NHL standings at the end of March 1, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	63	46	8	9	101	264	145	-0.17	1.72	23-3-5	23-5-4	9-0-1	Won 7
New York Rangers	63	42	11	10	94	272	144	-0.21	1.82	24-3-5	18-8-5	9-0-1	Won 5
Montreal Canadiens	63	37	14	12	86	243	163	-0.19	1.08	25-3-4	12-11-8	7-1-2	Won 4
Detroit Red Wings	64	28	27	9	65	209	203	-0.11	-0.02	22-7-3	6-20-6	5-4-1	Won 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	65	27	27	11	65	170	174	-0.08	-0.14	16-10-6	11-17-5	5-5-0	Won 3
Buffalo Sabres	64	13	36	15	41	164	236	0.16	-0.96	10-16-7	3-20-8	2-6-2	Lost 1
Vancouver Canucks	62	16	40	6	38	154	228	0.14	-1.06	11-17-3	5-23-3	1-8-1	Lost 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	64	40	16	8	88	210	135	-0.16	1.01	25-3-6	15-13-2	4-3-3	Won 1
Minnesota North Stars	62	32	21	9	73	167	143	-0.01	0.37	19-9-4	13-12-5	5-4-1	Lost 2
St. Louis Blues	65	22	34	9	53	173	208	0.12	-0.42	12-15-5	10-19-4	4-5-1	Lost 2
California Golden Seals	65	18	32	15	51	176	242	0.13	-0.89	12-11-10	6-21-5	1-5-4	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	62	19	32	11	49	151	193	0.11	-0.57	14-10-5	5-22-6	2-6-2	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	63	19	35	9	47	155	204	0.10	-0.68	12-13-6	7-22-3	5-5-0	Lost 1
Los Angeles Kings	65	16	42	7	39	163	253	0.17	-1.21	11-19-1	5-23-6	1-9-0	Lost 3