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.

Regular Season Playoffs Coaches

Playoffs, Year by Year

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Season ▾	GP	W	L	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA	DIFF	PDO	PP%	PK%	FO%	Conf	Div
2025–26	13	7	6	2-5	5-1	43	39	+4	1.001	20.4%	76.2%	45.7%	Eastern	Atlantic
2010–11	7	3	4	1-2	2-2	18	22	-4	0.971	22.6%	85.7%	52.7%	Eastern	Northeast
2009–10	6	2	4	2-1	0-3	15	16	-1	1.031	0.0%	72.7%	45.0%	Eastern	Northeast
2006–07	16	9	7	5-4	4-3	44	39	+5	–	12.5%	81.3%	49.5%	Eastern	Northeast
2005–06	18	11	7	6-2	5-5	60	49	+11	–	16.2%	82.6%	47.7%	Eastern	Northeast
2000–01	13	7	6	3-4	4-2	38	30	+8	–	19.6%	81.8%	53.5%	Eastern	Northeast
1999–00	5	1	4	1-1	0-3	8	14	-6	–	16.7%	67.9%	49.7%	Eastern	Northeast
1998–99	21	14	7	8-2	6-5	59	49	+10	–	20.0%	85.6%	45.2%	Eastern	Northeast
1997–98	15	10	5	4-3	6-2	46	32	+14	–	18.0%	90.0%	42.5%	Eastern	Northeast
1996–97	12	5	7	2-5	3-2	27	34	-7	–	15.1%	81.7%	–	Eastern	Northeast
1994–95^*	5	1	4	1-1	0-3	13	18	-5	–	11.5%	88.5%	–	Eastern	Northeast
1993–94	7	3	4	2-1	1-3	14	14	0	–	10.5%	81.3%	–	Eastern	Northeast
1992–93	8	4	4	2-2	2-2	31	28	+3	–	25.6%	72.2%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1991–92	7	3	4	1-2	2-2	24	19	+5	–	25.0%	78.6%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1990–91	6	2	4	2-1	0-3	24	29	-5	–	16.7%	75.7%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1989–90	6	2	4	1-2	1-2	13	17	-4	–	20.0%	93.1%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1988–89	5	1	4	0-2	1-2	14	16	-2	–	19.4%	83.3%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1987–88	6	2	4	2-1	0-3	22	28	-6	–	30.6%	85.7%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1984–85	5	2	3	2-0	0-3	22	22	0	–	8.0%	78.6%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1983–84	3	0	3	0-2	0-1	5	13	-8	–	0.0%	80.0%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1982–83	10	6	4	3-1	3-3	31	35	-4	–	19.4%	87.8%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1981–82	4	1	3	1-1	0-2	11	17	-6	–	35.3%	73.3%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1980–81	8	4	4	2-3	2-1	30	30	0	–	37.0%	82.1%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1979–80	14	9	5	5-2	4-3	48	36	+12	–	27.9%	84.2%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1978–79	3	1	2	0-2	1-0	9	9	0	–	12.5%	100.0%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1977–78	8	3	5	3-1	0-4	22	22	0	–	13.8%	68.2%	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1976–77	6	2	4	1-2	1-2	21	19	+2	–	–	–	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1975–76	9	4	5	4-1	0-4	25	29	-4	–	–	–	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1974–75	17	10	7	8-1	2-6	53	58	-5	–	–	–	–	Prince of Wales	Adams
1972–73	6	2	4	1-2	1-2	16	21	-5	–	–	–	–	–	East
Total	269	131	138	75-59	56-79	806	804	+2	–	21.0%	79.8%	–	–	–

* That year's regular season was shortened. Weigh totals from it against a full 82-game year with that in mind.

All-Time Playoffs

269

GAMES

131-138

W-L

32-29

OT W-L

806

804

DIFF

75-59

HOME

56-79

ROAD

20-15

HOME OT

12-14

ROAD OT

Playoff Record by Round

Series won-lost, by round number. Round names/format have changed over the franchise's history; round 1 always means the first round of that year's playoffs. Pick a year range below to scope this to a specific era instead of the franchise's whole history.

Record by Round

52 playoff series on record, 22-30 (42%), across 269 games played, 131-138 overall.

	SERIES			GAMES		GF	GA	Diff
	W	L	%	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
Round 1	14	15	48%	73	69	441	398	+43
Round 2	6	9	40%	38	42	247	257	-10
Round 3	2	4	33%	16	19	97	117	-20
Final	0	2	0%	4	8	21	32	-11
Total	22	30	42%	131	138	806	804	+2

Record by Round and Game

Round 1

142 games, 73-69 overall (56-58 reg, 17-11 OT).

Game	GP	WINS			LOSSES			Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game	GP	Reg	OT	Tot	Reg	OT	Tot	Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game 1	29	16	3	19	9	1	10	66%	82	68	+14
Game 2	29	7	3	10	17	2	19	34%	86	90	-4
Game 3	28	13	2	15	11	2	13	54%	85	73	+12
Game 4	22	11	4	15	4	3	7	68%	84	63	+21
Game 5	18	4	3	7	9	2	11	39%	50	59	-9
Game 6	12	5	1	6	5	1	6	50%	46	33	+13
Game 7	4	0	1	1	3	0	3	25%	8	12	-4
Total	142	56	17	73	58	11	69	51%	441	398	+43

Round 2

80 games, 38-42 overall (28-32 reg, 10-10 OT).

Game	GP	WINS			LOSSES			Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game	GP	Reg	OT	Tot	Reg	OT	Tot	Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game 1	15	6	2	8	6	1	7	53%	54	48	+6
Game 2	15	6	1	7	7	1	8	47%	41	45	-4
Game 3	15	5	2	7	5	3	8	47%	46	50	-4
Game 4	15	6	2	8	6	1	7	53%	47	43	+4
Game 5	11	1	3	4	7	0	7	36%	28	44	-16
Game 6	6	4	0	4	1	1	2	67%	25	18	+7
Game 7	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0%	6	9	-3
Total	80	28	10	38	32	10	42	48%	247	257	-10

Round 3

35 games, 16-19 overall (13-12 reg, 3-7 OT).

Game	GP	WINS			LOSSES			Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game	GP	Reg	OT	Tot	Reg	OT	Tot	Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game 1	6	3	1	4	2	0	2	67%	19	20	-1
Game 2	6	1	0	1	2	3	5	17%	16	21	-5
Game 3	6	2	0	2	3	1	4	33%	15	24	-9
Game 4	6	3	0	3	3	0	3	50%	17	22	-5
Game 5	6	3	1	4	0	2	2	67%	18	14	+4
Game 6	4	1	1	2	1	1	2	50%	10	12	-2
Game 7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	2	4	-2
Total	35	13	3	16	12	7	19	46%	97	117	-20

Final

12 games, 4-8 overall (2-7 reg, 2-1 OT).

Game	GP	WINS			LOSSES			Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game	GP	Reg	OT	Tot	Reg	OT	Tot	Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game 1	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	50%	4	6	-2
Game 2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0%	3	6	-3
Game 3	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	50%	6	6	0
Game 4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	100%	6	3	+3
Game 5	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0%	1	7	-6
Game 6	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0%	1	4	-3
Total	12	2	2	4	7	1	8	33%	21	32	-11

Record by Game

Every Game 1 through Game 7 of a Buffalo playoff series, rolled up across every round and every series on record: 269 games, 131-138 overall (99-109 in regulation, 32-29 in OT).

Game	GP	WINS			LOSSES			Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game	GP	Reg	OT	Total	Reg	OT	Total	Win%	GF	GA	Diff
Game 1	52	25	7	32	18	2	20	62%	159	142	+17
Game 2	52	14	4	18	28	6	34	35%	146	162	-16
Game 3	51	20	5	25	20	6	26	49%	152	153	-1
Game 4	45	22	6	28	13	4	17	62%	154	131	+23
Game 5	37	8	7	15	18	4	22	41%	97	124	-27
Game 6	24	10	2	12	8	4	12	50%	82	67	+15
Game 7	8	0	1	1	4	3	7	13%	16	25	-9
Total	269	99	32	131	109	29	138	49%	806	804	+2