NHL standings at the end of March 8, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	67	49	9	9	107	281	158	-0.18	1.65	24-4-5	25-5-4	9-1-0	Won 1
New York Rangers	66	44	11	11	99	285	151	-0.21	1.82	25-3-6	19-8-5	8-0-2	Tied 1
Montreal Canadiens	66	40	14	12	92	257	167	-0.22	1.14	26-3-4	14-11-8	9-1-0	Won 7
Toronto Maple Leafs	67	29	27	11	69	178	177	-0.10	-0.08	18-10-6	11-17-5	6-4-0	Won 5
Detroit Red Wings	68	29	30	9	67	224	223	-0.10	-0.08	23-8-3	6-22-6	4-6-0	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	67	13	39	15	41	172	252	0.16	-1.03	10-18-7	3-21-8	2-7-1	Lost 4
Vancouver Canucks	66	16	44	6	38	163	252	0.20	-1.15	11-18-3	5-26-3	0-9-1	Lost 5

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	67	40	17	10	90	218	144	-0.13	0.97	25-3-6	15-14-4	2-4-4	Tied 1
Minnesota North Stars	66	33	24	9	75	175	156	0.02	0.30	20-10-4	13-14-5	4-6-0	Lost 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	66	22	33	11	55	166	204	0.09	-0.48	16-11-5	6-22-6	5-5-0	Won 1
California Golden Seals	67	19	32	16	54	186	249	0.12	-0.82	13-11-11	6-21-5	1-4-5	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	67	21	37	9	51	173	221	0.11	-0.61	14-14-6	7-23-3	4-6-0	Lost 2
Los Angeles Kings	68	17	44	7	41	169	260	0.17	-1.16	11-19-1	6-25-6	2-8-0	Lost 1