NHL Division Standings after Dec 11 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Florida 17-6-7 41 90 64 9-2-4 8-4-3 6-4-3 11-6-4 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 13-14-5 31 109 93 7-7-2 6-7-3 1-8-4 6-9-5 7-5-0
NY Islanders 10-11-8 28 80 77 7-6-2 3-5-6 7-3-2 7-6-4 3-5-4
Washington 13-15-1 27 74 76 6-7-1 7-8-0 9-5-0 12-9-1 1-6-0
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 14-7-6 34 88 82 9-4-1 5-3-5 6-2-3 10-3-5 4-4-1
Buffalo 14-13-2 30 85 85 7-4-1 7-9-1 6-3-0 10-7-0 4-6-2
Pittsburgh 13-13-3 29 103 103 8-2-2 5-11-1 6-4-2 8-10-3 5-3-0
Montreal 12-15-4 28 104 109 8-5-2 4-10-2 1-5-2 4-10-2 8-5-2
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
Dallas 16-10-3 35 83 72 8-6-2 8-4-1 5-3-1 10-7-2 6-3-1
Detroit 15-9-5 35 81 53 9-4-3 6-5-2 2-3-2 7-6-4 8-3-1
St Louis 15-14-1 31 90 91 7-7-0 8-7-1 4-5-1 14-9-1 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 18-8-4 40 108 65 10-3-3 8-5-1 8-2-2 13-5-2 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 14-13-1 29 87 92 7-6-0 7-7-1 4-4-0 8-6-1 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
San Jose 11-14-4 26 75 93 5-7-2 6-7-2 3-5-0 9-9-0 2-5-4
Anaheim 10-16-5 25 85 101 7-9-2 3-7-3 4-3-2 8-9-2 2-7-3
Calgary 10-16-4 24 71 83 6-6-1 4-10-3 4-5-1 6-12-2 4-4-2

Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 (OT)
Colorado 6, Vancouver 1
Hartford 5, Florida 2
NY Islanders 5, NY Rangers 3
Pittsburgh 7, Anaheim 3
Dallas 5, St Louis 5 (OT tie)
San Jose 3, Washington 2