NHL standings at the end of January 26, 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	46	31	8	7	69	208	104	-0.20	2.06	18-2-3	13-6-4	6-3-1	Won 1
Montreal Canadiens	46	26	12	8	60	177	127	-0.15	0.93	18-1-3	8-11-5	5-4-1	Tied 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	20	18	10	50	132	132	0.01	0.01	11-8-6	9-10-4	2-6-2	Lost 5
Detroit Red Wings	47	20	20	7	47	147	152	-0.13	-0.23	16-6-1	4-14-6	6-3-1	Won 2
Vancouver Canucks	44	13	26	5	31	112	150	0.10	-0.77	9-11-3	4-15-2	4-5-1	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	49	10	28	11	31	128	187	0.11	-1.09	8-12-4	2-16-7	2-6-2	Lost 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	-0.11	1.34	20-1-4	11-9-1	6-2-2	Won 1
Minnesota North Stars	47	25	15	7	57	124	100	-0.13	0.38	14-6-3	11-9-4	4-4-2	Won 3
St. Louis Blues	48	17	24	7	41	135	156	0.11	-0.33	10-9-5	7-15-2	7-3-0	Won 1
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
Philadelphia Flyers	45	13	24	8	34	107	144	0.08	-0.75	11-8-4	2-16-4	2-6-2	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	48	12	27	9	33	113	152	0.21	-0.60	8-10-6	4-17-3	1-6-3	Lost 1
Los Angeles Kings	50	13	33	4	30	114	196	0.13	-1.51	8-14-0	5-19-4	2-5-3	Won 1