From: NHL expansion and fan allegiance: a mathematical modelling study
Locational qualities of NHL teams and selected other North American cities | ||||||||
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Team or City | Population (millions)a | GDP per capitaa | Mean cold tempb | WINTc | a t d | b t e | H t f | h t g |
Anaheim ducks | 5.552807 | $65,052.00 | 21 | 0.00 | 23872.2091 | 1256.5751 | 90.2294 | 0.7639 |
Arizona coyotes | 4.459692 | $46,430.00 | 20 | 0.00 | 26569.6757 | 1330.5856 | 99.6843 | 0.8439 |
Boston bruins | 4.725601 | $76,204.00 | 2 | 1.00 | 27631.2531 | 1251.2492 | 121.9140 | 1.0321 |
Buffalo sabres | 1.133666 | $64,090.00 | 0 | 1.00 | 25899.9405 | 1241.9735 | 108.7209 | 0.9204 |
Calgary flames | 1.401800 | $69,826.00 | -1 | 1.00 | 25566.3899 | 1229.4164 | 108.1137 | 0.9153 |
Carolina hurricanes | 1.244021 | $51,729.00 | 11 | 0.00 | 22711.8760 | 1258.0512 | 81.4797 | 0.6898 |
Chicago blackhawks | 9.568133 | $58,861.00 | -1 | 1.00 | 32472.5174 | 1339.6617 | 146.8864 | 1.2435 |
Colorado avalanche | 2.746768 | $61,795.00 | 6 | 1.00 | 28460.1760 | 1281.8863 | 123.2299 | 1.0432 |
Columbus blue jackets | 1.988002 | $54,780.00 | 3 | 1.00 | 28918.0283 | 1299.4250 | 123.8155 | 1.0482 |
Dallas stars | 6.937652 | $59,483.00 | 14 | 0.00 | 25195.9012 | 1285.8766 | 95.9845 | 0.8126 |
Detroit red wings | 4.286134 | $48,421.00 | 0 | 1.00 | 32487.1820 | 1358.8221 | 142.9022 | 1.2098 |
Edmonton oilers | 1.320300 | $62,832.00 | -6 | 1.00 | 26458.4329 | 1251.9393 | 111.6611 | 0.9453 |
Florida panthers | 5.905918 | $44,480.00 | 25 | 0.00 | 27701.5572 | 1351.9469 | 104.9613 | 0.8886 |
Los Angeles kings | 7.668163 | $65,052.00 | 20 | 0.00 | 24583.7917 | 1267.9831 | 93.9747 | 0.7956 |
Minnesota wild | 3.491620 | $60,544.00 | -5 | 1.00 | 29313.3379 | 1295.4964 | 127.9965 | 1.0836 |
Montreal canadiens | 4.011200 | $38,867.00 | -5 | 1.00 | 35078.3776 | 1413.4876 | 153.9696 | 1.3035 |
Nashville predators | 1.785349 | $53,193.00 | 8 | 0.00 | 23225.5464 | 1264.1947 | 84.3809 | 0.7143 |
New Jersey devils | 5.419961 | $69,915.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 28900.5599 | 1276.5556 | 128.1366 | 1.0848 |
New York islanders | 4.014786 | $69,915.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 28121.9798 | 1265.8737 | 123.3818 | 1.0445 |
New York rangers | 10.639183 | $69,915.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 30729.9067 | 1300.8921 | 139.5018 | 1.1810 |
Ottawa senators | 1.318400 | $44,149.00 | -6 | 1.00 | 30215.1591 | 1337.7141 | 127.5449 | 1.0798 |
Philadelphia flyers | 6.060560 | $57,166.00 | 5 | 1.00 | 31495.4880 | 1329.9238 | 140.2113 | 1.1870 |
Pittsburgh penguins | 2.361681 | $58,615.00 | 2 | 1.00 | 28635.7681 | 1289.2109 | 123.3417 | 1.0442 |
San Jose sharks | 1.945539 | $82,414.00 | 14 | 0.00 | 19849.6403 | 1167.1598 | 72.3077 | 0.6121 |
St. Louis blues | 2.807760 | $50,070.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 30868.6490 | 1334.4001 | 133.7837 | 1.1326 |
Tampa Bay lightning | 2.895946 | $44,999.00 | 21 | 0.00 | 25848.9340 | 1322.3520 | 95.5281 | 0.8087 |
Toronto maple leafs | 6.036800 | $45,771.00 | -1 | 1.00 | 34233.6201 | 1386.5012 | 152.4071 | 1.2902 |
Vancouver canucks | 2.476600 | $44,337.00 | 6 | 1.00 | 31948.2055 | 1360.4518 | 137.8690 | 1.1672 |
Washington capitals | 6.056296 | $73,017.00 | 6 | 1.00 | 28720.5782 | 1270.1267 | 127.8298 | 1.0822 |
Winnipeg jets | 0.778500 | $41,719.00 | -11 | 1.00 | 29421.4851 | 1332.2235 | 121.9312 | 1.0322 |
Hamilton | 0.765228 | $35,315.00 | -1 | 1.00 | 31278.1681 | 1373.9382 | 129.5652 | 1.0969 |
Kansas City | 2.070981 | $51,157.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 29783.5302 | 1317.7477 | 127.7109 | 1.0812 |
Las Vegas | 2.051796 | $45,744.00 | 14 | 0.00 | 24896.4995 | 1305.6199 | 90.9040 | 0.7696 |
Québec city | 0.797500 | $41,907.00 | -7 | 1.00 | 29436.2287 | 1331.9975 | 122.0949 | 1.0336 |
Seattle | 3.663399 | $73,012.00 | 8 | 0.00 | 22007.7246 | 1215.3763 | 81.9726 | 0.6940 |
MEAN (NHL teams) | 4.034628 | $57,788.03 | 5.47 | 0.700 | 28171.2056 | 1298.3985 | 118.1226 | 1.0000 |