| EASTERN DIVISION | |||||||||
| W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | |||
| Montreal | 50-10-16 | 116 | 319 | 180 | 28-4-6 | 22-6-10 | 25-4-7 | ||
| Boston | 51-20-5 | 107 | 324 | 223 | 27-9-2 | 24-11-3 | 24-10-2 | ||
| NY Rangers | 47-22-7 | 101 | 293 | 200 | 26-8-4 | 21-14-3 | 20-14-2 | ||
| Buffalo | 36-27-14 | 86 | 254 | 218 | 29-6-3 | 7-21-11 | 20-14-4 | ||
| Detroit | 36-28-11 | 83 | 254 | 232 | 21-11-5 | 15-17-6 | 20-12-4 | ||
| Toronto | 25-41-9 | 59 | 230 | 268 | 19-12-7 | 6-29-2 | 9-25-2 | ||
| Vancouver | 22-46-8 | 52 | 227 | 330 | 17-18-3 | 5-28-5 | 11-22-5 | ||
| NY Islanders | 12-59-5 | 29 | 164 | 333 | 10-25-4 | 2-34-1 | 4-32-2 | ||
| WESTERN DIVISION | |||||||||
| W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | |||
| Chicago | 42-26-8 | 92 | 278 | 217 | 26-9-3 | 16-17-5 | 19-15-4 | ||
| Min N Stars | 37-30-10 | 84 | 251 | 227 | 26-8-5 | 11-22-5 | 19-14-5 | ||
| Philadelphia | 35-29-11 | 81 | 278 | 247 | 25-8-4 | 10-21-7 | 19-12-5 | ||
| St Louis | 31-33-12 | 74 | 225 | 246 | 20-11-7 | 11-22-5 | 15-15-7 | ||
| Pittsburgh | 31-36-9 | 71 | 250 | 254 | 23-11-4 | 8-25-5 | 19-15-2 | ||
| Los Angeles | 30-35-11 | 71 | 225 | 239 | 20-11-7 | 10-24-4 | 17-15-5 | ||
| Atl Flames | 25-37-14 | 64 | 185 | 231 | 16-16-6 | 9-21-8 | 11-18-8 | ||
| California | 15-46-16 | 46 | 210 | 322 | 10-15-13 | 5-31-3 | 7-22-8 | ||
| Montreal 4, Chicago 3 Boston 6, NY Rangers 3 Buffalo 6, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 6, Atl Flames 3 St Louis 3, Min N Stars 3 (reg tie) California 3, Los Angeles 2 |