NHL attendance by team, 2021-22

Which NHL team drew the biggest crowds in 2021-22?

The Tampa Bay Lightning drew the biggest home crowds in the 2021-22 NHL regular season, 19,092 a game over 41 home dates; the Buffalo Sabres drew the smallest, 9,998. 20,784,346 fans saw 1,302 games, 15,963 a game.

NHL 2021-22 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

1	TB	41	19,092	782,772	19,092	17,477
2	WSH	41	18,573	761,493	18,573	16,066
3	MIN	41	18,542	760,226	38,619	15,337
4	NSH	41	18,496	758,317	68,619	16,383
5	CHI	41	18,490	758,082	20,490	16,503
6	VGK	41	18,101	742,124	18,431	15,926
7	DAL	41	17,897	733,769	18,532	15,792
8	BOS	41	17,850	731,850	17,850	16,132
9	STL	41	17,717	726,392	18,096	15,602
10	PIT	41	17,684	725,046	18,429	16,235
11	COL	41	17,499	717,458	18,102	16,422
12	VAN	41	17,286	708,711	18,969	15,565
13	CAR	41	17,210	705,611	19,023	15,422
14	MTL	37	17,170	635,297	21,105	15,846
15	SEA	41	17,151	703,191	17,151	16,308
16	DET	41	16,985	696,367	19,515	16,380
17	NYI	41	16,943	694,658	17,255	15,765
18	NYR	41	16,839	690,411	18,006	16,296
19	PHI	41	16,541	678,163	19,644	16,119
20	TOR	39	16,386	639,039	19,531	16,302
21	CBJ	41	16,237	665,722	19,434	15,104
22	EDM	41	14,927	612,010	18,347	15,710
23	LA	41	14,829	607,977	18,230	16,049
24	FLA	41	14,811	607,269	18,152	15,426
25	CGY	41	14,284	585,644	19,289	15,584
26	ANA	41	13,083	536,403	17,446	16,224
27	NJ	41	12,744	522,519	16,514	15,514
28	WPG	41	12,716	521,357	14,461	15,866
29	SJ	41	12,574	515,533	17,562	16,114
30	ARI	41	11,601	475,659	15,235	15,705
31	OTT	37	10,145	375,368	19,410	15,703
32	BUF	41	9,998	409,908	26,119	15,924
Team	League	1,302	15,963	20,784,346

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.