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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]^{[failed verification]}

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Year	Team	Arena	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance	Capacity Percentage
2023–24	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	21,099	865,074	100.0^[2]
2022–23	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	21,078	864,180	100.0^[3]
2021–22	Tampa Bay Lightning	Amalie Arena	41	19,092	782,772	100.0^[4]
2020-21*	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	28	4,341^[5]	121,534	23.4%^[6]
2019-20	Chicago Blackhawks	United Center	34	21,441	729,000	108.7%^[7]
2018-19			40	21,399	855,972	108.5%^[8]
2017-18			41	21,653	887,794	109.8%^[9]
2016-17			41	21,751	891,827	110.3%^[10]
2015-16			41	22,859	896,240	110.9% ^[11]
2014-15			41	21,769	892,532	110.4% ^[12]
2013-14			41	22,623	927,545	117.6% ^[13]
2012-13			24	21,755	522,619	110.4% ^[14]
2011-12			41	21,533	882,874	109.2% ^[15]
2010-11			41	21,423	878,356	108.7%^[16]
2009-10			40	21,356	854,267	108.3%^[17]
2008-09			41	22,247	912,155	111.2%^[18]
2007-08	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	21,273	872,193	100.0%^[19]
2006-07			41	21,273	872,193	100.0%^[20]
2005-06			41	21,273	872,194	—^[21]
2004-05	No season due to 2004–05 NHL lockout
2003-04	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	20,555	842,767	—^[22]
2002-03	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	20,672	847,586	—^[23]
2001-02	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	41	20,058	822,378	—^[24]
2000-01	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	20,105	824,308	—^[25]
* Attendance capacity partially reduced due to government Covid-19 restrictions^[26]

	Team	Arena	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance	Capacity Percentage
1.	Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	21,099	865,074	100.0
2.	Edmonton Oilers	Rogers Place	41	19,173	786,091	97.9
3.	Tampa Bay Lightning	Amalie Arena	41	19,092	782,772	99.4
4.	Detroit Red Wings	Little Caesars Arena	41	18,980	778,167	95.6
5.	Chicago Blackhawks	United Center	41	18,836	772,257	93.8
6.	Vancouver Canucks	Rogers Arena	41	18,826	771,876	99.6
7.	Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena	41	18,798	770,736	100.6
8.	Toronto Maple Leafs	Scotiabank Arena	41	18,789	770,342	99.8
9.	Florida Panthers	BB&T Center	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	103.8
12.	Philadelphia Flyers	Wells Fargo Center	41	18,438	755,962	94.4
13.	Vegas Golden Knights	T-Mobile Arena	41	18,139	743,680	103.6
14.	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	41	18,103	742,206	100.5
15.	New York Islanders	UBS Arena	41	18,099	742,042	96.7
16.	St. Louis Blues	Enterprise Center	41	18,084	741,461	98.3
17.	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	41	17,983	737,296	99.9
18.	Los Angeles Kings	Staples Center	41	17,945	735,725	99.0
19.	Pittsburgh Penguins	PPG Paints Arena	41	17,909	734,252	97.4
20.	Seattle Kraken	Climate Pledge Arena	41	17,887	733,353	100.2
21.	Boston Bruins	TD Garden	41	17,850	731,850	101.6
22.	Washington Capitals	Capital One Arena	41	17,841	731,483	96.4
23.	New Jersey Devils	Prudential Center	41	17,598	721,529	97.1
24.	Ottawa Senators	Canadian Tire Centre	41	17,580	720,778	95.5
25.	Calgary Flames	Scotiabank Saddledome	41	17,501	717,561	90.7
26.	Nashville Predators	Bridgestone Arena	41	17,306	709,559	101.1
27.	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nationwide Arena	41	17,016	697,667	93.8
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	Bell MTS Place	41	13,490	553,107	89.9
32.	Arizona Coyotes	Mullett Arena	41	4,600	188,600	100.0
	Total		1,312	17,434	22,873,042

	Team	Arena	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance	Capacity Percentage
1.	Tampa Bay Lightning	Amalie Arena	41	19,092	782,772	100.0^[27]
2.	Washington Capitals	Capital One Arena	41	18,573	761,493	100.4
3.	Minnesota Wild	Xcel Energy Center	41	18,542	760,226	100.4
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*	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*	Scotiabank Arena	41	15,586	639,039	82.8
21.	Montreal Canadiens*	Bell Centre	41	15,495	635,297	72.8
22.	Edmonton Oilers*	Rogers Place	41	14,927	612,010	80.1
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*	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*	Bell MTS Place	41	12,716	521,357	84.8
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*	Canadian Tire Centre	41	9,155	375,368	47.8
	Total		1,312	15,841	20,784,346
* Attendance capacity partially reduced due to government Covid-19 restrictions

Team	Arena	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance	Capacity Percentage
Chicago Blackhawks	United Center	34	21,441	729,000	108.7%^[28]
Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	37	21,085	780,155	99.1%
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	65.9%
Total		1,082	17,380	18,805,362

Team	Arena	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance	Capacity Percentage
Chicago Blackhawks	United Center	40	21,399	855,972	108.5%^[8]
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	76.0%
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

NHL_attendance

List of National Hockey League attendance figures

Season Leaders

2023–2024 attendance statistics

2021–22 attendance statistics

2019–20 attendance statistics

2018–19 attendance statistics

2017–18 attendance statistics

2016–17 attendance statistics

2015–16 attendance statistics

2014–15 attendance statistics

2013–14 attendance statistics

2012–13 attendance statistics

2011–12 attendance statistics

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