how many nhl team have not won the stanley cup
List of NHL franchise post-season droughts Among the current 31 NHL teams, 12 have never won the Stanley Cup, including one (the St. Louis Blues) that is among the five oldest expansion teams. Additionally, one of the Original Six franchises – the Toronto Maple Leafs – has a Stanley Cup drought that includes the entire expansion era (50 seasons and counting). With the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Western Conference in 2018, there are only four franchises that have never reached the Stanley Cup Finals. Of those four, the oldest is the Arizona Coyotes (previously the Winnipeg Jets) (35 seasons), while the Maple Leafs and the Blues have even longer droughts (50 and 47 seasons, respectively). The longest Stanley Cup championship drought in history was that of the New York Rangers, broken in 1994 after 53 seasons. The Maple Leafs have the current longest active Stanley Cup championship drought (and second-longest) at 50 seasons and counting. The Chicago Blackhawks had the third-longest ever Stanley Cup championship drought at 47 seasons, which was broken in 2010. The end of that drought was the first of three consecutive years in which one of the eleven longest such droughts was broken (Chicago Blackhawks in 2010, Boston Bruins in 2011, and Los Angeles Kings in 2012).
List of Tampa Bay Lightning seasons The Lightning have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs nine times in twenty-five completed seasons and won the 2004 Stanley Cup. The Tampa Bay Lightning have won over 700 regular season games, the 25th-highest victory total among NHL teams.[2] They have lost over 800 games during the regular season, the ninth-lowest loss total in the NHL.[2] The Lightning have over 1,800 points in their 25 seasons, the sixth-lowest point total in the league.[2]