NHL Conference Standings after Mar 19 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE* - division leader
W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Philadelphia 40-21-10 90 242 187 20-11-5 20-10-5 11-12-2 25-17-5 15-4-5
New Jersey 38-20-13 89 200 163 19-8-9 19-12-4 11-9-5 24-13-10 14-7-3
*Buffalo 37-22-11 85 210 178 23-8-6 14-14-5 16-6-2 27-13-6 10-9-5
Florida 32-24-16 80 196 175 18-11-7 14-13-9 12-10-7 20-17-10 12-7-6
NY Rangers 33-30-9 75 233 205 17-13-5 16-17-4 8-14-6 20-20-7 13-10-2
Pittsburgh 33-30-7 73 243 236 20-10-4 13-20-3 11-7-5 20-20-6 13-10-1
Montreal 26-32-14 66 220 249 14-15-6 12-17-8 5-11-7 13-22-11 13-10-3
Washington 28-35-8 64 181 199 16-14-4 12-21-4 13-12-3 19-21-7 9-14-1
Hartford 27-33-10 64 194 219 20-13-3 7-20-7 12-8-3 20-20-7 7-13-3
Tampa Bay 27-36-7 61 188 220 13-17-7 14-19-0 12-12-2 16-26-4 11-10-3
NY Islanders 25-36-10 60 199 212 17-16-3 8-20-7 14-12-3 18-23-6 7-13-4
Ottawa 23-33-14 60 193 206 12-17-7 11-16-7 7-11-4 17-20-8 6-13-6
Boston 24-39-9 57 207 258 12-17-7 12-22-2 7-15-1 17-24-5 7-15-4
WESTERN CONFERENCE* - division leader
W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
*Colorado 44-18-9 97 244 173 24-7-5 20-11-4 17-6-4 31-12-4 13-6-5
*Dallas 42-23-6 90 222 173 22-11-3 20-12-3 14-7-3 28-15-4 14-8-2
Detroit 34-21-15 83 225 166 18-9-7 16-12-8 8-9-6 18-17-12 16-4-3
Edmonton 33-32-7 73 224 216 20-13-2 13-19-5 11-13-3 18-23-5 15-9-2
Phoenix 33-34-5 71 206 220 14-18-5 19-16-0 13-10-1 24-21-1 9-13-4
Anaheim 30-30-11 71 209 203 21-12-5 9-18-6 10-9-6 18-19-8 12-11-3
Calgary 31-34-8 70 195 204 20-13-2 11-21-6 14-12-2 21-23-4 10-11-4
St Louis 30-32-9 69 209 218 13-18-3 17-14-6 8-11-4 23-22-5 7-10-4
Chicago 28-31-12 68 186 180 12-18-4 16-13-8 9-11-4 18-22-7 10-9-5
Vancouver 29-38-4 62 220 244 16-15-2 13-23-2 10-14-0 20-23-3 9-15-1
Los Angeles 25-38-9 59 190 239 16-15-6 9-23-3 9-15-3 16-26-6 9-12-3
Toronto 26-39-6 58 207 244 16-18-3 10-21-3 8-12-2 19-25-3 7-14-3
San Jose 23-40-7 53 179 235 12-19-3 11-21-4 10-12-0 19-25-0 4-15-7

Detroit 4, Boston 1
NY Islanders 7, Florida 4
Anaheim 6, Los Angeles 2
Montreal 5, NY Rangers 4
Washington 2, New Jersey 2 (OT tie)
Philadelphia 6, Toronto 3
Dallas 7, Phoenix 2
Calgary 4, San Jose 2
Edmonton 3, Tampa Bay 1