NHL standings at the end of December 5, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	23	17	4	2	36	110	61	-0.21	1.92	13-0-1	4-4-1	9-0-1	Won 1
New York Rangers	26	12	7	7	31	101	76	-0.04	0.92	9-2-3	3-5-4	7-0-3	Won 2
Montreal Canadiens	23	14	7	2	30	79	65	0.00	0.61	5-5-1	9-2-1	6-4-0	Won 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	25	12	8	5	29	86	66	-0.17	0.63	7-4-2	5-4-3	6-3-1	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	23	12	10	1	25	78	74	-0.22	-0.05	7-4-1	5-6-0	5-5-0	Won 3
Detroit Red Wings	25	9	15	1	19	78	116	0.04	-1.48	7-5-1	2-10-0	4-6-0	Lost 4
New York Islanders	23	4	12	7	15	54	75	0.26	-0.66	4-5-3	0-7-4	2-8-0	Lost 3
Vancouver Canucks	22	5	13	4	14	54	77	0.33	-0.72	4-4-3	1-9-1	0-7-3	Lost 2

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Philadelphia Flyers	23	15	6	2	32	67	37	-0.36	0.94	7-3-1	8-3-1	6-2-2	Won 2
Chicago Black Hawks	24	12	5	7	31	79	43	-0.13	1.37	4-1-4	8-4-3	7-1-2	Won 3
Atlanta Flames	25	11	8	6	28	67	67	-0.19	-0.19	6-4-3	5-4-3	4-4-2	Tied 1
St. Louis Blues	24	10	9	5	25	63	59	0.02	0.19	5-3-3	5-6-2	4-4-2	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	24	7	13	4	18	59	95	0.34	-1.16	3-6-3	4-7-1	2-7-1	Lost 2
Los Angeles Kings	25	7	14	4	18	67	83	0.21	-0.43	4-7-1	3-7-3	2-6-2	Won 2
Minnesota North Stars	23	5	11	7	17	64	80	-0.01	-0.71	4-7-1	1-4-6	3-6-1	Tied 1
California Golden Seals	24	6	16	2	14	54	86	0.15	-1.18	5-4-2	1-12-0	2-7-1	Tied 1