NHL Conference Standings after Jan 3 in 1978-79 season

WALES CONFERENCE* - division leaders
W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Montreal 26-7-5 57 157 96 14-2-2 12-5-3 9-1-3 15-1-5 11-6-0
*Boston 25-6-7 57 165 118 14-2-2 11-4-5 7-1-4 12-3-7 13-3-0
Toronto 17-17-6 40 132 128 9-5-4 8-12-2 4-5-2 8-8-4 9-9-2
Buffalo 15-13-9 39 123 118 9-5-4 6-8-5 6-6-2 8-10-5 7-3-4
Pittsburgh 15-16-7 37 136 134 10-7-3 5-9-4 9-3-1 10-7-4 5-9-3
Los Angeles 15-16-6 36 139 128 11-8-2 4-8-4 5-8-2 8-11-3 7-5-3
Min N Stars 14-18-4 32 115 127 9-9-2 5-9-2 1-6-2 5-11-3 9-7-1
Detroit 8-20-11 27 117 140 6-8-6 2-12-5 1-7-4 3-10-5 5-10-6
Washington 9-22-7 25 118 174 4-10-3 5-12-4 3-8-2 5-13-4 4-9-3
CAMPBELL CONFERENCE* - division leaders
W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*NY Islanders 25-4-7 57 175 97 15-0-4 10-4-3 7-1-1 15-1-3 10-3-4
NY Rangers 21-13-4 46 157 126 11-7-3 10-6-1 3-7-1 10-7-1 11-6-3
Atl Flames 21-16-3 45 162 143 13-6-1 8-10-2 6-5-0 13-7-1 8-9-2
Philadelphia 19-13-6 44 128 113 12-5-1 7-8-5 2-5-2 6-9-3 13-4-3
*Vancouver 14-22-3 31 121 155 8-9-1 6-13-2 7-1-2 9-8-2 5-14-1
Chicago 12-17-7 31 110 135 8-6-6 4-11-1 4-5-3 6-8-4 6-9-3
Col Rockies 8-25-6 22 110 163 4-9-5 4-16-1 4-4-1 4-13-3 4-12-3
St Louis 8-27-6 22 119 189 6-11-3 2-16-3 2-7-2 4-14-3 4-13-3

NY Rangers 6, Montreal 2
Atl Flames 4, Toronto 1
Washington 8, Los Angeles 3
Vancouver 5, Pittsburgh 3
Boston 6, Chicago 3
Min N Stars 3, St Louis 3 (reg tie)