NHL attendance by team, 2002-03

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 2002-03?

The Montreal Canadiens drew the biggest home crowds in the 2002-03 NHL regular season, 20,673 a game over 41 home dates; the Nashville Predators drew the smallest, 13,228. 20,406,393 fans saw 1,230 games, 16,591 a game.

NHL 2002-03 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

1	MTL	41	20,673	847,586	21,273	16,345
2	DET	41	20,058	822,378	20,058	18,110
3	PHI	41	19,325	792,333	19,737	16,493
4	TOR	41	19,240	788,847	19,445	17,108
5	STL	41	18,570	761,388	20,022	16,227
6	DAL	41	18,532	759,812	18,532	16,710
7	MIN	41	18,501	758,536	19,344	16,436
8	VAN	41	18,396	754,247	18,514	16,611
9	NYR	41	18,148	744,068	18,200	17,593
10	COL	41	18,007	738,287	18,007	17,240
11	CBJ	41	17,744	727,522	18,136	16,139
12	LA	41	17,570	720,366	18,738	16,546
13	SJ	41	17,351	711,386	17,496	16,398
14	OTT	41	17,198	705,124	18,500	15,736
15	EDM	41	16,658	682,960	16,839	16,736
16	TB	41	16,545	678,354	20,819	16,484
17	CGY	41	16,239	665,808	18,252	16,432
18	WSH	41	15,787	647,272	18,277	16,178
19	CAR	41	15,682	642,973	18,730	15,607
20	FLA	41	15,428	632,552	19,250	15,923
21	BOS	41	15,029	616,197	17,565	17,021
22	NYI	41	14,931	612,154	16,234	16,271
23	NJ	41	14,859	609,218	19,040	16,985
24	CHI	41	14,795	606,580	21,565	17,124
25	PIT	41	14,751	604,788	17,148	17,370
26	ANA	41	13,988	573,524	17,174	16,615
27	BUF	41	13,776	564,827	18,690	16,983
28	WPG	41	13,476	552,535	18,857	15,928
29	ARI	41	13,229	542,404	16,127	16,198
30	NSH	41	13,228	542,367	17,113	16,169
Team	League	1,230	16,591	20,406,393

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.