Which NHL team has won a record 24 Stanley Cup championships?

The Montreal Canadiens have won a record 24 Stanley Cup championships.

Montreal captured its first Stanley Cup in 1916, before the National Hockey League was founded in 1917. The club later helped establish the NHL and became one of its Original Six franchises. Its most recent championship came in 1993, when the Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings in the Final.

The total can cause confusion because the franchise’s 24 Stanley Cups include one won as a National Hockey Association team and 23 won as an NHL team. The Canadiens’ 11 Stanley Cup victories from 1956 through 1979 are also sometimes mistaken for their full total. Their five consecutive championships from 1956 to 1960 remain the longest winning streak in Stanley Cup history.

The nearest totals among the listed options are the Toronto Maple Leafs with 13 and the Detroit Red Wings with 11. The Canadiens also remain the last Canadian team to win the Cup, a drought that began after their 1993 triumph.