2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season

The 2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season was the third season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. They made the playoffs for the third straight season after losing in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs to the San Jose Sharks the year prior. On October 17, 2019, the NHL suspended Valentin Zykov for 20 regular season games for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Golden Knights advanced to the playoffs and earned the top seed in the Western Conference during the Stanley Cup Qualifiers. In the First Round they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games. The Golden Knights advanced to their second Conference Final in three years after defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the Second Round. The Golden Knights season came to an end in the fifth game of the Conference Finals as they fell to the Dallas Stars.

Regular season
The Golden Knights started their season with a 4–1 win against the San Jose Sharks on October 3. Cody Glass scored his first NHL goal in his debut game during the opener.

Western Conference

 * Tiebreaking procedures
 * 1) Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
 * 2) Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
 * 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
 * 4) Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
 * 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 (difference between goals for and goals against).
 * 7) Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.

Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.

Playoffs
The Golden Knights played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Vegas finished with a 3–0–0 record to clinch the first seed for the playoffs.

In the first round, the Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games.

In the second round, the Golden Knights faced the Vancouver Canucks, and defeated them in seven games.

The Golden Knights faced the Dallas Stars in the Conference Final, but were defeated in five games.

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 mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.

Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions
The Golden Knights were involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 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.

Draft picks
Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 to 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.