2025-26 NHL Playoffs - Fan Cost Index: Buffalo Sabres Top List
The NHL playoffs offer the most exciting in-person viewing experience in all pro sports. In just the first dozen games, we’ve seen some spectacular goals, impressive comebacks, lots of hits, and fan intensity reflected in sell-out crowds from coast to coast. But how much does all this cost? Our 2025-26 NHL Playoffs - Fan Cost Index digs into the numbers for the answer.
Bookies.com has calculated the cost for a family of four to attend a 2025-26 NHL Playoff game at each of the 16 participating arenas. Ticket prices were sourced from SeatGeek, averaged across all listed Round 1 home games per team. Concession and parking data are drawn from Bookies.com's 2025-26 NHL Regular Season Cost of Game study.
The Buffalo Sabers return to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years this spring. Their first-round series against the Boston Bruins packed KeyBank Center and the surrounding area for Games 1 & 2. That playoff drought helped make Sabers home games the most costly of any in the NHL postseason.
For a group of four Sabers fans at home, our 2025-26 NHL Playoffs - Fan Cost Index puts the price tag at $1,586.79.
That ranks significantly above the 2025-26 NHL Playoffs - Fan Cost Index average. The average family of four will spend $715.08 to attend a Round 1 home playoff game.
The best deal comes in Sin City. Four fans will spend $417.45 to watch the Las Vegas Golden Knights play at T-Mobile Arena.
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2025-26 NHL Playoffs: Fan Cost Team-By-Team
Here’s the rundown of the 16 teams in the NHL playoffs in terms of our 2025-26 NHL Playoffs: Fan Cost Index.
Prices reflect a family of four (4 tickets, 2 beers, 2 sodas, 4 hot dogs, 1 parking). Updated April 2026.
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2025-26 NHL Playoffs: Fan Cost Index Key Findings
- Montreal Defies Seeding: The Canadiens rank 2nd at $1,305.34 despite being a wild-card team, driven entirely by high secondary-market ticket demand.
- Vegas Golden Knights Most Affordable: Vegas, arguably the strongest Cup contender in the West, ranks last at $417.45 — a tourist-heavy market with heavy ticket inventory keeps prices suppressed.
- Top-to-Bottom Spread: Buffalo's total ($1,586.79) is $1,169.34 more than Vegas ($417.45) — a nearly 3x gap.
- Boston Concessions Drive Ranking: even with mid-tier ticket prices at $190 avg per ticket, Boston's concession costs at TD Garden (highest beer prices in the study at $36.55 for two) push this Original Six team into our Top 6 most expensive.
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2025-26 NHL Playoffs: How We Did It
Our family-of-four cost formula includes:
- 4 tickets (cheapest available, averaged across all listed Round 1 home games on SeatGeek as of April 16, 2026)
- 1 parking pass (standard rate per arena)
- 2 x 16oz beers
- 2 x 20oz sodas
- 4 x hot dogs
Concession and parking prices come from Bookies.com's 2025-26 NHL regular season Cost of Game study. Canadian teams (Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton) are listed in USD for comparability. Ticket prices reflect secondary market availability and will fluctuate as the NHL playoffs progress.
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