NHL standings at the end of January 12, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
New York Rangers	40	27	6	7	61	183	91	-0.10	2.20	17-2-3	10-4-4	7-1-2	Tied 1
Boston Bruins	40	27	7	6	60	159	89	-0.08	1.67	14-3-2	13-4-4	6-1-3	Tied 1
Montreal Canadiens	40	23	10	7	53	153	109	-0.15	0.95	15-0-3	8-10-4	4-6-0	Lost 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	42	19	13	10	48	121	111	-0.08	0.16	10-7-6	9-6-4	4-4-2	Tied 1
Detroit Red Wings	42	17	18	7	41	131	132	-0.14	-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	0.17	-0.96	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	41	28	8	5	61	139	76	-0.14	1.40	17-1-4	11-7-1	7-1-2	Tied 1
Minnesota North Stars	41	22	13	6	50	106	84	-0.12	0.42	12-6-2	10-7-4	3-4-3	Lost 1
California Golden Seals	44	13	22	9	35	130	174	0.03	-0.97	8-8-7	5-14-2	3-5-2	Won 1
St. Louis Blues	42	13	22	7	33	120	145	0.12	-0.48	8-8-5	5-14-2	4-4-2	Won 3
Philadelphia Flyers	40	12	21	7	31	96	128	0.16	-0.64	10-8-3	2-13-4	2-6-2	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	42	11	23	8	30	103	131	0.24	-0.43	7-8-5	4-15-3	1-5-4	Tied 1
Los Angeles Kings	43	11	30	2	24	93	170	0.11	-1.68	6-13-0	5-17-2	3-6-1	Tied 1