NHL standings at the end of February 20, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	60	43	8	9	95	247	132	-0.13	1.79	23-3-5	20-5-4	8-1-1	Won 4
New York Rangers	59	38	11	10	86	255	137	-0.20	1.80	21-3-5	17-8-5	7-1-2	Won 1
Montreal Canadiens	58	33	13	12	78	219	149	-0.21	1.00	22-2-4	11-11-8	6-0-4	Won 2
Detroit Red Wings	59	25	25	9	59	192	186	-0.10	0.00	19-6-3	6-19-6	4-5-1	Lost 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	61	24	26	11	59	154	167	-0.04	-0.25	14-10-6	10-16-5	4-5-1	Lost 1
Vancouver Canucks	57	16	36	5	37	145	204	0.10	-0.94	11-16-3	5-20-2	2-8-0	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	60	11	35	14	36	152	224	0.14	-1.06	9-16-6	2-19-8	1-6-3	Lost 3

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	59	38	14	7	83	194	121	-0.09	1.15	24-2-5	14-12-2	4-4-2	Lost 1
Minnesota North Stars	60	32	19	9	73	163	136	-0.03	0.42	19-7-4	13-12-5	5-4-1	Won 1
California Golden Seals	61	18	29	14	50	165	223	0.08	-0.87	12-10-10	6-19-4	2-4-4	Tied 3
St. Louis Blues	61	20	32	9	49	167	201	0.11	-0.44	12-14-5	8-18-4	3-5-2	Tied 1
Philadelphia Flyers	59	18	30	11	47	143	183	0.10	-0.58	14-10-5	4-20-6	3-4-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	60	18	33	9	45	147	195	0.10	-0.70	11-13-6	7-20-3	6-4-0	Lost 2
Los Angeles Kings	62	16	39	7	39	155	240	0.14	-1.23	11-16-1	5-23-6	3-6-1	Won 1