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

2012–13 Final Standings^*

2012–13 Game Results

* 48-game season, shortened by the 2012-13 lockout.

Buffalo finished 22nd in the league, 5th in the Northeast.

Eastern

Northeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	x-Boston Bruins	46	28	13	5	61	.663	127	102	4	3	+25	56	W1
2	x-Montréal Canadiens	47	28	14	5	61	.649	145	125	3	2	+20	54	W1
3	x-Toronto Maple Leafs	47	26	16	5	57	.606	144	129	0	5	+15	54	W1
4	x-Ottawa Senators	46	24	16	6	54	.587	111	100	4	4	+11	51	W1
5	Buffalo Sabres	48	21	21	6	48	.500	125	143	7	4	-18	40	W2

Atlantic

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	z-Pittsburgh Penguins	47	35	12	0	70	.745	157	116	3	0	+41	60	L2
2	x-New York Islanders	48	24	17	7	55	.573	139	139	4	3	0	48	OT1
3	x-New York Rangers	47	25	18	4	54	.574	126	112	4	4	+14	53	W1
4	New Jersey Devils	47	19	18	10	48	.511	112	125	2	7	-13	44	W2
5	Philadelphia Flyers	47	22	22	3	47	.500	131	140	1	2	-9	44	W3

Southeast

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Washington Capitals	47	26	18	3	55	.585	146	128	3	0	+18	52	OT1
2	Winnipeg Jets	48	24	21	3	51	.531	128	144	2	3	-16	43	L2
3	Carolina Hurricanes	47	19	24	4	42	.447	125	152	1	1	-27	38	OT1
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	47	18	25	4	40	.426	145	145	1	3	0	48	L1
5	Florida Panthers	47	14	27	6	34	.362	107	168	3	1	-61	26	L1

Western

Central

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	p-Chicago Blackhawks	47	36	6	5	77	.819	154	99	6	5	+55	67	W2
2	x-St. Louis Blues	47	28	17	2	58	.617	126	114	5	1	+12	50	W2
3	Detroit Red Wings	47	23	16	8	54	.574	121	115	2	5	+6	51	W3
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	47	23	17	7	53	.564	117	118	5	4	-1	46	W2
5	Nashville Predators	47	16	22	9	41	.436	110	136	2	6	-26	38	L1

Pacific

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Anaheim Ducks	47	30	11	6	66	.702	137	113	6	3	+24	55	W3
2	x-Los Angeles Kings	47	26	16	5	57	.606	130	116	2	4	+14	53	L2
3	x-San Jose Sharks	47	25	15	7	57	.606	122	113	8	4	+9	49	L1
4	Phoenix Coyotes	47	20	18	9	49	.521	120	128	4	6	-8	45	OT1
5	Dallas Stars	47	22	21	4	48	.511	130	139	2	1	-9	43	L2

Northwest

	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS ▾	PTS%	GF	GA	SOW	SOL	DIFF	xPTS	STRK
1	y-Vancouver Canucks	47	26	14	7	59	.628	125	114	5	6	+11	52	L1
2	Minnesota Wild	47	25	19	3	53	.564	119	126	4	2	-7	43	L1
3	Edmonton Oilers	47	18	22	7	43	.457	118	132	2	3	-14	42	W1
4	Calgary Flames	48	19	25	4	42	.438	128	160	0	3	-32	38	L3
5	Colorado Avalanche	47	16	24	7	39	.415	115	149	2	2	-34	35	W1

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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through 48 GP

Standings by Year

2012–13 Final Standings*

Eastern

Western

Standings Over the Course of the Season

2012–13 Final Standings^*