| WALES CONFERENCE | * - division leaders | ||||||||
| W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | Cnf | Icf | |
| *Montreal | 43-11-17 | 103 | 336 | 201 | 24-7-5 | 19-4-12 | 13-1-6 | 22-6-10 | 21-5-7 |
| *Buffalo | 43-13-15 | 101 | 317 | 213 | 25-5-6 | 18-8-9 | 8-1-4 | 24-5-9 | 19-8-6 |
| Los Angeles | 37-15-19 | 93 | 240 | 166 | 18-7-10 | 19-8-9 | 12-3-7 | 23-7-10 | 14-8-9 |
| Boston | 39-22-11 | 89 | 321 | 219 | 28-4-4 | 11-18-7 | 6-6-2 | 17-14-6 | 22-8-5 |
| Pittsburgh | 33-25-15 | 81 | 301 | 263 | 22-5-10 | 11-20-5 | 8-7-3 | 17-13-8 | 16-12-7 |
| Toronto | 28-31-13 | 69 | 255 | 284 | 18-10-8 | 10-21-5 | 4-5-4 | 13-16-8 | 15-15-5 |
| Detroit | 20-40-11 | 51 | 222 | 293 | 15-14-6 | 5-26-5 | 5-11-3 | 10-23-6 | 10-17-5 |
| California | 18-41-12 | 48 | 189 | 271 | 14-12-9 | 4-29-3 | 3-9-4 | 9-22-7 | 9-19-5 |
| Washington | 6-60-5 | 17 | 154 | 390 | 6-25-5 | 0-35-0 | 1-17-1 | 3-32-2 | 3-28-3 |
| CAMPBELL CONFERENCE | * - division leaders | ||||||||
| W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | Cnf | Icf | |
| *Philadelphia | 43-18-10 | 96 | 256 | 168 | 28-6-1 | 15-12-9 | 7-5-3 | 22-10-4 | 21-8-6 |
| NY Rangers | 34-24-13 | 81 | 283 | 237 | 19-9-8 | 15-15-5 | 7-6-1 | 23-10-4 | 11-14-9 |
| NY Islanders | 30-24-18 | 78 | 237 | 197 | 20-5-10 | 10-19-8 | 2-7-4 | 13-13-10 | 17-11-8 |
| *Vancouver | 34-30-8 | 76 | 240 | 228 | 20-11-4 | 14-19-4 | 10-7-3 | 17-14-7 | 17-16-1 |
| Chicago | 33-31-7 | 73 | 236 | 213 | 21-11-3 | 12-20-4 | 11-7-1 | 17-14-5 | 16-17-2 |
| St Louis | 30-28-13 | 73 | 239 | 239 | 20-12-4 | 10-16-9 | 8-9-0 | 16-19-2 | 14-9-11 |
| Atl Flames | 29-29-13 | 71 | 207 | 211 | 21-8-6 | 8-21-7 | 7-5-2 | 18-14-6 | 11-15-7 |
| Min N Stars | 20-44-6 | 46 | 201 | 310 | 16-19-2 | 4-25-4 | 6-3-1 | 8-17-2 | 12-27-4 |
| Kansas City | 14-48-10 | 38 | 167 | 298 | 11-18-7 | 3-30-3 | 3-12-3 | 4-27-6 | 10-21-4 |
| NY Rangers 3, Vancouver 0 NY Islanders 3, Kansas City 1 Atl Flames 8, Toronto 7 Montreal 2, Boston 1 California 3, Pittsburgh 3 (reg tie) |