NHL standings at the end of December 18, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	32	19	5	8	46	128	75	-0.16	1.49	10-2-3	9-3-5	4-3-3	Won 2
Boston Bruins	31	20	8	3	43	142	103	-0.33	0.93	12-4-0	8-4-3	8-1-1	Won 2
New York Rangers	33	20	10	3	43	127	87	-0.13	1.08	13-2-1	7-8-2	5-3-2	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	32	17	8	7	41	121	92	-0.12	0.79	14-0-3	3-8-4	8-2-0	Won 7
Detroit Red Wings	30	13	14	3	29	95	103	0.04	-0.23	8-5-2	5-9-1	3-6-1	Won 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	31	9	17	5	23	95	104	0.20	-0.09	6-5-4	3-12-1	2-6-2	Lost 4
Vancouver Canucks	32	9	19	4	22	93	132	0.23	-0.99	7-9-1	2-10-3	2-6-2	Won 1
New York Islanders	30	3	24	3	9	58	148	0.30	-2.70	2-12-2	1-12-1	0-9-1	Lost 3

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	31	19	10	2	40	118	82	-0.18	0.98	11-3-1	8-7-1	8-2-0	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	32	17	12	3	37	112	92	-0.02	0.61	12-2-2	5-10-1	5-5-0	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	33	15	14	4	34	118	117	0.01	0.04	13-4-1	2-10-3	5-3-2	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	31	15	13	3	33	119	103	-0.24	0.28	11-3-1	4-10-2	4-4-2	Lost 1
Los Angeles Kings	32	14	14	4	32	100	100	0.06	0.06	11-3-3	3-11-1	4-4-2	Lost 2
Atlanta Flames	34	13	16	5	31	84	102	0.01	-0.52	7-5-3	6-11-2	3-5-2	Won 1
St. Louis Blues	30	10	14	6	26	78	97	0.17	-0.46	6-7-3	4-7-3	5-4-1	Lost 2
California Golden Seals	30	4	19	7	15	79	130	0.19	-1.51	2-6-5	2-13-2	1-6-3	Lost 2