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

2010–11 Final Standings

2010–11 Game Results

Buffalo finished 15th in the league, 3rd in the Northeast.

Eastern

Northeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Boston Bruins	82	46	25	11	103	.628	246	195	2	6	+51	103	L1
2	x-Montréal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	96	.585	216	209	3	3	+7	85	W1
3	x-Buffalo Sabres	82	43	29	10	96	.585	245	229	5	1	+16	86	W4
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	37	34	11	85	.518	218	251	5	6	-33	71	L2
5	Ottawa Senators	82	32	40	10	74	.451	192	250	2	5	-58	62	L1

Southeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	z-Washington Capitals	82	48	23	11	107	.652	224	197	5	6	+27	93	L1
2	x-Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	25	11	103	.628	247	240	6	6	+7	84	W2
3	Carolina Hurricanes	82	40	31	11	91	.555	236	239	5	5	-3	81	L1
4	Atlanta Thrashers	82	34	36	12	80	.488	223	269	5	7	-46	67	L2
5	Florida Panthers	82	30	40	12	72	.439	195	229	4	7	-34	70	W1

Atlantic

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Philadelphia Flyers	82	47	23	12	106	.646	259	223	3	7	+36	96	W1
2	x-Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	25	8	106	.646	238	199	10	3	+39	94	W4
3	x-New York Rangers	82	44	33	5	93	.567	233	198	9	3	+35	93	W1
4	New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	81	.494	174	209	3	2	-35	67	W1
5	New York Islanders	82	30	39	13	73	.445	229	264	4	6	-35	71	L1

Western

Northwest

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	p-Vancouver Canucks	82	54	19	9	117	.713	262	185	4	5	+77	110	W2
2	Calgary Flames	82	41	29	12	94	.573	250	237	9	7	+13	86	OT1
3	Minnesota Wild	82	39	35	8	86	.524	206	233	3	5	-27	73	W2
4	Colorado Avalanche	82	30	44	8	68	.415	227	288	6	1	-61	61	W1
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	25	45	12	62	.378	193	269	2	9	-76	57	OT1

Pacific

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-San Jose Sharks	82	48	25	9	105	.640	248	213	5	5	+35	95	W1
2	x-Anaheim Ducks	82	47	30	5	99	.604	239	235	4	2	+4	83	W3
3	x-Phoenix Coyotes	82	43	26	13	99	.604	231	226	5	6	+5	84	L1
4	x-Los Angeles Kings	82	46	30	6	98	.598	219	198	10	2	+21	87	L2
5	Dallas Stars	82	42	29	11	95	.579	227	233	5	7	-6	81	L1

Central

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Detroit Red Wings	82	47	25	10	104	.634	261	241	4	4	+20	89	W1
2	x-Nashville Predators	82	44	27	11	99	.604	219	194	6	4	+25	91	L1
3	x-Chicago Blackhawks	82	44	29	9	97	.591	258	225	6	5	+33	93	L1
4	St. Louis Blues	82	38	33	11	87	.530	240	234	4	6	+6	85	W1
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	35	13	81	.494	215	258	5	8	-43	68	L4

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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