Standings by Year

As of:

Final NHL standings as of the last day of the regular season, for any year on record. View by Division, Conference, or League, and track where Buffalo (and every other team) stood across a season with the trend chart below.

Division Conference League

1975–76 Final Standings

1975–76 Game Results

Buffalo finished 4th in the league, 2nd in the Adams.

Prince of Wales

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	Montréal Canadiens	80	58	11	11	127	.794	337	174	–	–	+163	126	W3
2	Boston Bruins	80	48	15	17	113	.706	313	237	–	–	+76	102	T1
3	Buffalo Sabres	80	46	21	13	105	.656	339	240	–	–	+99	107	W1
4	Los Angeles Kings	80	38	33	9	85	.531	263	265	–	–	-2	79	L1
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	34	31	15	83	.519	294	276	–	–	+18	85	L2
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	35	33	12	82	.512	339	303	–	–	+36	89	W1
7	California Golden Seals	80	27	42	11	65	.406	250	278	–	–	-28	72	W1
8	Detroit Red Wings	80	26	44	10	62	.388	226	300	–	–	-74	58	L2
9	Washington Capitals	80	11	59	10	32	.200	224	394	–	–	-170	39	L1

Clarence Campbell

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	13	16	118	.738	348	209	–	–	+139	118	L1
2	New York Islanders	80	42	21	17	101	.631	297	190	–	–	+107	114	L1
3	Atlanta Flames	80	35	33	12	82	.512	262	237	–	–	+25	88	W2
4	Chicago Blackhawks	80	32	30	18	82	.512	254	261	–	–	-7	78	W1
5	Vancouver Canucks	80	33	32	15	81	.506	271	272	–	–	-1	80	W2
6	St. Louis Blues	80	29	37	14	72	.450	249	290	–	–	-41	68	L1
7	New York Rangers	80	29	42	9	67	.419	262	333	–	–	-71	61	W1
8	Minnesota North Stars	80	20	53	7	47	.294	195	303	–	–	-108	47	T1
9	Kansas City Scouts	80	12	56	12	36	.225	190	351	–	–	-161	36	L7

xPTS is the points a team’s goals for and against project: the Pythagorean win estimate GF² / (GF² + GA²), scaled to points as win% × 2 × games played. It follows the current pace on any “as of” date. +/-xPTS is real points minus xPTS, after removing each team’s overtime-loss points. That step matters because xPTS splits a flat 2 points per game, while an overtime game pays out 3, so without it almost every team since 1999–00 reads as lucky. What is left is the points a team banked above or below its goal margin: positive means winning more of the close and overtime games than goal difference alone predicts.

Standings Over the Course of the Season

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