NHL standings at the end of January 5, 1974

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	36	26	6	4	56	167	96	-0.27	1.70	19-0-1	7-6-3	7-2-1	Won 2
Montreal Canadiens	36	21	9	6	48	128	100	-0.14	0.64	10-5-1	11-4-5	5-2-3	Won 1
New York Rangers	39	17	13	9	43	136	121	0.06	0.44	13-4-4	4-9-5	4-5-1	Lost 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	39	18	14	7	43	139	114	-0.07	0.57	10-6-4	8-8-3	5-3-2	Lost 1
Buffalo Sabres	38	18	16	4	40	128	125	-0.10	-0.02	12-6-2	6-10-2	4-4-2	Lost 1
Detroit Red Wings	38	14	20	4	32	120	156	0.00	-0.95	11-6-3	3-14-1	4-4-2	Lost 2
New York Islanders	38	8	19	11	27	89	121	0.22	-0.62	6-7-6	2-12-5	3-4-3	Lost 1
Vancouver Canucks	37	8	22	7	23	98	141	0.26	-0.90	6-7-5	2-15-2	2-6-2	Lost 2

Western Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Philadelphia Flyers	35	22	8	5	49	111	63	-0.14	1.23	11-4-2	11-4-3	6-2-2	Tied 1
Chicago Black Hawks	36	17	8	11	45	122	73	-0.11	1.26	7-2-7	10-6-4	4-3-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	35	17	12	6	40	102	88	-0.09	0.31	9-5-4	8-7-2	7-3-0	Won 2
Atlanta Flames	37	16	14	7	39	94	100	-0.11	-0.27	9-7-3	7-7-4	4-5-1	Won 1
Minnesota North Stars	37	12	16	9	33	111	122	-0.03	-0.33	10-8-2	2-8-7	5-3-2	Tied 1
Los Angeles Kings	37	12	19	6	30	106	124	0.17	-0.31	9-8-1	3-11-5	4-4-2	Won 1
Pittsburgh Penguins	38	10	23	5	25	98	144	0.12	-1.09	5-10-3	5-13-2	2-7-1	Won 1
California Golden Seals	38	8	25	5	21	91	152	0.19	-1.41	7-5-5	1-20-0	1-6-3	Lost 1