| 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) |