which nhl team has the most stanley cup final appearances since 2000

Since 1999-00, 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		Devils	Stanley Cup Finals	26	13	13	0	0	26	.500	0	0	53	56	-3	10.8	82.2	27.77	7.3	23.31	.908
4		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
5		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
6		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
7		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
8		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
9		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
10		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
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	13	8	5	0	0	16	.615	0	0	39	26	13	23.1	89.1	27.46	10.9	26.23	.924
14		Stars	Stanley Cup Finals	12	4	8	0	0	8	.333	0	0	24	33	-9	8.6	74.3	25.42	7.9	34.42	.920
15		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
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

18

Hagel

Brandon Hagel

A

29

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

+/-

+20

Moser

J.J. Moser

G/GP

3.15

11th

GA/GP

2.62

6th

PP%

17.4

21st

PK%

85.2

2nd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	19	13	3	41	-7
Canadiens	18	12	4	40	-8
Bruins	20	15	0	40	5
Panthers	19	13	2	40	4
Lightning	18	13	3	39	17
Senators	16	13	4	36	1
Maple Leafs	15	13	5	35	-3
Sabres	15	14	4	34	-9

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	CAR	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Mon 12/22	STL	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Sat 12/27	TBL	@	FLA	7:00 PM
Sun 12/28	MTL	@	TBL	5:00 PM
Wed 12/31	TBL	@	ANA	4:00 PM

15 - 10 - 9

2

Final

1

TBL

18 - 13 - 3

Thu 18 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

28

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

24

Geekie

Morgan Geekie

22

Kaprizov

Kirill Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

37

McDavid

Connor McDavid

35

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

34

Rantanen

Mikko Rantanen

59

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

58

McDavid

Connor McDavid

53

Celebrini

Macklin Celebrini

170

Trenin

Yakov Trenin

148

Sherwood

Kiefer Sherwood

123

Cuylle

Will Cuylle

86

McCabe

Jake McCabe

85

Lindell

Esa Lindell

85

Parayko

Colton Parayko

15

Bobrovsky

Sergei Bobrovsky

15

Oettinger

Jake Oettinger

15

Vejmelka

Karel Vejmelka

Goals Against Leaders

1.96

Wallstedt

Jesper Wallstedt

2.00

Thompson

Logan Thompson

2.10

Wedgewood

Scott Wedgewood

Save Percentage Leaders

.936

Wallstedt

Jesper Wallstedt

.925

Thompson

Logan Thompson

.920

Blackwood

Mackenzie Blackwood

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

4.00

3.47

3.43

Goals Against Rankings

2.21

2.47

2.50

Power Play Rankings

32.1

31.9

30.4

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.4

85.2

84.5

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-10

24-10

24-11

22-11

21-12

22-13

Worst Record ATS

8-24

11-23

12-21

13-21

14-21

15-22

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	25	2	7	57	57
Stars	24	7	5	53	32
Wild	21	9	5	47	20
Mammoth	17	17	3	37	4
Blues	13	15	8	34	-37
Jets	15	17	2	32	-3
Blackhawks	13	15	6	32	-11
Predators	13	16	4	30	-22
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	16	6	10	42	5
Ducks	20	13	2	42	4
Oilers	17	12	6	40	0
Kings	15	10	9	39	-2
Sharks	17	15	3	37	-13
Flames	14	17	4	32	-14
Canucks	14	17	3	31	-17
Kraken	12	14	6	30	-23

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Red Wings	19	13	3	41	-7
Panthers	19	13	2	40	4
Canadiens	18	12	4	40	-8
Bruins	20	15	0	40	5
Lightning	18	13	3	39	17
Senators	16	13	4	36	1
Maple Leafs	15	13	5	35	-3
Sabres	15	14	4	34	-9
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	22	9	3	47	20
Capitals	19	11	4	42	22
Devils	20	14	1	41	-4
Islanders	19	13	3	41	3
Flyers	17	10	6	40	5
Rangers	17	15	4	38	-5
Penguins	14	10	9	37	-3
Blue Jackets	14	14	6	34	-18

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/22	SEA	@	NYI	0-1
Sat 11/22	COL	@	CHI	1-0
Sat 11/22	BOS	@	SJS	1-3
Sat 11/22	CGY	@	VAN	5-2
Sun 11/23	CBJ	@	WSH	1-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	EDM	@	MIN	3:00 PM
Sat 12/20	CHI	@	OTT	3:00 PM
Sat 12/20	NYI	@	BUF	5:00 PM
Sat 12/20	STL	@	FLA	6:00 PM
Sat 12/20	TOR	@	NSH	7:00 PM