NHL attendance by team, 1998-99

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 1998-99?

The Montreal Canadiens drew the biggest home crowds in the 1998-99 NHL regular season, 20,741 a game over 41 home dates; the Carolina Hurricanes drew the smallest, 8,188. 17,996,846 fans saw 1,107 games, 16,257 a game.

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NHL 1998-99 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	MTL	41	20,741	850,371	21,273	16,256
2	DET	41	19,983	819,303	19,983	17,656
3	PHI	41	19,612	804,105	19,720	16,852
4	FLA	41	18,494	758,245	19,250	16,018
5	STL	41	18,276	749,334	20,370	16,333
6	NYR	41	18,200	746,200	18,200	17,316
7	BUF	41	17,982	737,275	18,595	16,114
8	CHI	41	17,329	710,503	22,647	16,415
9	WSH	41	17,281	708,531	19,740	15,359
10	OTT	41	17,219	705,991	18,500	15,956
11	DAL	41	16,908	693,225	16,928	16,487
12	SJ	41	16,903	693,029	17,483	15,860
13	TOR	41	16,765	687,372	18,800	16,535
14	NJ	41	16,670	683,477	19,040	16,114
15	BOS	41	16,300	668,290	17,565	16,469
16	EDM	41	16,244	666,011	17,100	16,061
17	NSH	41	16,195	663,984	17,298	15,988
18	COL	41	16,060	658,456	16,061	16,351
19	CGY	41	16,011	656,450	17,104	15,778
20	ANA	41	15,804	647,973	17,174	16,282
21	VAN	41	15,803	647,913	18,422	15,583
22	ARI	41	15,548	637,467	16,210	16,477
23	PIT	41	14,825	607,822	17,143	16,317
24	LA	41	12,795	524,599	16,005	16,023
25	TB	41	11,511	471,948	20,184	15,660
26	NYI	41	11,299	463,276	16,297	16,335
27	CAR	41	8,188	335,696	11,059	16,352
Team	League	1,107	16,257	17,996,846

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.