<P> Among the current 31 NHL teams , 13 have never won the Stanley Cup , including one ( the St. Louis Blues ) that is among the five oldest expansion teams . Additionally , one of the Original Six franchises -- the Toronto Maple Leafs -- has a Stanley Cup drought that includes the entire expansion era ( 48 seasons and counting ) . With the Nashville Predators winning the Western Conference in 2017 , there are only five franchises that have never reached the Stanley Cup Finals . Of those five , the oldest is the Arizona Coyotes ( previously the Winnipeg Jets ) ( 35 seasons ) , while the Maple Leafs and the Blues have even longer droughts ( 48 and 45 seasons , respectively ) . The longest Stanley Cup championship drought in history was that of the New York Rangers , broken in 1994 after 53 seasons . The Toronto Maple Leafs have the current longest active Stanley Cup championship drought ( and second - longest ) at 49 seasons and counting . The Chicago Blackhawks had the third - longest ever Stanley Cup championship drought at 47 seasons , which was broken in 2010 . 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 , Boston Bruins in 2011 , and Los Angeles Kings in 2012 ) . </P>
<P> Among the current 31 NHL teams , 13 have never won the Stanley Cup , including one ( the St. Louis Blues ) that is among the five oldest expansion teams . Additionally , one of the Original Six franchises -- the Toronto Maple Leafs -- has a Stanley Cup drought that includes the entire expansion era ( 48 seasons and counting ) . With the Nashville Predators winning the Western Conference in 2017 , there are only five franchises that have never reached the Stanley Cup Finals . Of those five , the oldest is the Arizona Coyotes ( previously the Winnipeg Jets ) ( 35 seasons ) , while the Maple Leafs and the Blues have even longer droughts ( 48 and 45 seasons , respectively ) . The longest Stanley Cup championship drought in history was that of the New York Rangers , broken in 1994 after 53 seasons . The Toronto Maple Leafs have the current longest active Stanley Cup championship drought ( and second - longest ) at 49 seasons and counting . The Chicago Blackhawks had the third - longest ever Stanley Cup championship drought at 47 seasons , which was broken in 2010 . 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 , Boston Bruins in 2011 , and Los Angeles Kings in 2012 ) . </P>
how many teams in the nhl have not won a stanley cup
how many teams in the nhl have not won a stanley cup
13
13