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

2000–01 Final Standings

2000–01 Game Results

Buffalo finished 8th in the league, 2nd in the Northeast.

Eastern

Northeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Ottawa Senators	82	48	21	4	9	109	.665	274	205	–	–	+69	105	W2
2	x-Buffalo Sabres	82	46	30	1	5	98	.598	218	184	–	–	+34	96	L1
3	x-Toronto Maple Leafs	82	37	29	5	11	90	.549	232	207	–	–	+25	91	L1
4	Boston Bruins	82	36	30	8	8	88	.537	227	249	–	–	-22	74	W1
5	Montréal Canadiens	82	28	40	6	8	70	.427	206	232	–	–	-26	72	L1

Atlantic

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	z-New Jersey Devils	82	48	19	3	12	111	.677	295	195	–	–	+100	114	W4
2	x-Philadelphia Flyers	82	43	25	3	11	100	.610	240	207	–	–	+33	94	W2
3	x-Pittsburgh Penguins	82	42	28	3	9	96	.585	281	256	–	–	+25	90	W1
4	New York Rangers	82	33	43	1	5	72	.439	250	290	–	–	-40	70	L1
5	New York Islanders	82	21	51	3	7	52	.317	185	268	–	–	-83	53	L3

Southeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Washington Capitals	82	41	27	4	10	96	.585	233	211	–	–	+22	90	W1
2	x-Carolina Hurricanes	82	38	32	3	9	88	.537	212	225	–	–	-13	77	L1
3	Florida Panthers	82	22	38	9	13	66	.402	200	246	–	–	-46	65	W1
4	Atlanta Thrashers	82	23	45	2	12	60	.366	211	289	–	–	-78	57	L2
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24	47	5	6	59	.360	201	280	–	–	-79	56	L1

Western

Northwest

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	p-Colorado Avalanche	82	52	16	4	10	118	.720	270	192	–	–	+78	109	W1
2	x-Edmonton Oilers	82	39	28	3	12	93	.567	243	222	–	–	+21	89	W1
3	x-Vancouver Canucks	82	36	28	7	11	90	.549	239	238	–	–	+1	82	L1
4	Calgary Flames	82	27	36	4	15	73	.445	197	236	–	–	-39	67	L2
5	Minnesota Wild	82	25	39	5	13	68	.415	168	210	–	–	-42	64	L1

Central

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Detroit Red Wings	82	49	20	4	9	111	.677	253	202	–	–	+51	100	W2
2	x-St. Louis Blues	82	43	22	5	12	103	.628	249	195	–	–	+54	102	W2
3	Nashville Predators	82	34	36	3	9	80	.488	186	200	–	–	-14	76	L1
4	Chicago Blackhawks	82	29	40	5	8	71	.433	210	246	–	–	-36	69	OT1
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	28	39	6	9	71	.433	190	233	–	–	-43	65	W1

Pacific

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Dallas Stars	82	48	24	2	8	106	.646	241	187	–	–	+54	102	W2
2	x-San Jose Sharks	82	40	27	3	12	95	.579	217	192	–	–	+25	92	W1
3	x-Los Angeles Kings	82	38	28	3	13	92	.561	252	228	–	–	+24	90	W1
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	27	3	17	90	.549	214	212	–	–	+2	83	W1
5	Anaheim Ducks	82	25	41	5	11	66	.402	188	245	–	–	-57	61	L2

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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