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 Wild Card

2021–22 Final Standings

2021–22 Game Results

Buffalo finished 24th in the league, 5th in the Atlantic.

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	p-Florida Panthers	82	58	18	6	122	.744	340	246	3	4	+94	108	L1
2	z-Colorado Avalanche	82	56	19	7	119	.726	312	234	4	2	+78	105	L1
3	y-Carolina Hurricanes	82	54	20	8	116	.707	278	202	1	2	+76	108	W6
4	x-Toronto Maple Leafs	82	54	21	7	115	.701	315	253	3	1	+62	99	W3
5	x-Minnesota Wild	82	53	22	7	113	.689	310	253	5	4	+57	98	W2
6	y-Calgary Flames	82	50	21	11	111	.677	293	208	2	2	+85	109	L1
7	x-New York Rangers	82	52	24	6	110	.671	254	207	4	3	+47	98	W1
8	x-Tampa Bay Lightning	82	51	23	8	110	.671	287	233	2	5	+54	100	W1
9	x-St. Louis Blues	82	49	22	11	109	.665	311	242	2	3	+69	103	L2
10	x-Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	107	.652	255	220	2	2	+35	94	L1
11	x-Edmonton Oilers	82	49	27	6	104	.634	290	252	5	1	+38	92	W3
12	x-Pittsburgh Penguins	82	46	25	11	103	.628	272	229	3	7	+43	98	W1
13	x-Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	100	.610	275	245	5	3	+30	91	L3
14	x-Los Angeles Kings	82	44	27	11	99	.604	239	236	4	4	+3	83	OT1
15	x-Dallas Stars	82	46	30	6	98	.598	238	246	5	2	-8	78	W1
16	x-Nashville Predators	82	45	30	7	97	.591	266	252	4	2	+14	86	L1
17	Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	31	8	94	.573	266	248	4	4	+18	88	W1
18	Vancouver Canucks	82	40	30	12	92	.561	249	236	3	5	+13	87	OT1
19	Winnipeg Jets	82	39	32	11	89	.543	252	257	2	4	-5	81	W4
20	New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	84	.512	231	237	2	6	-6	81	L1
21	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	81	.494	262	300	4	3	-38	71	L1
22	San Jose Sharks	82	32	37	13	77	.470	214	264	3	3	-50	65	L1
23	Anaheim Ducks	82	31	37	14	76	.463	232	271	4	5	-39	69	L1
24	Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	75	.457	232	290	3	3	-58	64	W1
25	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	74	.451	230	312	3	2	-82	57	W1
26	Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	73	.445	227	266	3	2	-39	69	W1
27	Chicago Blackhawks	82	28	42	12	68	.415	219	291	6	2	-72	58	OT1
28	New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	63	.384	248	307	3	5	-59	65	L2
29	Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	61	.372	211	298	1	4	-87	55	L3
30	Seattle Kraken	82	27	49	6	60	.366	216	285	3	1	-69	59	L1
31	Arizona Coyotes	82	25	50	7	57	.348	207	313	1	4	-106	50	W3
32	Montréal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	55	.335	221	319	3	2	-98	53	W2

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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