After seven home dates, the Power is last in the league with an average of 5,178 fans a game.

After 58 home dates, Buffalo has drawn 958,286 spectators for an average of 16,522 a game.

The Cubs are doing just slightly better, with an 8.3 percent drop in their first 8 home dates.

Attendance for 15 home dates is up 5,000 a game to an average near 28,000, the second highest in the league after Minnesota's.

Last season, the Islanders sold out just 7 of 41 home dates.

For the first eight home dates, the Pirates are 30,000 behind last year's attendance.

That means the better team has an open home date for the next season, which it can use to play another weak team.

But that plan would reduce the number of home dates and gates.

After Toronto's first 17 home dates, its attendance was 777,303.

Whatever the count, it was the lowest for a home date at the Stadium since 1983.