NHL standings at the end of February 18, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	58	41	8	9	91	238	127	-0.15	1.76	23-3-5	18-5-4	8-1-1	Won 2
New York Rangers	58	37	11	10	84	251	134	-0.20	1.82	20-3-5	17-8-5	6-2-2	Tied 1
Montreal Canadiens	56	31	13	12	74	212	148	-0.18	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	-0.06	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
Vancouver Canucks	56	16	35	5	37	142	199	0.12	-0.89	11-16-3	5-19-2	2-8-0	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	58	11	33	14	36	151	216	0.12	-1.00	9-15-6	2-18-8	1-6-3	Lost 1

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	-0.12	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	60	18	29	13	49	161	219	0.09	-0.88	12-10-9	6-19-4	3-4-3	Tied 2
St. Louis Blues	60	20	32	8	48	163	197	0.13	-0.44	12-14-5	8-18-3	3-6-1	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	57	17	29	11	45	139	179	0.09	-0.61	13-10-5	4-19-6	4-3-3	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	58	18	31	9	45	145	187	0.10	-0.63	11-12-6	7-19-3	6-4-0	Won 3
Los Angeles Kings	61	15	39	7	37	150	237	0.16	-1.26	10-16-1	5-23-6	2-6-2	Lost 6