NHL standings at the end of January 10, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
New York Rangers	39	27	6	6	60	178	86	-0.13	2.23	17-2-3	10-4-3	7-2-1	Won 2
Boston Bruins	39	27	7	5	59	157	87	-0.08	1.72	14-3-2	13-4-3	6-1-3	Lost 1
Montreal Canadiens	39	23	9	7	53	150	102	-0.15	1.09	15-0-3	8-9-4	4-5-1	Lost 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	41	19	13	9	47	120	110	-0.03	0.21	10-7-5	9-6-4	5-4-1	Won 1
Detroit Red Wings	41	16	18	7	39	126	132	-0.11	-0.26	12-5-1	4-13-6	6-3-1	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	42	8	24	10	26	113	163	-0.04	-1.23	6-11-4	2-13-6	2-4-4	Lost 2
Vancouver Canucks	38	10	24	4	24	92	136	0.18	-0.98	7-11-2	3-13-2	2-8-0	Won 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	40	28	8	4	60	134	71	-0.19	1.38	17-1-3	11-7-1	8-1-1	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	39	22	12	5	49	104	80	-0.08	0.53	12-6-2	10-6-3	4-4-2	Lost 1
California Golden Seals	43	12	22	9	33	128	174	0.03	-1.04	7-8-7	5-14-2	2-6-2	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	39	12	20	7	31	96	123	0.17	-0.52	10-8-3	2-12-4	3-5-2	Won 1
St. Louis Blues	41	12	22	7	31	113	142	0.11	-0.60	7-8-5	5-14-2	3-5-2	Won 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	41	11	23	7	29	101	129	0.21	-0.47	7-8-4	4-15-3	1-6-3	Lost 2
Los Angeles Kings	42	11	30	1	23	92	169	0.12	-1.72	6-13-0	5-17-1	4-6-0	Lost 3