NHL standings at the end of May 17, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	78	52	10	16	120	329	184	-0.13	1.73	29-4-6	23-6-10	6-2-2	Won 3
Boston Bruins	78	51	22	5	107	330	235	-0.08	1.14	27-10-2	24-12-3	8-2-0	Lost 2
New York Rangers	78	47	23	8	102	297	208	-0.07	1.07	26-8-5	21-15-3	3-6-1	Tied 1
Buffalo Sabres	78	37	27	14	88	257	219	-0.03	0.46	30-6-3	7-21-11	4-4-2	Won 3
Detroit Red Wings	78	37	29	12	86	265	243	-0.02	0.27	22-12-5	15-17-7	3-6-1	Tied 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	27	41	10	64	247	279	0.03	-0.38	20-12-7	7-29-3	3-6-1	Tied 1
Vancouver Canucks	78	22	47	9	53	233	339	0.10	-1.26	17-18-4	5-29-5	4-5-1	Lost 1
New York Islanders	78	12	60	6	30	170	347	0.17	-2.10	10-25-4	2-35-2	3-6-1	Tied 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Chicago Black Hawks	78	42	27	9	93	284	225	-0.05	0.70	26-9-4	16-18-5	5-4-1	Tied 1
Minnesota North Stars	78	37	30	11	85	254	230	-0.02	0.29	26-8-5	11-22-6	4-3-3	Tied 2
Philadelphia Flyers	78	37	30	11	85	296	256	-0.05	0.46	27-8-4	10-22-7	5-4-1	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	78	32	34	12	76	233	251	0.02	-0.21	21-11-7	11-23-5	3-5-2	Lost 1
Los Angeles Kings	78	31	36	11	73	232	245	-0.00	-0.17	21-11-7	10-25-4	4-5-1	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	32	37	9	73	257	265	-0.01	-0.11	24-11-4	8-26-5	5-3-2	Won 1
Atlanta Flames	78	25	38	15	65	191	239	0.05	-0.57	16-16-7	9-22-8	1-7-2	Tied 1
California Golden Seals	78	16	46	16	48	213	323	0.09	-1.32	11-15-13	5-31-3	5-4-1	Won 4