NHL Division Standings after Dec 10 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Florida 17-5-7 41 88 59 9-2-4 8-3-3 6-4-3 11-5-4 6-0-3
Philadelphia 16-12-2 34 86 82 7-6-1 9-6-1 6-7-1 9-9-1 7-3-1
New Jersey 15-11-1 31 69 67 9-5-1 6-6-0 6-4-0 8-6-1 7-5-0
NY Rangers 13-13-5 31 106 88 7-6-2 6-7-3 1-7-4 6-8-5 7-5-0
Washington 13-14-1 27 72 73 6-7-1 7-7-0 9-5-0 12-9-1 1-5-0
NY Islanders 9-11-8 26 75 74 7-6-2 2-5-6 6-3-2 6-6-4 3-5-4
Tampa Bay 9-15-2 20 73 84 2-8-2 7-7-0 3-7-0 5-11-1 4-4-1
Northeast Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Hartford 13-7-6 32 83 80 8-4-1 5-3-5 6-2-3 9-3-5 4-4-1
Buffalo 13-13-2 28 82 83 7-4-1 6-9-1 5-3-0 9-7-0 4-6-2
Montreal 12-14-4 28 102 106 8-4-2 4-10-2 1-4-2 4-9-2 8-5-2
Pittsburgh 12-13-3 27 96 100 8-2-2 4-11-1 6-4-2 8-10-3 4-3-0
Boston 10-12-5 25 77 90 5-9-4 5-3-1 3-5-1 5-6-3 5-6-2
Ottawa 8-12-7 23 72 84 4-5-4 4-7-3 2-5-2 5-8-4 3-4-3
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Detroit 15-9-5 35 81 53 9-4-3 6-5-2 2-3-2 7-6-4 8-3-1
Dallas 16-10-2 34 78 67 8-6-1 8-4-1 5-3-0 10-7-1 6-3-1
St Louis 15-14-0 30 85 86 7-7-0 8-7-0 4-5-0 14-9-0 1-5-0
Chicago 12-15-3 27 75 76 5-9-0 7-6-3 5-2-1 9-10-2 3-5-1
Toronto 12-18-0 24 86 105 9-7-0 3-11-0 5-6-0 9-10-0 3-8-0
Phoenix 10-15-4 24 69 90 5-8-4 5-7-0 2-4-1 6-9-1 4-6-3
Pacific Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Colorado 17-8-4 38 102 64 10-3-3 7-5-1 7-2-2 12-5-2 5-3-2
Edmonton 14-15-2 30 101 93 7-6-1 7-9-1 5-7-0 8-13-2 6-2-0
Vancouver 14-12-1 29 86 86 7-5-0 7-7-1 4-3-0 8-5-1 6-7-0
Los Angeles 12-14-3 27 79 90 6-6-1 6-8-2 2-4-1 6-8-1 6-6-2
Anaheim 10-15-5 25 82 94 7-8-2 3-7-3 4-3-2 8-9-2 2-6-3
San Jose 10-14-4 24 72 91 4-7-2 6-7-2 3-5-0 9-9-0 1-5-4
Calgary 10-16-4 24 71 83 6-6-1 4-10-3 4-5-1 6-12-2 4-4-2

Detroit 0, Edmonton 0 (OT tie)
Philadelphia 5, Florida 4
New Jersey 5, Toronto 2
Calgary 5, Ottawa 5 (OT tie)
NY Islanders 8, Phoenix 2
Pittsburgh 5, Los Angeles 3