| Team | Starting Budget | Player Buyout Costs | Offseason Costs | Team Performance Awards | Team Performance Penalties | GM Performance Awards | GM Performance Penalties | Budget Remaining | ||
| Anaheim | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| Boston | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $21,500,000.00 | ||
| Buffalo | $20,000,000 | $3,124,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $16,876,000.00 | ||
| Calgary | $20,000,000 | $3,350,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $18,150,000.00 | ||
| Carolina | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $21,500,000.00 | ||
| Chicago | $20,000,000 | $2,825,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $17,175,000.00 | ||
| Colorado | $20,000,000 | $3,701,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $16,299,000.00 | ||
| Columbus | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $21,500,000.00 | ||
| Dallas | $20,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $17,000,000.00 | ||
| Detroit | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $21,500,000.00 | ||
| Edmonton | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $0 | $18,500,000.00 | ||
| Florida | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $21,500,000.00 | ||
| Los Angeles | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| Minnesota | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| Montreal | $20,000,000 | $2,237,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $19,263,000.00 | ||
| Nashville | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| New Jersey | $18,312,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $18,312,000.00 | ||
| NY Islanders | $20,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $11,000,000.00 | ||
| NY Rangers | $20,000,000 | $7,316,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $14,184,000.00 | ||
| Ottawa | $20,000,000 | $905,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $19,095,000.00 | ||
| Philadelphia | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| Phoenix | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| Pittsburgh | $20,000,000 | $5,800,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $0 | $12,700,000.00 | ||
| St Louis | $20,000,000 | $350,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $19,650,000.00 | ||
| San Jose | $20,000,000 | $293,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $21,207,000.00 | ||
| Tampa Bay | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $0 | $21,500,000.00 | ||
| Toronto | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| Vancouver | $20,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,000,000.00 | ||
| Washington | $20,000,000 | $2,600,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $17,400,000.00 | ||
| Winnipeg | $20,000,000 | $2,888,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $17,112,000.00 | ||
| Buyouts | Strike History | Notes | ||||||||
| 09/08/2011 – NYI – Ales Kotalik - $4,000,000 | 08/16/2011 – Washington (x1) – Failure to qualify RFAs - $500,000 | 08/16/2011 – Washington budget reset to $20,000,000 | ||||||||
| 09/21/2011 – NYI – Bryan McCabe - $5,000,000 | 08/30/2011 – Buffalo (x1) – Conduct - $500,000 | 08/30/2011 – Washington budget reset to $20,000,000 | ||||||||
| 09/23/2011 – STL – Brad Phillips - $350,000 | 08/30/2011 – Buffalo (x2) – Conduct - $1,000,000 | 09/08/2011 – Jean-Sebastian Giguere buyout reversed | ||||||||
| 09/23/2011 – CGY – Pavel Kubina - $3,350,000 | 11/28/2011 – Colorado (x1) – Missed lines - $500,000 | 09/08/2011 – Chuck Kobasew buyout reversed | ||||||||
| 09/29/2011 – DAL – Antero Niittymaki - $3,000,000 | 11/28/2011 – New Jersey (x1) – Missed Lines - $500,000 | 09/17/2011 – New Jersey Budget reset to $19,870,000 | ||||||||
| 10/04/2011 – COL – Hal Gill - $2,750,000 | 12/05/2011 – Los Angeles (x1) – Missed Lines - $500,000 | 09/21/2011 – NY Rangers budget reset to $19,696,000 | ||||||||
| 10/04/2011 – WSH – Henrik Tallinder - $2,600,000 | 09/21/2011 – Philadelphia budget reset to $19,696,000 | |||||||||
| 10/12/2011 – PIT – Steve Bernier - $3,600,000 | 12/15/2011 – New Jersey budget reset to $18,312,000 | |||||||||
| 10/12/2011 – PIT – Theo Ruth - $1,700,000 | ||||||||||
| 10/12/2011 – PIT – Alex Grant - $500,000 | ||||||||||
| 10/13/2011 – CHI – Mike Commodore - $2,825,000 | ||||||||||
| 11/16/2011 – COL – Dustin Stevenson - $951,000 | ||||||||||
| 12/06/2011 – WPG – Brett Clark - $2,888,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/04/2012 – NYR – Hugh Jessiman - $179,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/04/2012 – NYR – Ladislav Trukhno - $1,917,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/04/2012 – NYR – Michael Ratchuk - $598,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/04/2012 – NYR – Akim Aliu - $1,358,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/05/2012 – NYR – Tyler Eckford - $2,327,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/05/2012 – NYR – AJ Thelen - $476,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/05/2012 – NYR – Joe DiPenta - $176,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/05/2012 – NYR – Sebastian Piche - $293,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/05/2012 – OTT – Brett Leffler - $905,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/06/2012 – BUF – Justin Vaive - $1,038,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/06/2012 – BUF – Brayden Irwin - $1,518,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/06/2012 – BUF – Kris Chucko - $568,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/06/2012 – MTL – Anthony Aiello - $879,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/06/2012 – MTL – Stefan Legein - $1,358,000 | ||||||||||
| 01/07/2012 – SJ – Cody Almond - $293,000 | ||||||||||