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

1993–94 Final Standings

1993–94 Game Results

Buffalo finished 10th in the league, 4th in the Northeast.

Eastern

Northeast

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Pittsburgh Penguins	84	44	27	13	101	.601	299	285	–	–	+14	88	W1
2	x-Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	97	.577	289	252	–	–	+37	95	L1
3	x-Montréal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	96	.571	283	248	–	–	+35	95	L1
4	x-Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	95	.565	282	218	–	–	+64	105	L2
5	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	76	.452	277	292	–	–	-15	80	L1
6	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	63	.375	227	288	–	–	-61	64	W1
7	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	37	.220	201	397	–	–	-196	34	L5

Atlantic

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	p-New York Rangers	84	52	24	8	112	.667	299	231	–	–	+68	105	T1
2	x-New Jersey Devils	84	47	25	12	106	.631	306	220	–	–	+86	111	W1
3	x-Washington Capitals	84	39	35	10	88	.524	277	263	–	–	+14	88	W3
4	x-New York Islanders	84	36	36	12	84	.500	282	264	–	–	+18	90	L1
5	Florida Panthers	84	33	34	17	83	.494	233	233	–	–	0	84	W1
6	Philadelphia Flyers	84	35	39	10	80	.476	294	314	–	–	-20	78	T1
7	Tampa Bay Lightning	84	30	43	11	71	.423	224	251	–	–	-27	74	W1

Western

Central

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	z-Detroit Red Wings	84	46	30	8	100	.595	356	275	–	–	+81	105	L1
2	x-Toronto Maple Leafs	84	43	29	12	98	.583	280	243	–	–	+37	96	W1
3	x-Dallas Stars	84	42	29	13	97	.577	286	265	–	–	+21	90	W2
4	x-St. Louis Blues	84	40	33	11	91	.542	270	283	–	–	-13	80	W1
5	x-Chicago Blackhawks	84	39	36	9	87	.518	254	240	–	–	+14	89	L1
6	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	84	24	51	9	57	.339	245	344	–	–	-99	57	L3

Pacific

	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Calgary Flames	84	42	29	13	97	.577	302	256	–	–	+46	98	L1
2	x-Vancouver Canucks	84	41	40	3	85	.506	279	276	–	–	+3	85	W1
3	x-San Jose Sharks	84	33	35	16	82	.488	252	265	–	–	-13	80	T1
4	Anaheim Ducks	84	33	46	5	71	.423	229	251	–	–	-22	76	L2
5	Los Angeles Kings	84	27	45	12	66	.393	294	322	–	–	-28	76	T1
6	Edmonton Oilers	84	25	45	14	64	.381	261	305	–	–	-44	71	T2

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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