NHL arenas by capacity

The 32 NHL arenas seat 18,200 on average. The biggest is Bell Centre, 20,962, home of the Canadiens; the smallest is Canada Life Centre, 15,321 (Jets). The oldest is Madison Square Garden (1968), then Scotiabank Saddledome (1983) and Delta Center (1991); the newest is Climate Pledge Arena (2021).

NHL arenas, biggest first

#	Arena	Home of	Capacity	Opened	Also home of	City
1	Bell Centre	Montreal Canadiens	20,962	1996		Montreal, Quebec
2	United Center	Chicago Blackhawks	19,717	1994	Chicago Bulls	Chicago, Illinois
3	Xfinity Mobile Arena	Philadelphia Flyers	19,538	1996	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4	Little Caesars Arena	Detroit Red Wings	19,515	2017	Detroit Pistons	Detroit, Michigan
5	Canadian Tire Centre	Ottawa Senators	19,347	1996		Ottawa, Ontario
6	Scotiabank Saddledome	Calgary Flames	19,289	1983		Calgary, Alberta
7	Amerant Bank Arena	Florida Panthers	19,250	1998		Sunrise, Florida
8	Benchmark International Arena	Tampa Bay Lightning	19,092	1996		Tampa, Florida
9	KeyBank Center	Buffalo Sabres	19,070	1996		Buffalo, New York
10	Rogers Arena	Vancouver Canucks	18,910	1995		Vancouver, British Columbia
11	Scotiabank Arena	Toronto Maple Leafs	18,800	1999	Toronto Raptors	Toronto, Ontario
12	Capital One Arena	Washington Capitals	18,573	1997	Washington Wizards	Washington, D.C.
13	Lenovo Center	Carolina Hurricanes	18,547	1999		Raleigh, North Carolina
14	American Airlines Center	Dallas Stars	18,532	2001	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas, Texas
15	PPG Paints Arena	Pittsburgh Penguins	18,387	2010		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
16	Rogers Place	Edmonton Oilers	18,347	2016		Edmonton, Alberta
17	Crypto.com Arena	Los Angeles Kings	18,230	1999	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles, California
18	Nationwide Arena	Columbus Blue Jackets	18,144	2000		Columbus, Ohio
19	Enterprise Center	St. Louis Blues	18,096	1994		St. Louis, Missouri
20	Madison Square Garden	New York Rangers	18,006	1968	New York Knicks	New York City, New York
21	Grand Casino Arena	Minnesota Wild	17,954	2000		Saint Paul, Minnesota
22	Ball Arena	Colorado Avalanche	17,809	1999	Denver Nuggets	Denver, Colorado
23	TD Garden	Boston Bruins	17,565	1995	Boston Celtics	Boston, Massachusetts
24	SAP Center	San Jose Sharks	17,435	1993		San Jose, California
25	T-Mobile Arena	Vegas Golden Knights	17,367	2016		Paradise, Nevada
26	UBS Arena	New York Islanders	17,255	2021		Elmont, New York
27	Honda Center	Anaheim Ducks	17,174	1993		Anaheim, California
28	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville Predators	17,159	1996		Nashville, Tennessee
29	Climate Pledge Arena	Seattle Kraken	17,151	2021		Seattle, Washington
30	Prudential Center	New Jersey Devils	16,514	2007		Newark, New Jersey
31	Delta Center	Utah Mammoth	16,020	1991	Utah Jazz	Salt Lake City, Utah
32	Canada Life Centre	Winnipeg Jets	15,321	2004		Winnipeg, Manitoba

Capacity is the hockey seating as Wikipedia's list of current NHL arenas gives it, read on October 1, 2026; a venue two clubs share is one row.