which nhl hockey team has been to the most stanley cup finals since 1980-1981

Since 1980-81, the Edmonton Oilers have the most appearances by a team in the Stanley Cup Finals, with 9 appearances.

	TEAM	SERIES	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Oilers	Stanley Cup Finals	51	28	22	1	0	57	.559	0	0	167	146	21	19.1	81.6	29.94	10.9	26.37	.891
2	Red Wings	Stanley Cup Finals	30	19	11	0	0	38	.633	0	0	84	60	24	16.8	82.8	31.33	8.9	25.47	.921
3	Penguins	Stanley Cup Finals	35	22	13	0	0	44	.629	0	0	101	85	16	19.2	87.1	27.83	10.4	30.03	.919
4	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
5	Devils	Stanley Cup Finals	30	17	13	0	0	34	.567	0	0	69	63	6	12.2	81.7	27.67	8.3	22.70	.907
6	Bruins	Stanley Cup Finals	30	10	19	1	0	21	.350	0	0	80	84	-4	17.4	85.8	29.23	9.1	31.03	.910
7	Stars	Stanley Cup Finals	29	11	18	0	0	22	.379	0	0	69	96	-27	11.8	79.1	29.28	8.1	31.21	.894
8	Panthers	Stanley Cup Finals	22	9	13	0	0	18	.409	0	0	62	81	-19	13.3	79.3	30.55	9.2	31.36	.883
9	Blackhawks	Stanley Cup Finals	22	12	10	0	0	24	.545	0	0	65	62	3	11.6	78.6	31.82	9.3	29.68	.905
10	Canadiens	Stanley Cup Finals	21	11	10	0	0	22	.524	0	0	54	61	-7	13.6	82.6	29.52	8.7	29.14	.900
11	Flyers	Stanley Cup Finals	22	6	16	0	0	12	.273	0	0	60	84	-24	27.9	70.0	28.55	9.6	31.09	.877
12	Islanders	Stanley Cup Finals	18	13	5	0	0	26	.722	0	0	73	53	20	36.5	80.8	29.11	13.9	30.17	.902
13	Avalanche	Stanley Cup Finals	17	12	5	0	0	24	.706	0	0	54	30	24	23.5	88.9	29.12	10.9	28.94	.939
14	Kings	Stanley Cup Finals	16	9	7	0	0	18	.563	0	0	43	33	10	18.8	88.9	31.31	8.6	28.50	.928
15	Flames	Stanley Cup Finals	18	8	10	0	0	16	.444	0	0	46	44	2	22.7	84.4	26.83	9.5	26.28	.907
16	Canucks	Stanley Cup Finals	18	6	12	0	0	12	.333	0	0	37	62	-25	13.2	65.5	31.72	6.5	33.61	.898
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Capitals	Stanley Cup Finals	9	4	5	0	0	8	.444	0	0	27	27	0	21.2	80.0	26.11	11.5	35.44	.915
21	Rangers	Stanley Cup Finals	12	5	7	0	0	10	.417	0	0	31	34	-3	16.0	88.7	32.83	7.9	33.92	.916
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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