NHL standings at the end of January 27, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	47	32	7	8	72	190	104	-0.12	1.71	17-3-4	15-4-4	6-1-3	Won 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	47	26	13	8	60	182	133	-0.14	0.90	18-2-3	8-11-5	4-5-1	Lost 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	48	21	20	7	49	150	153	-0.15	-0.22	16-6-1	5-14-6	6-3-1	Won 3
Vancouver Canucks	45	13	27	5	31	112	154	0.12	-0.81	9-11-3	4-16-2	4-5-1	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	50	10	29	11	31	129	190	0.10	-1.12	8-13-4	2-16-7	2-7-1	Lost 2

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	47	32	10	5	69	156	85	-0.13	1.38	21-1-4	11-9-1	6-2-2	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	48	26	15	7	59	130	105	-0.11	0.41	14-6-3	12-9-4	4-4-2	Won 4
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	46	13	25	8	34	109	148	0.11	-0.74	11-8-4	2-17-4	2-6-2	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Penguins	48	12	27	9	33	113	152	0.21	-0.61	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