NHL Attendance for each team after 20 home games: 2011-12

Our 2nd installment in tracking NHL attendance for the 2011-12 season.

The Flyers get a big boost in their attendance from the Winter Classic. If you don’t take into account the WC, the Flyers have an average home attendance of 19,734 through 19 games. 12 teams are at or over 100% capacity, down one from attendance after 10 games. Dallas has seen a nice improvement over the last 10 games.

RK TEAM

20 Games

11-12 AVG

% Capacity

10 Games

11-12 AVG

10-11 AVG
09-10 AVG
1 Chicago
21,495
104.9
21,404
21,423
21,356
2 Montreal
21,273
100.0
21,273
21,273
21,273
3 Philadelphia
21,096
113.9
19,642
19,715
19,535
4 Detroit
20,166
100.9
20,066
19,680
19,546
5 Toronto
19,506
103.6
19,472
19,354
19,289
6 Calgary
19,289
100.0
19,289
19,289
19,260
7 Ottawa
19,090
99.7
18,990
18,378
18,269
8 Vancouver
18,878
102.5
18,866
18,860
18,810
9 St. Louis
18,852
98.4
18,902
19,150
18,883
10 Tampa Bay
18,631
97.0
16,944
17,268
15,497
11 Pittsburgh
18,558
102.6
18,519
18,240
17,078
12 Washington
18,506
101.3
18,506
18,397
18,277
13 Buffalo
18,403
99.9
18,116
18,452
17,078
14 NY Rangers
18,182
99.9
18,165
18,108
18,076
15 Los Angeles
17,683
99.9
17,288
18,083
17,313
16 Boston
17,564
100.0
17,563
17,565
17,388
17 San Jose
17,563
100.0
17,565
17,562
17,558
18 Minnesota
17,544
97.1
16,976
18,012
18,415
19 Edmonton
16,839
100.0
16,839
16,839
16,839
20 Nashville
16,572
96.8
16,408
16,142
14,979
21 Florida
16,485
85.9
15,529
15,685
15,146
22 Colorado
15,142
84.1
14,968
14,820
13,947
23 New Jersey
15,120
85.8
14,416
14,775
15,535
24 Carolina
15,040
80.5
15,189
16,415
15,240
25 Winnipeg *
15,004
100.0
15,005
13,469
13,607
26 Anaheim
14,912
87.7
14,906
14,738
15,168
27 Columbus
14,508
80.0
13,246
13,658
15,416
28 NY Islanders
12,784
78.8
12,705
11,059
12,735
29 Dallas
12,743
68.8
10,535
15,073
17,215
30 Phoenix
11,586
67.7
10,345
12,188
11,989
* Prior years attendance for Winnipeg are Atlanta’s attendance numbers.