NHL standings at the end of December 14, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	30	17	5	8	42	121	72	-0.15	1.48	10-2-3	7-3-5	3-3-4	Tied 1
Boston Bruins	30	19	8	3	41	137	100	-0.33	0.90	12-4-0	7-4-3	8-1-1	Won 1
New York Rangers	31	19	9	3	41	117	81	-0.16	1.00	12-2-1	7-7-2	5-3-2	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	30	15	8	7	37	113	89	-0.11	0.69	13-0-3	2-8-4	8-2-0	Won 5
Detroit Red Wings	28	11	14	3	25	85	98	0.04	-0.42	7-5-2	4-9-1	2-7-1	Lost 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	29	9	15	5	23	94	96	0.17	0.10	6-4-4	3-11-1	3-5-2	Lost 2
Vancouver Canucks	30	8	18	4	20	87	125	0.23	-1.04	6-8-1	2-10-3	1-7-2	Lost 1
New York Islanders	28	3	22	3	9	57	142	0.33	-2.70	2-11-2	1-11-1	0-8-2	Lost 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	29	17	10	2	36	107	78	-0.14	0.86	10-3-1	7-7-1	8-2-0	Lost 1
Minnesota North Stars	30	16	11	3	35	103	85	-0.04	0.56	11-2-2	5-9-1	6-4-0	Won 1
Los Angeles Kings	30	14	12	4	32	99	95	-0.03	0.10	11-2-3	3-10-1	5-3-2	Won 2
Philadelphia Flyers	31	14	13	4	32	113	111	0.06	0.12	13-3-1	1-10-3	4-4-2	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	29	14	12	3	31	113	91	-0.27	0.49	10-3-1	4-9-2	5-3-2	Won 1
Atlanta Flames	32	12	15	5	29	77	97	0.08	-0.55	6-5-3	6-10-2	3-5-2	Won 1
St. Louis Blues	29	10	13	6	26	75	93	0.15	-0.47	6-6-3	4-7-3	6-3-1	Lost 1
California Golden Seals	28	4	17	7	15	72	117	0.20	-1.41	2-5-5	2-12-2	1-6-3	Tied 1