12–1 45 [46] 36 January 4 Nashville 3–2 Vegas Thompson 17,804 22–13–1 45 [47] 37 January 6 NY Rangers 1–5 Vegas Lehner 18,117 23–13–1 47 [48] 38 January 8 Chicago 2–1 Vegas Lehner 18,367 23–14–1 47 [49] 39 January 11 Toronto 4–3 Vegas SO Lehner 17,911 23–14–2 48 [50] — January 14 Vegas – Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19 attendance restrictions.[51] Makeup date February 8.[42] — January 15 Vegas – Calgary Postponed due to COVID-19 attendance restrictions.[51] Makeup date February 9.[42] 40 January 17 Pittsburgh 5–3 Vegas Lehner 18,213 23–15–2 48 [52] 41 January 20 Montreal 3–4 Vegas OT Lehner 18,121 24–15–2 50 [53] 42 January 24 Vegas 1–0 Washington Lehner 18,573 25–15–2 52 [54] 43 January 25 Vegas 3–4 Carolina OT Brossoit 15,228 25–15–3 53 [55] 44 January 27 Vegas 1–4 Florida Lehner 15,400 25–16–3 53 [56] 45 January 29 Vegas 3–2 Tampa Bay SO Lehner 19,092 26–16–3 55 [57]
February: 3–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 46 February 1 Buffalo 2–5 Vegas Lehner 18,235 27–16–3 57 [58] 47 February 8 Vegas 4–0 Edmonton Brossoit 9,150[a] 28–16–3 59 [59] 48 February 9 Vegas 0–6 Calgary Lehner 9,639[a] 28–17–3 59 [60] 49 February 16 Colorado 2–0 Vegas Brossoit 18,209 28–18–3 59 [61] 50 February 18 Los Angeles 4–3 Vegas OT Brossoit 18,238 28–18–4 60 [62] 51 February 20 Vegas 4–1 San Jose Thompson 11,504 29–18–4 62 [63] 52 February 25 Vegas 1–3 Arizona Brossoit 11,934 29–19–4 62 [64] 53 February 26 Colorado 3–2 Vegas Brossoit 18,333 29–20–4 62 [65]
March: 8–8–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 March 1 San Jose 1–3 Vegas Lehner 17,819 30–20–4 64 [66] 55 March 3 Boston 5–2 Vegas Lehner 18,109 30–21–4 64 [67] 56 March 4 Vegas 5–4 Anaheim Brossoit 12,586 31–21–4 66 [68] 57 March 6 Ottawa 1–2 Vegas Lehner 17,909 32–21–4 68 [69] 58 March 8 Vegas 1–2 Philadelphia Lehner 14,482 32–22–4 68 [70] 59 March 10 Vegas 1–3 Buffalo Brossoit 12,437 32–23–4 68 [71] 60 March 11 Vegas 2–5 Pittsburgh Brossoit 18,341 32–24–4 68 [72] 61 March 13 Vegas 4–6 Columbus Thompson 16,087 32–25–4 68 [73] 62 March 15 Vegas 3–7 Winnipeg Brossoit 13,470 32–26–4 68 [74] 63 March 17 Florida 3–5 Vegas Thompson 18,265 33–26–4 70 [75] 64 March 19 Los Angeles 1–5 Vegas Thompson 18,136 34–26–4 72 [76] 65 March 21 Vegas 0–3 Minnesota Thompson 17,498 34–27–4 72 [77] 66 March 22 Vegas 0–4 Winnipeg Thompson 13,690 34–28–4 72 [78] 67 March 24 Nashville 1–6 Vegas Thompson 18,021 35–28–4 74 [79] 68 March 26 Chicago 4–5 Vegas OT Thompson 18,301 36–28–4 76 [80] 69 March 30 Vegas 3–0 Seattle Thompson 17,151 37–28–4 78 [81]
April: 6–3–4 (home: 2–2–1; road: 4–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 70 April 1 Vegas 5–2 Seattle Thompson 17,151 38–28–4 80 [82] 71 April 3 Vegas 3–2 Vancouver OT Lehner 18,969 39–28–4 82 [83] 72 April 6 Vancouver 5–1 Vegas Lehner 18,113 39–29–4 82 [84] 73 April 9 Arizona 1–6 Vegas Lehner 18,123 40–29–4 84 [85] 74 April 12 Vegas 4–5 Vancouver OT Lehner 18,717 40–29–5 85 [86] 75 April 14 Vegas 6–1 Calgary Thompson 17,070 41–29–5 87 [87] 76 April 16 Vegas 0–4 Edmonton Thompson 17,757 41–30–5 87 [88] 77 April 18 New Jersey 3–2 Vegas Lehner 18,077 41–31–5 87 [89] 78 April 20 Washington 3–4 Vegas OT Thompson 18,240 42–31–5 89 [90] 79 April 24 San Jose 5–4 Vegas SO Thompson 18,367 42–31–6 90 [91] 80 April 26 Vegas 2–3 Dallas SO Thompson 18,532 42–31–7 91 [92] 81 April 27 Vegas 3–4 Chicago SO Thompson 19,660 42–31–8 92 [93] 82 April 29 Vegas 7–4 St. Louis Thompson 18,096 43–31–8 94 [94]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Player statistics

Updated to games played April 29, 2022

Skaters

Regular season^[95]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jonathan Marchessault	76	30	36	66	+3	36
Chandler Stephenson	79	21	43	64	+5	26
Shea Theodore	78	14	38	52	+6	24
Alex Pietrangelo	80	13	31	44	+7	42
Evgenii Dadonov	78	20	23	43	+4	18
Nicolas Roy	78	15	24	39	+12	51
Reilly Smith	56	16	22	38	+4	8
Max Pacioretty	39	19	18	37	+8	33
William Karlsson	67	12	23	35	+3	10
Mark Stone	37	9	21	30	+7	8
Jack Eichel	34	14	11	25	+3	10
Mattias Janmark	67	9	16	25	+3	21
Keegan Kolesar	77	7	17	24	–6	68
William Carrier	63	9	11	20	+7	34
Brett Howden	47	9	11	20	+9	12
Zach Whitecloud	59	8	11	19	+21	20
Michael Amadio†	53	11	7	18	0	15
Brayden McNabb	69	3	15	18	+10	42
Nicolas Hague	52	4	10	14	+6	38
Ben Hutton	58	3	10	13	+7	32
Dylan Coghlan	59	3	10	13	−5	18
Alec Martinez	26	3	5	8	+6	4
Nolan Patrick	25	2	5	7	+1	6
Jake Leschyshyn	41	2	4	6	–2	8
Jonas Rondbjerg	30	2	4	6	0	4
Adam Brooks†‡	7	2	0	2	+3	2
Paul Cotter	7	2	0	2	+1	6
Derrick Pouliot‡	2	0	1	1	0	2
Daniil Miromanov	11	0	1	1	0	2
Sven Baertschi	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Ben Jones	2	0	0	0	0	2
Brayden Pachal	2	0	0	0	−2	0
Peyton Krebs‡	9	0	0	0	−6	2
Kaedan Korczak	1	0	0	0	+1	0
Pavel Dorofeyev	2	0	0	0	–1	2
Zack Hayes	3	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[96]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Robin Lehner	44	44	2,546:39	23	17	2	120	2.83	1,288	.907	1	0	1	10
Laurent Brossoit	24	21	1,281:23	10	9	3	62	2.90	588	.895	1	0	0	0
Logan Thompson	19	17	1,097:44	10	5	3	49	2.68	569	.914	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 or waived 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 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 24, 2021	To Detroit Red Wings NJD 2nd-round pick in 2021	To Vegas Golden Knights 2nd-round pick in 2021 TBL 4th-round pick in 2021	[97]
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	To Chicago Blackhawks Marc-Andre Fleury	To Vegas Golden Knights Mikael Hakkarainen	[98]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	To Ottawa Senators Nick Holden VAN 3rd-round pick in 2022	To Vegas Golden Knights Evgenii Dadonov	[99]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	To New York Rangers Ryan Reaves	To Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2022	[100]
November 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)	To Buffalo Sabres Peyton Krebs Alex Tuch Conditional 1st-round pick in 2022 or 2023 Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2023 or 2024	To Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2023 or 2024	[101]
June 16, 2022 (2022-06-16)	To Montreal Canadiens Evgenii Dadonov	To Vegas Golden Knights Shea Weber	[102]

Voided trade

On March 21, 2022, the date of the NHL's trade deadline, the Golden Knights attempted to trade forward Evgenii Dadonov and a 2nd-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman John Moore and the contract of retired forward Ryan Kesler.^[103] However, the trade was voided by the NHL on March 23, as Dadonov's limited no-trade clause had not been complied with.^[104]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Sven Baertschi	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency	[105]
	Laurent Brossoit	Winnipeg Jets	2-year	Free agency	[105]
October 28, 2021 (2021-10-28)	Ben Hutton	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[106]
October 30, 2021 (2021-10-30)	Michael Amadio	Toronto Maple Leafs		Waivers	[107]
November 17, 2021 (2021-11-17)	Adam Brooks	Montreal Canadiens		Waivers	[108]
March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17)	Derrick Pouliot	Henderson Silver Knights (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[109]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Carl Dahlstrom	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[110]
	Tomas Nosek	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	[111]
	Jimmy Schuldt	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[112]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Danny O'Regan	Anaheim Ducks	2-year	Free agency	[113]
	Dylan Sikura	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	[114]
August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10)	Tyrell Goulbourne	Belleville Senators (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[115]
August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)	Mikael Hakkarainen			Mutual termination	[116]
August 20, 2021 (2021-08-20)		TPS (Liiga)	1-year	Free agency	[117]
September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)	Reid Duke	Henderson Silver Knights (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[118]
October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11)	Patrick Brown	Philadelphia Flyers		Waivers	[119]
November 3, 2021 (2021-11-03)	Tomas Jurco	Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[120]
January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)	Lucas Elvenes	Anaheim Ducks		Waivers	[121]
February 16, 2022 (2022-02-16)	Adam Brooks	Toronto Maple Leafs		Waivers	[122]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	Derrick Pouliot	Seattle Kraken		Waivers	[123]
May 11, 2022 (2022-05-11)	Sven Baertschi	SC Bern (NL)	3-year	Free agency	[124]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Patrick Brown	2-year	Re-signing	[105]
	Mattias Janmark	1-year	Re-signing	[105]
	Alec Martinez	3-year	Re-signing	[125]
	Gage Quinney	1-year	Re-signing	[105]
September 16, 2021 (2021-09-16)	Dylan Coghlan	2-year	Re-signing	[126]
September 19, 2021 (2021-09-19)	Nolan Patrick	2-year	Re-signing	[127]
September 26, 2021 (2021-09-26)	Daniil Chayka	3-year	Entry-level	[128]
October 28, 2021 (2021-10-28)	Zach Whitecloud	6-year	Extension	[129]
December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02)	Zach Dean	3-year	Entry-level	[130]
January 30, 2022 (2022-01-30)	Michael Amadio	2-year	Extension	[131]
	Brayden McNabb	3-year	Extension	[131]
	Logan Thompson	3-year	Extension	[131]
March 5, 2022 (2022-03-05)	Ben Hutton	2-year	Extension	[132]
March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18)	Isaiah Saville	3-year	Entry-level	[133]
April 26, 2022 (2022-04-26)	Ivan Morozov	2-year	Entry-level	[134]
April 30, 2022 (2022-04-30)	Brendan Brisson	3-year	Entry-level	[135]
June 21, 2022 (2022-06-21)	Daniil Miromanov	2-year	Extension	[136]

Draft picks

See also: List of Vegas Golden Knights draft picks

Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	30	Zach Dean	C	Canada	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
2	38	Daniil Chayka	D	Russia	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
4	102	Jakub Brabenec	C	Czech Republic	HC Kometa Brno (ELH)
4	128	Jakub Demek	C	Slovakia	HC Kosice (Slovak Extraliga)
6	190	Artur Cholach	D	Ukraine	Sokil Kyiv (PHL)
7	222	Carl Lindbom	G	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (J20 SuperElit)

Notes

1. 50% capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions.