Vegas Golden Knights
The most successful expansion franchise in modern major-sports history: reached the Stanley Cup Final in its very first season (2018, the “Golden Misfits”) and…
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Vancouver Canucks
An expansion club since 1970, the Canucks have reached the Stanley Cup Final three times – 1982, 1994 and a heartbreaking seven-game loss in…
Seattle Kraken
The NHL’s newest full expansion franchise (2021), playing in the reconstructed Climate Pledge Arena built beneath the preserved roof of the old Seattle Center…
San Jose Sharks
Joined the NHL in 1991 and became one of the most consistent Western Conference playoff teams of the 2000s-2010s, including a 2016 Stanley Cup…
Los Angeles Kings
A 1967 expansion club whose Wayne Gretzky trade in 1988 transformed hockey’s profile in Southern California; the franchise later won back-to-back-style Stanley Cups in…
Edmonton Oilers
Joined the NHL from the WHA in 1979 and built arguably the greatest offensive dynasty in hockey history around Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and…
Calgary Flames
Relocated from Atlanta in 1980 (the franchise dates to 1972), the Flames won their only Stanley Cup in 1989, famously clinching it on the…
Anaheim Ducks
Founded in 1993 as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (named for the Disney film), the club dropped “Mighty” in 2006 and won its only…
Winnipeg Jets
The current Jets are the former Atlanta Thrashers (1999), relocated to Winnipeg in 2011 to revive NHL hockey in a city that had lost…
Utah Mammoth
The league’s newest relocation story: the former Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes lineage (NHL since 1979) moved to Salt Lake City in 2024 as the Utah…
