NHL Stanley Cup Championship Droughts

Last night the Chicago Blackhawks erased their three year Stanley Cup drought with a Game 6 win over the Boston Bruins. The NHL's other 29 teams, however, extended their respective win-less droughts by another year.  The chart below describes, in descending order, the number of years each team has gone without winning a Stanley Cup, showing the last year they hoisted the hardware (if ever).

Team	Drought	Last Cup Win
Toronto Maple Leafs	46 years	1967
St. Louis Blues	46 years	Never
Buffalo Sabres	43 years	Never
Vancouver Canucks	43 years	Never
Washington Capitals	39 years	Never
Philadelphia Flyers	38 years	1975
Phoenix Coyotes*	34 years	Never
New York Islanders	30 years	1983
Calgary Flames	24 years	1989
Edmonton Oilers	23 years	1990
San Jose Sharks	22 years	Never
Ottawa Senators	21 years	Never
Montreal Canadiens	20 years	1993
Florida Panthers	20 years	Never
New York Rangers	19 years	1994
Nashville Predators	15 years	Never
Dallas Stars	14 years	1999
Winnipeg Jets**	14 years	Never
Minnesota Wild	13 years	Never
Columbus Blue Jackets	13 years	Never
Colorado Avalanche	12 years	2001
New Jersey Devils	10 years	2003
Tampa Bay Lightning	9 years	2004
Carolina Hurricanes	7 years	2006
Anaheim Ducks	6 years	2007
Detroit Red Wings	5 years	2008
Pittsburgh Penguins	4 years	2009
Boston Bruins	2 years	2011
Los Angeles Kings	1 year	2012
Chicago Blackhawks	None	2013

* Includes record of Winnipeg Jets prior to relocation to Phoenix
** Includes record of Atlanta Thrashers prior to relocation to Winnipeg

The average drought rests at 19.8 years with longest being 46 years (Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues), eight years shy of the all-time win-less streak of 54 years (New York Rangers 1940-1994). Not only has Toronto failed to win since the NHL expansion beyond its original six teams, they have not even reached the Final during that span.

More intriguing than the length of each team's drought is the fact that 12 of the 30 current NHL teams (40%) have never won the Stanley Cup. In fact, 6 of the 30 teams (20%) have never skated in a Final in their franchise history (Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks, Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota Wild, Columbus Blue Jackets).

In ten months the quest for the Stanley Cup continues for 16 of the 30 clubs that qualify for the postseason. Early Vegas odds favor the Pittsburgh Penguins at 6.5 to 1 while the Blackhawks probability to capture consecutive Cups is currently calculated at 7.5 to 1.