NHL Division Standings after Mar 27 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Philadelphia 42-21-11 95 251 193 21-11-5 21-10-6 12-12-3 26-17-6 16-4-5
New Jersey 40-21-13 93 210 169 20-9-9 20-12-4 12-10-5 26-14-10 14-7-3
Florida 33-25-17 83 203 182 19-12-7 14-13-10 12-10-7 21-18-11 12-7-6
NY Rangers 35-31-9 79 239 210 19-13-5 16-18-4 8-15-6 21-21-7 14-10-2
Washington 30-37-8 68 191 211 17-15-4 13-22-4 13-12-3 20-22-7 10-15-1
Tampa Bay 29-38-7 65 201 231 14-18-7 15-20-0 12-12-2 17-27-4 12-11-3
NY Islanders 27-36-11 65 211 220 17-16-4 10-20-7 14-12-4 20-23-7 7-13-4
Northeast Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Buffalo 38-24-11 87 218 185 23-9-6 15-15-5 16-6-2 28-15-6 10-9-5
Pittsburgh 34-33-7 75 256 253 21-11-4 13-22-3 11-8-5 20-23-6 14-10-1
Montreal 28-33-14 70 232 258 16-16-6 12-17-8 7-11-7 15-23-11 13-10-3
Hartford 28-36-10 66 200 231 20-14-3 8-22-7 12-8-3 21-20-7 7-16-3
Ottawa 25-34-15 65 203 219 12-17-8 13-17-7 8-11-4 19-21-9 6-13-6
Boston 24-42-9 57 215 272 12-19-7 12-23-2 7-17-1 17-27-5 7-15-4
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Dallas 44-23-6 94 228 174 23-11-3 21-12-3 15-7-3 29-15-4 15-8-2
Detroit 35-23-15 85 235 179 19-9-7 16-14-8 8-10-6 19-18-12 16-5-3
Phoenix 35-34-6 76 214 223 14-18-6 21-16-0 15-10-2 26-21-2 9-13-4
St Louis 32-34-9 73 218 227 15-19-3 17-15-6 8-12-4 24-23-5 8-11-4
Chicago 30-32-12 72 198 190 14-19-4 16-13-8 10-12-4 19-23-7 11-9-5
Toronto 27-41-7 61 213 255 16-19-3 11-22-4 8-13-3 20-26-4 7-15-3
Pacific Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Colorado 46-20-9 101 257 184 25-7-5 21-13-4 18-6-4 32-13-4 14-7-5
Edmonton 34-33-7 75 230 221 20-14-2 14-19-5 12-14-3 19-24-5 15-9-2
Anaheim 31-33-11 73 221 216 21-12-5 10-21-6 11-12-6 19-22-8 12-11-3
Calgary 32-35-8 72 201 210 21-14-2 11-21-6 15-12-2 22-23-4 10-12-4
Vancouver 31-39-5 67 231 253 18-16-3 13-23-2 11-15-1 21-24-4 10-15-1
Los Angeles 26-39-10 62 195 244 17-15-6 9-24-4 10-15-4 17-27-7 9-12-3
San Jose 24-43-7 55 184 245 12-21-3 12-22-4 11-14-0 20-28-0 4-15-7

Hartford 5, Tampa Bay 2
St Louis 2, Los Angeles 1
NY Islanders 6, Boston 3
New Jersey 4, NY Rangers 0
Ottawa 3, Florida 2
Phoenix 1, Toronto 1 (OT tie)