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

29

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

A

62

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

+/-

+39

Moser

J.J. Moser

G/GP

3.55

2nd

GA/GP

2.51

2nd

PP%

22.4

12th

PK%

83.9

4th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	37	14	4	78	59
Canadiens	32	17	8	72	12
Red Wings	33	19	6	72	-1
Sabres	32	19	6	70	19
Bruins	32	20	5	69	13
Maple Leafs	27	21	9	63	-6
Senators	28	22	7	63	7
Panthers	29	25	3	61	-17

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/25	TOR	@	TBL	7:30 PM
Thu 2/26	TBL	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 2/28	BUF	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Tue 3/3	TBL	@	MIN	9:30 PM
Thu 3/5	TBL	@	WPG	8:00 PM

FLA

29 - 25 - 3

1

Final

6

TBL

37 - 14 - 4

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NHL 2025-26 Leaders

40

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

34

McDavid

Connor McDavid

32

Kaprizov

Kirill Kaprizov

Assists Leaders

62

McDavid

Connor McDavid

62

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

53

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

96

McDavid

Connor McDavid

93

MacKinnon

Nathan MacKinnon

91

Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov

286

Trenin

Yakov Trenin

214

Sherwood

Kiefer Sherwood

202

Cuylle

Will Cuylle

140

Parayko

Colton Parayko

139

Dobson

Noah Dobson

133

McCabe

Jake McCabe

27

Vejmelka

Karel Vejmelka

27

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

23

Oettinger

Jake Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.11

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

2.16

Bussi

Brandon Bussi

2.25

Blackwood

Mackenzie Blackwood

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

Devin Cooley

.919

Vasilevskiy

Andrei Vasilevskiy

.916

Grubauer

Philipp Grubauer

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

3.84

3.55

3.46

Goals Against Rankings

2.42

2.51

2.71

Power Play Rankings

31.4

29.9

26.3

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.8

84.7

84.0

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-17

37-20

35-20

36-21

34-22

34-22

Worst Record ATS

19-38

19-38

20-37

20-36

21-36

22-36

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	37	9	9	83	74
Wild	34	14	10	78	27
Stars	34	14	9	77	33
Mammoth	30	23	4	64	26
Predators	26	24	7	59	-29
Blackhawks	22	26	9	53	-31
Jets	22	26	8	52	-15
Blues	20	28	9	49	-56
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	27	16	14	68	12
Oilers	28	22	8	64	4
Kraken	27	20	9	63	-3
Ducks	30	23	3	63	-10
Kings	23	19	14	60	-15
Sharks	27	24	4	58	-22
Flames	23	27	6	52	-27
Canucks	18	33	6	42	-61

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	37	14	4	78	59
Canadiens	32	17	8	72	12
Red Wings	33	19	6	72	-1
Sabres	32	19	6	70	19
Bruins	32	20	5	69	13
Senators	28	22	7	63	7
Maple Leafs	27	21	9	63	-6
Panthers	29	25	3	61	-17
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	36	15	6	78	34
Penguins	29	15	12	70	23
Islanders	32	21	5	69	7
Blue Jackets	29	20	7	65	2
Capitals	29	23	7	65	12
Flyers	25	20	11	61	-13
Devils	28	27	2	58	-29
Rangers	22	29	6	50	-29

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 1/9	STL	@	VGK	2-4
Fri 1/9	LAK	@	EDM	4-3
Sat 1/10	NJD	@	WPG	3-4
Sat 1/10	PIT	@	BOS	0-1
Sat 1/10	WSH	@	NSH	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 2/25	BUF	@	NJD	7:00 PM
Wed 2/25	PHI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Wed 2/25	TOR	@	TBL	7:30 PM
Wed 2/25	SEA	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Wed 2/25	COL	@	UTA	9:00 PM