NHL attendance by team, 2012-13

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 2012-13?

The Chicago Blackhawks drew the biggest home crowds in the 2012-13 NHL regular season, 21,776 a game over 24 home dates; the New York Islanders drew the smallest, 13,307. 12,792,707 fans saw 720 games, 17,768 a game.

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NHL 2012-13 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	CHI	24	21,776	522,619	22,272	18,162
2	MTL	24	21,273	510,552	21,273	17,647
3	DET	24	20,066	481,584	20,066	18,388
4	PHI	24	19,787	474,878	19,997	18,181
5	TOR	24	19,426	466,229	19,730	18,027
6	OTT	24	19,408	465,801	20,500	17,720
7	CGY	24	19,289	462,936	19,289	17,326
8	TB	24	19,056	457,337	19,204	17,553
9	BUF	24	18,970	455,290	19,070	18,148
10	VAN	24	18,948	454,740	19,810	17,430
11	MIN	24	18,795	451,075	19,358	17,257
12	PIT	24	18,648	447,560	18,673	17,859
13	WSH	24	18,506	444,144	18,506	17,938
14	LA	24	18,179	436,295	18,545	17,462
15	STL	24	17,901	429,630	20,035	17,601
16	BOS	24	17,565	421,560	17,565	18,445
17	SJ	24	17,561	421,472	17,562	17,175
18	CAR	24	17,560	421,451	18,680	17,746
19	NYR	24	17,200	412,800	17,200	18,458
20	NJ	24	17,114	410,739	17,625	17,980
21	DAL	24	17,063	409,521	18,584	16,847
22	FLA	24	16,992	407,806	19,688	17,887
23	NSH	24	16,974	407,386	17,322	17,388
24	EDM	24	16,839	404,136	16,839	17,710
25	ANA	24	15,888	381,308	17,610	17,523
26	COL	24	15,445	370,677	18,007	17,809
27	WPG	24	15,004	360,096	15,004	17,991
28	CBJ	24	14,565	349,558	19,206	17,403
29	ARI	24	13,924	334,165	17,428	17,730
30	NYI	24	13,307	319,362	16,170	18,238
Team	League	720	17,768	12,792,707

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.