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Line 1: {{Short description\|None}} {{more references\|date=~~May~~June ~~2017~~2024}} <!-- NOTE: The conventions used in this article for drought start and end years as well as lengths are given in the talk page. Please do not alter dates and lengths to what you think are correct unless you're prepared to: (1) edit the whole article so that the use of your chosen metric is consistent, and Line 6: --> Active and all-time [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) franchise post-season appearance, post-season series win, [[Stanley Cup Finals]] and [[Stanley Cup]] droughts up to and including the [[~~2023~~2024 Stanley Cup playoffs]], are listed below. Those teams which have never made it in franchise history are listed by the season that they entered the league, either as a new franchise or when they [[NHL–WHA merger\|merged]] into the NHL from the disbanded [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) league. These lists do not include the cancelled [[2004–05 NHL season]] when calculating "number of seasons". Among the current 32 ~~active~~ NHL teams, 11ten have never won the [[Stanley Cup]], with the oldest of them being the [[Vancouver Canucks]] and the [[Buffalo Sabres]] (5253 seasons). The longest Stanley Cup drought in NHL history belongs to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] (5556 seasons)~~, breaking a tie with the [[New York Rangers]]~~. ~~New York ended their drought in 1994, while~~ Toronto's drought is still active, asand they have not made the Finals since winning the last Stanley Cup in [[1967 Stanley Cup Finals\|1967]], before the expansion era. Five teams have never reached the Stanley Cup Finals, with the oldest of them being the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972-1996)\|Winnipeg Jets]]/[[Arizona Coyotes]] franchise (4243 seasons). Toronto's active 55-season drought from the Finals is the longest in NHL history. In [[2009–10 NHL season\|2010]], the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] ended what was the second-longest Stanley Cup championship drought at 49 seasons (now the sixth-longest). 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 Stanley Cup Finals\|2010]], [[Boston Bruins]] in [[2011 Stanley Cup Finals\|2011]], and [[Los Angeles Kings]] in [[2012 Stanley Cup Finals\|2012]]). The [[Buffalo Sabres]] have the longest active playoff series win drought at 17 seasons and also have the longest active post-season appearance drought at 13 seasons, a league record. The [[Florida Panthers]] have the longest playoff series win drought in league history at 24 seasons. Line 349: <!-- NOTE: Please do not update this table until the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Although the table will be incorrect/incomplete for a short period of time, it is best left until the conclusion of the playoffs to be updated. This will ensure that all the teams are updated at the same time. Wikipedia's purpose is not to provide up-to-the-minute statistics. --> This is a list of the teams and the number of seasons since they have won the Stanley Cup. This list does not include the [[2024 Stanley Cup Finals\|most recent Stanley Cup champions]]: ~~TBD~~the [[Florida Panthers]]. {{legend\|#CFECEC\|Teams competing for the ~~2024~~2025 Stanley Cup are highlighted\|border=#AAAAAA}} {\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! style="text-align:left" \| Team Line 371: \|- \| align="left" \| [[Calgary Flames]] \|\| [[1989 Stanley Cup Finals\|1988–89]] \|\| align="left" \| 1 : [[2004 Stanley Cup Finals\|2003–04]] \|\| 34 seasons \|-▼ ~~\|- style="background:#CFECEC"~~ \| align="left" \| [[Edmonton Oilers]] \|\| [[1990 Stanley Cup Finals\|1989–90]] \|\| align="left" \| 12 : [[2006 Stanley Cup Finals\|2005–06]], [[2024 Stanley Cup Finals\|2023–24]] \|\| 3233 seasons \|- \| align="left" \| [[San Jose Sharks]] \|\| never (inception of franchise in [[1991–92 NHL season\|1991–92]]) \|\| align="left" \| 1 : [[2016 Stanley Cup Finals\|2015–16]] \|\| 32 seasons Line 379: \|- \| align="left" \| [[Montreal Canadiens]] \|\| [[1993 Stanley Cup Finals\|1992–93]] \|\| align="left" \| 1 : [[2021 Stanley Cup Finals\|2020–21]] \|\| 30 seasons ~~\|- style="background:#CFECEC"~~ \| align="left" \| [[Florida Panthers]] \|\| never (inception of franchise in [[1993–94 NHL season\|1993–94]]) \|\| align="left" \| 2 : [[1996 Stanley Cup Finals\|1995–96]], [[2023 Stanley Cup Finals\|2022–23]] \|\| 29 seasons \|- \| align="left" \| [[New York Rangers]] \|\| [[1994 Stanley Cup Finals\|1993–94]] \|\| align="left" \| 1 : [[2014 Stanley Cup Finals\|2013–14]] \|\| 29 seasons Line 428 ⟶ 426: <!-- NOTE: Please do not update this table until the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Although the table will be incorrect/incomplete for a short period, it is best left until the conclusion of the playoffs to be updated. This will ensure that all the teams are updated at the same time. Wikipedia's purpose is not to provide up-to-the-minute statistics. --> {{legend\|#CFECEC\|Teams competing for the ~~2024~~2025 Stanley Cup are highlighted\|border=#AAAAAA}} {\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! \| Team Line 445 ⟶ 443: \|- \| align="left" \| [[Nashville Predators]] \|\| [[1998–99 NHL season\|1998–99]] \|\| 15 \|\| 5 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| align="left" \| 2 wins short : [[2017 Stanley Cup playoffs\|2016–17]] ~~\|- style="background:#CFECEC"~~ ~~\| align="left" \| [[Florida Panthers]] \|\| [[1993–94 NHL season\|1993–94]] \|\| 8 \|\| 3 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| align="left" \| <span style="display:none">0</span>3 wins short : [[2022–23 NHL season\|2022–23]]~~ \|- \| align="left" \| [[Ottawa Senators]] \|\| [[1992–93 NHL season\|1992–93]] \|\| 16 \|\| 7 \|\| 3 \|\| 1 \|\| align="left" \| <span style="display:none">0</span>3 wins short : [[2007 Stanley Cup playoffs\|2006–07]] Line 698 ⟶ 694: This list only includes cities/regions currently hosting an NHL franchise. {{legend\|#CFECEC\|Teams competing for the ~~2024~~2025 Stanley Cup are highlighted\|border=#AAAAAA}} {\| class="wikitable sortable" ! \|City/Region Line 710 ⟶ 706: \|- \| [[San Francisco Bay Area\|San Francisco Bay]] \|\| align="center" \| 41<sup>3</sup> \|\| [[2015–16 NHL season\|2015–16]] \|\| [[San Jose Sharks]] ~~\|- style="background:#CFECEC"~~ \| [[Miami metropolitan area\|Miami]] \|\| align="center" \| 29<span style="display:none">0</span> \|\| [[1995–96 NHL season\|1995–96]], [[2022–23 NHL season\|2022–23]] \|\| [[Florida Panthers]]▼ ▲\|- ~~\| [[Phoenix metropolitan area\|Phoenix]] \|\| align="center" \| 27<span style="display:none">0</span> \|\| Never \|\| [[Arizona Coyotes]]~~ \|- \| [[Nashville metropolitan area\|Nashville]] \|\| align="center" \| 25<span style="display:none">0</span> \|\| [[2016–17 NHL season\|2016–17]] \|\| [[Nashville Predators]] \|- \| [[Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio\|Columbus]] \|\| align="center" \| 23 \|\| Never \|\| [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] \|- ▲\| [[~~Miami~~Salt Lake City metropolitan area\|~~Miami~~Salt Lake City]] \|\| align="center" \| 290<span style="display:none">0</span> \|\| ~~[[1995–96~~Never ~~NHL season~~\|~~1995–96]],~~\| [[~~2022–23~~Utah ~~NHL season\|2022–23]] \|\| [[Florida~~Hockey ~~Panthers~~Club]] \|} :<sup>1</sup> includes 26 seasons of the [[Minnesota North Stars]] ([[1967–68 NHL season\|1967–68]] through to [[1992–93 NHL season\|1992–93]]) and all seasons of the [[Minnesota Wild]] which has been competing since [[2000–01 NHL season\|2000–01]]. Line 739 ⟶ 733: * '''Last Conference Finals appearance by a Canadian team''': [[2024 Stanley Cup playoffs\|2023–24]] ([[2023–24 Edmonton Oilers season\|Edmonton]]) * '''Last all-Canadian Conference Finals''': [[1994 Stanley Cup playoffs\|1993–94]] ([[1993–94 Toronto Maple Leafs season\|Toronto]] vs. [[1993–94 Vancouver Canucks season\|Vancouver]]) * '''Last Stanley Cup Finals appearance by a Canadian team''': [[~~2021~~2024 Stanley Cup playoffs\|~~2020–21~~2023–24]] ([[~~2020–21~~2023–24 ~~Montreal~~Edmonton ~~Canadiens~~Oilers season\|~~Montreal~~Edmonton]]) * '''Last all-Canadian Stanley Cup Finals''': [[1989 Stanley Cup Finals\|1988–89]] ([[1988–89 Calgary Flames season\|Calgary]] vs. [[1988–89 Montreal Canadiens season\|Montreal]]) * '''Last Stanley Cup won by a Canadian team''': [[1993 Stanley Cup Finals\|1992–93]] ([[1992–93 Montreal Canadiens season\|Montreal]])