NHL standings at the end of March 29, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	76	53	12	11	117	322	194	-0.14	1.55	27-4-7	26-8-4	5-3-2	Lost 2
New York Rangers	76	48	15	13	109	311	184	-0.14	1.53	26-5-7	22-10-6	4-4-2	Tied 1
Montreal Canadiens	76	44	16	16	104	295	198	-0.13	1.14	28-3-7	16-13-9	4-2-4	Tied 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	76	32	30	14	78	203	201	-0.04	-0.01	20-11-7	12-19-7	4-3-3	Won 2
Detroit Red Wings	77	33	34	10	76	260	256	-0.02	0.04	25-11-3	8-23-7	4-5-1	Tied 1
Buffalo Sabres	76	15	42	19	49	199	284	0.09	-1.03	10-19-9	5-23-10	2-4-4	Tied 2
Vancouver Canucks	76	19	50	7	45	195	292	0.10	-1.17	13-20-4	6-30-3	3-6-1	Lost 3

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	76	44	17	15	103	248	165	-0.08	1.02	27-3-8	17-14-7	4-0-6	Tied 1
Minnesota North Stars	76	36	28	12	84	209	186	0.00	0.30	22-11-6	14-17-6	3-4-3	Tied 1
St. Louis Blues	76	28	37	11	67	206	239	0.03	-0.41	17-16-5	11-21-6	6-2-2	Won 1
Philadelphia Flyers	75	25	37	13	63	191	228	0.07	-0.43	18-13-6	7-24-7	4-4-2	Tied 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	76	25	38	13	63	210	252	0.05	-0.50	17-15-6	8-23-7	4-2-4	Won 1
California Golden Seals	76	21	37	18	60	211	277	0.07	-0.79	14-11-13	7-26-5	3-5-2	Lost 4
Los Angeles Kings	76	19	49	8	46	193	297	0.12	-1.24	13-23-2	6-26-6	3-6-1	Won 1