NHL standings at the end of December 20, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	33	20	5	8	48	132	77	-0.23	1.43	11-2-3	9-3-5	5-2-3	Won 3
Boston Bruins	32	21	8	3	45	145	105	-0.31	0.94	12-4-0	9-4-3	8-1-1	Won 3
New York Rangers	34	21	10	3	45	132	91	-0.14	1.06	13-2-1	8-8-2	6-3-1	Won 2
Buffalo Sabres	33	18	8	7	43	127	95	-0.15	0.82	15-0-3	3-8-4	8-2-0	Won 8
Detroit Red Wings	31	14	14	3	31	99	104	0.02	-0.14	9-5-2	5-9-1	4-5-1	Won 3
Toronto Maple Leafs	32	9	18	5	23	98	109	0.18	-0.16	6-5-4	3-13-1	2-6-2	Lost 5
Vancouver Canucks	33	9	20	4	22	96	138	0.25	-1.03	7-9-1	2-11-3	2-6-2	Lost 1
New York Islanders	31	3	25	3	9	60	152	0.33	-2.64	2-12-2	1-13-1	0-9-1	Lost 4

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	32	20	10	2	42	122	83	-0.18	1.04	12-3-1	8-7-1	8-2-0	Won 3
Minnesota North Stars	33	18	12	3	39	117	94	-0.06	0.64	12-2-2	6-10-1	5-5-0	Won 1
Philadelphia Flyers	34	15	15	4	34	119	121	0.04	-0.02	13-4-1	2-11-3	5-4-1	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	32	15	14	3	33	121	106	-0.20	0.27	11-4-1	4-10-2	4-5-1	Lost 2
Atlanta Flames	35	14	16	5	33	89	105	-0.00	-0.46	8-5-3	6-11-2	4-4-2	Won 2
Los Angeles Kings	33	14	15	4	32	101	104	0.07	-0.02	11-3-3	3-12-1	4-5-1	Lost 3
St. Louis Blues	31	10	15	6	26	82	102	0.20	-0.44	6-8-3	4-7-3	4-5-1	Lost 3
California Golden Seals	31	4	20	7	15	81	135	0.21	-1.53	2-7-5	2-13-2	1-6-3	Lost 3