NHL standings at the end of April 14, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	78	54	13	11	119	330	204	-0.12	1.50	28-4-7	26-9-4	5-3-2	Won 1
New York Rangers	78	48	17	13	109	317	192	-0.11	1.49	26-6-7	22-11-6	3-5-2	Lost 2
Montreal Canadiens	78	46	16	16	108	307	205	-0.09	1.21	29-3-7	17-13-9	5-2-3	Won 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	33	31	14	80	209	208	-0.00	0.01	21-11-7	12-20-7	3-4-3	Lost 1
Detroit Red Wings	78	33	35	10	76	261	262	0.00	-0.01	25-11-3	8-24-7	4-5-1	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	78	16	43	19	51	203	289	0.08	-1.02	11-19-9	5-24-10	3-3-4	Won 1
Vancouver Canucks	78	20	50	8	48	203	297	0.09	-1.12	14-20-5	6-30-3	3-5-2	Won 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	78	46	17	15	107	256	166	-0.08	1.07	28-3-8	18-14-7	6-0-4	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	78	37	29	12	86	212	191	-0.02	0.25	22-11-6	15-18-6	4-4-2	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	78	28	39	11	67	208	247	0.04	-0.46	17-17-5	11-22-6	4-4-2	Lost 2
Philadelphia Flyers	78	26	38	14	66	200	236	0.03	-0.43	19-13-7	7-25-7	3-4-3	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	26	38	14	66	220	258	0.03	-0.45	18-15-6	8-23-8	4-1-5	Won 1
California Golden Seals	78	21	39	18	60	216	288	0.07	-0.86	14-12-13	7-27-5	2-6-2	Lost 6
Los Angeles Kings	78	20	49	9	49	206	305	0.09	-1.18	14-23-2	6-26-7	3-5-2	Won 1