Franchise History
Season by Season
Every Sabres season on record, 1970–71 to 2025–26. Switch between Regular Season, Playoffs, and Coaches, sort any column, and chart how any stat has moved across the franchise's history.
Coaches
Career totals with Buffalo.
Sorted by W: Lindy Ruff has the highest (657), Craig Ramsay the lowest (4).
| Coach ▴ | Total Seasons | Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T/OTL | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
| Billy Inglis | 1 | 56 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 50.0% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | |||
| Craig Ramsay | 1 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 19.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Dan Bylsma | 2 | 164 | 68 | 73 | 23 | 41.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Don Granato | 3 | 274 | 122 | 125 | 27 | 44.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Floyd Smith | 4 | 241 | 143 | 62 | 36 | 59.3% | 32 | 16 | 16 | 50.0% | |||
| Jim Roberts | 1 | 45 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 46.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Jim Schoenfeld | 1 | 43 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 44.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Joe Crozier | 3 | 192 | 77 | 80 | 35 | 40.1% | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | |||
| John Muckler | 4 | 268 | 125 | 109 | 34 | 46.6% | 27 | 11 | 16 | 40.7% | |||
| Lindy Ruff | 17 | 1329 | 657 | 494 | 178 | 49.4% | 114 | 64 | 50 | 56.1% | |||
| Marcel Pronovost | 2 | 104 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 50.0% | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% | |||
| Phil Housley | 2 | 164 | 58 | 84 | 22 | 35.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Punch Imlach | 2 | 119 | 32 | 62 | 25 | 26.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Ralph Krueger | 2 | 97 | 36 | 49 | 12 | 37.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Rick Dudley | 2 | 188 | 85 | 72 | 31 | 45.2% | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33.3% | |||
| Roger Neilson | 1 | 80 | 39 | 20 | 21 | 48.8% | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | |||
| Ron Rolston | 2 | 51 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 37.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Scotty Bowman | 7 | 404 | 210 | 134 | 60 | 52.0% | 36 | 18 | 18 | 50.0% | |||
| Ted Nolan | 4 | 308 | 113 | 159 | 36 | 36.7% | 12 | 5 | 7 | 41.7% | |||
| Ted Sator | 3 | 207 | 96 | 89 | 22 | 46.4% | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27.3% | |||
A season split between coaches counts as a season for each of them, so Total Seasons adds up past the number of seasons the franchise has played. Games, wins and losses do not: they sum to the franchise's own all-time record.