NHL Division Standings after Apr 5 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
New Jersey 43-21-13 99 219 171 22-9-9 21-12-4 14-10-5 28-14-10 15-7-3
Philadelphia 43-22-12 98 259 200 21-11-6 22-11-6 13-12-4 27-17-7 16-5-5
Florida 33-28-18 84 210 194 19-12-8 14-16-10 12-10-8 21-20-12 12-8-6
NY Rangers 36-33-10 82 247 222 20-13-6 16-20-4 8-15-6 22-23-8 14-10-2
Tampa Bay 30-39-9 69 206 238 14-18-7 16-21-2 13-13-4 18-28-6 12-11-3
Washington 30-40-8 68 194 221 17-17-4 13-23-4 13-14-3 20-25-7 10-15-1
NY Islanders 28-38-12 68 230 235 18-17-4 10-21-8 14-13-4 21-24-7 7-14-5
Northeast Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Buffalo 39-27-12 90 227 194 24-10-6 15-17-6 16-7-2 29-16-7 10-11-5
Pittsburgh 37-33-8 82 274 264 24-11-5 13-22-3 12-8-6 22-23-7 15-10-1
Montreal 29-35-14 72 239 268 16-17-6 13-18-8 8-13-7 16-25-11 13-10-3
Hartford 30-37-11 71 212 242 21-15-3 9-22-8 13-9-4 23-21-8 7-16-3
Ottawa 28-35-15 71 216 226 14-17-8 14-18-7 10-12-4 22-22-9 6-13-6
Boston 25-44-9 59 225 287 13-19-7 12-25-2 7-17-1 18-29-5 7-15-4
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Dallas 47-24-7 101 244 187 24-11-3 23-13-4 15-7-3 31-16-5 16-8-2
Detroit 37-24-17 91 244 186 20-10-9 17-14-8 9-10-8 20-19-14 17-5-3
Phoenix 37-35-6 80 227 231 15-19-6 22-16-0 15-10-2 28-22-2 9-13-4
St Louis 33-34-11 77 227 235 16-19-4 17-15-7 8-12-5 24-23-6 9-11-5
Chicago 31-34-13 75 209 203 15-20-4 16-14-9 10-12-4 19-25-8 12-9-5
Toronto 29-42-8 66 223 264 17-20-3 12-22-5 8-14-4 21-27-5 8-15-3
Pacific Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Colorado 47-22-9 103 270 195 25-8-5 22-14-4 19-7-4 33-15-4 14-7-5
Anaheim 34-33-13 81 237 229 22-12-6 12-21-7 11-12-7 22-22-10 12-11-3
Edmonton 36-35-8 80 243 233 21-15-3 15-20-5 12-15-4 21-26-6 15-9-2
Calgary 32-37-9 73 207 223 21-16-2 11-21-7 15-14-3 22-25-5 10-12-4
Vancouver 32-40-7 71 243 263 18-17-4 14-23-3 12-15-3 22-25-6 10-15-1
Los Angeles 26-42-11 63 205 261 17-16-7 9-26-4 10-15-4 17-28-8 9-14-3
San Jose 26-44-8 60 201 266 14-21-4 12-23-4 13-14-1 22-29-1 4-15-7

Los Angeles 3, Dallas 3 (OT tie)
Detroit 4, Toronto 2
Boston 4, Florida 2
Hartford 4, Montreal 1
Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 2
Tampa Bay 3, NY Islanders 2
Edmonton 2, Vancouver 2 (OT tie)