We bring you our first installment in tracking NHL home attendance for the 2011-12 season. The below chart tracks each teams home attendance after 10 games.
13 teams are running at or above 100% capacity. 18 teams have a capacity of 95% or higher.
RK | TEAM |
10 Games 11-12 AVG
|
% Capacity
|
10-11 AVG
|
09-10 AVG
|
08-09 AVG
|
1 | Chicago |
21,404
|
104.4
|
21,423
|
21,356
|
22,247
|
2 | Montreal |
21,273
|
100
|
21,273
|
21,273
|
21,273
|
3 | Detroit |
20,066
|
100.4
|
19,680
|
19,546
|
19,865
|
4 | Philadelphia |
19,642
|
100.7
|
19,715
|
19,535
|
19,545
|
5 | Toronto |
19,472
|
103.5
|
19,354
|
19,260
|
19,312
|
6 | Calgary |
19,289
|
100
|
19,289
|
19,289
|
19,289
|
7 | Ottawa |
18,990
|
99.2
|
18,378
|
18,269
|
18,949
|
8 | St. Louis |
18,902
|
98.7
|
19,150
|
18,883
|
18,554
|
9 | Vancouver |
18,866
|
102.4
|
18,860
|
18,810
|
18,630
|
10 | Pittsburgh |
18,519
|
102.4
|
18,240
|
17,078
|
16,975
|
11 | Washington |
18,506
|
101.3
|
18,397
|
18,277
|
18,097
|
12 | NY Rangers |
18,165
|
99.8
|
18,108
|
18,076
|
18,949
|
13 | Buffalo |
18,116
|
99.8
|
18,452
|
17,078
|
16,975
|
14 | San Jose |
17,565
|
100
|
17,562
|
17,558
|
17,488
|
15 | Boston |
17,563
|
100
|
17,565
|
17,388
|
17,039
|
16 | Los Angeles |
17,288
|
99.9
|
18,083
|
17,313
|
16,488
|
17 | Minnesota |
16,976
|
94
|
18,012
|
18,415
|
17,039
|
18 | Tampa Bay |
16,944
|
85.8
|
17,268
|
15,497
|
16,497
|
19 | Edmonton |
16,839
|
100
|
16,839
|
16,839
|
16,839
|
20 | Nashville |
16,408
|
95.9
|
16,142
|
14,979
|
15,010
|
21 | Florida |
15,529
|
80.9
|
15,685
|
15,146
|
15,621
|
22 | Carolina |
15,189
|
81.3
|
16,415
|
15,240
|
16,572
|
23 | Winnipeg * |
15,005
|
100
|
13,469
|
13,607
|
14,626
|
24 | Colorado |
14,968
|
83.1
|
14,820
|
13,947
|
15,429
|
25 | Anaheim |
14,906
|
88.5
|
14,738
|
15,168
|
16,990
|
26 | New Jersey |
14,416
|
81.8
|
14,775
|
15,535
|
15,790
|
27 | Columbus |
13,246
|
73
|
13,658
|
15,416
|
15,543
|
28 | NY Islanders |
12,705
|
78.3
|
11,059
|
12,735
|
13,733
|
29 | Dallas |
10,535
|
56.8
|
15,073
|
17,215
|
17,680
|
30 | Phoenix |
10,345
|
60.4
|
12,188
|
11,989
|
14,875
|
* Prior years attendance for Winnipeg are Atlanta’s attendance numbers. |