NHL standings at the end of December 6, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	27	16	4	7	39	115	65	-0.09	1.76	9-2-3	7-2-4	4-3-3	Won 1
New York Rangers	27	16	8	3	35	103	72	-0.06	1.09	11-2-1	5-6-2	4-4-2	Lost 1
Boston Bruins	25	15	7	3	33	113	84	-0.38	0.78	9-4-0	6-3-3	8-1-1	Won 2
Buffalo Sabres	27	12	8	7	31	96	83	-0.20	0.28	10-0-3	2-8-4	5-5-0	Won 2
Detroit Red Wings	24	11	11	2	24	81	80	0.05	0.09	7-4-1	4-7-1	4-5-1	Lost 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	26	9	13	4	22	84	82	0.20	0.28	6-3-3	3-10-1	3-5-2	Won 2
Vancouver Canucks	26	8	16	2	18	76	107	0.24	-0.95	6-7-1	2-9-1	3-6-1	Lost 2
New York Islanders	24	3	19	2	8	50	121	0.23	-2.73	2-10-1	1-9-1	1-8-1	Lost 5

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	26	15	9	2	32	96	73	-0.09	0.79	9-3-1	6-6-1	8-2-0	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	26	14	9	3	31	86	72	-0.11	0.43	9-2-2	5-7-1	6-3-1	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	27	13	11	3	29	103	87	-0.21	0.39	9-3-1	4-8-2	6-2-2	Tied 1
Los Angeles Kings	28	12	12	4	28	93	93	-0.07	-0.07	9-2-3	3-10-1	3-4-3	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	26	11	11	4	26	92	93	0.04	-0.00	10-2-1	1-9-3	3-5-2	Won 1
Atlanta Flames	28	10	13	5	25	65	88	0.14	-0.68	5-4-3	5-9-2	3-5-2	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	24	8	11	5	21	61	74	0.31	-0.23	5-6-3	3-5-2	5-5-0	Won 1
California Golden Seals	25	4	15	6	14	65	105	0.04	-1.56	2-5-4	2-10-2	2-6-2	Tied 2