NHL standings at the end of January 16, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	43	26	6	11	63	173	95	-0.23	1.59	13-2-5	13-4-6	6-1-3	Won 1
Boston Bruins	42	28	10	4	60	186	121	-0.21	1.33	15-4-1	13-6-3	7-2-1	Won 2
New York Rangers	44	28	13	3	59	167	112	-0.09	1.16	17-5-1	11-8-2	7-3-0	Won 4
Buffalo Sabres	44	23	14	7	53	157	124	-0.01	0.74	18-1-3	5-13-4	5-5-0	Lost 2
Detroit Red Wings	43	21	16	6	48	136	131	-0.06	0.06	13-5-4	8-11-2	6-1-3	Won 6
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	15	23	6	36	137	147	0.13	-0.09	11-7-5	4-16-1	5-4-1	Lost 3
Vancouver Canucks	46	13	27	6	32	133	198	0.10	-1.31	11-12-2	2-15-4	3-6-1	Won 1
New York Islanders	45	4	37	4	12	81	208	0.22	-2.60	3-17-3	1-20-1	0-10-0	Lost 12

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	43	24	16	3	51	159	127	-0.09	0.66	15-6-2	9-10-1	4-5-1	Tied 1
Minnesota North Stars	43	21	16	6	48	139	119	-0.01	0.45	14-5-2	7-11-4	3-4-3	Won 2
Atlanta Flames	46	20	19	7	47	121	125	0.01	-0.08	12-7-3	8-12-4	5-3-2	Won 4
Los Angeles Kings	44	20	20	4	44	130	135	-0.05	-0.17	14-3-3	6-17-1	6-4-0	Lost 2
Philadelphia Flyers	44	18	20	6	42	145	154	0.07	-0.14	14-6-1	4-14-5	3-5-2	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	44	18	20	6	42	149	141	-0.06	0.12	13-6-2	5-14-4	3-5-2	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	43	15	21	7	37	120	144	0.16	-0.40	9-10-4	6-11-3	4-5-1	Won 1
California Golden Seals	42	8	24	10	26	124	176	0.10	-1.13	6-8-7	2-16-3	3-4-3	Tied 2