NHL Division Standings after Dec 6 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 14-10-1 29 61 61 9-4-1 5-6-0 6-4-0 8-6-1 6-4-0
Washington 13-13-1 27 72 71 6-7-1 7-6-0 9-4-0 12-8-1 1-5-0
NY Rangers 11-13-5 27 97 86 6-6-2 5-7-3 1-7-4 6-8-5 5-5-0
NY Islanders 7-11-8 22 65 72 5-6-2 2-5-6 5-3-2 5-6-4 2-5-4
Tampa Bay 8-15-2 18 69 81 2-8-2 6-7-0 3-7-0 5-11-1 3-4-1
Northeast Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Hartford 12-7-6 30 77 76 7-4-1 5-3-5 5-2-3 8-3-5 4-4-1
Buffalo 13-12-2 28 78 77 7-4-1 6-8-1 5-2-0 9-6-0 4-6-2
Montreal 11-14-4 26 99 104 7-4-2 4-10-2 1-4-2 4-9-2 7-5-2
Boston 10-11-4 24 74 84 5-8-3 5-3-1 3-5-1 5-6-3 5-5-1
Pittsburgh 10-13-3 23 86 94 7-2-2 3-11-1 6-4-2 8-10-3 2-3-0
Ottawa 7-12-6 20 64 77 4-5-4 3-7-2 2-5-2 5-8-4 2-4-2
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 12-13-3 27 72 70 5-8-0 7-5-3 5-1-1 9-9-2 3-4-1
Toronto 11-16-0 22 81 95 9-5-0 2-11-0 4-6-0 8-10-0 3-6-0
Phoenix 9-13-4 22 61 74 5-8-4 4-5-0 2-4-1 6-9-1 3-4-3
Pacific Division W-L-T Pts GF GA Home Away Div Cnf Icf
Colorado 17-7-4 38 100 60 10-3-3 7-4-1 7-1-2 12-4-2 5-3-2
Vancouver 14-11-1 29 84 83 7-4-0 7-7-1 4-3-0 8-5-1 6-6-0
Edmonton 14-14-1 29 99 90 7-5-1 7-9-0 5-7-0 8-12-1 6-2-0
Los Angeles 11-13-3 25 72 83 5-5-1 6-8-2 1-4-1 5-8-1 6-5-2
San Jose 10-13-4 24 69 87 4-6-2 6-7-2 3-5-0 9-9-0 1-4-4
Anaheim 9-14-5 23 74 87 7-8-2 2-6-3 4-3-2 8-9-2 1-5-3
Calgary 10-16-2 22 65 77 6-6-0 4-10-2 4-5-1 6-12-2 4-4-0

Buffalo 1, Anaheim 1 (OT tie)
Montreal 3, Chicago 1
Edmonton 5, Ottawa 2
Philadelphia 6, Dallas 3
Pittsburgh 5, Washington 3
St Louis 4, Colorado 3
NY Rangers 6, Toronto 5