NHL standings at the end of January 11, 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	-0.07	1.72	14-3-2	13-4-3	6-1-3	Lost 1
Montreal Canadiens	40	23	10	7	53	153	109	-0.14	0.96	15-0-3	8-10-4	4-6-0	Lost 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	41	19	13	9	47	120	110	-0.04	0.21	10-7-5	9-6-4	5-4-1	Won 1
Detroit Red Wings	42	17	18	7	41	131	132	-0.13	-0.16	13-5-1	4-13-6	7-2-1	Won 2
Buffalo Sabres	42	8	24	10	26	113	163	-0.03	-1.22	6-11-4	2-13-6	2-4-4	Lost 2
Vancouver Canucks	39	10	24	5	25	94	138	0.18	-0.95	7-11-3	3-13-2	2-7-1	Tied 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	-0.20	1.38	17-1-3	11-7-1	8-1-1	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	40	22	12	6	50	106	82	-0.10	0.50	12-6-2	10-6-4	3-4-3	Tied 1
St. Louis Blues	42	13	22	7	33	120	145	0.12	-0.47	8-8-5	5-14-2	4-4-2	Won 3
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	40	12	21	7	31	96	128	0.17	-0.63	10-8-3	2-13-4	2-6-2	Lost 1
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	0.11	-1.72	6-13-0	5-17-1	4-6-0	Lost 3