NHL standings at the end of December 25, 1972

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	34	21	5	8	50	138	80	-0.21	1.49	12-2-3	9-3-5	6-2-2	Won 4
Boston Bruins	34	23	8	3	49	156	107	-0.30	1.14	14-4-0	9-4-3	9-1-0	Won 5
New York Rangers	36	22	11	3	47	139	96	-0.14	1.05	14-3-1	8-8-2	6-4-0	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	35	18	10	7	43	129	101	-0.16	0.64	15-0-3	3-10-4	8-2-0	Lost 2
Detroit Red Wings	34	15	16	3	33	105	118	0.06	-0.32	10-5-2	5-11-1	4-5-1	Lost 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	34	10	19	5	25	104	117	0.21	-0.17	7-5-4	3-14-1	3-6-1	Lost 1
Vancouver Canucks	35	9	21	5	23	101	147	0.16	-1.15	7-9-1	2-12-4	1-6-3	Lost 1
New York Islanders	33	4	25	4	12	68	158	0.31	-2.42	3-12-3	1-13-1	1-7-2	Won 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	34	21	11	2	44	130	89	-0.17	1.03	13-3-1	8-8-1	8-2-0	Won 1
Minnesota North Stars	34	18	13	3	39	119	98	-0.13	0.49	12-2-2	6-11-1	4-6-0	Lost 1
Los Angeles Kings	36	16	16	4	36	111	113	0.05	-0.01	12-3-3	4-13-1	5-5-0	Won 2
Philadelphia Flyers	36	16	16	4	36	126	130	0.04	-0.07	14-4-1	2-12-3	5-5-0	Lost 1
Atlanta Flames	37	15	17	5	35	95	110	0.04	-0.36	8-5-3	7-12-2	5-5-0	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	33	15	15	3	33	124	112	-0.11	0.25	11-4-1	4-11-2	4-5-1	Lost 3
St. Louis Blues	32	11	15	6	28	88	103	0.17	-0.29	7-8-3	4-7-3	4-5-1	Won 1
California Golden Seals	33	5	21	7	17	88	142	0.21	-1.43	3-8-5	2-13-2	1-6-3	Lost 1