NHL Division Standings after Dec 7 in 1996-97 season

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Florida 17-4-6 40 83 53 9-2-3 8-2-3 6-3-3 11-4-4 6-0-2
Philadelphia 15-12-2 32 81 78 6-6-1 9-6-1 5-7-1 8-9-1 7-3-1
New Jersey 14-11-1 29 64 65 9-5-1 5-6-0 6-4-0 8-6-1 6-5-0
NY Rangers 12-13-5 29 101 86 6-6-2 6-7-3 1-7-4 6-8-5 6-5-0
Washington 13-14-1 27 72 73 6-7-1 7-7-0 9-5-0 12-9-1 1-5-0
NY Islanders 8-11-8 24 67 72 6-6-2 2-5-6 6-3-2 6-6-4 2-5-4
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 11-13-3 25 91 97 8-2-2 3-11-1 6-4-2 8-10-3 3-3-0
Boston 10-11-5 25 75 85 5-8-4 5-3-1 3-5-1 5-6-3 5-5-2
Ottawa 8-12-6 22 67 79 4-5-4 4-7-2 2-5-2 5-8-4 3-4-2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Detroit 15-9-4 34 81 53 9-4-2 6-5-2 2-3-2 7-6-3 8-3-1
Dallas 16-10-1 33 77 66 8-6-1 8-4-0 5-3-0 10-7-1 6-3-0
St Louis 14-14-0 28 82 84 7-7-0 7-7-0 4-5-0 13-9-0 1-5-0
Chicago 12-14-3 27 74 73 5-8-0 7-6-3 5-1-1 9-9-2 3-5-1
Phoenix 10-13-4 24 65 77 5-8-4 5-5-0 2-4-1 6-9-1 4-4-3
Toronto 11-17-0 22 81 99 9-6-0 2-11-0 4-6-0 8-10-0 3-7-0
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
Vancouver 14-12-1 29 86 86 7-5-0 7-7-1 4-3-0 8-5-1 6-7-0
Edmonton 14-14-1 29 99 90 7-5-1 7-9-0 5-7-0 8-12-1 6-2-0
Los Angeles 12-13-3 27 76 85 6-5-1 6-8-2 2-4-1 6-8-1 6-5-2
San Jose 10-14-4 24 72 91 4-7-2 6-7-2 3-5-0 9-9-0 1-5-4
Calgary 10-16-3 23 66 78 6-6-0 4-10-3 4-5-1 6-12-2 4-4-1
Anaheim 9-15-5 23 77 92 7-8-2 2-7-3 4-3-2 8-9-2 1-6-3

Pittsburgh 5, Anaheim 3
Hartford 6, Buffalo 4
Boston 1, Calgary 1 (OT tie)
Montreal 3, Chicago 2
Los Angeles 4, Colorado 2
NY Rangers 4, Toronto 0
Ottawa 3, Vancouver 2
Phoenix 4, New Jersey 3 (OT)
Tampa Bay 4, San Jose 3
NY Islanders 2, Washington 0