NHL standings at the end of December 9, 1977

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Boston Bruins	26	16	5	5	37	88	63	-0.10	0.86	10-2-2	6-3-3	9-0-1	Won 2
Buffalo Sabres	26	17	6	3	37	95	67	0.03	1.11	9-3-1	8-3-2	7-2-1	Won 2
Toronto Maple Leafs	24	15	6	3	33	85	64	-0.02	0.86	7-2-2	8-4-1	6-3-1	Won 2
Cleveland Barons	26	8	15	3	19	66	93	-0.21	-1.25	4-6-2	4-9-1	3-6-1	Lost 2
Minnesota North Stars	26	6	16	4	16	73	110	0.25	-1.17	5-7-1	1-9-3	1-7-2	Lost 2

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Montreal Canadiens	26	17	5	4	38	99	50	-0.10	1.78	10-3-2	7-2-2	7-2-1	Won 1
Los Angeles Kings	26	13	8	5	31	82	66	-0.12	0.49	8-3-3	5-5-2	6-3-1	Won 3
Pittsburgh Penguins	26	8	12	6	22	86	110	0.05	-0.88	6-4-2	2-8-4	3-3-4	Lost 1
Detroit Red Wings	25	9	13	3	21	71	75	-0.02	-0.18	5-3-3	4-10-0	2-8-0	Lost 7
Washington Capitals	26	3	18	5	11	57	106	0.18	-1.71	1-9-2	2-9-3	1-7-2	Won 1

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Philadelphia Flyers	25	17	4	4	38	109	53	-0.28	1.96	10-2-1	7-2-3	8-1-1	Won 1
New York Islanders	27	14	6	7	35	104	61	-0.05	1.54	8-1-3	6-5-4	7-1-2	Won 3
New York Rangers	27	10	13	4	24	92	92	0.07	0.07	6-4-3	4-9-1	3-4-3	Lost 1
Atlanta Flames	26	7	10	9	23	68	87	-0.03	-0.76	6-4-3	1-6-6	2-4-4	Tied 2

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Vancouver Canucks	25	9	10	6	24	76	90	0.01	-0.55	5-5-3	4-5-3	4-2-4	Tied 1
Chicago Black Hawks	26	7	11	8	22	61	72	0.16	-0.26	2-4-5	5-7-3	2-7-1	Lost 1
Colorado Rockies	23	6	11	6	18	82	80	0.01	0.09	5-6-4	1-5-2	1-6-3	Lost 1
St. Louis Blues	26	5	18	3	13	57	112	0.17	-1.95	3-9-2	2-9-1	1-8-1	Lost 5