NHL standings at the end of March 7, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	66	48	9	9	105	276	154	-0.19	1.66	24-4-5	24-5-4	9-1-0	Lost 1
New York Rangers	65	44	11	10	98	282	148	-0.23	1.83	25-3-5	19-8-5	9-0-1	Won 7
Montreal Canadiens	65	39	14	12	90	252	163	-0.21	1.16	26-3-4	13-11-8	8-1-1	Won 6
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	67	29	29	9	67	223	218	-0.10	-0.03	23-8-3	6-21-6	5-5-0	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	66	13	38	15	41	169	246	0.18	-0.99	10-18-7	3-20-8	2-6-2	Lost 3
Vancouver Canucks	65	16	43	6	38	158	246	0.21	-1.14	11-17-3	5-26-3	1-8-1	Lost 4

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	66	40	17	9	89	215	141	-0.16	0.96	25-3-6	15-14-3	3-4-3	Lost 1
Minnesota North Stars	65	33	23	9	75	171	151	-0.01	0.30	20-9-4	13-14-5	5-5-0	Won 1
St. Louis Blues	68	24	35	9	57	185	218	0.07	-0.41	13-15-5	11-20-4	5-4-1	Won 2
Philadelphia Flyers	65	21	33	11	53	160	199	0.11	-0.49	16-11-5	5-22-6	4-5-1	Lost 1
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	66	21	36	9	51	169	216	0.10	-0.62	14-13-6	7-23-3	5-5-0	Lost 1
Los Angeles Kings	68	17	44	7	41	169	260	0.18	-1.16	11-19-1	6-25-6	2-8-0	Lost 1