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List of NHL Teams

Current

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded
New Jersey Devils	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena	19,040	1974
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	Mellon Arena	17,132	1967
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	1909
Ottawa Senators	Ottawa, Ontario	Scotiabank Place	20,500	1992
Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto, Ontario	Air Canada Centre	18,800	1917
Atlanta Thrashers	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena	18,750	1999
Carolina Hurricanes	Raleigh, North Carolina	RBC Center	18,639	1972
Florida Panthers	Sunrise, Florida	Bank Atlantic 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
Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago, Illinois	United Center	20,500	1926
Columbus Blue Jackets	Columbus, Ohio	Nationwide Arena	18,500	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	19,260	1967
Calgary Flames	Calgary, Alberta	Pengrowth Saddledome	19,289	1972
Colorado Avalanche	Denver, Colorado	Pepsi Center	18,007	1972
Edmonton Oilers	Edmonton, Alberta	Rexall Place	16,839	1972
Minnesota Wild	St. Paul, Minnesota	Xcel Energy Center	18,568	2000
Vancouver Canucks	Vancouver, British Columbia	General Motors Place	18,630	1945
Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim, California	Honda Center	17,250	1993
Dallas Stars	Dallas, Texas	American Airlines Center	18,500	1967
Los Angeles Kings	Los Angeles, California	Staples Center	18,118	1967
Phoenix Coyotes	Glendale, Arizona (Phoenix area)	Jobing.com Arena	18,000	1972
San Jose Sharks	San Jose, California	HP Pavilion	17,496	1991

Defunct and Relocated

Main article: List of defunct NHL teams

The name of the team for any defunction or relocation was their last name before the event occured.

Team	Seasons	Relocated to
Montreal Wanderers	1917-1918	Folded
Ottawa Senators*	1917-1934	St. Louis Eagles;
Quebec Bulldogs	1919-1920	Hamilton Tigers
Hamilton Tigers	1920-1925	New York Americans
Pittsburgh Pirates	1925-1930	Philadelphia Quakers
Philadelphia Quakers	1930-1931	Folded
St. Louis Eagles	1934-1935	Folded
Montreal Maroons	1924-1938	Folded
Brooklyn Americans	1925-1942	Folded
California Golden Seals	1967-1976	Cleveland Barons
Kansas City Scouts	1974-1976	Colorado Rockies
Cleveland Barons	1976-1978	merged with Minnesota North Stars
Atlanta Flames	1972-1980	Calgary Flames
Colorado Rockies	1976-1982	New Jersey Devils
Minnesota North Stars	1967-1993	Dallas Stars
Quebec Nordiques	1979-1995	Colorado Avalanche
Winnipeg Jets	1979-1996	Phoenix Coyotes
Hartford Whalers	1979-1997	Carolina Hurricanes

Note:*Denotes the original team behind a certain name.

Renamed without Relocation

Team	Seasons	Renamed to
Toronto Arenas	1917-1919	Toronto St. Patricks
Toronto St. Patricks	1919-1927	Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Americans	1925-1941	Brooklyn Americans
California Seals	1967	Oakland Seals
Oakland Seals	1967-1970	California Golden Seals

Teams Prior to Joining the NHL

Team	Seasons	Previous League(s)	New name when joining NHL
Toronto Blue Shirts	1912-1917	NHA	Toronto Arenas*
Alberta Oilers	1972-1973	WHA	Edmonton Oilers
New England Whalers	1972-1979	WHA	Hartford Whalers

Note:*Not officially same team moving to a new league, the Blue Shirts players were leased to play on the Arenas.