The Vegas Golden Knights had a strong offseason that came on the heels of disappointment in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Specifically, the Golden Knights were exposed for their lack of depth against the Edmonton Oilers. Edmonton routed Vegas after a 4-1 second-round win. Vegas will receive plenty of NHL future odds love for the upcoming season, which could be another banner campaign. Of course, the Vegas Golden Knights won the 2025 offseason with the acquisition of Mitchell Marner from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Vegas has again captured the attention of future market gamblers.
2025-26 Vegas Golden Knights
| Stanley Cup Odds: | +800 |
|---|---|
| Western Conference Championship Odds: | +450 |
| Team Point Total: | 107.5 |
2025 Golden Knights Key Players, Goaltending, and Coach
Head coach Bruce Cassidy also served in that role for the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins. Previously, he led the Bruins to the 2019 Stanley Cup Final, where Boston lost in seven games to the St. Louis Blues. Cassidy had a career online betting record at the start of the season of 437-228-9-79. Including 145-73-26 with Vegas and a Stanley Cup.
G Adin Hill was the hero of the Stanley Cup championship run with a .915 save percentage and 2.50 goals against average. His save percentage in the playoffs was .932. In 2024, Hill had a .909 save percentage. Last season, Hill has had a 2.47 goals against average and a .906 save percentage. His record is 32-13-5 with four shutouts.
Jack Eichel, the second overall pick after Connor McDavid in the 2015 NHL Draft, is the marquee man on the VGK. Last year, Eichel had 27 goals, 66 assists, 93 points, and a +30.
Namely, Mitchell Marner arrives in Sin City after a bittersweet career with his hometown team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Marner is a 3-time All-Star with 221 career goals, 520 career assists, and 741 career points. Last year, he scored 27 goals, recorded 75 assists, and finished with 102 points, all while maintaining a +14 rating. However, in 70 playoff games, he scored only 13 goals with 50 assists and 63 points.
2025 Vegas Team Overview
Vegas has long been respected in the gambling community as a franchise that has always been all-in for the Stanley Cup championship. Since opening its doors for business in 2017, Vegas has been in the NHL odds conversation for hockey’s Holy Grail.
In: Mitch Marner, Colton Sissons, Jeremy Lauzon
Out: Nicolas Roy, Victor Olofsson, Alex Pietrangelo, Nicolas Hague, Ilya Samsonov
Certainly, no team added a better player this summer than Vegas. The VGK acquired a franchise star in Mitch Marner at a fair price. Marner completely changes Vegas’ forward dynamic. Specifically, Vegas is adding an elite point producer with serious defensive chops at the top of the lineup. Adding Marner to a team that already features Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, and William Karlsson is a serious luxury to Vegas’ two-way ability.
To conclude the regular season, the Vegas Golden Knights were 50-22-10 straight up and 10 over/under the total. Also, Vegas was second in the Western Conference playoff standings, six points behind the Winnipeg Jets.
Vegas had NHL rankings of 5th for goals scored and 2nd for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Golden Knights had NHL rankings of 4th for goals against and 27th for penalty killing.
Vegas Golden Knights History
Born in 2017 as an expansion team, the Vegas Golden Knights immediately made history by making it to the 2018 Stanley Cup Final. No first-year expansion team in North American major league history had ever accomplished such a feat since the 1968 St. Louis Blues. The Blues had the advantage of playing in a division comprised of fellow expansion teams. Finally, the Golden Knights won the 2023 Stanley Cup championship.