page_title: List of National Hockey League attendance figures
section_title: 2015–16 attendance statistics
hierarchical_section_title: List of National Hockey League attendance figures / 2015–16 attendance statistics
context_page_description: The National Hockey League is one of the top attended professional sports in the world, as well as one of the top two attended indoor sports in both average and total attendance. As of the 2018–19 season the NHL averaged 17,377 live spectators per game, and 22,002,081 total for the season.
context_section_description: Notes:
  The New York Islanders moved from Nassau Coliseum to Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
  Totals do not include three outdoor regular season games.
  The Boston Bruins played the Montreal Canadiens outdoors in the Winter Classic at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
  The Minnesota Wild played the Chicago Blackhawks outdoors in the 2016 NHL Stadium Series at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  The Colorado Avalanche played the Detroit Red Wings outdoors in the 2016 NHL Stadium Series at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado.
  The Edmonton Oilers will move to Rogers Place the following season.
caption: Joe Louis Arena
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