NHL standings at the end of January 30, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	49	34	7	8	76	199	108	-0.14	1.72	18-3-4	16-4-4	7-0-3	Won 3
New York Rangers	48	31	9	8	70	211	109	-0.17	1.96	18-2-4	13-7-4	5-3-2	Tied 1
Montreal Canadiens	48	27	13	8	62	186	133	-0.15	0.95	19-2-3	8-11-5	4-5-1	Won 1
Detroit Red Wings	50	21	21	8	50	156	161	-0.14	-0.24	16-6-2	5-15-6	6-3-1	Lost 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	50	20	20	10	50	134	140	-0.02	-0.14	11-8-6	9-12-4	2-7-1	Lost 7
Vancouver Canucks	47	14	28	5	33	117	158	0.10	-0.77	10-12-3	4-16-2	5-4-1	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	51	10	29	12	32	131	192	0.06	-1.13	8-13-5	2-16-7	2-6-2	Tied 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	49	34	10	5	73	164	89	-0.15	1.38	22-1-4	12-9-1	7-2-1	Won 4
Minnesota North Stars	50	27	15	8	62	135	108	-0.04	0.50	15-6-3	12-9-5	5-3-2	Tied 1
California Golden Seals	52	17	25	10	44	147	190	0.03	-0.80	11-9-7	6-16-3	5-4-1	Won 3
St. Louis Blues	50	17	26	7	41	137	165	0.15	-0.41	10-9-5	7-17-2	6-4-0	Lost 2
Philadelphia Flyers	48	14	26	8	36	115	152	0.12	-0.65	12-9-4	2-17-4	3-6-1	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	50	12	29	9	33	115	160	0.22	-0.68	8-11-6	4-18-3	1-7-2	Lost 3
Los Angeles Kings	52	13	33	6	32	120	202	0.10	-1.47	8-14-0	5-19-6	2-3-5	Tied 2