NHL standings at the end of December 9, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	28	17	4	7	41	117	66	-0.14	1.68	10-2-3	7-2-4	4-3-3	Won 2
Boston Bruins	27	17	7	3	37	122	87	-0.37	0.92	10-4-0	7-3-3	9-0-1	Won 4
New York Rangers	28	17	8	3	37	107	73	-0.14	1.08	11-2-1	6-6-2	4-4-2	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	28	13	8	7	33	102	84	-0.18	0.46	11-0-3	2-8-4	6-4-0	Won 3
Detroit Red Wings	26	11	13	2	24	82	93	0.10	-0.32	7-4-1	4-9-1	3-7-0	Lost 4
Toronto Maple Leafs	27	9	13	5	23	89	87	0.14	0.21	6-3-4	3-10-1	3-5-2	Tied 1
Vancouver Canucks	28	8	17	3	19	83	117	0.22	-0.99	6-7-1	2-10-2	2-7-1	Tied 1
New York Islanders	25	3	20	2	8	51	125	0.30	-2.66	2-11-1	1-9-1	1-8-1	Lost 6

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Minnesota North Stars	28	15	10	3	33	95	78	-0.09	0.52	10-2-2	5-8-1	7-3-0	Won 1
Chicago Black Hawks	26	15	9	2	32	96	73	-0.12	0.77	9-3-1	6-6-1	8-2-0	Won 2
Los Angeles Kings	29	13	12	4	30	96	94	-0.06	0.01	10-2-3	3-10-1	4-3-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	28	13	12	3	29	104	90	-0.18	0.32	9-3-1	4-9-2	5-3-2	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	28	12	12	4	28	101	99	0.06	0.13	11-3-1	1-9-3	3-5-2	Lost 1
Atlanta Flames	30	11	14	5	27	71	92	0.11	-0.59	6-4-3	5-10-2	3-5-2	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	26	9	12	5	23	63	80	0.28	-0.37	6-6-3	3-6-2	6-4-0	Won 1
California Golden Seals	26	4	16	6	14	66	107	0.11	-1.47	2-5-4	2-11-2	2-6-2	Lost 1