ADAMS DIVISION

		GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	z - Buffalo Sabres	80	47	17	16	110	318	201	117	27-5-8	20-12-8
2	x - Boston Bruins	80	46	21	13	105	310	234	76	27-9-4	19-12-9
3	x - Minnesota North Stars	80	36	28	16	88	311	253	58	25-8-7	11-20-9
4	x - Toronto Maple Leafs	80	35	40	5	75	304	327	-23	17-19-4	18-21-1
5	Quebec Nordiques	80	25	44	11	61	248	313	-65	17-16-7	8-28-4

NORRIS DIVISION

		GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	y - Montreal Canadiens	80	47	20	13	107	328	240	88	30-7-3	17-13-10
2	x - Los Angeles Kings	80	30	36	14	74	290	313	-23	18-13-9	12-23-5
3	x - Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	73	251	303	-52	20-13-7	10-24-6
4	x - Hartford Whalers	80	27	34	19	73	303	312	-9	22-12-6	5-22-13
5	Detroit Red Wings	80	26	43	11	63	268	306	-38	14-21-5	12-22-6

PATRICK DIVISION

		GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	z - Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	12	20	116	327	254	73	27-5-8	21-7-12
2	x - New York Islanders	80	39	28	13	91	281	247	34	26-9-5	13-19-8
3	x - New York Rangers	80	38	32	10	86	308	284	24	22-10-8	16-22-2
4	x - Atlanta Flames	80	35	32	13	83	282	269	13	18-15-7	17-17-6
5	Washington Capitals	80	27	40	13	67	261	293	-32	20-14-6	7-26-7

SMYTHE DIVISION

		GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY
1	y - Chicago Blackhawks	80	34	27	19	87	241	250	-9	21-12-7	13-15-12
2	x - St. Louis Blues	80	34	34	12	80	266	278	-12	20-13-7	14-21-5
3	x - Vancouver Canucks	80	27	37	16	70	256	281	-25	14-17-9	13-20-7
4	x - Edmonton Oilers	80	28	39	13	69	301	322	-21	17-14-9	11-25-4
5	Winnipeg Jets	80	20	49	11	51	214	314	-100	13-19-8	7-30-3
6	Colorado Rockies	80	19	48	13	51	234	308	-74	12-20-8	7-28-5
	z - Conference champion / Division champion
	y - Division champion
	x - Clinched playoff spot