NHL attendance by team, 2005-06

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 2005-06?

The Montreal Canadiens drew the biggest home crowds in the 2005-06 NHL regular season, 21,273 a game over 41 home dates; the New York Islanders drew the smallest, 12,609. 20,854,169 fans saw 1,230 games, 16,955 a game.

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NHL 2005-06 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	MTL	41	21,273	872,194	21,274	17,433
2	TB	41	20,509	840,887	22,120	15,852
3	DET	41	20,065	822,646	20,066	17,758
4	PHI	41	19,653	805,783	19,953	17,246
5	OTT	41	19,474	798,453	20,093	16,765
6	TOR	41	19,408	795,747	19,549	17,318
7	CGY	41	19,289	790,849	19,289	16,812
8	VAN	41	18,630	763,830	18,630	16,893
9	MIN	41	18,576	761,614	19,398	16,711
10	NYR	41	18,143	743,848	18,200	17,394
11	COL	41	18,007	738,287	18,007	17,179
12	LA	41	17,839	731,405	18,118	17,257
13	DAL	41	17,829	730,979	18,584	17,055
14	BUF	41	16,886	692,329	18,690	17,644
15	EDM	41	16,833	690,143	16,839	17,185
16	SJ	41	16,832	690,095	17,496	16,938
17	CBJ	41	16,796	688,655	18,136	16,194
18	BOS	41	16,212	664,673	17,565	17,871
19	FLA	41	16,014	656,587	19,250	16,363
20	PIT	41	15,804	647,975	17,132	17,126
21	CAR	41	15,596	639,454	18,930	17,233
22	ARI	41	15,582	638,871	18,619	17,013
23	WPG	41	15,551	637,578	18,759	16,578
24	ANA	41	15,131	620,380	17,174	17,269
25	NSH	41	14,428	591,556	17,113	16,133
26	NJ	41	14,230	583,448	19,040	16,736
27	STL	41	14,213	582,742	19,090	16,775
28	WSH	41	13,905	570,113	18,277	16,523
29	CHI	41	13,319	546,075	20,658	16,729
30	NYI	41	12,609	516,973	16,234	16,658
Team	League	1,230	16,955	20,854,169

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.