NHL standings at the end of January 18, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	45	28	6	11	67	184	101	-0.22	1.62	14-2-5	14-4-6	6-1-3	Won 3
Boston Bruins	43	28	11	4	60	193	130	-0.26	1.21	15-5-1	13-6-3	6-3-1	Lost 1
New York Rangers	45	28	13	4	60	171	116	-0.09	1.13	17-5-1	11-8-3	7-2-1	Tied 1
Buffalo Sabres	45	24	14	7	55	162	125	-0.01	0.81	19-1-3	5-13-4	6-4-0	Won 1
Detroit Red Wings	44	21	17	6	48	140	137	-0.05	0.02	13-6-4	8-11-2	6-1-3	Lost 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	45	15	23	7	37	140	150	0.09	-0.13	11-7-5	4-16-2	5-4-1	Tied 1
Vancouver Canucks	46	13	27	6	32	133	198	0.10	-1.32	11-12-2	2-15-4	3-6-1	Won 1
New York Islanders	46	5	37	4	14	90	215	0.22	-2.49	3-17-3	2-20-1	1-9-0	Won 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	45	25	17	3	53	166	136	-0.07	0.60	15-6-2	10-11-1	4-5-1	Lost 1
Minnesota North Stars	44	21	17	6	48	140	125	-0.00	0.34	14-5-2	7-12-4	3-4-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Flames	47	20	19	8	48	124	128	-0.00	-0.09	12-7-3	8-12-5	5-2-3	Tied 1
Los Angeles Kings	45	20	20	5	45	134	139	-0.02	-0.14	14-3-4	6-17-1	5-4-1	Tied 1
Philadelphia Flyers	45	19	20	6	44	151	155	0.06	-0.03	15-6-1	4-14-5	3-5-2	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	46	18	22	6	42	155	152	0.01	0.07	13-7-2	5-15-4	3-6-1	Lost 3
St. Louis Blues	44	15	21	8	38	123	147	0.14	-0.40	9-10-5	6-11-3	3-5-2	Tied 1
California Golden Seals	43	8	24	11	27	127	179	0.09	-1.12	6-8-8	2-16-3	3-3-4	Tied 3