NHL attendance by team, 2008-09

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 2008-09?

The Chicago Blackhawks drew the biggest home crowds in the 2008-09 NHL regular season, 22,248 a game over 41 home dates; the New York Islanders drew the smallest, 13,773. 21,495,541 fans saw 1,230 games, 17,476 a game.

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NHL 2008-09 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	CHI	41	22,248	912,155	40,818	17,545
2	MTL	41	21,273	872,193	21,273	17,765
3	DET	41	19,865	814,474	20,066	18,828
4	PHI	41	19,546	801,372	19,992	17,544
5	TOR	41	19,312	791,795	19,570	17,321
6	CGY	41	19,289	790,849	19,289	17,274
7	OTT	41	18,950	776,947	20,500	17,361
8	VAN	41	18,630	763,830	18,630	17,131
9	MIN	41	18,568	761,288	18,568	17,102
10	STL	41	18,554	760,732	19,250	17,193
11	BUF	41	18,532	759,798	18,690	17,531
12	NYR	41	18,173	745,085	18,200	17,854
13	WSH	41	18,097	741,992	18,277	17,447
14	DAL	41	17,681	724,911	18,584	16,961
15	SJ	41	17,488	717,023	17,496	17,673
16	BOS	41	17,040	698,638	17,565	18,156
17	ANA	41	16,991	696,629	17,597	17,502
18	PIT	41	16,976	695,997	17,132	17,992
19	EDM	41	16,839	690,399	16,839	17,213
20	CAR	41	16,573	679,488	18,680	17,126
21	TB	41	16,498	676,409	20,544	17,010
22	LA	41	16,489	676,042	18,118	17,428
23	NJ	41	15,790	647,397	17,625	17,745
24	FLA	41	15,622	640,496	20,741	17,039
25	CBJ	41	15,544	637,284	19,167	17,584
26	COL	41	15,429	632,602	18,007	17,205
27	NSH	41	15,011	615,439	17,113	17,584
28	ARI	41	14,876	609,907	17,125	17,316
29	WPG	41	14,626	599,673	18,545	17,145
30	NYI	41	13,773	564,697	16,234	17,706
Team	League	1,230	17,476	21,495,541

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.