| EASTERN DIVISION | |||||||||
| W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | |||
| Montreal | 36-7-13 | 85 | 230 | 123 | 19-3-5 | 17-4-8 | 15-3-5 | ||
| NY Rangers | 38-13-5 | 81 | 226 | 132 | 22-5-2 | 16-8-3 | 17-8-2 | ||
| Boston | 34-16-5 | 73 | 231 | 168 | 20-8-2 | 14-8-3 | 15-9-2 | ||
| Detroit | 29-20-7 | 65 | 188 | 172 | 17-8-4 | 12-12-3 | 18-7-2 | ||
| Buffalo | 28-20-8 | 64 | 196 | 157 | 23-4-3 | 5-16-5 | 15-10-3 | ||
| Toronto | 18-30-7 | 43 | 169 | 187 | 13-9-5 | 5-21-2 | 5-18-2 | ||
| Vancouver | 15-35-7 | 37 | 162 | 248 | 12-16-2 | 3-19-5 | 8-15-4 | ||
| NY Islanders | 7-45-5 | 19 | 113 | 262 | 5-19-4 | 2-26-1 | 2-25-2 | ||
| WESTERN DIVISION | |||||||||
| W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | |||
| Chicago | 33-17-6 | 72 | 215 | 161 | 20-6-3 | 13-11-3 | 16-11-4 | ||
| Philadelphia | 25-23-9 | 59 | 199 | 199 | 18-6-3 | 7-17-6 | 13-11-5 | ||
| Min N Stars | 25-23-8 | 58 | 175 | 164 | 17-6-4 | 8-17-4 | 13-11-3 | ||
| St Louis | 23-22-10 | 56 | 165 | 170 | 14-10-6 | 9-12-4 | 12-10-5 | ||
| Atl Flames | 23-26-9 | 55 | 152 | 164 | 14-12-4 | 9-14-5 | 9-12-5 | ||
| Los Angeles | 23-27-7 | 53 | 169 | 187 | 15-6-4 | 8-21-3 | 12-11-3 | ||
| Pittsburgh | 22-28-6 | 50 | 186 | 191 | 17-8-2 | 5-20-4 | 13-11-1 | ||
| California | 9-36-12 | 30 | 152 | 243 | 6-10-9 | 3-26-3 | 4-15-6 | ||
| NY Rangers 2, Montreal 2 (reg tie) Boston 2, Los Angeles 0 Detroit 5, Buffalo 2 Min N Stars 6, Vancouver 3 Chicago 7, Philadelphia 2 Atl Flames 3, California 1 |