NHL standings at the end of December 15, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	31	18	5	8	44	125	74	-0.18	1.47	10-2-3	8-3-5	4-3-3	Won 1
Boston Bruins	30	19	8	3	41	137	100	-0.34	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	31	8	19	4	20	89	129	0.27	-1.02	6-9-1	2-10-3	1-7-2	Lost 2
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	30	18	10	2	38	116	82	-0.19	0.94	10-3-1	8-7-1	8-2-0	Won 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	0.11	11-2-3	3-10-1	5-3-2	Won 2
Philadelphia Flyers	31	14	13	4	32	113	111	0.05	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	0.16	-0.46	6-6-3	4-7-3	6-3-1	Lost 1
California Golden Seals	29	4	18	7	15	76	126	0.23	-1.49	2-6-5	2-12-2	1-6-3	Lost 1