The National Hockey League is one of the top attended professional sports in the world, as well as one of the top two attended indoor sports in both average and total attendance. As of the 2018–19 season the NHL averaged 18,250 live spectators per game, and 22,002,081 total for the season.[ 1]
Season leaders
Year
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
2000–01
Montreal Canadiens
Bell Centre
41
20,105
824,308
94.5%[ 2]
2001–02
Detroit Red Wings
Joe Louis Arena
41
20,058
822,378
100.0%[ 3]
2002–03
Montreal Canadiens
Bell Centre
41
20,672
847,586
97.2%[ 4]
2003–04
41
20,555
842,767
96.6%[ 5]
2004–05
No season due to 2004–05 NHL lockout
2005-06
Montreal Canadiens
Bell Centre
41
21,273
872,194
100.0%[ 6]
2006–07
41
21,273
872,193
100.0%[ 7]
2007–08
41
21,273
872,193
100.0%[ 8]
2008–09
Chicago Blackhawks
United Center
41
22,247
912,155
111.2%[ 9]
2009–10
40
21,356
854,267
108.3%[ 10]
2010–11
41
21,423
878,356
108.7%[ 11]
2011–12
41
21,533
882,874
109.2%[ 12]
2012–13
24
21,755
522,619
110.4%[ 13]
2013–14
41
22,623
927,545
117.6%[ 14]
2014–15
41
21,769
892,532
110.4%[ 15]
2015–16
41
22,859
896,240
110.9%[ 16]
2016–17
41
21,751
891,827
110.3%[ 17]
2017–18
41
21,653
887,794
109.8%[ 18]
2018–19
40
21,399
855,972
108.5%[ 19]
2019–20
34
21,441
729,000
108.7%[ 20]
2020–21 [ a]
Dallas Stars
American Airlines Center
28
4,341[ 22]
121,534
23.4%[ 23]
2021–22 [ a]
Tampa Bay Lightning
Amalie Arena
41
19,092
782,772
100.0%[ 24]
2022–23
Montreal Canadiens
Bell Centre
41
21,078
864,180
99.9%[ 25]
2023–24
41
21,099
865,074
99.9%[ 26]
Attendance statistics by season
2009–10
HP Pavilion
Scotiabank Place
Nationwide Arena
Madison Square Garden
Team Arena Home Games Average Attendance Total Attendance Capacity Percentage
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,273 872,193 100.0% [ 27]
Chicago Blackhawks United Center 40 21,356 854,267 108.3%
Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena 40 19,535 800,966 97.4%
Calgary Flames Pengrowth Saddledome 41 19,289 790,849 100.0%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 41 19,260 789,681 102.5%
Philadelphia Flyers Wachovia Center 41 19,546 781,847 100.2%
Vancouver Canucks GM Place 41 18,810 771,210 102.1%
Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena 41 18,529 759,695 99.1%
St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center 40 18,883 755,322 98.6%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 41 18,415 755,055 101.9%
Washington Capitals Verizon Center 41 18,277 749,357 100.0%
Ottawa Senators Scotiabank Place 41 18,269 749,061 98.8%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 18,076 741,128 99.3%
San Jose Sharks HP Pavilion at San Jose 41 17,558 719,904 100.4%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 41 17,313 709,853 93.6%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 17,215 705,817 92.9%
Pittsburgh Penguins Mellon Arena 41 17,078 700,211 100.7%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 41 17,388 695,543 99.0%
Edmonton Oilers Rexall Place 41 16,839 690,399 100.0%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 41 15,535 636,975 88.1%
Tampa Bay Lightning St. Pete Times Forum 41 15,497 635,388 78.4%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 15,416 632,086 85.0%
Carolina Hurricanes RBC Center 41 15,240 624,873 81.4%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 41 15,168 621,903 88.3%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 14,979 614,143 87.5%
Florida Panthers BankAtlantic Center 40 15,146 605,863 78.7%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 41 13,947 571,849 77.5%
Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena 41 13,607 557,897 73.4%
New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 41 12,735 522,168 78.1%
Phoenix Coyotes Jobing.com Arena 41 11,989 491,558 68.5%
Notes:
Totals do not include two regular-season opening games played in Europe. The Detroit Red Wings played the St. Louis Blues at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm , Sweden, and the Chicago Blackhawks played the Florida Panthers at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki , Finland.
The Pittsburgh Penguins began play in their new arena (Consol Energy Center ) on Wednesday, September 22, 2010. With a larger capacity, more luxury seating, and better amenities than their former home Mellon Arena, the Penguins are expected to have a larger average and overall attendance record in the 2010–11 season.[ 28]
As of July 6, 2010, Vancouver's GM Place was renamed Rogers Arena.[ 29]
2010–11
Team Arena Home Games Average Attendance[ 30] Total Attendance Capacity Percentage
Chicago Blackhawks United Center 41 21,423 878,356 108.7%
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,273 872,193 100.0%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 41 19,715 808,328 101.1%
Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena 41 19,680 806,892 98.1%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 41 19,354 793,522 102.9%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 40 19,289 771,560 100.0%
St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center 41 19,150 785,150 100.0%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 41 18,860 773,260 102.3%
Buffalo Sabres HSBC Arena 41 18,452 756,568 98.7%
Washington Capitals Verizon Center 41 18,397 754,309 100.0%
Ottawa Senators Scotiabank Place 41 18,378 753,525 99.3%
Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center 40 18,240 729,628 100.9%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 18,108 742,432 99.5%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 41 18,083 741,404 99.8%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 40 18,012 720,508 99.7%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 40 17,565 702,600 100.0%
San Jose Sharks HP Pavilion at San Jose 40 17,562 702,480 100.4%
Tampa Bay Lightning St. Pete Times Forum 41 17,268 708,022 87.4%
Edmonton Oilers Rexall Place 41 16,839 690,399 100.0%
Carolina Hurricanes RBC Center 40 16,415 656,611 87.6%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 16,142 661,861 94.3%
Florida Panthers BankAtlantic Center 41 15,685 643,116 81.5%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 15,073 617,997 81.3%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 41 14,820 607,650 82.3%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 41 14,775 605,803 83.8%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 41 14,738 604,283 85.8%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 40 13,658 546,350 75.3%
Atlanta Thrashers Philips Arena 41 13,469 552,230 72.6%
Phoenix Coyotes Jobing.com Arena 40 12,188 487,543 71.2%
New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 41 11,059 453,456 67.9%
Notes:
Totals do not include six regular-season opening games played in Europe, and two outdoor regular season games.
The Carolina Hurricanes played the Minnesota Wild at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki , Finland.
The Columbus Blue Jackets played the San Jose Sharks at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm , Sweden
The Boston Bruins played the Phoenix Coyotes at O2 Arena in Prague , Czech Republic .
The Washington Capitals played the Pittsburgh Penguins outdoors in the Winter Classic at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Montreal Canadiens played the Calgary Flames outdoors in the Heritage Classic at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta.
As of October 2010, Calgary's Pengrowth Saddledome was renamed Scotiabank Saddledome.[ 31]
As of August 2011, Buffalo's HSBC Arena was renamed First Niagara Center.[ 32]
Following the 2010–11 season, the Atlanta Thrashers relocated and became the new Winnipeg Jets .
As of March 15, 2012, the Carolina Hurricanes venue, RBC Center, has been renamed PNC Arena.
2011–12
Scotiabank Place
United Center
Pepsi Center
Verizon Center
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks United Center 41 21,533 882,874 109.2% [ 12]
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,273 872,193 100.0%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 40 19,770 790,787 101.2%
Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena 41 20,066 822,706 100.0%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 41 19,505 799,686 103.6%
Ottawa Senators Scotiabank Place 41 19,357 793,612 101.1%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 41 19,289 790,849 100.0%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 41 18,884 774,250 100.1%
St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center 41 18,810 771,207 98.2%
Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center 40 18,680 747,209 99.9%
Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center 41 18,569 761,224 101.0%
Washington Capitals Verizon Center 41 18,506 758,746 100.0%
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Times Forum 41 18,468 757,192 96.2%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 18,191 745,852 99.9%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 39 18,109 706,236 99.9%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 41 17,772 728,683 98.4%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
San Jose Sharks HP Pavilion at San Jose 41 17,562 720,042 100.0%
Edmonton Oilers Rexall Place 41 16,839 690,399 100.0%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 16,691 684,324 97.5%
Florida Panthers BankAtlantic Center 41 16,628 681,763 86.4%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 41 16,043 657,747 85.9%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 41 15,499 635,440 86.1%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 41 15,397 631,258 87.4%
Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre 41 15,004 615,164 100.0%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 40 14,784 591,371 86.1%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 14,660 601,061 80.1%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 14,227 583,306 76.8%
New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 41 13,191 540,838 81.3%
Phoenix Coyotes Jobing.com Arena 41 12,421 509,241 72.3%
Total 1,225 17,441 21,365,425
Notes:
2012–13
First Niagara Center
Amalie Arena
MTS Centre
American Airlines Center
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks United Center 24 21,755 522,619 110.4% [ 13]
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 24 21,273 510,552 100.0%
Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena 24 20,066 481,584 100.0%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 24 19,786 474,878 101.3%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 24 19,426 466,224 103.2%
Ottawa Senators Scotiabank Place 24 19,408 465,801 101.3%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 24 19,289 462,936 100.0%
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Times Forum 24 19,055 457,337 99.2%
Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center 24 18,970 455,290 99.5%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 24 18,947 454,740 100.2%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 24 18,794 451,075 104.7%
Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center 24 18,648 447,560 101.4%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 24 18,178 436,295 100.3%
Washington Capitals Verizon Center 24 17,734 425,638 95.8%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 24 17,565 421,560 100.0%
San Jose Sharks HP Pavilion at San Jose 24 17,561 421,472 100.0%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 24 17,558 421,401 94.0%
St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center 24 17,263 414,328 90.1%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 24 17,200 412,800 100.0%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 24 17,114 410,739 97.1%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 24 17,063 409,521 92.1%
Florida Panthers BankAtlantic Center 24 16,991 407,806 99.7%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 24 16,974 407,386 99.2%
Edmonton Oilers Rexall Place 24 16,839 404,136 100.0%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 24 15,887 381,308 92.5%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 24 15,444 370,677 85.8%
Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre 24 15,004 360,096 100.0%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 24 14,564 349,558 80.3%
Phoenix Coyotes Jobing.com Arena 24 13,923 334,165 81.3%
New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 24 13,306 319,362 82.3%
Total 720 17,721 12,758,849
2013–14
Staples Center
Madison Square Garden
PNC Arena
BB&T Center
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks United Center 41 22,623 927,545 117.6% [ 14]
Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena 41 22,149 908,131 110.4%
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,273 872,193 100.0%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 41 19,839 813,411 101.5%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 41 19,770 810,594 107.2%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 41 19,446 797,310 103.3%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 41 19,302 791,389 100.1%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 41 19,017 779,734 107.6%
Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center 41 18,618 763,344 101.3%
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Times Forum 41 18,612 763,096 96.9%
Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center 41 18,579 761,767 97.4%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 41 18,505 758,729 103.1%
Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre 41 18,109 742,468 94.5%
Washington Capitals Verizon Center 41 18,054 740,240 97.6%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 18,006 738,246 100.0%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
San Jose Sharks SAP Center at San Jose 41 17,133 702,480 97.6%
St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center 41 17,025 698,059 88.9%
Edmonton Oilers Rexall Place 41 16,828 689,949 99.9%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 16,600 680,619 97.0%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 41 16,469 675,248 95.9%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 41 16,295 668,133 90.5%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 41 15,483 634,832 82.9%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 41 15,257 625,570 88.7%
Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre 41 15,004 615,164 100.0%
New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 41 14,740 604,362 93.4%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 14,698 602,619 81.0%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 14,658 601,008 79.1%
Florida Panthers BB&T Center 41 14,177 581,286 83.2%
Phoenix Coyotes Jobing.com Arena 41 13,775 564,798 80.4%
Total 1,230 17,587 21,632,479
Notes:
2014–15
Gila River Arena
Honda Center
Prudential Center
Rogers Arena
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks United Center 41 21,769 892,532 110.4% [ 15]
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,286 872,752 99.9%
Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena 41 20,027 821,107 100.0%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 41 19,270 790,107 98.6%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 41 19,097 782,977 99.0%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 41 19,062 781,576 101.3%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 41 19,023 779,944 106.0%
Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena 41 18,823 771,761 98.0%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 41 18,710 767,149 98.9%
Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center 41 18,617 763,319 101.3%
Washington Capitals Verizon Center 40 18,506 740,240 100.0%[ 33]
Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center 41 18,580 761,809 97.4%
St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center 41 18,545 760,349 96.8%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 41 18,265 748,893 100.2%
Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre 41 18,247 748,112 95.3%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 18,006 738,246 100.0%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
San Jose Sharks SAP Center at San Jose 40 17,420 696,807 99.6%[ 33]
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 17,350 711,359 93.6%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 41 16,874 691,835 98.3%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 16,854 691,028 98.5%
Edmonton Oilers Rexall Place 41 16,839 690,399 100.0%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 41 16,176 663,247 89.8%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 15,511 635,973 85.5%
New York Islanders Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 41 15,334 628,729 94.8%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 41 15,189 622,783 86.2%
Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre 41 15,037 616,556 100.2%
Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena 41 13,345 547,149 77.9%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 41 12,594 516,375 67.4%
Florida Panthers BB&T Center 41 11,265 461,877 66.1%
Total 1,228 17,439 21,415,155
Notes:
2015–16
Barclays Center
Rexall Place
Joe Louis Arena
SAP Center at San Jose
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks United Center 41 22,859 896,240 110.9% [ 16]
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,288 872,808 100.0%
Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena 41 20,027 821,107 100.0%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 41 19,228 788,319 98.4%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 41 19,158 785,485 101.8%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 41 19,145 784,974 99.3%
Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena 41 19,092 782,772 100.0%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 40 19,062 762,481 106.1%
Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center 41 18,590 762,223 97.5%
Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center 41 18,550 760,584 100.9%
Washington Capitals Verizon Center 41 18,510 758,944 100.0%
St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center 41 18,450 756,483 96.3%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 41 18,431 755,677 97.5%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 18,376 753,452 99.2%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 41 18,274 749,234 100.2%
Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre 41 18,085 741,472 94.4%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 18,006 738,246 100.0%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 40 17,565 702,600 100.0%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 16,971 695,828 99.2%
Edmonton Oilers Rexall Place 41 16,841 690,499 100.0%
San Jose Sharks SAP Center at San Jose 41 16,746 686,623 95.4%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 41 16,336 669,805 95.1%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 40 16,206 648,232 90.0%
Florida Panthers BB&T Center 41 15,384 630,746 90.3%
Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre 41 15,294 627,054 101.9%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 41 15,073 618,029 91.3%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 14,665 601,293 80.8%
New York Islanders Barclays Center 41 13,626 558,705 86.2%
Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena 41 13,433 550,763 78.4%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 41 10,102 500,363 65.6%
Total 1,227 17,483 21,451,041
Notes:
2016–17
Rogers Place
Nationwide Arena
PPG Paints Arena
Scotiabank Saddledome
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks
United Center
41
21,751
891,827
110.3%[ 17]
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,288 872,808 100.1%
Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena 41 20,027 821,107 100.0%
Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena 41 19,762 810,273 110.2%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 41 19,744 809,519 107.5%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 41 19,644 805,408 100.5%
St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center 41 19,539 801,127 104.6%
Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena 41 19,092 782,772 100.0%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 41 19,070 781,879 106.2%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 41 18,727 767,829 97.1%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 41 18,509 758,891 97.9%
Washington Capitals Verizon Center 41 18,506 758,746 100.0%
Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place 41 18,347 752,227 98.4%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 41 18,240 747,858 100.1%
Buffalo Sabres KeyBank Center 41 18,141 743,819 94.0%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 18,102 742,163 97.7%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 18,020 738,828 100.1%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
San Jose Sharks SAP Center at San Jose 41 17,508 717,833 99.7%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 17,159 703,555 100.3%
Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre 41 16,744 686,534 87.4%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 41 15,942 653,632 92.8%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 15,857 650,157 87.5%
Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre 41 15,731 645,004 107.5%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 41 14,835 608,252 82.4%
Florida Panthers BB&T Center 41 14,620 599,447 85.8%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 41 14,567 597,261 88.2%
New York Islanders Barclays Center 41 13,101 537,149 82.9%
Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena 41 13,094 536,878 76.5%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 41 11,776 482,829 63.0%
Total 1,230 18,117 21,525,777
Notes:
2017–18
Little Caesars Arena
T-Mobile Arena
Bridgestone Arena
PNC Arena
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks
United Center
41
21,653
887,794
109.8%[ 18]
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,299 873,283 99.9%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 41 19,517 800,214 99.9%
Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena 41 19,515 800,115 100.0%
Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre 41 19,187 786,677 102.0%
Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena 41 19,092 782,772 100.0%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 41 19,036 780,501 106.0%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 41 18,905 775,105 98.0%
Washington Capitals Capital One Arena 40 18,774 740,240 104.0%
Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena 41 18,579 761,764 101.0%
Buffalo Sabres KeyBank Center 41 18,563 719,283 99.8%
St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center 41 18,356 752,624 95.9%
Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place 41 18,347 752,227 98.4%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 41 18,240 747,845 100.1%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 18,110 742,511 97.7%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 41 18,078 741,233 95.6%
Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 41 18,042 739,740 103.9%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 17,851 731,899 99.1%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
San Jose Sharks SAP Center 41 17,365 711,988 98.9%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 17,307 709,597 101.1%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 16,659 683,034 91.8%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 41 16,635 682,060 96.9%
Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre 41 15,829 648,996 91.1%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 41 15,586 639,063 87.1%
Winnipeg Jets Bell MTS Place 41 15,321 628,161 102.1%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 41 15,200 623,240 92.0%
Florida Panthers BB&T Center 41 13,851 567,897 81.3%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 41 13,320 546,142 71.3%
Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena 41 13,040 534,670 76.2%
New York Islanders Barclays Center 41 12,002 492,086 75.9%
Total 1,272 17,459 22,208,222
Notes
The Vegas Golden Knights began their inaugural season at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada during the 2017-18 season.
The Detroit Red Wings began play at Little Caesars Arena during the season.
The Verizon Center was renamed Capital One Arena
The MTS Centre was renamed Bell MTS Place
Totals do not include three outdoor regular season games.
The Ottawa Senators hosted the Montreal Canadiens during the NHL 100 Classic , played at TD Place Stadium in Lansdowne Park, Ottawa , on December 16, 2017.
The Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers played during the 2018 NHL Winter Classic , played at Citi Field in Queens, New York , on January 1, 2018.
The Washington Capitals hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2018 NHL Stadium Series , played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland on March 3, 2018.
2018–19
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks
United Center
40
21,399
855,972
108.5%[ 19]
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 41 21,046 862,914 98.9%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 40 19,141 765,622 99.14%
Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena 41 19,276 790,316 102.4%
Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena 41 19,120 783,958 98.0%
Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena 41 19,092 782,772 96.9%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 41 18,907 775,216 105.3%
Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena 41 18,565 761,203 101.0%
Washington Capitals Capital One Arena 41 18,508 758,845 100.0%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 41 18,501 758,550 95.9%
Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place 41 18,347 752,227 98.4%
Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 41 18,318 751,067 105.5%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 41 18,178 745,314 98.1%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 41 18,022 738,918 95.3%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 41 18,000 738,029 98.7%
Buffalo Sabres KeyBank Center 41 17,908 734,238 93.9%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 41 17,445 715,276 101.9%
St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center 41 17,361 711,823 90.7%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 41 17,318 710,074 96.2%
San Jose Sharks SAP Center 41 17,266 707,909 98.3%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 41 17,132 702,446 95.1%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 41 16,814 689,385 97.9%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 41 16,658 682,984 91.8%
Winnipeg Jets Bell MTS Place 40 15,321 612,840 100.0%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 40 14,904 596,166 90.3%
Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre 41 14,553 596,684 78.0%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 41 14,322 587,222 76.7%
Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena 41 13,989 573,552 81.7%
Florida Panthers BB&T Center 40 12,919 516,754 75.8%
New York Islanders Barclays Center /Nassau Coliseum 41 12,442 510,150 78.9%
Total 1,267 17,377 22,002,081
Notes
The New York Islanders move half of their home schedule to their former arena, Nassau Coliseum, while continuing to play half their home games at Barclays Center.
The Scottrade Center was renamed Enterprise Center.
The Air Canada Centre was renamed Scotiabank Arena.
Totals do not include two outdoor regular-season and international games.
The Chicago Blackhawks hosted the Boston Bruins during the 2019 NHL Winter Classic , played at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana , on January 1, 2019.
The Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2019 NHL Stadium Series , played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on February 23, 2019.
For the 2018 NHL Global Series, the New Jersey Devils and Edmonton Oilers played at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg , Sweden on October 6, 2018, with New Jersey acting as the home team for the game.
For the 2018 NHL Global Series, the Florida Panthers and Winnipeg Jets played two games at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki , Finland on November 1 and 2, 2018, with both teams splitting the hosting duties as the home team.
2019–20
Team Arena Home games Average attendance Total attendance Capacity percentage
Chicago Blackhawks
United Center
34
21,441
729,000
108.7%[ 34]
Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre 37 21,085 780,155 99.0%
Dallas Stars American Airlines Center 34 20,326 691,084 113.0%
Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Arena 34 19,301 656,261 102.6%
Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena 34 18,922 643,375 99.9%
Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome 33 18,751 618,783 97.2%
Detroit Red Wings Little Caesars Arena 37 18,716 692,515 95.9%
Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center 33 18,708 617,380 107.1%
Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena 35 18,679 653,790 98.8%
Washington Capitals Capital One Arena 33 18,570 612,842 100.4%
Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena 35 18,537 648,813 100.8%
Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center 35 18,390 643,677 94.4%
Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 37 18,310 677,499 105.4%
St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center 35 18,096 633,360 100.0%
Boston Bruins TD Garden 35 17,681 618,835 100.7%
Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place 34 17,533 596,134 94.1%
Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 35 17,472 594,071 97.3%
Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena 35 17,407 609,253 101.7%
New York Rangers Madison Square Garden 36 17,206 619,450 95.6%
Buffalo Sabres KeyBank Center 35 17,167 600,858 90.7%
Los Angeles Kings Staples Center 34 16,916 575,151 92.8%
Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena 33 16,905 540,975 90.5%
Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena 36 16,898 608,354 93.1%
San Jose Sharks SAP Center 36 16,427 591,393 93.5%
Anaheim Ducks Honda Center 36 15,846 570,490 92.3%
Winnipeg Jets Bell MTS Place 37 15,794 584,389 108.2%
New Jersey Devils Prudential Center 34 14,899 506,570 90.2%
Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena 33 14,605 481,989 85.3%
Florida Panthers BB&T Center 35 14,104 493,671 82.8%
New York Islanders Barclays Center /Nassau Coliseum 35 12,810 448,369 81.3%
Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre 37 12,618 466,876 67.6%
Total 1,082 17,380 18,805,362
2021–22
Team
Arena
Home games
Average attendance
Total attendance
Capacity percentage
1.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Amalie Arena
41
19,092
782,772
100.0[ 35]
2.
Washington Capitals
Capital One Arena
41
18,573
761,493
100.0
3.
Minnesota Wild
Xcel Energy Center
41
18,542
760,226
103.2
4.
Nashville Predators
Bridgestone Arena
41
18,495
758,317
100.6
5.
Chicago Blackhawks
United Center
41
18,489
758,082
93.8
6.
Vegas Golden Knights
T-Mobile Arena
41
18,100
742,124
104.2
7.
Dallas Stars
American Airlines Center
41
17,896
733,769
96.6
8.
Boston Bruins
TD Garden
41
17,850
731,850
100.0
9.
St. Louis Blues
Enterprise Center
41
17,716
726,392
97.9
10.
Pittsburgh Penguins
PPG Paints Arena
41
17,684
725,046
97.2
11.
Colorado Avalanche
Pepsi Center
41
17,498
717,458
97.2
12.
Vancouver Canucks [ b]
Rogers Arena
41
17,285
708,711
91.4
13.
Carolina Hurricanes
PNC Arena
41
17,210
705,611
92.1
14.
Seattle Kraken
Climate Pledge Arena
41
17,151
703,191
100.3
15.
Detroit Red Wings
Little Caesars Arena
41
16,984
696,367
87.0
16.
New York Islanders
UBS Arena
41
16,942
694,658
99.0
17.
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
41
16,839
690,411
93.5
18.
Philadelphia Flyers
Wells Fargo Center
41
16,540
678,163
84.7
19.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Nationwide Arena
41
16,237
665,722
89.5
20.
Toronto Maple Leafs [ b]
Scotiabank Arena
41
15,586
639,039
82.8
21.
Montreal Canadiens [ b]
Bell Centre
41
15,495
635,297
73.4
22.
Edmonton Oilers [ b]
Rogers Place
41
14,927
612,010
81.4
23.
Los Angeles Kings
Staples Center
41
14,828
607,977
81.3
24.
Florida Panthers
BB&T Center
41
14,811
607,269
86.9
25.
Calgary Flames [ b]
Scotiabank Saddledome
41
14,284
585,644
74.1
26.
Anaheim Ducks
Honda Center
41
13,083
536,403
76.2
27.
New Jersey Devils
Prudential Center
41
12,744
522,519
77.2
28.
Winnipeg Jets [ b]
Bell MTS Place
41
12,716
521,357
83.0
29.
San Jose Sharks
SAP Center
41
12,573
515,533
71.6
30.
Arizona Coyotes
Gila River Arena
41
11,601
475,659
67.7
31.
Buffalo Sabres
KeyBank Center
41
9,997
409,908
53.7
32.
Ottawa Senators [ b]
Canadian Tire Centre
41
9,155
375,368
49.1
Total
1,312
15,841
20,784,346
2023–24
Team
Arena
Home games
Average attendance
Total attendance
Capacity percentage
1.
Montreal Canadiens
Bell Centre
41
21,099
865,074
99.9%
2.
Edmonton Oilers
Rogers Place
41
19,173
786,091
104.5%
3.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Amalie Arena
41
19,092
782,772
100.0%
4.
Detroit Red Wings
Little Caesars Arena
41
18,980
778,167
97.2%
5.
Chicago Blackhawks
United Center
41
18,836
772,257
95.5%
6.
Vancouver Canucks
Rogers Arena
41
18,826
771,876
99.6%
7.
Carolina Hurricanes
PNC Arena
41
18,798
770,736
100.5%
8.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Scotiabank Arena
41
18,789
770,342
99.8%
9.
Florida Panthers
Amerant Bank Arena
41
18,632
763,931
96.8%
10.
Dallas Stars
American Airlines Center
41
18,532
759,812
100.0%
11.
Minnesota Wild
Xcel Energy Center
41
18,526
759,586
103.2%
12.
Philadelphia Flyers
Wells Fargo Center
41
18,438
755,962
96.2%
13.
Vegas Golden Knights
T-Mobile Arena
41
18,139
743,680
103.7%
14.
Colorado Avalanche
Ball Arena
41
18,103
742,206
100.5%
15.
New York Islanders
UBS Arena
41
18,099
742,042
104.9%
16.
St. Louis Blues
Enterprise Center
41
18,084
741,461
99.9%
17.
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
41
17,983
737,296
99.9%
18.
Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena
41
17,945
735,725
98.4%
19.
Pittsburgh Penguins
PPG Paints Arena
41
17,909
734,252
98.5%
20.
Seattle Kraken
Climate Pledge Arena
41
17,887
733,353
104.3%
21.
Boston Bruins
TD Garden
41
17,850
731,850
100.0%
22.
Washington Capitals
Capital One Arena
41
17,841
731,483
96.1%
23.
New Jersey Devils
Prudential Center
41
17,598
721,529
106.6%
24.
Ottawa Senators
Canadian Tire Centre
41
17,581
720,838
94.2%
25.
Calgary Flames
Scotiabank Saddledome
41
17,501
717,561
90.7%
26.
Nashville Predators
Bridgestone Arena
41
17,306
709,559
100.9%
27.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Nationwide Arena
41
17,016
697,667
92.0%
28.
Buffalo Sabres
KeyBank Center
41
15,981
655,203
83.8%
29.
Anaheim Ducks
Honda Center
41
15,687
643,150
91.3%
30.
San Jose Sharks
SAP Center
41
13,559
555,934
77.8%
31.
Winnipeg Jets
Canada Life Centre
41
13,490
553,107
88.0%
32.
Arizona Coyotes
Mullett Arena
41
4,600
188,600
100.0%
Total
1,312
17,434
22,873,102
2024–25
# Team Average attendance[ 36]
1. Montreal Canadiens 21,105
2. Detroit Red Wings 19,345
3. Chicago Blackhawks 19,130
4. Tampa Bay Lightning 19,092
5. Florida Panthers 19,059
6. Columbus Blue Jackets 18,935
7. Vancouver Canucks 18,880
8. Toronto Maple Leafs 18,829
9. Carolina Hurricanes 18,795
10. Philadelphia Flyers 18,525
11. Minnesota Wild 18,430
12. Dallas Stars 18,392
13. Edmonton Oilers 18,347
14. Washington Capitals 18,244
15. Colorado Avalanche 18,067
16. Vegas Golden Knights 17,975
17. New York Rangers 17,861
18. Boston Bruins 17,852
19. St. Louis Blues 17,724
20. Calgary Flames 17,655
21. Ottawa Senators 17,308
22. Nashville Predators 17,212
23. Los Angeles Kings 17,196
24. Seattle Kraken 17,151
25. Pittsburgh Penguins 16,635
26. New Jersey Devils 16,154
27. Buffalo Sabres 15,998
28. New York Islanders 15,979
29. Anaheim Ducks 15,806
30. Winnipeg Jets 14,366
31. San Jose Sharks 14,219
32. Utah Mammoth 11,131
Notes
1 2 Attendance capacity partially reduced due to government COVID-19 restrictions[ 21]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Capacity partially reduced due to government COVID-19 restrictions