NHL standings at the end of August 12, 1971

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	78	57	14	7	121	399	207	-0.18	2.29	33-4-2	24-10-5	6-4-0	Won 3
New York Rangers	78	49	18	11	109	259	177	-0.08	0.98	30-2-7	19-16-4	6-4-0	Won 1
Montreal Canadiens	78	42	23	13	97	291	216	-0.07	0.89	29-7-3	13-16-10	7-3-0	Lost 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	37	33	8	82	248	211	-0.03	0.44	24-9-6	13-24-2	3-5-2	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	78	24	39	15	63	217	291	0.07	-0.88	16-13-10	8-26-5	6-2-2	Tied 2
Vancouver Canucks	78	24	46	8	56	229	296	0.06	-0.80	17-18-4	7-28-4	5-4-1	Lost 1
Detroit Red Wings	78	22	45	11	55	209	308	0.09	-1.18	17-15-7	5-30-4	2-7-1	Lost 2

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	107	277	184	-0.09	1.11	30-6-3	19-14-6	6-4-0	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	87	223	208	-0.01	0.18	23-7-9	11-18-10	6-2-2	Tied 1
Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	73	207	225	0.02	-0.21	20-10-9	8-23-8	3-3-4	Tied 1
Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	72	191	223	0.03	-0.38	16-15-8	12-19-8	3-5-2	Lost 4
Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	63	239	303	0.06	-0.76	17-14-8	8-26-5	5-4-1	Won 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	62	221	240	0.02	-0.23	18-12-9	3-25-11	1-7-2	Tied 1
California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	45	199	320	0.11	-1.44	17-21-1	3-32-4	3-7-0	Lost 2