| WALES CONFERENCE | * - division leaders | ||||||||
| W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | Cnf | Icf | |
| *Montreal | 53-8-11 | 117 | 345 | 163 | 30-1-5 | 23-7-6 | 15-0-5 | 25-6-7 | 28-2-4 |
| *Buffalo | 43-21-6 | 92 | 260 | 191 | 25-7-5 | 18-14-1 | 11-2-0 | 23-11-2 | 20-10-4 |
| Boston | 42-21-8 | 92 | 273 | 212 | 24-5-6 | 18-16-2 | 7-6-1 | 21-11-4 | 21-10-4 |
| Toronto | 31-28-11 | 73 | 268 | 243 | 17-11-7 | 14-17-4 | 6-7-1 | 15-15-7 | 16-13-4 |
| Pittsburgh | 30-28-13 | 73 | 211 | 220 | 20-10-6 | 10-18-7 | 5-12-4 | 15-15-10 | 15-13-3 |
| Los Angeles | 28-29-14 | 70 | 231 | 211 | 16-12-7 | 12-17-7 | 12-6-5 | 18-14-10 | 10-15-4 |
| Cleveland | 21-37-10 | 52 | 199 | 245 | 13-15-6 | 8-22-4 | 3-12-0 | 10-25-4 | 11-12-6 |
| Washington | 19-38-14 | 52 | 188 | 273 | 13-12-8 | 6-26-6 | 5-10-5 | 8-23-6 | 11-15-8 |
| Detroit | 16-44-9 | 41 | 171 | 261 | 12-18-6 | 4-26-3 | 2-11-5 | 8-23-6 | 8-21-3 |
| CAMPBELL CONFERENCE | * - division leaders | ||||||||
| W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | Cnf | Icf | |
| *Philadelphia | 43-15-12 | 98 | 281 | 185 | 30-5-1 | 13-10-11 | 4-4-5 | 23-4-9 | 20-11-3 |
| NY Islanders | 42-19-10 | 94 | 251 | 173 | 22-10-4 | 20-9-6 | 12-2-2 | 27-6-4 | 15-13-6 |
| Atl Flames | 29-30-11 | 69 | 225 | 232 | 19-10-6 | 10-20-5 | 5-8-2 | 16-16-6 | 13-14-5 |
| *St Louis | 29-32-8 | 66 | 201 | 228 | 19-12-4 | 10-20-4 | 12-5-1 | 16-17-3 | 13-15-5 |
| NY Rangers | 25-33-13 | 63 | 241 | 274 | 14-16-4 | 11-17-9 | 1-8-5 | 14-14-8 | 11-19-5 |
| Chicago | 23-38-10 | 56 | 215 | 267 | 17-13-5 | 6-25-5 | 5-11-4 | 9-20-7 | 14-18-3 |
| Min N Stars | 19-34-17 | 55 | 213 | 271 | 14-12-9 | 5-22-8 | 6-3-2 | 8-16-7 | 11-18-10 |
| Vancouver | 22-40-9 | 53 | 197 | 259 | 11-20-4 | 11-20-5 | 7-7-4 | 13-18-5 | 9-22-4 |
| Col Rockies | 19-39-12 | 50 | 198 | 260 | 12-17-6 | 7-22-6 | 5-9-5 | 7-22-7 | 12-17-5 |
| Montreal 3, Los Angeles 0 |