Seasons

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NHL season	Franchise season	Conference	Division	Regular season[3][6][7][8] Finish	GP	W	L	T	OT
1926–27	1926–27	—	American[b]	5th	44	12	28	4	—
1927–28	1927–28	—	American	4th	44	19	19	6	—
1928–29	1928–29	—	American	3rd	44	19	16	9	—
1929–30	1929–30	—	American	4th	44	14	24	6	—
1930–31	1930–31	—	American	4th	44	16	21	7	—
1931–32	1931–32	—	American	3rd	48	18	20	10	—
1932–33	1932–33	—	American	2nd	48	25	15	8	—
1933–34	1933–34	—	American↑	1st	48	24	14	10	—
1934–35	1934–35	—	American	4th	48	19	22	7	—
1935–36	1935–36	—	American↑	1st	48	24	16	8	—
1936–37	1936–37	—	American↑	1st	48	25	14	9	—
1937–38	1937–38	—	American	4th	48	12	25	11	—
1938–39	1938–39	—	—[e]	5th	48	18	24	6	—
1939–40	1939–40	—	—	5th	48	16	26	6	—
1940–41	1940–41	—	—	3rd	48	21	16	11	—
1941–42	1941–42	—	—	5th	48	19	25	4	—
1942–43	1942–43	—	—	1st	50	25	14	11	—
1943–44	1943–44	—	—	2nd	50	26	18	6	—
1944–45	1944–45	—	—	2nd	50	31	14	5	—
1945–46	1945–46	—	—	4th	50	20	20	10	—
1946–47	1946–47	—	—	4th	60	22	27	11	—
1947–48	1947–48	—	—	2nd	60	30	18	12	—
1948–49	1948–49	—	—	1st	60	34	19	7	—
1949–50	1949–50	—	—	1st	70	37	19	14	—
1950–51	1950–51	—	—	1st	70	44	13	13	—
1951–52	1951–52	—	—	1st	70	44	14	12	—
1952–53	1952–53	—	—	1st	70	36	16	18	—
1953–54	1953–54	—	—	1st	70	37	19	14	—
1954–55	1954–55	—	—	1st	70	42	17	11	—
1955–56	1955–56	—	—	2nd	70	30	24	16	—
1956–57	1956–57	—	—	1st	70	38	20	12	—
1957–58	1957–58	—	—	3rd	70	29	29	12	—
1958–59	1958–59	—	—	6th	70	25	37	8	—
1959–60	1959–60	—	—	4th	70	26	29	15	—
1960–61	1960–61	—	—	4th	70	25	29	16	—
1961–62	1961–62	—	—	5th	70	23	33	14	—
1962–63	1962–63	—	—	4th	70	32	25	13	—
1963–64	1963–64	—	—	4th	70	30	29	11	—
1964–65	1964–65	—	—	1st	70	40	23	7	—
1965–66	1965–66	—	—	4th	70	31	27	12	—
1966–67	1966–67	—	—	5th	70	27	39	4	—
1967–68	1967–68	—	East[f]	6th	74	27	35	12	—
1968–69	1968–69	—	East	5th	76	33	31	12	—
1969–70	1969–70	—	East	3rd	76	40	21	15	—
1970–71	1970–71	—	East	7th	78	22	45	11	—
1971–72	1971–72	—	East	5th	78	33	35	10	—
1972–73	1972–73	—	East	5th	78	37	29	12	—
1973–74	1973–74	—	East	6th	78	29	39	10	—
1974–75	1974–75	Wales[g]	Norris	4th	80	23	45	12	—
1975–76	1975–76	Wales	Norris	4th	80	26	44	10	—
1976–77	1976–77	Wales	Norris	5th	80	16	55	9	—
1977–78	1977–78	Wales	Norris	2nd	80	32	34	14	—
1978–79	1978–79	Wales	Norris	5th	80	23	41	16	—
1979–80	1979–80	Wales	Norris	5th	80	26	43	11	—
1980–81	1980–81	Wales	Norris	5th	80	19	43	18	—
1981–82	1981–82	Campbell[h]	Norris	6th	80	21	47	12	—
1982–83	1982–83	Campbell	Norris	5th	80	21	44	15	—
1983–84	1983–84	Campbell	Norris	3rd	80	31	42	7	—
1984–85	1984–85	Campbell	Norris	3rd	80	27	41	12	—
1985–86	1985–86	Campbell	Norris	5th	80	17	57	6	—
1986–87	1986–87	Campbell	Norris	2nd	80	34	36	10	—
1987–88	1987–88	Campbell	Norris↑	1st	80	41	28	11	—
1988–89	1988–89	Campbell	Norris↑	1st	80	34	34	12	—
1989–90	1989–90	Campbell	Norris	5th	80	28	38	14	—
1990–91	1990–91	Campbell	Norris	3rd	80	34	38	8	—
1991–92	1991–92	Campbell	Norris↑	1st	80	43	25	12	—
1992–93	1992–93	Campbell	Norris	2nd	84	47	28	9	—
1993–94	1993–94	Western[i]	Central↑	1st	84	46	30	8	—
1994–95[j]	1994–95	Western‡	Central↑	1st	48	33	11	4	—
1995–96	1995–96	Western	Central↑	1st	82	62	13	7	—
1996–97	1996–97	Western‡	Central	2nd	82	38	26	18	—
1997–98	1997–98	Western‡	Central	2nd	82	44	23	15	—
1998–99	1998–99	Western	Central↑	1st	82	43	32	7	—
1999–2000	1999–2000	Western	Central	2nd	82	48	22	10	2[k]
2000–01	2000–01	Western	Central↑	1st	82	49	20	9	4
2001–02	2001–02	Western‡	Central↑	1st	82	51	17	10	4
2002–03	2002–03	Western	Central↑	1st	82	48	20	10	4
2003–04	2003–04	Western	Central↑	1st	82	48	21	11	2
2004–05[l]	2004–05	Western	Central	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	2005–06	Western	Central↑	1st	82	58	16	—[m]	8
2006–07	2006–07	Western	Central↑	1st	82	50	19	—	13
2007–08	2007–08	Western‡	Central↑	1st	82	54	21	—	7
2008–09	2008–09	Western‡	Central↑	1st	82	51	21	—	10
2009–10	2009–10	Western	Central	2nd	82	44	24	—	14
2010–11	2010–11	Western	Central↑	1st	82	47	25	—	10
2011–12	2011–12	Western	Central	3rd	82	48	28	—	6
2012–13[n]	2012–13	Western	Central	3rd	48	24	16	—	8
2013–14	2013–14	Eastern[o]	Atlantic	4th	82	39	28	—	15
2014–15	2014–15	Eastern	Atlantic	3rd	82	43	25	—	14
2015–16	2015–16	Eastern	Atlantic	3rd	82	41	30	—	11
2016–17	2016–17	Eastern	Atlantic	7th	82	33	36	—	13
2017–18	2017–18	Eastern	Atlantic	5th	82	30	39	—	13
2018–19	2018–19	Eastern	Atlantic	7th	82	32	40	—	10
2019–20 [p]	2019–20	Eastern	Atlantic	8th	71	17	49	—	5
2020–21 [q]	2020–21	—	Central	7th	56	19	27	—	10
2021–22	2021–22	Eastern	Atlantic	5th	82	32	40	—	10
2022–23	2022–23	Eastern	Atlantic	7th	82	35	37	—	10
2023–24	2023–24	Eastern	Atlantic	5th	82	41	32	—	9
2024–25	2024–25	Eastern	Atlantic	6th	82	39	35	—	8
2025–26	2025–26	Eastern	Atlantic	6th	82	41	31	—	10
Totalsr					6,971	3,177	2,749	815	230