Standings, 1973-74 season

League Division

A win is worth 2 points. A tie (T) is worth 1.

East Division

#	Team	GP	W	L	T	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Diff
1	Boston Bruins y	78	52	17	9	113	349	221	+128
2	Montréal Canadiens x	78	45	24	9	99	293	240	+53
3	New York Rangers x	77	39	24	14	92	291	247	+44
4	Toronto Maple Leafs x	78	35	27	16	86	274	230	+44
5	Buffalo Sabres e	78	32	34	12	76	242	250	-8
6	Detroit Red Wings e	78	29	39	10	68	255	319	-64
7	Vancouver Canucks e	77	24	42	11	59	220	287	-67
8	New York Islanders e	78	19	41	18	56	182	247	-65

West Division

#	Team	GP	W	L	T	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Diff
1	Philadelphia Flyers y	78	50	16	12	112	273	164	+109
2	Chicago Blackhawks x	78	41	14	23	105	272	164	+108
3	Los Angeles Kings x	78	33	33	12	78	233	231	+2
4	Atlanta Flames x	78	30	34	14	74	214	238	-24
5	Pittsburgh Penguins e	78	28	41	9	65	242	273	-31
6	St. Louis Blues e	78	26	40	12	64	206	248	-42
7	Minnesota North Stars e	78	23	38	17	63	235	275	-40
8	California Golden Seals e	78	13	55	10	36	195	342	-147

x Clinched Playoff spot y Clinched Division p Presidents' Trophy z Clinched Conference e Eliminated from Playoff contention Stanley Cup champions