NHL Attendance After 30 Home Games: 2018-19
NHL Attendance After 30 Home Games: 2018-19

Here is our third installment looking at NHL attendance this season – at the 30 home game mark. We’ve included attendance averages after ten and 20 games for this season, as well as the at the 30 game marks for their four previous seasons.

10 teams are running at 100 percent capacity or more through 30 games, down from 13 teams last season.

20 teams are at 95 percent or higher capacity this season compared to 22 teams last year.

24 teams are above 90 percent and 28 teams are above 80 percent.

For the New York Islanders, who are splitting time between two arenas, we DID take into consideration the different arena capacities. They’ve played 20 games Barclay’s with hockey capacity of 15,795 and 10 games at the Nassau Coliseum with a capacity of 13,917.

Teams2018-19
30 GMs
Cap. %2018-19
20 GMs
2018-19
10 GMs
2017-18
30 GMs
2016-17
30 GMs
2015-16
30 GMs
2014-15
30 GMs
23,191106.621,31021,27821,62421,68221,78121,706
20,97798.620,93120,79621,30221,28821,28821,286
19,278102.419,30219,27519,20019,89019,22519,121
19,1519819,14419,11019,44619,63919,17219,676
19,09210019,09219,09219,09219,09219,09218,709
19,06197.718,94419,17719,51520,02720,02720,027
18,950105.518,93018,92518,98719,05320,09918,990
18,558100.918,54518,53818,56018,54818,54718,611
18,50910018,50618,50618,50618,50618,50919,316
18,35495.218,22918,15418,81918,63219,15719,049
18,34798.418,34718,34718,34718,34716,84216,839
18,299105.418,28418,28617,961---
18,1609818,17618,01018,15318,22118,34217,120
17,98598.717,91318,16918,24318,24418,25318,271
17,92194.817,62417,69218,01718,45718,43218,688
17,84993.617,70016,89218,61117,94918,45818,401
17,56510017,56517,56517,56517,56519,22117,565
17,379101.617,32917,31617,23817,14116,93216,743
17,33796.317,29717,23117,85318,02518,00618,006
17,19997.917,17717,04417,35617,51116,83817,391
17,12389.416,92617,23218,26319,64418,20718,211
17,05994.717,16517,22415,06915,06416,06816,087
16,79397.816,59716,78316,56016,05516,32716,756
16,11088.815,60314,93016,32715,51013,69215,438
15,259101.715,22915,13715,32115,89215,29415,016
15,12694.814,89514,77715,00714,63114,87814,979
14,34274.914,40614,21415,93016,32017,86218,093
13,93074.613,24512,72113,11111,94911,83812,445
13,73680.213,57514,11213,01813,15213,20913,183
13,07577.313,25812,18113,70714,55214,85010,776
12,07280.411,55610,58512,02212,81913,34514,928

** Attendance numbers are taken from ESPN and Wikipedia for the Islanders.