NHL breaks single-season attendance mark with three days remaining

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The National Hockey League single-season attendance record was broken Monday with 18 games to spare, the league announced Tuesday.

A total of 22,560,634 fans have watched games in the regular season through Monday, filling arenas at 97 percent capacity, the NHL said. The previous mark was 22,436,532 set in 2022-23.

The league has included 32 teams for three seasons with the a