List of National Hockey League attendance figures

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 2015–16 season the NHL averaged 17,481 live spectators per game, and 21,501,156 total for the season.^[1]

2015-16 attendance statistics

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	21,859	896,240	110.9% [2]
Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	21,288	872,808	100.1%
Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Arena	41	20,027	821,107	100.0%
Philadelphia Flyers	Wells Fargo Center	41	19,227	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	Tampa Bay Times Forum	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	18,084	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	12,203	500,363	65.3%
Total		1,227	17,482	21,451,041

Notes

• The New York Islanders moved from Nassau Coliseum to Barclays Center on Brooklyn.
• Totals do not include three outdoor regular season games.
• The Boston Bruins played the Montreal Canadiens outdoors in the Winter Classic at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
• The Minnesota Wild played the Chicago Blackhawks outdoors in the 2016 NHL Stadium Series at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
• The Colorado Avalanche played the Detroit Red Wings outdoors in the 2016 NHL Stadium Series at Coors Field in Denver.
• The Edmonton Oilers will move to Rogers Place the following season.

2014-15 attendance statistics

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% [3]
Montreal Canadiens	Bell Centre	41	21,286	872,752	100.1%
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	Tampa Bay Times Forum	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%[4]
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	18,246	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%[4]
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

• Totals do not include two outdoor regular season games.^[4]
• The Washington Capitals played the Chicago Blackhawks outdoors in the Winter Classic at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C..
• The San Jose Sharks hosted the 2016 NHL Stadium Series at AT&T Stadium in Santa Clara, California, against the Los Angeles Kings.
• Jobing.com Arena renamed Gila River Arena.

2013-14 attendance statistics

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% [5]
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	18,108	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

• Totals include six outdoor regular season games.
• The Detroit Red Wings played the Toronto Maple Leafs outdoors in the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• The inaugural NHL Stadium Series had four games: Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium, Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago Blackhawks at Chicago's Soldier Field, and two games at Yankee Stadium, with the New York Rangers playing visitor to both the New Jersey Devils and the New York Islanders.
• The Vancouver Canucks played the Ottawa Senators outdoors in the NHL Heritage Classic at BC Place, in Vancouver.

2012-13 attendance statistics

First Niagara Center

Tampa Bay Times Forum

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% [6]
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

2011-12 attendance statistics

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% [7]
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

• Totals do not include four regular-season opening games played in Europe, and one outdoor regular season games.
• The Buffalo Sabres played one home game against the Anaheim Ducks at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland.
• The Anaheim Ducks played one home game against the New York Rangers at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden
• The Los Angeles Kings played two home games, one against the New York Rangers at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, and one against the Buffalo Sabres at O2 World in Berlin, Germany.
• The Philadelphia Flyers played the New York Rangers outdoors in the Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2010-11 attendance statistics

Xcel Energy Center

Consol Energy Center

Wells Fargo Center

Philips Arena

Team	Arena	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance	Capacity Percentage
Chicago Blackhawks	United Center	41	21,423	878,356	108.7% [8]
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	100.3%
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%
Total		1,222	17,126	20,928,036

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.^[9]
• As of August 2011, Buffalo's HSBC Arena was renamed First Niagara Center.^[10]
• Following the 2011 season, the Atlanta Thrashers relocated and became the current version of the Winnipeg Jets.
• As of March 15th, 2012, the Carolina Hurricanes venue, RBC Center, has been renamed PNC Arena.
• As of September 3rd 2014 the Tampa Bay Lightning venue Tampa Bay Times Forum has been renamed Amalie Arena.

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.^[11]
• As of July 6, 2010, Vancouver's GM Place was renamed Rogers Arena.^[12]

See also

• List of sports attendance figures
• List of ice hockey games with highest attendance

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