The Golden Knights are still waiting on a milestone that most contenders chase within a few seasons: their first 100-point player. It’s a strange little piece of franchise history, especially for a club that has already lifted the Stanley Cup and has had star power in the lineup from the start.
Vegas is one of only two NHL teams to win the Cup without ever producing a 100-point player, and the list of clubs that have never had one still includes the Seattle Kraken, Utah Mammoth, Columbus Blue Jackets, Nashville Predators, and New Jersey Devils. That history makes the next breakthrough feel less like a question of possibility and more like a matter of timing.
Three names stand out as the most realistic candidates, starting with the longest of long shots: Mark Stone. Injuries have kept the captain from fully reaching the ceiling his game once suggested, but he has still carved out an impressive career as a sixth-round pick in 2010.
Stone is an eight-time 20-goal scorer and a leader on a Stanley Cup-winning team, and last season he matched a career high with 73 points in only 60 games. With the final season of his deal ahead and, if healthy, a little help around him, he could make a run at the mark - but it remains a long shot.
Mitch Marner fits the profile in a different way. It took him nine seasons to get to 100 points, even though he had come close three times before.
He’s been much more of a distributor than a finisher over his career, with 576 assists and 245 goals, so if he gets there in Vegas, plenty of teammates will be cashing in on his passes. At 29, with seven seasons left on his current deal, Marner has time on his side, and he already gave Golden Knights fans a taste of what he can do with 29 points in 22 games during last year’s Cup run.
Still, the clearest answer is Jack Eichel. Vegas went all-in to land him from the Buffalo Sabres in 2021, and the former No. 2 pick in the 2015 draft has delivered.
He opened slowly with 25 points in his first 34 games, then settled into a point-per-game rhythm and never really looked back. In 2024-25, Eichel set the franchise record with 94 points, piling up 28 goals and 66 assists.
He also helped Stone reach the 20-goal mark for the first time in eight seasons and finished with 90 points, making him the first two-time 90-point player in team history.
Even with Marner now in the mix, Eichel is the clear favorite to become the first Golden Knights player to hit 100 points. For the fifth-leading scorer in franchise history, it would be a fitting next step.
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