NHL standings at the end of January 23, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	46	31	7	8	70	186	102	-0.10	1.73	16-3-4	15-4-4	6-1-3	Tied 1
New York Rangers	45	30	8	7	67	203	103	-0.18	2.04	17-2-3	13-6-4	6-3-1	Lost 1
Montreal Canadiens	46	26	12	8	60	177	127	-0.16	0.93	18-1-3	8-11-5	5-4-1	Tied 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	47	20	17	10	50	129	127	0.03	0.08	11-8-6	9-9-4	3-5-2	Lost 4
Detroit Red Wings	47	20	20	7	47	147	152	-0.13	-0.24	16-6-1	4-14-6	6-3-1	Won 2
Vancouver Canucks	44	13	26	5	31	112	150	0.09	-0.77	9-11-3	4-15-2	4-5-1	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	48	10	27	11	31	127	182	0.07	-1.08	8-12-4	2-15-7	2-5-3	Tied 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	46	31	10	5	67	152	85	-0.12	1.34	20-1-4	11-9-1	6-2-2	Won 1
Minnesota North Stars	47	25	15	7	57	124	100	-0.14	0.38	14-6-3	11-9-4	4-4-2	Won 3
California Golden Seals	50	15	25	10	40	142	190	0.05	-0.91	10-9-7	5-16-3	4-4-2	Won 1
St. Louis Blues	47	16	24	7	39	133	155	0.12	-0.34	10-9-5	6-15-2	6-3-1	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	45	13	24	8	34	107	144	0.07	-0.75	11-8-4	2-16-4	2-6-2	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	47	12	26	9	33	112	150	0.22	-0.59	8-9-6	4-17-3	1-5-4	Tied 1
Los Angeles Kings	49	12	33	4	28	109	193	0.14	-1.58	7-14-0	5-19-4	1-6-3	Lost 1