List of Buffalo Sabres seasons

[3] The Sabres started play in the 1970–71 season, and made their first Stanley Cup appearance in 1975, losing the finals in six games against the Philadelphia Flyers.

During the ten-year postseason appearance streak, the Sabres won the Prince of Wales Conference twice and the Adams Division three times.

The Sabres faced the Dallas Stars in the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals, a series that they lost in six, albeit in controversial fashion.

The series ended with a triple-overtime goal in game six where replays showed that Stars forward Brett Hull scored with his skate in the crease.

The Sabres won the Northeast division in the 2009–10 season and moved on to the playoffs, being eliminated in the first round by the Bruins in six games.

Since the 2010–11 season, the Sabres have not made a playoff appearance, setting the all-time record for longest postseason appearance drought in NHL history at 13 seasons and tying with the New York Jets for the longest active postseason drought across the major four professional sports leagues in North America.