NHL standings at the end of December 27, 1973

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	31	23	5	3	49	146	85	-0.23	1.74	19-0-1	4-5-2	7-1-2	Won 1
Montreal Canadiens	33	19	8	6	44	112	88	-0.14	0.59	8-5-1	11-3-5	5-1-4	Lost 1
New York Rangers	35	16	10	9	41	127	103	-0.03	0.65	12-3-4	4-7-5	5-3-2	Won 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	35	16	13	6	38	125	100	-0.06	0.65	9-6-3	7-7-3	4-5-1	Won 1
Buffalo Sabres	34	16	14	4	36	110	109	-0.05	-0.02	11-5-2	5-9-2	3-4-3	Won 2
Detroit Red Wings	35	13	18	4	30	108	144	-0.01	-1.04	10-5-3	3-13-1	4-3-3	Lost 1
Vancouver Canucks	32	8	18	6	22	85	122	0.28	-0.88	6-5-4	2-13-2	3-5-2	Won 1
New York Islanders	33	6	17	10	22	75	101	0.25	-0.54	5-6-6	1-11-4	2-5-3	Lost 1

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Philadelphia Flyers	31	19	8	4	42	95	53	-0.15	1.20	10-4-2	9-4-2	6-2-2	Lost 1
Chicago Black Hawks	32	15	6	11	41	108	63	-0.08	1.33	6-1-7	9-5-4	5-1-4	Tied 1
Atlanta Flames	34	15	13	6	36	86	91	-0.14	-0.29	8-7-3	7-6-3	4-5-1	Won 2
St. Louis Blues	31	14	11	6	34	86	78	-0.07	0.18	7-4-4	7-7-2	5-3-2	Lost 1
Minnesota North Stars	33	10	15	8	28	92	108	-0.03	-0.51	9-8-1	1-7-7	5-4-1	Won 1
Los Angeles Kings	34	10	18	6	26	95	115	0.16	-0.43	7-8-1	3-10-5	4-4-2	Lost 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	33	9	19	5	23	85	121	0.12	-0.97	4-8-3	5-11-2	2-7-1	Tied 1
California Golden Seals	34	7	23	4	18	80	134	0.18	-1.41	6-4-4	1-19-0	1-7-2	Lost 1