{"id":9990,"date":"2026-09-08T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?page_id=9990"},"modified":"2026-09-08T08:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:00:58","slug":"stanley-cup-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/nhl\/stanley-cup-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup winners: every champion by year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Carolina Hurricanes are the most recent name on the trophy. They beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 in the 2026 Final, clinching on 14 June with a 3-0 shutout in Las Vegas. It was Carolina’s second championship, twenty years after their first. The list of Stanley Cup winners now runs to 22 active franchises, and one number in it matters more to Canadians than any other: 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detail<\/th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Most recent champion<\/strong><\/td>Carolina Hurricanes (2026)<\/td><\/tr>
2026 Final<\/strong><\/td>Carolina beat Vegas 4-2<\/td><\/tr>
Most championships<\/strong><\/td>Montreal Canadiens, 24<\/td><\/tr>
Last Canadian winner<\/strong><\/td>Montreal Canadiens, 1993<\/td><\/tr>
Canadian drought<\/strong><\/td>33 seasons and counting<\/td><\/tr>
Longest current drought<\/strong><\/td>Toronto Maple Leafs, since 1967<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stanley Cup winners by year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every Final since 2000, with the losing finalist and the series result. There was no championship in 2005: the season was cancelled by a lockout, the only time since 1919 that the Cup went unawarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year<\/th>Champion<\/th>Runner-up<\/th>Series<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2026<\/strong><\/td>Carolina Hurricanes<\/td>Vegas Golden Knights<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2025<\/strong><\/td>Florida Panthers<\/td>Edmonton Oilers<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2024<\/strong><\/td>Florida Panthers<\/td>Edmonton Oilers<\/td>4-3<\/td><\/tr>
2023<\/strong><\/td>Vegas Golden Knights<\/td>Florida Panthers<\/td>4-1<\/td><\/tr>
2022<\/strong><\/td>Colorado Avalanche<\/td>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2021<\/strong><\/td>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/td>Montreal Canadiens<\/td>4-1<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/strong><\/td>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/td>Dallas Stars<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2019<\/strong><\/td>St. Louis Blues<\/td>Boston Bruins<\/td>4-3<\/td><\/tr>
2018<\/strong><\/td>Washington Capitals<\/td>Vegas Golden Knights<\/td>4-1<\/td><\/tr>
2017<\/strong><\/td>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/td>Nashville Predators<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2016<\/strong><\/td>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/td>San Jose Sharks<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2015<\/strong><\/td>Chicago Blackhawks<\/td>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2014<\/strong><\/td>Los Angeles Kings<\/td>New York Rangers<\/td>4-1<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/strong><\/td>Chicago Blackhawks<\/td>Boston Bruins<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2012<\/strong><\/td>Los Angeles Kings<\/td>New Jersey Devils<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2011<\/strong><\/td>Boston Bruins<\/td>Vancouver Canucks<\/td>4-3<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/strong><\/td>Chicago Blackhawks<\/td>Philadelphia Flyers<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/strong><\/td>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/td>Detroit Red Wings<\/td>4-3<\/td><\/tr>
2008<\/strong><\/td>Detroit Red Wings<\/td>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr>
2007<\/strong><\/td>Anaheim Ducks<\/td>Ottawa Senators<\/td>4-1<\/td><\/tr>
2006<\/strong><\/td>Carolina Hurricanes<\/td>Edmonton Oilers<\/td>4-3<\/td><\/tr>
2004<\/strong><\/td>Tampa Bay Lightning<\/td>Calgary Flames<\/td>4-3<\/td><\/tr>
2003<\/strong><\/td>New Jersey Devils<\/td>Anaheim Ducks<\/td>4-3<\/td><\/tr>
2002<\/strong><\/td>Detroit Red Wings<\/td>Carolina Hurricanes<\/td>4-1<\/td><\/tr>
2001<\/strong><\/td>Colorado Avalanche<\/td>New Jersey Devils<\/td>4-3<\/td><\/tr>
2000<\/strong><\/td>New Jersey Devils<\/td>Dallas Stars<\/td>4-2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Every franchise with a Stanley Cup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal sit far clear at the top, though 23 of those 24 titles came before 1980. The table counts championships won by the current franchise, so Ottawa appear without a title: the modern Senators joined in 1992, and the original Ottawa club that won 11 Cups folded in 1934.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Franchise<\/th>Cups<\/th>Most recent<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Montreal Canadiens<\/strong><\/td>24<\/td>1993<\/td><\/tr>
Toronto Maple Leafs<\/strong><\/td>13<\/td>1967<\/td><\/tr>
Detroit Red Wings<\/strong><\/td>11<\/td>2008<\/td><\/tr>
Boston Bruins<\/strong><\/td>6<\/td>2011<\/td><\/tr>
Chicago Blackhawks<\/strong><\/td>6<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Edmonton Oilers<\/strong><\/td>5<\/td>1990<\/td><\/tr>
Pittsburgh Penguins<\/strong><\/td>5<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
New York Islanders<\/strong><\/td>4<\/td>1983<\/td><\/tr>
New York Rangers<\/strong><\/td>4<\/td>1994<\/td><\/tr>
Colorado Avalanche<\/strong><\/td>3<\/td>2022<\/td><\/tr>
New Jersey Devils<\/strong><\/td>3<\/td>2003<\/td><\/tr>
Tampa Bay Lightning<\/strong><\/td>3<\/td>2021<\/td><\/tr>
Carolina Hurricanes<\/strong><\/td>2<\/td>2026<\/td><\/tr>
Florida Panthers<\/strong><\/td>2<\/td>2025<\/td><\/tr>
Los Angeles Kings<\/strong><\/td>2<\/td>2014<\/td><\/tr>
Philadelphia Flyers<\/strong><\/td>2<\/td>1975<\/td><\/tr>
Anaheim Ducks<\/strong><\/td>1<\/td>2007<\/td><\/tr>
Calgary Flames<\/strong><\/td>1<\/td>1989<\/td><\/tr>
Dallas Stars<\/strong><\/td>1<\/td>1999<\/td><\/tr>
St. Louis Blues<\/strong><\/td>1<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Vegas Golden Knights<\/strong><\/td>1<\/td>2023<\/td><\/tr>
Washington Capitals<\/strong><\/td>1<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian drought: 33 years since 1993<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Montreal beat Los Angeles in 1993 and no Canadian team has won since. That is the single most searched fact about the Cup in this country, and the gap keeps growing. Seven Canadian teams have reached the Final in those 33 years and all seven lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n