List of current NHL franchise owners
The following is a list of current National Hockey League franchise owners.
All of the NHL's teams use some form of holding company for the team's assets, sometimes through multiple layers of corporations, which are all listed in the "Operating Entities" column. The "Principal Owner(s)" column lists the majority or plurality owner(s) of the team or, in the case of teams held by publicly held corporations, the corporation's chairman.
Each team has a representative on the NHL Board of Governors, the league's ruling and governing body, listed in the "NHL Governor" column; for most teams, this is the majority or plurality owner of the club.
| Franchise | Principal owner(s) | NHL Governor | Operating entities | Purchase price (US$ millions) | Adjusted price | Year purchased |
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| Anaheim Ducks | Henry Samueli | Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club LLC | 70 | $115 million | 2005 | |
| Boston Bruins | Jeremy Jacobs | Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc | 10 | $59.8 million | 1975 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | Terry and Kim Pegula | Terry Pegula† | Pegula Sports and Entertainment; Hockey Western New York, LLC | 165 | $236 million | 2011 |
| Calgary Flames | N. Murray Edwards | Calgary Sports and Entertainment | 16 | $62.5 million | 1980 | |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Tom Dundon | Gale Force Sports And Entertainment, LLC; Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club | 420 | $538 million | 2018 | |
| Chicago Blackhawks | Danny Wirtz | Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc. | 1 | $12 million | 1954 | |
| Colorado Avalanche | Ann Walton Kroenke | Josh Kroenke‡ | Kroenke Sports & Entertainment; Colorado Avalanche, LLC | 202 | $378 million | 2000 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | John P. McConnell | Colhoc Limited Partnership; The Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Club | 80 & 173 | $160 million & $243 million | 1997 & 2012 | |
| Dallas Stars | Tom Gaglardi | Dallas Stars LP | 240 | $343 million | 2011 | |
| Detroit Red Wings | Marian Ilitch | Christopher Ilitch | Ilitch Holdings Inc.; Olympia Entertainment; Detroit Red Wings, Inc. | 8.5 | $28.4 million | 1982 |
| Edmonton Oilers | Daryl Katz | Rexall Sports Corporation; Oilers Entertainment Group | 170 | $254 million | 2008 | |
| Florida Panthers | Vincent Viola | Sunrise Sports and Entertainment; Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Ltd. | 160 | $221 million | 2013 | |
| Los Angeles Kings | Philip Anschutz and Edward P. Roski | Philip Anschutz† | Anschutz Entertainment Group, The Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club LP | 113.3 | $239 million | 1995 |
| Minnesota Wild | Craig Leipold | Minnesota Sports and Entertainment; Minnesota Wild Hockey Club, LP | 225 | $336 million | 2008 | |
| Montreal Canadiens | Molson Family | Geoff Molson‡ | Club de hockey Canadien, Inc. | 575 | $863 million | 2009 |
| Nashville Predators | Bill Haslam3 | Predators Holdings LLC | 775 | $853 million | 2025 | |
| New Jersey Devils | David Blitzer and Josh Harris | Tad Brown | Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment | 320 | $442 million | 2013 |
| New York Islanders | Jon Ledecky and Scott D. Malkin | Scott D. Malkin† | New York Islanders Hockey Club, LP | 485 | $651 million | 2016 |
| New York Rangers | James L. Dolan | The Madison Square Garden Company, New York Rangers Hockey Club | 195 | $391 million | 1997 | |
| Ottawa Senators | Michael Andlauer | Senators Sports & Entertainment; Ottawa Senators Hockey Club Limited Partnership | 950 | $1 billion | 2023 | |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Brian L. Roberts | Dan Hilferty | Comcast Spectacor; Philadelphia Flyers, LP | 150 | $308 million | 1996 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Ronald Burkle and Mario Lemieux | David Morehouse2 | Fenway Sports Group; Lemieux Group LP | 107 | $207 million | 1999 |
| San Jose Sharks | Hasso Plattner | Sharks Sports and Entertainment; San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises; San Jose Sharks, LLC | 147 | $263 million | 2002 | |
| Seattle Kraken | David Bonderman, Jerry Bruckheimer and Tod Leiweke | David Bonderman† | Seattle Hockey Partners | 650 | $833 million | 2018 |
| St. Louis Blues | Tom Stillman and Alan Fritch | SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC; St. Louis Blues Hockey Club, L.P. | 180 | $252 million | 2012 | |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | Jeffrey Vinik | Lightning Hockey LP | 93 | $137 million | 2010 | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Larry Tanenbaum | Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Ltd.; Kilmer Sports, Inc. | 263 & 1,000 | $540 million & $1.4 billion | 1996 & 2012 | |
| Utah Mammoth | Ryan Smith | Smith Entertainment Group | 1,200 | $1.23 billion | 2024 | |
| Vancouver Canucks | Francesco Aquilini | Canucks Sports & Entertainment | 207 | $341 million | 2005 | |
| Vegas Golden Knights | Bill Foley | Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, Hockey Vision Las Vegas | 500 | $671 million | 2016 | |
| Washington Capitals | Ted Leonsis | Monumental Sports & Entertainment | 85 | $164 million | 1999 | |
| Winnipeg Jets | Mark Chipman and David Thomson | Mark Chipman† | True North Sports & Entertainment, Ltd. | 170 | $243 million | 2011 |
† Only one of the owners can be that team's NHL Governor.
‡ Child/family member of the team's owner.
2 President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Penguins, David Morehouse, represents the team instead of one of its owners.
3 Haslam bought the Predators over a period of three years, he acquired enough shares to become the majority owner in July 2025.
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Daryl Katz, Edmonton Oilers
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Ted Leonsis, Washington Capitals
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Hasso Plattner, San Jose Sharks
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Brian L. Roberts, Philadelphia Flyers
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Henry Samueli, Anaheim Ducks