Franchise History
Standings by Year
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.
1992–93 Final Standings
1992–93 Game ResultsBuffalo finished 15th in the league, 4th in the Adams.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS ▾ | PTS% | GF | GA | SOW | SOL | DIFF | xPTS | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | p-Pittsburgh Penguins | 84 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 119 | .708 | 367 | 268 | – | – | +99 | 110 | T1 |
| 2 | y-Boston Bruins | 84 | 51 | 26 | 7 | 109 | .649 | 332 | 268 | – | – | +64 | 102 | W8 |
| 3 | z-Chicago Blackhawks | 84 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 106 | .631 | 279 | 230 | – | – | +49 | 100 | W2 |
| 4 | x-Quebec Nordiques | 84 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 104 | .619 | 351 | 300 | – | – | +51 | 97 | W3 |
| 5 | x-Detroit Red Wings | 84 | 47 | 28 | 9 | 103 | .613 | 369 | 280 | – | – | +89 | 107 | W5 |
| 6 | x-Montréal Canadiens | 84 | 48 | 30 | 6 | 102 | .607 | 326 | 280 | – | – | +46 | 97 | W1 |
| 7 | y-Vancouver Canucks | 84 | 46 | 29 | 9 | 101 | .601 | 346 | 278 | – | – | +68 | 102 | W3 |
| 8 | x-Toronto Maple Leafs | 84 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 99 | .589 | 288 | 241 | – | – | +47 | 99 | L1 |
| 9 | x-Calgary Flames | 84 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 97 | .577 | 322 | 282 | – | – | +40 | 95 | W2 |
| 10 | x-Washington Capitals | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 93 | .554 | 325 | 286 | – | – | +39 | 95 | W3 |
| 11 | x-Los Angeles Kings | 84 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 88 | .524 | 338 | 340 | – | – | -2 | 84 | L2 |
| 12 | x-Winnipeg Jets (1979) | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | .518 | 322 | 320 | – | – | +2 | 85 | W1 |
| 13 | x-New York Islanders | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | .518 | 335 | 297 | – | – | +38 | 94 | W1 |
| 14 | x-New Jersey Devils | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | .518 | 308 | 299 | – | – | +9 | 86 | L1 |
| 15 | x-Buffalo Sabres | 84 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 86 | .512 | 335 | 297 | – | – | +38 | 94 | L7 |
| 16 | x-St. Louis Blues | 84 | 37 | 36 | 11 | 85 | .506 | 282 | 278 | – | – | +4 | 85 | W1 |
| 17 | Philadelphia Flyers | 84 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 83 | .494 | 319 | 319 | – | – | 0 | 84 | W8 |
| 18 | Minnesota North Stars | 84 | 36 | 38 | 10 | 82 | .488 | 272 | 293 | – | – | -21 | 78 | L3 |
| 19 | New York Rangers | 84 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 79 | .470 | 304 | 308 | – | – | -4 | 83 | L7 |
| 20 | Edmonton Oilers | 84 | 26 | 50 | 8 | 60 | .357 | 242 | 337 | – | – | -95 | 57 | L6 |
| 21 | Hartford Whalers | 84 | 26 | 52 | 6 | 58 | .345 | 284 | 369 | – | – | -85 | 62 | L1 |
| 22 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 84 | 23 | 54 | 7 | 53 | .315 | 245 | 332 | – | – | -87 | 59 | L1 |
| 23 | San Jose Sharks | 84 | 11 | 71 | 2 | 24 | .143 | 218 | 414 | – | – | -196 | 36 | L3 |
| 24 | Ottawa Senators | 84 | 10 | 70 | 4 | 24 | .143 | 202 | 395 | – | – | -193 | 35 | 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.