NHL standings at the end of February 16, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	57	40	8	9	89	234	126	-0.14	1.75	23-3-5	17-5-4	8-1-1	Won 1
New York Rangers	56	36	11	9	81	243	128	-0.17	1.88	20-3-5	16-8-4	5-3-2	Won 4
Montreal Canadiens	56	31	13	12	74	212	148	-0.19	0.96	21-2-4	10-11-8	5-1-4	Tied 2
Detroit Red Wings	57	24	24	9	57	183	180	-0.12	-0.07	19-6-3	5-18-6	4-4-2	Lost 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	59	23	25	11	57	149	163	-0.01	-0.25	13-10-6	10-15-5	3-6-1	Lost 2
Buffalo Sabres	57	11	32	14	36	151	214	0.14	-0.97	9-14-6	2-18-8	1-5-4	Tied 1
Vancouver Canucks	55	15	35	5	35	137	197	0.14	-0.96	10-16-3	5-19-2	2-8-0	Lost 7

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	58	38	13	7	83	193	118	-0.13	1.17	24-1-5	14-12-2	5-3-2	Tied 1
Minnesota North Stars	58	31	18	9	71	157	130	-0.05	0.42	18-6-4	13-12-5	5-3-2	Won 4
California Golden Seals	59	18	29	12	48	159	217	0.06	-0.93	12-10-8	6-19-4	4-4-2	Tied 1
St. Louis Blues	59	20	31	8	48	161	192	0.15	-0.38	12-14-5	8-17-3	3-6-1	Won 1
Philadelphia Flyers	56	17	28	11	45	138	175	0.06	-0.60	13-9-5	4-19-6	4-3-3	Tied 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	57	17	31	9	43	143	187	0.12	-0.65	11-12-6	6-19-3	5-5-0	Won 2
Los Angeles Kings	60	15	38	7	37	146	231	0.14	-1.28	10-15-1	5-23-6	2-5-3	Lost 5