NHL attendance by team, 1997-98

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 1997-98?

The Montreal Canadiens drew the biggest home crowds in the 1997-98 NHL regular season, 20,772 a game over 41 home dates; the Carolina Hurricanes drew the smallest, 9,106. 17,263,157 fans saw 1,066 games, 16,194 a game.

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NHL 1997-98 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	MTL	41	20,772	851,645	21,273	16,095
2	DET	41	19,983	819,303	19,983	17,336
3	PHI	41	19,518	800,255	19,708	16,719
4	STL	41	18,415	755,014	20,536	16,330
5	CHI	41	18,351	752,381	22,537	16,606
6	NYR	41	18,189	745,768	18,200	17,478
7	NJ	41	17,297	709,160	19,040	16,027
8	SJ	41	17,111	701,569	17,483	16,063
9	VAN	41	16,958	695,268	18,442	15,848
10	ANA	41	16,908	693,235	17,174	16,628
11	CGY	41	16,865	691,457	18,742	15,605
12	OTT	41	16,751	686,787	18,500	15,253
13	DAL	41	16,489	676,053	16,928	16,331
14	EDM	41	16,245	666,033	17,099	15,786
15	COL	41	16,061	658,501	16,061	17,109
16	TOR	41	15,707	644,003	15,726	16,407
17	BUF	41	15,635	641,034	18,595	15,438
18	ARI	41	15,405	631,591	16,210	16,525
19	WSH	41	15,275	626,285	19,740	15,471
20	BOS	41	15,098	619,006	17,565	16,508
21	PIT	41	15,071	617,905	17,145	16,589
22	FLA	41	14,703	602,823	14,703	15,658
23	TB	41	13,867	568,530	17,808	15,586
24	LA	41	13,019	533,792	16,005	15,950
25	NYI	41	12,254	502,410	16,297	15,811
26	CAR	41	9,106	373,349	19,358	15,896
Team	League	1,066	16,194	17,263,157

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.