List of NHL teams

This is a list of teams that have or currently played in the NHL.

Current Teams

Eastern Conference

Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Joined NHL
Altantic	New Jersey Devils	Newark, New Jersey	Prudential Center	17,625	1982
	New York Islanders	Uniondale, New York	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16,234	1972
	New York Rangers	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	18,200	1926
	Philadelphia Flyers	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Center	19,500	1967
	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Consol Energy Center	18,087	1967
Northeast	Boston Bruins	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Banknorth Garden	17,565	1924
	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo, New York	HSBC Arena	18,690	1970
	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal, Quebec	Bell Centre	21,273	1917
	Ottawa Senators	Ottawa, Ontario	Scotiabank Place	20,500	1992
	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto, Ontario	Air Canada Centre	18,800	1917
Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena	18,750	1999
	Carolina Hurricanes	Raleigh, North Carolina	RBC Center	18,639	1979
	Florida Panthers	Sunrise, Florida	BankAtlantic Center	19,452	1993
	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa, Florida	St. Pete Times Forum	19,500	1992
	Washington Capitals	Washington, D.C.	Verizon Center	18,277	1974

Western Conference

Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Joined NHL
Central	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago, Illinois	United Center	20,500	1926
	Columbus Blue Jackets	Columbus, Ohio	Nationwide Arena	18,136	2000
	Detroit Red Wings	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	20,066	1926
	Nashville Predators	Nashville, Tennessee	Sommet Center	17,113	1998
	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	19,022	1967
Northwest	Calgary Flames	Calgary, Alberta	Pengrowth Saddledome	19,289	1972
	Colorado Avalanche	Denver, Colorado	Pepsi Center	18,007	1979
	Edmonton Oilers	Edmonton, Alberta	Rexall Place	16,839	1979
	Minnesota Wild	St. Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center	18,568	2000
	Vancouver Canucks	Vancouver, British Columbia	General Motors Place	18,630	1970
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim, California	Honda Center	17,174	1993
	Dallas Stars	Dallas, Texas	American Airlines Center	18,500	1967
	Los Angeles Kings	Los Angeles, California	Staples Center	18,118	1967
	Arizona Coyotes	Glendale, Arizona	Jobing.com Arena	18,000	1979
	San Jose Sharks	San Jose, California	HP Pavilion at San Jose	17,496	1991

Former Member Teams

• Montreal Wanderers - folded after arena fire
• Quebec Bulldogs - moved to Hamilton
• Ottawa Senators - won the Cup several times before becoming the St. Louis Eagles
• Hamilton Tigers - Folded
• Toronto Arenas/Toronto St. Pats - became the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Montreal Maroons - folded
• New York Americans - moved to Brooklyn
• Detroit Cougars/Detroit Falcons - became the Detroit Red Wings
• Pittsburgh Pirates - moved to Philadelphia
• Philadelphia Quakers - folded
• St. Louis Eagles - folded
• Brooklyn Americans - folded
• Minnesota North Stars - moved to Dallas, won the cup
• Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals - moved to Cleveland
• Cleveland Barons - merged with the North Stars - Folded
• Atlanta Flames - moved to Calgary, won the cup
• Kansas City Scouts - moved to Denver, Folded
• Colorado Rockies - moved to New Jersey, won the cup
• Quebec Nordiques - moved to Denver, won the cup
• Winnipeg Jets - moved to Phoenix (Arizona), became Phoenix Coyotes
• Hartford Whalers - moved to Raleigh (North Carolina), won the cup
• Atlanta Thrashers - Moved to Winnipeg to become the new Winnipeg Jets
• Phoenix Coyotes - Moved to Glendale (Arizona) to become the Arizona Coyotes