NHL standings at the end of March 18, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	72	47	9	16	110	296	165	-0.16	1.66	25-4-6	22-5-10	7-1-2	Tied 2
Boston Bruins	72	47	20	5	99	304	216	-0.14	1.08	24-9-2	23-11-3	7-3-0	Won 6
New York Rangers	71	45	19	7	97	279	187	-0.15	1.15	26-6-4	19-13-3	5-3-2	Won 1
Detroit Red Wings	71	35	25	11	81	235	212	-0.01	0.32	21-11-5	14-14-6	6-4-0	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	72	34	25	13	81	238	197	-0.03	0.54	28-6-3	6-19-10	2-4-4	Won 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	71	25	37	9	59	220	241	0.04	-0.26	19-11-7	6-26-2	4-5-1	Lost 1
Vancouver Canucks	72	21	43	8	50	215	310	0.08	-1.24	16-18-3	5-25-5	5-5-0	Won 3
New York Islanders	73	10	58	5	25	153	325	0.20	-2.16	8-24-4	2-34-1	3-7-0	Won 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	72	39	25	8	86	256	206	-0.09	0.60	23-9-3	16-16-5	4-4-2	Lost 2
Minnesota North Stars	72	35	28	9	79	238	209	-0.03	0.37	25-7-5	10-21-4	7-2-1	Lost 1
Philadelphia Flyers	71	33	27	11	77	259	236	0.03	0.36	23-8-4	10-19-7	5-3-2	Tied 1
St. Louis Blues	72	30	31	11	71	210	224	-0.02	-0.21	19-11-6	11-20-5	4-5-1	Lost 2
Los Angeles Kings	73	28	34	11	67	213	232	0.06	-0.20	18-10-7	10-24-4	4-4-2	Lost 3
Atlanta Flames	72	25	33	14	64	179	210	0.05	-0.38	16-14-6	9-19-8	2-6-2	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	72	28	36	8	64	231	243	0.02	-0.15	21-11-3	7-25-5	2-7-1	Lost 1
California Golden Seals	72	12	44	16	40	187	300	0.14	-1.43	8-15-13	4-29-3	2-6-2	Won 1