NHL standings at the end of February 24, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	62	45	8	9	99	259	141	-0.15	1.75	23-3-5	22-5-4	8-1-1	Won 6
New York Rangers	61	40	11	10	90	266	143	-0.19	1.82	22-3-5	18-8-5	8-0-2	Won 3
Montreal Canadiens	60	34	14	12	80	226	158	-0.16	0.97	22-3-4	12-11-8	6-1-3	Won 1
Detroit Red Wings	61	27	25	9	63	199	190	-0.12	0.03	21-6-3	6-19-6	5-4-1	Won 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	63	25	27	11	61	160	172	-0.05	-0.24	15-10-6	10-17-5	4-5-1	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	62	13	35	14	40	159	228	0.16	-0.96	10-16-6	3-19-8	3-5-2	Won 2
Vancouver Canucks	59	16	38	5	37	148	210	0.12	-0.93	11-17-3	5-21-2	1-9-0	Lost 3

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	61	38	16	7	83	198	128	-0.12	1.03	24-3-5	14-13-2	3-5-2	Lost 3
Minnesota North Stars	61	32	20	9	73	165	140	-0.01	0.40	19-8-4	13-12-5	5-4-1	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	62	21	32	9	51	169	201	0.09	-0.43	12-14-5	9-18-4	4-4-2	Won 1
California Golden Seals	62	18	30	14	50	171	231	0.10	-0.86	12-11-10	6-19-4	1-5-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	60	18	31	11	47	146	187	0.12	-0.56	14-10-5	4-21-6	2-5-3	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	61	18	34	9	45	147	197	0.09	-0.73	11-13-6	7-21-3	5-5-0	Lost 3
Los Angeles Kings	63	16	40	7	39	155	242	0.13	-1.25	11-17-1	5-23-6	2-7-1	Lost 1