NHL standings at the end of December 7, 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
Boston Bruins	26	16	7	3	35	118	84	-0.38	0.93	10-4-0	6-3-3	9-0-1	Won 3
New York Rangers	27	16	8	3	35	103	72	-0.05	1.10	11-2-1	5-6-2	4-4-2	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	28	13	8	7	33	102	84	-0.20	0.44	11-0-3	2-8-4	6-4-0	Won 3
Detroit Red Wings	25	11	12	2	24	82	86	0.09	-0.07	7-4-1	4-8-1	4-6-0	Lost 3
Toronto Maple Leafs	26	9	13	4	22	84	82	0.18	0.26	6-3-3	3-10-1	3-5-2	Won 2
Vancouver Canucks	27	8	17	2	18	78	112	0.22	-1.04	6-7-1	2-10-1	3-7-0	Lost 3
New York Islanders	24	3	19	2	8	50	121	0.26	-2.69	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	-0.12	0.76	9-3-1	6-6-1	8-2-0	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	27	14	10	3	31	88	78	-0.08	0.29	9-2-2	5-8-1	6-3-1	Lost 3
Pittsburgh Penguins	27	13	11	3	29	103	87	-0.20	0.39	9-3-1	4-8-2	6-2-2	Tied 1
Philadelphia Flyers	27	12	11	4	28	98	95	0.04	0.15	11-2-1	1-9-3	3-5-2	Won 2
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
Atlanta Flames	29	11	13	5	27	70	90	0.10	-0.59	6-4-3	5-9-2	3-5-2	Won 1
St. Louis Blues	25	8	12	5	21	61	79	0.32	-0.40	5-6-3	3-6-2	5-5-0	Lost 1
California Golden Seals	25	4	15	6	14	65	105	0.05	-1.55	2-5-4	2-10-2	2-6-2	Tied 2