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

1976–77 Final Standings

1976–77 Game Results

Buffalo finished 5th in the league, 2nd in the Adams.

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Adams

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	Boston Bruins	80	49	23	8	106	.662	312	240	–	–	+72	101	W5
2	Buffalo Sabres	80	48	24	8	104	.650	301	220	–	–	+81	104	W1
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	33	32	15	81	.506	301	285	–	–	+16	84	L1
4	Cleveland Barons	80	25	42	13	63	.394	240	292	–	–	-52	65	W1

Norris

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	Montréal Canadiens	80	60	8	12	132	.825	387	171	–	–	+216	134	W2
2	Los Angeles Kings	80	34	31	15	83	.519	271	241	–	–	+30	89	W3
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	34	33	13	81	.506	240	252	–	–	-12	76	W2
4	Washington Capitals	80	24	42	14	62	.388	221	307	–	–	-86	55	L2
5	Detroit Red Wings	80	16	55	9	41	.256	183	309	–	–	-126	42	L11

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	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	16	16	112	.700	323	213	–	–	+110	112	T1
2	New York Islanders	80	47	21	12	106	.662	288	193	–	–	+95	110	W1
3	Atlanta Flames	80	34	34	12	80	.500	264	265	–	–	-1	80	T1
4	New York Rangers	80	29	37	14	72	.450	272	310	–	–	-38	70	L2

Smythe

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	St. Louis Blues	80	32	39	9	73	.456	239	276	–	–	-37	69	L1
2	Minnesota North Stars	80	23	39	18	64	.400	240	310	–	–	-70	60	L2
3	Chicago Blackhawks	80	26	43	11	63	.394	240	298	–	–	-58	63	L3
4	Vancouver Canucks	80	25	42	13	63	.394	235	294	–	–	-59	62	W1
5	Colorado Rockies	80	20	46	14	54	.338	226	307	–	–	-81	56	L1

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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