NHL attendance by team, 2009-10

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 2009-10?

The Montreal Canadiens drew the biggest home crowds in the 2009-10 NHL regular season, 21,273 a game over 41 home dates; the Arizona Coyotes drew the smallest, 11,989. 20,996,455 fans saw 1,230 games, 17,070 a game.

NHL 2009-10 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

1	MTL	41	21,273	872,193	21,273	17,302
2	CHI	41	21,130	866,323	22,428	17,026
3	PHI	41	19,536	800,966	19,889	17,350
4	DET	41	19,407	795,697	20,066	17,820
5	CGY	41	19,289	790,849	19,289	16,851
6	TOR	41	19,261	789,681	19,617	17,113
7	VAN	41	18,810	771,210	18,810	17,133
8	STL	41	18,760	769,172	19,150	16,621
9	BUF	41	18,529	759,695	18,690	17,065
10	MIN	41	18,416	755,055	19,342	17,037
11	WSH	41	18,277	749,357	18,277	17,071
12	OTT	41	18,270	749,061	20,500	16,726
13	NYR	41	18,076	741,128	18,200	17,733
14	BOS	41	17,894	733,655	38,112	17,647
15	SJ	41	17,559	719,904	17,562	16,814
16	LA	41	17,313	709,853	18,118	16,441
17	DAL	41	17,215	705,817	18,532	16,798
18	PIT	41	17,078	700,211	17,132	18,205
19	EDM	41	16,839	690,399	16,839	16,802
20	NJ	41	15,536	636,975	17,625	17,454
21	TB	41	15,497	635,388	20,230	16,701
22	CBJ	41	15,417	632,086	19,136	17,058
23	CAR	41	15,241	624,873	18,680	16,391
24	ANA	41	15,168	621,903	17,281	16,873
25	FLA	41	15,058	617,389	19,851	16,387
26	NSH	41	14,979	614,143	17,113	16,904
27	COL	41	13,948	571,849	18,007	17,519
28	WPG	41	13,607	557,897	18,959	17,208
29	NYI	41	12,736	522,168	16,250	17,071
30	ARI	41	11,989	491,558	17,534	16,987
Team	League	1,230	17,070	20,996,455

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.