How much cap space do the Vegas Golden Knights have?

The Vegas Golden Knights have approximately $-3.8M in salary cap space for the 2026–27 NHL season, against the $104.0M upper limit. That is based on a current cap hit of about $107.8M across 22 players on the books.

How much cap space will the Golden Knights have at the trade deadline?

Approximately $0.0M of deadline-day cap capacity, projected from about $-3.8M of current space. A contract added on deadline day only counts its prorated share of the season, so each $1M of space accrued across the full season is worth roughly $4.73M at the Monday, March 1, 2027 deadline. This assumes the current roster holds.

Which Golden Knights players have the biggest cap hits?

Jack Eichel ($13.5M), Mitch Marner ($12.0M), Mark Stone ($9.5M) carry the largest cap hits on the Vegas Golden Knights books for the 2026–27 season.

How does LTIR cap relief work in the NHL?

A team placing a player on long-term injured reserve can exceed the salary cap by up to that player's cap hit, but only once it has used up its normal cap space. Relief for a return-eligible LTIR player is capped at the prior season's league-average salary; a player declared out for the season (SELTIR) relieves their full cap hit. The Golden Knights are currently getting about $4.0M of usable LTIR relief.

What is the NHL salary cap for the 2026–27 season?

The NHL upper limit for the 2026–27 season is $104.0M. Every team's combined cap hits must fit under that figure, with long-term injured reserve the main mechanism for exceeding it.

Cap situation

Golden Knights Salary Cap 2026–27

The Golden Knights carry a combined cap hit of approximately $111.7M across 22 players on the books, leaving about $-3.8M of cap space against the $104.0M2026–27 upper limit. Every figure below is approximate and rebuilt daily — see how to read this.

2026–27 season · Updated September 1, 2026

Annual Salary Cap

$104,000,000

League-wide upper limit

Current Cap Hit

$107,752,954

100.0% of the cap used

Current Cap Space

-$3,752,954

0.0% available

LTIR Effect

$3,973,228

Cap relief active

Cap Space (Healthy)

$6,973,818

Without injured players

Injured Cap Hit

$5,900,000

IR, SELTIR and injured non-roster hits; excludes LTIR

Cap Allocation100.0% used

Projected cap hit: $107,752,954

Projected cap space: -$3,752,954

Cap space at the 2026–27 trade deadline

NHL trade deadline

Monday, March 1, 2027

181 days away

Projected deadline cap space

$0.0M

Approximate, from $-3.8M of current space

Each $1M of current cap space becomes about $4.73M in deadline-space capacity, because a contract added on deadline day only counts its prorated share of the season. The multiplier is a season constant (194 season days ÷ 41 days remaining at the deadline); the projected figure moves day to day only because the roster does.

Golden Knights cap hits by player

#	Player	Pos	Cap hit	% of cap	Status
9	Jack Eichel	C	$13.50M	13.0%	Active
93	Mitch Marner	R	$12.00M	11.5%	Active
61	Mark Stone	R	$9.50M	9.1%	Active
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	$8.80M	8.5%	LTIR
4	Rasmus Andersson	D	$8.50M	8.2%	Active
27	Shea Theodore	D	$7.42M	7.1%	Active
15	Noah Hanifin	D	$7.35M	7.1%	Active
48	Tomas Hertl	C	$6.75M	6.5%	Active
33	Adin Hill	G	$6.25M	6.0%	Active
71	William Karlsson	C	$5.90M	5.7%	IR
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	$5.00M	4.8%	Active
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	$4.00M	3.8%	Active
3	Brayden McNabb	D	$3.65M	3.5%	Active
26	Nic Dowd	C	$3.00M	2.9%	Active
21	Brett Howden	C	$2.50M	2.4%	Active
79	Carter Hart	G	$2.00M	1.9%	Active
95	Victor Olofsson	R	$1.64M	1.6%	Active
42	Braeden Bowman	R	$0.91M	0.9%	Active
17	Marc Gatcomb	C	$0.88M	0.8%	Active
30	Carl Lindbom	G	$0.84M	0.8%	Active
10	Alexander Holtz	R	$0.84M	0.8%	Active
29	Parker Wotherspoon	D	$0.50M	0.5%	Active

Off-roster potential cap hit

Not on the active roster, so these hits are not included in the totals above. Most are currently assigned to the Henderson Silver Knights and would count fully against the cap if recalled to Vegas.

#	Player	Pos	Cap hit	% of cap	Status
84	Jeremy Davies	D	$1.15M	1.1%	Non-roster
24	Trevor Connelly	L	$1.01M	1.0%	Non-roster
36	Raphael Lavoie	C	$0.90M	0.9%	Non-roster
28	Tanner Laczynski	C	$0.90M	0.9%	Non-roster
77	Kai Uchacz	C	$0.88M	0.8%	Non-roster
-	Antti Tuomisto	D	$0.88M	0.8%	Non-roster
-	Adam Ginning	D	$0.88M	0.8%	Non-roster
52	Dylan Coghlan	D	$0.88M	0.8%	Non-roster
46	Jonas Rondbjerg	R	$0.85M	0.8%	Non-roster
14	Ville Heinola	D	$0.85M	0.8%	Non-roster
88	Jaycob Megna	D	$0.80M	0.8%	Non-roster

How to read these numbers

Every figure here is approximate. The page is rebuilt from the roster once a day; it is a readable projection, not a transaction-level ledger.

LTIR relief is the loosest part. An LTIR player's full cap hit is counted against the roster here and the relief is netted off separately. On an LTIR-heavy roster that can overstate the effective space a team actually has to spend. For who is currently on long-term injured reserve, see the Golden Knights injury report.

The deadline projection assumes today's roster holds and that cap space accrues evenly across the season. Teams operating in LTIR accrue differently — their deadline capacity is effectively their remaining LTIR pool, not the multiplier above.

Retained salary, buyouts and dead money are not modelled. Cap hits come from the roster database and exclude players already traded away.

Golden Knights salary cap FAQ

How much cap space do the Vegas Golden Knights have?: The Vegas Golden Knights have approximately $-3.8M in salary cap space for the 2026–27 NHL season, against the $104.0M upper limit. That is based on a current cap hit of about $107.8M across 22 players on the books.
How much cap space will the Golden Knights have at the trade deadline?: Approximately $0.0M of deadline-day cap capacity, projected from about $-3.8M of current space. A contract added on deadline day only counts its prorated share of the season, so each $1M of space accrued across the full season is worth roughly $4.73M at the Monday, March 1, 2027 deadline. This assumes the current roster holds.
Which Golden Knights players have the biggest cap hits?: Jack Eichel ($13.5M), Mitch Marner ($12.0M), Mark Stone ($9.5M) carry the largest cap hits on the Vegas Golden Knights books for the 2026–27 season.
How does LTIR cap relief work in the NHL?: A team placing a player on long-term injured reserve can exceed the salary cap by up to that player's cap hit, but only once it has used up its normal cap space. Relief for a return-eligible LTIR player is capped at the prior season's league-average salary; a player declared out for the season (SELTIR) relieves their full cap hit. The Golden Knights are currently getting about $4.0M of usable LTIR relief.
What is the NHL salary cap for the 2026–27 season?: The NHL upper limit for the 2026–27 season is $104.0M. Every team's combined cap hits must fit under that figure, with long-term injured reserve the main mechanism for exceeding it.

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