NHL standings at the end of March 9, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	67	45	8	14	104	279	150	-0.21	1.72	24-4-5	21-4-9	8-1-1	Won 6
New York Rangers	66	42	17	7	91	260	169	-0.16	1.22	24-6-4	18-11-3	4-4-2	Tied 1
Boston Bruins	67	42	20	5	89	280	207	-0.14	0.95	22-9-2	20-11-3	6-4-0	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	68	33	23	12	78	229	187	-0.06	0.56	27-5-3	6-18-9	3-3-4	Lost 1
Detroit Red Wings	66	33	22	11	77	223	199	-0.08	0.28	20-9-5	13-13-6	4-2-4	Won 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	65	22	34	9	53	199	218	-0.01	-0.30	16-11-7	6-23-2	4-4-2	Won 1
Vancouver Canucks	68	18	42	8	44	198	301	0.11	-1.40	14-17-3	4-25-5	3-6-1	Won 2
New York Islanders	69	9	55	5	23	142	311	0.20	-2.25	7-23-4	2-32-1	2-8-0	Lost 3

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	67	36	23	8	80	241	196	-0.07	0.60	22-8-3	14-15-5	2-6-2	Lost 2
Minnesota North Stars	66	32	26	8	72	222	195	0.04	0.45	23-7-4	9-19-4	7-3-0	Won 4
Philadelphia Flyers	67	31	26	10	72	249	224	0.03	0.40	21-8-3	10-18-7	6-3-1	Tied 1
St. Louis Blues	66	28	28	10	66	196	207	0.02	-0.15	17-11-6	11-17-4	4-6-0	Won 1
Los Angeles Kings	68	27	31	10	64	200	217	0.10	-0.15	17-8-7	10-23-3	4-3-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	67	27	33	7	61	216	222	0.03	-0.06	21-10-3	6-23-4	4-5-1	Lost 3
Atlanta Flames	68	24	31	13	61	173	198	0.02	-0.35	15-14-5	9-17-8	1-5-4	Lost 2
California Golden Seals	67	11	41	15	37	175	281	0.16	-1.42	7-13-12	4-28-3	2-5-3	Tied 1