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

2006–07 Final Standings

2006–07 Game Results

Buffalo finished 1st in the league, 1st in the Northeast.

Eastern

Northeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	p-Buffalo Sabres	82	53	22	7	113	.689	308	242	10	4	+66	100	L1
2	x-Ottawa Senators	82	48	25	9	105	.640	288	222	2	6	+66	104	W1
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	31	11	91	.555	258	269	4	7	-11	79	W1
4	Montréal Canadiens	82	42	34	6	90	.549	245	256	6	5	-11	78	L2
5	Boston Bruins	82	35	41	6	76	.463	219	289	9	4	-70	58	L6

Atlantic

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-New Jersey Devils	82	49	24	9	107	.652	216	201	10	8	+15	87	OT1
2	x-Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	24	11	105	.640	277	246	10	6	+31	91	W2
3	x-New York Rangers	82	42	30	10	94	.573	242	216	9	5	+26	90	L1
4	x-New York Islanders	82	40	30	12	92	.561	248	240	8	5	+8	84	W4
5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	22	48	12	56	.341	214	303	1	6	-89	56	W1

Southeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Atlanta Thrashers	82	43	28	11	97	.591	246	245	7	4	+1	81	W2
2	x-Tampa Bay Lightning	82	44	33	5	93	.567	253	261	10	2	-8	77	OT1
3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	40	34	8	88	.537	241	253	0	5	-12	80	W1
4	Florida Panthers	82	35	31	16	86	.524	247	257	2	8	-10	81	OT1
5	Washington Capitals	82	28	40	14	70	.427	235	286	1	11	-51	69	L1

Western

Central

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	z-Detroit Red Wings	82	50	19	13	113	.689	254	199	2	8	+55	104	W1
2	x-Nashville Predators	82	51	23	8	110	.671	272	212	6	5	+60	102	W2
3	St. Louis Blues	82	34	35	13	81	.494	214	254	6	6	-40	68	L2
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	33	42	7	73	.445	201	249	5	5	-48	64	L1
5	Chicago Blackhawks	82	31	42	9	71	.433	201	258	6	7	-57	62	L2

Pacific

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Anaheim Ducks	82	48	20	14	110	.671	258	208	4	10	+50	102	W1
2	x-San Jose Sharks	82	51	26	5	107	.652	258	199	2	2	+59	103	OT1
3	x-Dallas Stars	82	50	25	7	107	.652	226	197	9	4	+29	92	W2
4	Los Angeles Kings	82	27	41	14	68	.415	227	283	4	6	-56	64	W1
5	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	46	5	67	.409	216	284	5	2	-68	59	W1

Northwest

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Vancouver Canucks	82	49	26	7	105	.640	222	201	5	4	+21	90	L1
2	x-Minnesota Wild	82	48	26	8	104	.634	235	191	10	7	+44	98	W3
3	x-Calgary Flames	82	43	29	10	96	.585	258	226	3	5	+32	94	L4
4	Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	95	.579	272	251	5	4	+21	88	W1
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	32	43	7	71	.433	195	248	3	3	-53	62	W1

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

Standings goals include the shootout deciding goal, one per shootout result, as every league standings page does. The rest of this site leaves it out, so the season pages read lower by each team's shootout record: GF minus SOW and GA minus SOL are the goals for and against on the Scores and Team Stats pages. DIFF follows the goals beside it, so it reads higher here than everywhere else on the site by a team's shootout wins less its shootout losses.

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, from goals excluding the shootout deciding goal (GF minus SOW, GA minus SOL), the same goals the rest of the site counts. 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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