NHL standings at the end of March 5, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	65	43	8	14	100	272	147	-0.18	1.75	23-4-5	20-4-9	7-1-2	Won 4
New York Rangers	65	42	17	6	90	258	167	-0.17	1.23	24-6-3	18-11-3	4-4-2	Lost 1
Boston Bruins	65	41	19	5	87	275	200	-0.14	1.01	22-9-2	19-10-3	7-3-0	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	65	33	22	10	76	223	178	-0.02	0.67	27-5-3	6-17-7	5-3-2	Lost 1
Detroit Red Wings	65	32	22	11	75	218	197	-0.07	0.25	20-9-5	12-13-6	4-2-4	Won 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	63	21	33	9	51	194	213	-0.00	-0.30	16-11-7	5-22-2	4-4-2	Lost 1
Vancouver Canucks	67	17	42	8	42	193	299	0.11	-1.47	13-17-3	4-25-5	2-7-1	Won 1
New York Islanders	67	9	53	5	23	139	304	0.19	-2.27	7-21-4	2-32-1	2-8-0	Lost 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	66	36	22	8	80	240	192	-0.07	0.66	22-8-3	14-14-5	3-5-2	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	66	31	26	9	71	247	222	0.01	0.39	21-8-3	10-18-6	6-4-0	Won 1
Minnesota North Stars	65	31	26	8	70	212	191	0.05	0.37	22-7-4	9-19-4	7-3-0	Won 3
St. Louis Blues	65	27	28	10	64	191	205	0.01	-0.21	16-11-6	11-17-4	4-6-0	Lost 1
Atlanta Flames	66	24	29	13	61	169	190	-0.00	-0.32	15-12-5	9-17-8	2-4-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Kings	66	26	31	9	61	194	214	0.09	-0.21	16-8-6	10-23-3	3-5-2	Won 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	66	27	32	7	61	212	212	0.02	0.02	21-10-3	6-22-4	5-4-1	Lost 2
California Golden Seals	66	11	41	14	36	173	279	0.16	-1.44	7-13-11	4-28-3	2-6-2	Lost 1