The NHL’s Buffalo Sabres celebrated the end of a 14-year postseason drought on Saturday, April 4.

The Sabres are chasing an Atlantic Division title as the regular season winds down. But a Detroit Red Wings loss clinched Buffalo a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2010-11.

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Interestingly, Buffalo’s achievement leaves the NFL’s New York Jets all alone atop the playoff drought list with a 15-year playoff drought.

Consequently, ESPN’s Rich Cimini noted the Jets’ predicament in a story Saturday.

“No longer are they linked in infamy, as the Sabres clinched a playoff berth Saturday to snap their 14-year postseason drought — the longest in NHL history — with six games to spare,” Cimini wrote.

“The Jets are still going, at 15 years.”

After the Sabres clinched their berth, Sports Illustrated updated the list of North American pro sports’ longest playoff droughts.

Consequently, here is the list:

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New York Jets, NFL, 15 years

Los Angeles Angels, MLB, 11 years

Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, 10 years

Charlotte Hornets, NBA, 9 years

Detroit Red Wings, NHL, 9 years

Atlanta Falcons, NFL, 8 years

Anaheim Ducks, NHL, 7 years

Colorado Rockies, MLB, 7 years

According to Cimini, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn, who went 3-14 in his first year leading New York, committed to getting the team back into championship contention.

“I want to leave a legacy, I do,” Glenn said in his introductory press conference. “When I’m gone, man, I’m looking at this team being a team that consistently puts themselves in a place to win.

“There’s not a day, there’s not an hour, there’s not a minute I don’t think about that.”

On the bright side, the Jets still have a long way to go to match the NFL record for playoff futility.

Unfortunately, that distinction belongs to the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, who went 25 seasons (1949-74) without making the postseason.

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Also, in other sports, the Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos didn’t make the MLB playoffs for 29 straight years (1982-2011). Finally in the NBA, the Sacramento Kings snapped a 16-year drought by making the postseason in 2022.