Are you ready for the most absurd statistic about the Vegas Golden Knights? The franchise has won six Pacific Division titles, three Western Conference titles, and the Stanley Cup in 10 years without a single player ever reaching 100 points during the regular season. It is now a part of the team’s lore, so much so that in the Bleacher Report’s latest Way-too-Early Bold Predictions, they think that Jack Eichel will become the first player in franchise history to achieve the feat in 2026-27.
The former second-overall pick from the 2015 Draft has come close the past two seasons, scoring a personal-best 94 points in 2024-25 and almost matching it last year with 90, becoming the only player in Golden Knights history to surpass the 90-point mark. Before Eichel set the bar at 94, the previous record belonged to Original Misfit, William Karlsson, who scored 78 points during the team’s inaugural season in 2017-18. Moreover, Jonathan Marchessault was the only other Vegas player to ever score 70 points in a season, with 75 that first year, until the 2025-26 campaign.
Last year, Mitch Marner’s first in the desert, he collected 80 points, which ranks third all time in team history, while captain Mark Stone finished with 73, a personal best, and sixth-best all time. Meanwhile, Eichel has reached these point totals by becoming more of a set-up man than a goal scorer. The two-time 30-goal scorer has reached that plateau only once since his 2021 trade from the Buffalo Sabres, but in the past two seasons, he’s collected 129 assists compared to 65 goals.
Heading into the 2026-27 season, Eichel is the fifth-highest scoring player from his draft class, behind Connor McDavid (1,220), Mitch Marner (821), Mikko Rantanen (782), and Sebastian Aho (711). The only player on this list without a 100-point season is Aho, who recently won the Stanley Cup over Eichel and Marner, but has never reached 90 points in a single year. Ultimately, the question heading into next season is whether or not Eichel breaks through the proverbial glass ceiling and joins the likes of McDavid and Rantanen in the 100-point club and makes franchise history in the process. Bleacher Report thinks so; let’s hope he does too.
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