NHL attendance by team, 2016-17

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 2016-17?

The Chicago Blackhawks drew the biggest home crowds in the 2016-17 NHL regular season, 21,752 a game over 41 home dates; the Carolina Hurricanes drew the smallest, 11,776. 21,545,903 fans saw 1,230 games, 17,517 a game.

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NHL 2016-17 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

#↓	Team↓	Home games↓	Home avg↓	Home total↓	Biggest↓	Road avg↓
1	CHI	41	21,752	891,827	22,147	18,586
2	MTL	41	21,288	872,808	21,288	17,432
3	DET	41	20,027	821,107	20,027	18,403
4	TOR	41	19,764	810,315	40,148	17,394
5	PIT	41	19,763	810,273	67,318	17,843
6	PHI	41	19,644	805,408	20,011	18,569
7	STL	41	19,540	801,127	46,556	17,186
8	TB	41	19,092	782,772	19,092	17,150
9	MIN	41	19,070	781,879	19,337	17,574
10	CGY	41	18,749	768,697	19,289	17,196
11	BUF	41	18,592	762,281	19,070	17,235
12	VAN	41	18,510	758,891	18,865	17,098
13	WSH	41	18,506	758,746	18,506	17,264
14	EDM	41	18,347	752,227	18,347	17,835
15	LA	41	18,240	747,858	18,453	17,290
16	DAL	41	18,102	742,163	18,532	17,686
17	NYR	41	18,020	738,828	18,200	17,917
18	BOS	41	17,565	720,165	17,565	17,836
19	SJ	41	17,508	717,833	17,562	17,276
20	NSH	41	17,160	703,555	17,355	17,109
21	OTT	41	16,745	686,534	20,011	17,389
22	ANA	41	15,942	653,632	17,403	17,389
23	CBJ	41	15,857	650,157	19,188	17,089
24	WPG	41	15,732	645,004	33,240	17,633
25	COL	41	14,835	608,252	18,007	17,416
26	FLA	41	14,621	599,447	18,625	17,561
27	NJ	41	14,567	597,261	16,514	17,210
28	NYI	41	13,101	537,149	15,795	17,512
29	ARI	41	13,095	536,878	17,490	17,311
30	CAR	41	11,776	482,829	18,680	17,122
Team	League	1,230	17,517	21,545,903

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.