NHL standings at the end of January 8, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	40	24	6	10	58	161	92	-0.20	1.52	13-2-5	11-4-5	7-1-2	Tied 1
Boston Bruins	39	26	10	3	55	175	119	-0.27	1.17	14-4-0	12-6-3	8-2-0	Lost 2
New York Rangers	41	25	13	3	53	153	105	-0.10	1.07	17-5-1	8-8-2	6-4-0	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	42	23	12	7	53	155	114	-0.10	0.88	18-0-3	5-12-4	6-4-0	Won 2
Detroit Red Wings	40	18	16	6	42	124	127	-0.03	-0.11	12-5-4	6-11-2	5-2-3	Won 3
Toronto Maple Leafs	40	14	20	6	34	128	134	0.21	0.06	10-6-5	4-14-1	5-4-1	Won 2
Vancouver Canucks	42	11	25	6	28	123	184	0.06	-1.39	9-10-2	2-15-4	2-6-2	Lost 4
New York Islanders	40	4	32	4	12	75	190	0.20	-2.68	3-14-3	1-18-1	1-8-1	Lost 7

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	40	24	14	2	50	149	113	-0.06	0.84	15-5-1	9-9-1	6-4-0	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	39	19	15	5	43	129	111	0.04	0.50	13-4-2	6-11-3	4-4-2	Tied 1
Atlanta Flames	43	17	19	7	41	111	122	-0.00	-0.26	9-7-3	8-12-4	5-3-2	Won 1
Los Angeles Kings	40	18	18	4	40	122	124	-0.00	-0.05	14-3-3	4-15-1	4-6-0	Lost 2
Philadelphia Flyers	41	17	18	6	40	138	144	0.02	-0.13	14-4-1	3-14-5	3-5-2	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	41	17	18	6	40	143	135	-0.08	0.11	12-5-2	5-13-4	2-5-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	39	14	18	7	35	110	129	0.27	-0.22	9-9-4	5-9-3	4-5-1	Tied 1
California Golden Seals	39	7	24	8	22	109	162	0.06	-1.30	5-8-6	2-16-2	3-6-1	Lost 2