NHL standings at the end of January 20, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	44	30	7	7	67	175	94	-0.10	1.74	16-3-3	14-4-4	6-1-3	Won 3
New York Rangers	43	29	7	7	65	196	98	-0.15	2.13	17-2-3	12-5-4	7-2-1	Won 1
Montreal Canadiens	44	26	11	7	59	169	116	-0.20	1.01	18-0-3	8-11-4	5-5-0	Won 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	45	20	15	10	50	128	119	-0.01	0.19	11-8-6	9-7-4	4-4-2	Lost 2
Detroit Red Wings	45	18	20	7	43	141	149	-0.10	-0.28	14-6-1	4-14-6	6-3-1	Lost 2
Buffalo Sabres	46	10	26	10	30	122	176	0.05	-1.13	8-12-4	2-14-6	3-5-2	Won 2
Vancouver Canucks	43	12	26	5	29	107	148	0.06	-0.90	8-11-3	4-15-2	4-5-1	Lost 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	45	30	10	5	65	148	85	-0.12	1.28	19-1-4	11-9-1	5-3-2	Lost 1
Minnesota North Stars	45	23	15	7	53	115	96	-0.11	0.31	12-6-3	11-9-4	3-4-3	Won 1
California Golden Seals	48	14	24	10	38	139	184	0.02	-0.92	9-8-7	5-16-3	3-4-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	45	15	23	7	37	131	152	0.15	-0.32	9-9-5	6-14-2	6-3-1	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	43	13	22	8	34	104	137	0.13	-0.64	11-8-4	2-14-4	2-5-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	45	12	25	8	32	109	146	0.21	-0.61	8-9-5	4-16-3	1-6-3	Lost 1
Los Angeles Kings	47	11	32	4	26	102	186	0.16	-1.63	6-14-0	5-18-4	2-5-3	Lost 1