| WALES CONFERENCE | |||||||||
| Patrick Division | W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | Cnf | Icf |
| NY Islanders | 25-11-5 | 55 | 177 | 140 | 15-3-2 | 10-8-3 | 10-2-0 | 13-7-1 | 12-4-4 |
| Philadelphia | 25-15-1 | 51 | 165 | 154 | 15-5-1 | 10-10-0 | 8-9-0 | 12-11-0 | 13-4-1 |
| Pittsburgh | 19-17-6 | 44 | 169 | 164 | 15-4-2 | 4-13-4 | 5-7-1 | 10-10-2 | 9-7-4 |
| NY Rangers | 19-18-5 | 43 | 156 | 166 | 12-11-2 | 7-7-3 | 7-7-2 | 9-12-4 | 10-6-1 |
| Washington | 12-26-4 | 28 | 155 | 178 | 8-9-3 | 4-17-1 | 4-9-1 | 6-18-1 | 6-8-3 |
| Adams Division | W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | Cnf | Icf |
| Buffalo | 24-11-8 | 56 | 168 | 133 | 15-2-7 | 9-9-1 | 6-4-3 | 14-7-4 | 10-4-4 |
| Boston | 25-12-5 | 55 | 177 | 144 | 12-6-2 | 13-6-3 | 6-8-2 | 11-10-3 | 14-2-2 |
| Montreal | 22-10-11 | 55 | 200 | 128 | 14-3-3 | 8-7-8 | 9-3-4 | 14-7-4 | 8-3-7 |
| Quebec | 23-15-5 | 51 | 203 | 174 | 18-6-0 | 5-9-5 | 10-4-3 | 14-7-4 | 9-8-1 |
| Hartford | 10-23-9 | 29 | 143 | 188 | 6-10-6 | 4-13-3 | 0-12-4 | 2-16-5 | 8-7-4 |
| CAMPBELL CONFERENCE | |||||||||
| Norris Division | W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | Cnf | Icf |
| St Louis | 20-19-4 | 44 | 161 | 170 | 14-5-2 | 6-14-2 | 7-4-3 | 13-8-3 | 7-11-1 |
| Min N Stars | 15-13-14 | 44 | 173 | 149 | 8-3-10 | 7-10-4 | 7-5-5 | 9-7-10 | 6-6-4 |
| Chicago | 17-16-9 | 43 | 185 | 181 | 13-4-6 | 4-12-3 | 5-7-5 | 12-10-6 | 5-6-3 |
| Win Jets | 15-20-9 | 39 | 164 | 197 | 7-10-5 | 8-10-4 | 6-7-6 | 12-11-6 | 3-9-3 |
| Toronto | 12-19-11 | 35 | 178 | 193 | 5-9-4 | 7-10-7 | 7-6-3 | 9-7-7 | 3-12-4 |
| Detroit | 12-25-6 | 30 | 142 | 181 | 9-10-1 | 3-15-5 | 4-7-2 | 8-10-3 | 4-15-3 |
| Smythe Division | W-L-T | Pts | GF | GA | Home | Away | Div | Cnf | Icf |
| Edmonton | 27-10-7 | 61 | 246 | 166 | 18-3-1 | 9-7-6 | 14-5-2 | 20-7-3 | 7-3-4 |
| Calgary | 14-19-10 | 38 | 171 | 197 | 9-7-7 | 5-12-3 | 8-7-2 | 10-14-6 | 4-5-4 |
| Vancouver | 14-22-8 | 36 | 149 | 164 | 10-4-6 | 4-18-2 | 5-7-4 | 9-10-6 | 5-12-2 |
| Los Angeles | 13-25-5 | 31 | 173 | 211 | 10-8-2 | 3-17-3 | 5-7-3 | 7-16-3 | 6-9-2 |
| Col Rockies | 10-27-6 | 26 | 123 | 200 | 7-11-2 | 3-16-4 | 5-11-1 | 8-17-5 | 2-10-1 |
| Montreal 2, Los Angeles 1 |