NHL standings at the end of March 3, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	64	47	8	9	103	271	148	-0.18	1.74	24-3-5	23-5-4	9-0-1	Won 8
New York Rangers	64	43	11	10	96	276	147	-0.21	1.80	24-3-5	19-8-5	9-0-1	Won 6
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	65	28	28	9	65	213	210	-0.12	-0.07	22-7-3	6-21-6	4-5-1	Lost 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	65	13	37	15	41	167	240	0.18	-0.94	10-17-7	3-20-8	2-6-2	Lost 2
Vancouver Canucks	63	16	41	6	38	157	235	0.16	-1.07	11-17-3	5-24-3	1-8-1	Lost 2

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	65	40	16	9	89	214	139	-0.17	0.99	25-3-6	15-13-3	4-3-3	Tied 1
Minnesota North Stars	63	32	22	9	73	167	146	-0.02	0.31	19-9-4	13-13-5	5-5-0	Lost 3
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	66	18	32	16	52	180	246	0.14	-0.86	12-11-11	6-21-5	0-5-5	Tied 1
Philadelphia Flyers	63	20	32	11	51	154	193	0.11	-0.51	15-10-5	5-22-6	3-5-2	Won 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	64	20	35	9	49	162	208	0.09	-0.63	13-13-6	7-22-3	5-5-0	Won 1
Los Angeles Kings	65	16	42	7	39	163	253	0.17	-1.22	11-19-1	5-23-6	1-9-0	Lost 3