NHL standings at the end of January 15, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	42	28	7	7	63	164	92	-0.08	1.63	15-3-3	13-4-4	6-1-3	Won 1
New York Rangers	42	28	7	7	63	191	97	-0.12	2.12	17-2-3	11-5-4	7-2-1	Lost 1
Montreal Canadiens	42	25	10	7	57	166	112	-0.19	1.10	17-0-3	8-10-4	5-5-0	Won 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	43	20	13	10	50	125	114	-0.03	0.22	11-7-6	9-6-4	5-3-2	Won 1
Detroit Red Wings	43	18	18	7	43	138	136	-0.17	-0.12	14-5-1	4-13-6	7-2-1	Won 3
Vancouver Canucks	41	11	25	5	27	101	146	0.11	-0.99	8-11-3	3-14-2	3-6-1	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	44	8	26	10	26	117	174	0.05	-1.24	6-12-4	2-14-6	1-5-4	Lost 4

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	42	28	9	5	61	141	80	-0.10	1.35	17-1-4	11-8-1	6-2-2	Lost 1
Minnesota North Stars	42	22	14	6	50	108	91	-0.12	0.29	12-6-2	10-8-4	3-5-2	Lost 2
California Golden Seals	46	14	23	9	37	138	181	-0.01	-0.94	9-8-7	5-15-2	3-5-2	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	43	14	22	7	35	127	147	0.11	-0.35	9-8-5	5-14-2	5-3-2	Won 4
Pittsburgh Penguins	44	12	24	8	32	108	140	0.23	-0.49	8-8-5	4-16-3	2-5-3	Won 1
Philadelphia Flyers	41	12	22	7	31	98	132	0.15	-0.68	10-8-3	2-14-4	2-6-2	Lost 2
Los Angeles Kings	45	11	31	3	25	98	178	0.14	-1.64	6-13-0	5-18-3	3-5-2	Lost 1