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The Golden Knights will play in a six-team rookie tournament from Aug. 7-10 at Great Park Ice in Irvine, Calif.
Wayne Gretzky scored a goal during the Los Angeles Kings’ victory over the New York Rangers in the NHL’s first game played outdoors that attracted a grasshopper horde.
Alex Meruelo has completed his purchase of the controlling interest in the Arizona Coyotes.
The Golden Knights traded winger Nikita Gusev for a 2020 third round pick and a 2021 second pick.
Alex Ovechkin has scored 627 career goals over the regular season and playoffs and is second in the league this year with 23, but was limited to just three shots Saturday in a 3-0 loss to Vegas.
Washington signed defenseman Nate Schmidt as an undrafted free agent, and he would eventually play 200 regular-season games, along with 21 in the playoffs, before being left unprotected in the expansion draft.
The playoff atmosphere so many believe will touch T-Mobile Arena come spring arrived a bit early Tuesday night, when Vegas beat Tampa Bay 4-3.
Coach Gerard Gallant and the Golden Knights welcome Florida to town, where the franchise that fired the coach in November 2016 gets its first look at the team he has directed to the best start in NHL history by an expansion side.
The Golden Knights welcomed the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins and seemingly most folks in a tri-state area who own Pittsburgh sweaters to T-Mobile Arena on Thursday, where Vegas posted a 2-1 win.
The magic of T-Mobile Arena found the Knights yet again, as a 2-0 lead was erased before the home team rallied to beat Anaheim 4-3 in a shootout before 17,608.
Marc-Andre Fleury remains on injured reserve for the Golden Knights, off the ice since an Oct. 13 home game against Detroit, during which he took a knee to the head from Anthony Mantha of the Red Wings.
The Knights won again Friday on an afternoon when they were anything but their best, making San Jose their latest T-Mobile Arena victim in a 5-4 overtime win.
The losing streak reached three for the Golden Knights, who fell to the Bruins 2-1 at TD Garden, and yet more than at any other time this season appeared to be the sort of side most had forecast from the season’s outset.
On a day when the biggest news regarding the NHL expansion team was supposed to be working toward a conclusion that is the obvious swing and miss in signing forward Vadim Shipachyov, the Knights saw a dire situation in net become even more grim.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. On the inside, you get The Strip (and now, the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
The Golden Knights traded winger Nikita Gusev for a 2020 third round pick and a 2021 second pick.
The 37-year-old defenseman is excited to stay in Las Vegas after signing a one-year, $700,000 contract that can reach up to $1.5 million with incentives.
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The one-year deal for the 37-year-old has a base salary of $700,000 and can reach up to $1.5 million, his base salary last season, with incentives.