| Rnk | Teams | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | E+ | E- | Pwr | Wrk | RW | ||||||
| 1 | Boston | 90 | 52 | 19 | 19 | 123 | 342 | 248 | 144 | 64 | 80 | 149 | 1 | GP - games played | |||||
| 2 | Chicago | 84 | 49 | 9 | 26 | 107 | 275 | 198 | 132 | 71 | 61 | 104 | 2 | W - wins | |||||
| 3 | Montreal | 76 | 38 | 16 | 22 | 92 | 244 | 201 | 122 | 77 | 45 | 68 | 3 | D - draw | |||||
| 4 | Detroit | 80 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 95 | 254 | 215 | 120 | 78 | 43 | 68 | 5 | L - Loss | |||||
| 5 | NY Rangers | 82 | 40 | 16 | 26 | 96 | 262 | 214 | 120 | 78 | 42 | 68 | 4 | Pts - points = 2 * W + D | |||||
| 6 | St. Louis | 92 | 45 | 12 | 35 | 102 | 270 | 225 | 101 | 88 | 13 | 23 | 6 | Pwr = E+ - E- | |||||
| 7 | Toronto | 76 | 29 | 13 | 34 | 71 | 222 | 242 | 94 | 100 | -5 | -8 | 7 | Wrk = E+ * E+ * GP / 1000 | |||||
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 86 | 32 | 12 | 42 | 76 | 205 | 263 | 81 | 109 | -28 | -45 | 8 | Coach = E+ * E+ / E+ | |||||
| 9 | Minnesota | 82 | 21 | 22 | 39 | 64 | 240 | 277 | 79 | 124 | -45 | -75 | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Philadelphia | 77 | 17 | 24 | 36 | 58 | 200 | 231 | 74 | 124 | -50 | -76 | 10 | ||||||
| 11 | Oakland | 80 | 22 | 14 | 44 | 58 | 175 | 256 | 73 | 131 | -58 | -94 | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | Los Angeles | 75 | 14 | 10 | 51 | 38 | 165 | 284 | 58 | 156 | -99 | -158 | 12 | ||||||