NHL attendance by team, 1996-97

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 1996-97?

The Montreal Canadiens drew the biggest home crowds in the 1996-97 NHL regular season, 21,002 a game over 41 home dates; the Los Angeles Kings drew the smallest, 12,297. 17,637,959 fans saw 1,066 games, 16,546 a game.

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NHL 1996-97 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	MTL	41	21,002	861,072	21,273	16,385
2	DET	41	19,978	819,107	19,983	17,210
3	CHI	41	19,397	795,265	22,819	16,886
4	PHI	41	19,311	791,753	19,754	16,896
5	NYR	41	18,188	745,714	18,200	17,823
6	TB	41	17,443	715,158	20,667	15,709
7	SJ	41	17,420	714,238	17,442	16,191
8	VAN	41	17,320	710,136	18,422	16,021
9	CGY	41	17,089	700,643	18,882	16,183
10	ANA	41	16,972	695,867	17,174	16,728
11	BUF	41	16,912	693,379	18,595	16,366
12	STL	41	16,807	689,079	20,371	16,400
13	PIT	41	16,691	684,342	17,355	17,011
14	NJ	41	16,398	672,318	19,040	16,347
15	COL	41	16,061	658,501	16,061	16,967
16	EDM	41	16,052	658,146	17,099	16,136
17	DAL	41	15,997	655,878	16,924	16,373
18	WSH	41	15,762	646,234	18,130	16,282
19	TOR	41	15,704	643,862	15,746	16,685
20	ARI	41	15,586	639,017	16,210	16,515
21	BOS	41	15,551	637,575	17,565	16,621
22	OTT	41	15,377	630,469	18,500	16,018
23	FLA	41	14,703	602,823	14,703	16,739
24	CAR	41	13,681	560,914	15,635	16,676
25	NYI	41	12,495	512,279	16,297	17,016
26	LA	41	12,297	504,190	16,005	16,010
Team	League	1,066	16,546	17,637,959

Regular season, the crowd ESPN files with each final. A neutral-site game counts for the club listed at home, as ESPN counts it; a game with no count on file is left out of both columns. Seasons are listed where ESPN has a crowd for at least 80% of the finals.