NHL standings at the end of March 4, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	65	48	8	9	105	276	152	-0.18	1.73	24-3-5	24-5-4	9-0-1	Won 9
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	64	38	14	12	88	248	163	-0.21	1.12	26-3-4	12-11-8	7-1-2	Won 5
Toronto Maple Leafs	66	28	27	11	67	173	176	-0.09	-0.14	17-10-6	11-17-5	6-4-0	Won 4
Detroit Red Wings	66	28	29	9	65	217	215	-0.09	-0.06	22-8-3	6-21-6	4-6-0	Lost 2
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	64	16	42	6	38	157	240	0.18	-1.11	11-17-3	5-25-3	1-8-1	Lost 3

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	64	32	23	9	73	169	150	-0.02	0.27	19-9-4	13-14-5	5-5-0	Lost 4
Philadelphia Flyers	64	21	32	11	53	160	195	0.09	-0.45	16-10-5	5-22-6	4-4-2	Won 3
St. Louis Blues	66	22	35	9	53	175	214	0.11	-0.48	12-15-5	10-20-4	4-5-1	Lost 3
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
Pittsburgh Penguins	65	21	35	9	51	166	210	0.09	-0.58	14-13-6	7-22-3	6-4-0	Won 2
Los Angeles Kings	66	16	43	7	39	165	256	0.16	-1.21	11-19-1	5-24-6	1-9-0	Lost 4