which nhl team has had the most stanley cup final appearances since 2002

Since 2001-02, the Tampa Bay Lightning have the most appearances by a team in the Stanley Cup Finals, with 5 appearances.

		TEAM	SERIES	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1		Lightning	Stanley Cup Finals	30	16	14	0	0	32	.533	0	0	73	70	3	19.0	81.2	28.07	8.7	28.27	.917
2		Penguins	Stanley Cup Finals	25	14	11	0	0	28	.560	0	0	58	59	-1	18.4	84.3	27.16	8.5	29.52	.920
3		Panthers	Stanley Cup Finals	18	9	9	0	0	18	.500	0	0	58	66	-8	13.8	80.3	28.94	11.1	30.67	.880
4		Bruins	Stanley Cup Finals	20	9	11	0	0	18	.450	0	0	60	43	17	23.2	94.3	31.85	9.4	33.75	.936
5		Blackhawks	Stanley Cup Finals	18	12	6	0	0	24	.667	0	0	55	47	8	13.2	79.6	32.83	9.3	30.00	.913
6		Oilers	Stanley Cup Finals	20	8	12	0	0	16	.400	0	0	56	65	-9	13.0	80.7	30.00	9.3	26.50	.877
7		Red Wings	Stanley Cup Finals	18	11	7	0	0	22	.611	0	0	48	31	17	14.1	83.1	32.61	8.2	24.94	.931
8		Golden Knights	Stanley Cup Finals	10	5	5	0	0	10	.500	0	0	40	32	8	27.3	83.3	30.80	13.0	29.10	.890
9		Kings	Stanley Cup Finals	11	8	3	0	0	16	.727	0	0	31	18	13	23.7	92.7	31.36	9.0	25.36	.935
10		Devils	Stanley Cup Finals	13	6	7	0	0	12	.462	0	0	27	28	-1	10.0	78.9	25.77	8.1	24.08	.911
11		Ducks	Stanley Cup Finals	12	7	5	0	0	14	.583	0	0	28	30	-2	13.2	84.8	23.83	9.8	25.25	.901
12		Hurricanes	Stanley Cup Finals	12	5	7	0	0	10	.417	0	0	26	30	-4	16.2	88.6	23.67	9.2	30.17	.917
13		Avalanche	Stanley Cup Finals	6	4	2	0	0	8	.667	0	0	20	15	5	37.5	89.5	35.17	9.5	27.17	.908
14		Canadiens	Stanley Cup Finals	5	1	4	0	0	2	.200	0	0	8	17	-9	10.0	86.7	28.00	5.7	28.80	.882
15		Stars	Stanley Cup Finals	6	2	4	0	0	4	.333	0	0	15	18	-3	5.3	63.2	26.33	9.5	34.00	.912
16		Blues	Stanley Cup Finals	7	4	3	0	0	8	.571	0	0	18	22	-4	5.6	70.8	27.71	9.3	30.29	.896
17		Capitals	Stanley Cup Finals	5	4	1	0	0	8	.800	0	0	20	14	6	31.3	78.6	27.20	14.7	31.20	.910
18		Predators	Stanley Cup Finals	6	2	4	0	0	4	.333	0	0	13	19	-6	22.2	90.9	29.00	7.5	24.00	.868
19		Sharks	Stanley Cup Finals	6	2	4	0	0	4	.333	0	0	12	15	-3	8.3	76.9	23.17	8.6	34.33	.927
20		Rangers	Stanley Cup Finals	5	1	4	0	0	2	.200	0	0	10	15	-5	9.1	83.3	29.20	6.8	38.80	.923
21		Canucks	Stanley Cup Finals	7	3	4	0	0	6	.429	0	0	8	23	-15	6.1	81.5	35.14	3.3	32.14	.898
22		Flyers	Stanley Cup Finals	6	2	4	0	0	4	.333	0	0	22	25	-3	26.1	77.8	29.83	12.3	31.33	.867
23		Senators	Stanley Cup Finals	5	1	4	0	0	2	.200	0	0	11	16	-5	16.0	85.0	20.20	10.9	24.80	.871
24		Flames	Stanley Cup Finals	7	3	4	0	0	6	.429	0	0	14	13	1	25.0	79.4	24.43	8.2	24.29	.924

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G

34

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

A

72

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

+/-

+39

Moser

J.J. Moser

G/GP

3.49

4th

GA/GP

2.77

3rd

PP%

21.9

13th

PK%

81.6

9th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	41	20	6	88	35
Lightning	40	21	4	84	49
Canadiens	36	20	10	82	13
Bruins	37	23	6	80	12
Red Wings	36	23	8	80	-6
Senators	34	23	9	77	20
Maple Leafs	29	27	12	70	-23
Panthers	33	30	3	69	-21

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/17	TBL	@	SEA	10:00 PM
Thu 3/19	TBL	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sat 3/21	TBL	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Sun 3/22	TBL	@	CGY	8:00 PM
Tue 3/24	MIN	@	TBL	7:30 PM

CAR

42 - 18 - 6

4

Final

2

TBL

40 - 21 - 4

Sat 14 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

44

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

39

Caufield

Cole Caufield

38

Kaprizov

Kirill Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

77

McDavid

Connor McDavid

72

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

65

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

114

McDavid

Connor McDavid

109

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

106

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

343

Trenin

Yakov Trenin

268

Sherwood

Kiefer Sherwood

247

Klapka

Adam Klapka

163

McCabe

Jake McCabe

156

Dobson

Noah Dobson

151

Weegar

MacKenzie Weegar

30

Vejmelka

Karel Vejmelka

30

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

28

Oettinger

Jake Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.16

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

2.28

DeSmith

Casey DeSmith

2.30

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Save Percentage Leaders

.918

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

.914

Shesterkin

Igor Shesterkin

.914

Cooley

Devin Cooley

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

3.75

3.50

3.50

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.64

2.77

Power Play Rankings

31.9

30.0

25.5

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.0

84.2

83.5

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

43-23

41-24

41-25

41-25

41-25

39-27

Worst Record ATS

22-44

23-43

25-41

25-41

26-42

27-40

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	44	12	9	97	84
Stars	42	14	10	94	54
Wild	38	18	12	88	30
Mammoth	34	27	6	74	20
Predators	29	28	9	67	-30
Jets	28	28	10	66	-14
Blues	27	30	10	64	-45
Blackhawks	25	30	11	61	-38
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	37	27	3	77	-10
Golden Knights	31	22	14	76	11
Oilers	33	26	9	75	6
Kraken	31	26	9	71	-8
Sharks	32	27	6	70	-25
Kings	27	24	15	69	-24
Flames	26	33	7	59	-42
Canucks	20	38	8	48	-75

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	41	20	6	88	35
Lightning	40	21	4	84	49
Canadiens	36	20	10	82	13
Bruins	37	23	6	80	12
Red Wings	36	23	8	80	-6
Senators	34	23	9	77	20
Maple Leafs	29	27	12	70	-23
Panthers	33	30	3	69	-21
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	42	18	6	90	42
Penguins	33	18	15	81	21
Islanders	38	24	5	81	6
Blue Jackets	34	21	11	79	4
Flyers	31	23	12	74	-14
Capitals	33	27	8	74	9
Devils	33	31	2	68	-25
Rangers	28	30	8	64	-16

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 1/30	CAR	@	WSH	3-4
Fri 1/30	CBJ	@	STL	5-3
Fri 1/30	NJD	@	OTT	1-4
Fri 1/30	TOR	@	VAN	3-2
Fri 1/30	NSH	@	NYI	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 3/16	CGY	@	DET	7:00 PM
Mon 3/16	BOS	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Mon 3/16	LAK	@	NYR	7:00 PM
Mon 3/16	UTA	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Mon 3/16	PIT	@	COL	9:30 PM