The 2025–26 Vegas Golden Knights season will be the

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season for the

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franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The 2025 preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2025.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 16, 2025.

Player statistics

Updated to games played , 2025

Skaters

Goaltenders

^†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 denotes new franchise record.

Roster

Transactions

The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season. Key: Contract is entry-level.
Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the

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, which was held on June 27 to 28, 2025, at the

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References

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