NHL Attendance After 20 Home Games: 2015-16

Mark Easson

9 years ago

Our second update in our NHL attendance tracking series – home attendance for each team at the 20 game mark. Table includes at look at NHL attendance after 10 games, as well as at the 20 game mark in 2013-14 and 2014-15.

13 teams are averaging over 100 percent capacity or higher through the first 20 games, the same number as through 10 games.

20 teams are averaging over 95 percent capacity or higher through 20 games, which is up one team compared to the 10 game mark.

Nashville and St. Louis were the only teams to see a decease in capacity from the 10 game mark to the 20 game mark this season.

Rank	Team	2015-16 20 GM AVG	Cap. %	2015-16 10 GM AVG	Cap. %	2014-15 20 GM AVG	2013-14 20 GM AVG
1	Chicago	21,689	110.0	21,638	109.7	21,626	21,459
2	Montreal	21,288	100.1	21,288	100.1	21,286	21,273
3	Detroit	20,027	100.0	20,027	100	20,027	20,066
4	Toronto	19,306	102.6	19,309	102.6	19,143	19,353
5	Calgary	19,145	99.3	19,111	99.1	19,021	19,289
6	Tampa Bay	19,092	100.0	19,092	100	18,576	18,367
7	Philadelphia	19,075	97.6	18,933	97.1	19,732	19,778
8	Minnesota	19,027	106.0	19,003	105.8	18,962	18,190
9	Pittsburgh	18,550	100.9	18,512	100.7	18,605	18,591
10	Washington	18,506	100.0	18,506	100	19,722	18,506
11	Vancouver	18,403	97.3	18,393	97.3	18,719	18,910
12	Buffalo	18,286	95.9	18,070	94.8	18,136	18,392
13	Los Angeles	18,264	100.2	18,230	100	18,267	18,125
14	Dallas	18,248	98.5	18,030	97.3	17,062	14,259
15	NY Rangers	18,006	100.0	18,006	100	18,006	18,006
16	St. Louis	17,803	93.0	18,380	96	17,951	16,695
17	Ottawa	17,803	93.0	17,625	92	18,272	17,375
18	Boston	17,565	100.0	17,565	100	17,565	17,565
19	Nashville	16,869	98.6	17,126	100.1	16,809	16,489
20	Edmonton	16,839	100.0	16,839	100	16,839	16,816
21	San Jose	16,730	95.3	16,537	94.2	17,394	17,562
22	Colorado	16,341	90.8	16,218	90.1	15,838	16,236
23	Anaheim	16,178	94.2	16,246	94.6	16,635	16,059
24	Winnipeg	15,294	101.9	15,294	101.9	15,016	15,004
25	New Jersey	14,357	81.5	13,601	77.2	15,297	14,544
26	Florida	13,963	81.9	11,547	67.8	10,699	14,586
27	Columbus	13,652	75.2	14,086	77.6	15,570	13,608
28	Arizona	13,266	77.5	12,937	75.5	12,999	13,006
29	NY Islanders	12,923	81.7	12,188	77.1	14,637	13,533
30	Carolina	11,153	59.7	11,137	59.6	12,456	15,351

* NHL attendance figures were taken from ESPN.

Outdoor games will lead to a large increase in attendance for certain teams.