NHL attendance by team, 2015-16

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 2015-16?

The Chicago Blackhawks drew the biggest home crowds in the 2015-16 NHL regular season, 21,860 a game over 41 home dates; the Carolina Hurricanes drew the smallest, 12,204. 21,618,810 fans saw 1,230 games, 17,576 a game.

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NHL 2015-16 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	CHI	41	21,860	896,240	22,247	18,893
2	MTL	41	21,288	872,808	21,288	19,026
3	DET	41	20,027	821,107	20,027	18,606
4	MIN	41	19,827	812,907	50,426	17,389
5	PHI	41	19,227	788,319	19,967	17,414
6	TOR	41	19,158	785,485	20,049	17,809
7	CGY	41	19,146	784,974	19,289	16,865
8	TB	41	19,092	782,772	19,092	17,138
9	BOS	41	18,777	769,846	67,246	18,030
10	BUF	41	18,591	762,223	19,070	17,261
11	PIT	41	18,551	760,586	18,673	17,985
12	WSH	41	18,511	758,944	18,605	17,561
13	STL	41	18,451	756,483	19,808	17,455
14	VAN	41	18,431	755,677	18,570	17,264
15	DAL	41	18,377	753,452	18,532	17,274
16	LA	41	18,274	749,234	18,511	17,269
17	OTT	41	18,085	741,472	20,061	17,322
18	NYR	41	18,006	738,246	18,006	18,084
19	COL	41	17,032	698,327	50,095	17,480
20	NSH	41	16,971	695,828	17,379	17,497
21	EDM	41	16,841	690,499	16,939	17,564
22	SJ	41	16,747	686,623	17,562	17,344
23	ANA	41	16,337	669,805	17,342	17,275
24	FLA	41	15,384	630,746	20,817	17,198
25	WPG	41	15,294	627,054	15,294	17,606
26	NJ	41	15,074	618,029	16,514	17,120
27	CBJ	41	14,666	601,293	19,177	17,375
28	NYI	41	13,627	558,705	15,795	17,473
29	ARI	41	13,433	550,763	17,197	17,101
30	CAR	41	12,204	500,363	18,949	17,610
Team	League	1,230	17,576	21,618,810

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.