NHL sets attendance record, surpasses 23 million fans
Apr 12, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; A view of the arena and fans before the game between the Dallas Stars and the Utah Hockey Club at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images More than 23 million fans attended an NHL regular-season game in 2024-25, the highest total in the league's 108-year history.
The league announced Friday that a total of 23,014,458 people attended a game during the 1,312-game season. That eclipses the previous record of 22,873,142, set last season.
In addition to the 32 teams' home arenas, the NHL also played the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field in Chicago, a Stadium Series game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, and Global Series games in Prague, Czechia, and Tampere, Finland. A total of 94,571 fans attended the game at Ohio Stadium, marking the second-largest gathering in NHL history.
Fueled by 41 sellouts at the Bell Centre, the Montreal Canadiens led all clubs in total attendance with 865,305 fans.
--Field Level Media
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