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

1999–00 Final Standings

1999–00 Game Results

Buffalo finished 16th in the league, 3rd in the Northeast.

Eastern

Northeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	27	3	7	100	.610	246	222	–	–	+24	90	W2
2	x-Ottawa Senators	82	41	28	2	11	95	.579	244	210	–	–	+34	94	W2
3	x-Buffalo Sabres	82	35	32	4	11	85	.518	213	204	–	–	+9	86	T1
4	Montréal Canadiens	82	35	34	4	9	83	.506	196	194	–	–	+2	83	L1
5	Boston Bruins	82	24	33	6	19	73	.445	210	248	–	–	-38	68	W1

Atlantic

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	x-Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	22	3	12	105	.640	237	179	–	–	+58	104	W4
2	x-New Jersey Devils	82	45	24	5	8	103	.628	251	203	–	–	+48	99	W1
3	x-Pittsburgh Penguins	82	37	31	6	8	88	.537	241	236	–	–	+5	84	L1
4	New York Rangers	82	29	38	3	12	73	.445	218	246	–	–	-28	72	L3
5	New York Islanders	82	24	48	1	9	58	.354	194	275	–	–	-81	54	W1

Southeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Washington Capitals	82	44	24	2	12	102	.622	227	194	–	–	+33	95	T1
2	x-Florida Panthers	82	43	27	6	6	98	.598	244	209	–	–	+35	95	L1
3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	37	35	0	10	84	.512	217	216	–	–	+1	82	W2
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	19	47	7	9	54	.329	204	310	–	–	-106	50	L3
5	Atlanta Thrashers	82	14	57	4	7	39	.238	170	313	–	–	-143	37	L4

Western

Central

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	p-St. Louis Blues	82	51	19	1	11	114	.695	248	165	–	–	+83	114	L1
2	x-Detroit Red Wings	82	48	22	2	10	108	.659	278	210	–	–	+68	104	L2
3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	33	37	2	10	78	.476	242	245	–	–	-3	81	W3
4	Nashville Predators	82	28	40	7	7	70	.427	199	240	–	–	-41	67	L3

Pacific

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Dallas Stars	82	43	23	6	10	102	.622	211	184	–	–	+27	93	T1
2	x-Los Angeles Kings	82	39	27	4	12	94	.573	245	228	–	–	+17	88	W2
3	x-Phoenix Coyotes	82	39	31	4	8	90	.549	232	228	–	–	+4	83	T1
4	x-San Jose Sharks	82	35	30	7	10	87	.530	225	214	–	–	+11	86	L1
5	Anaheim Ducks	82	34	33	3	12	83	.506	217	227	–	–	-10	78	OT1

Northwest

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Colorado Avalanche	82	42	28	1	11	96	.585	233	201	–	–	+32	94	W8
2	x-Edmonton Oilers	82	32	26	8	16	88	.537	226	212	–	–	+14	87	W2
3	Vancouver Canucks	82	30	29	8	15	83	.506	227	237	–	–	-10	78	W1
4	Calgary Flames	82	31	36	5	10	77	.470	211	256	–	–	-45	66	L3

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division, z - clinched conference, p - clinched Presidents' Trophy.

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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