Standen NHL per 17 januari
 | Montréal ontsloeg coach Julien en wist met general manager Bob Gainey tegen Dallas te winnen. Wayne Gretzky verloor zijn grootmoeder, drie weken na het overlijden van zijn moeder. |
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||
| Atlantic Division | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | HOME | AWAY | L10 | |
| Philadelphia | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 165 | 143 | 13-5-5 | 15-5-3 | 5-2-3 | |
| N.Y. Rangers | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 144 | 120 | 14-5-4 | 11-9-3 | 4-3-3 | |
| New Jersey | 46 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 51 | 137 | 138 | 14-7-3 | 9-11-2 | 8-2-0 | |
| N.Y. Islanders | 45 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 42 | 134 | 162 | 10-11-1 | 10-12-1 | 3-7-0 | |
| Pittsburgh | 46 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 31 | 128 | 185 | 6-12-5 | 5-14-4 | 2-7-1 | |
| Northeast Division | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | HOME | AWAY | L10 | |
| Ottawa | 44 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 185 | 105 | 17-4-0 | 14-6-3 | 6-4-0 | |
| Buffalo | 45 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 61 | 150 | 128 | 15-7-2 | 14-6-1 | 6-2-2 | |
| Toronto | 45 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 51 | 146 | 143 | 15-8-1 | 9-10-2 | 6-4-0 | |
| Montréal | 43 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 48 | 128 | 137 | 14-6-2 | 7-10-4 | 4-6-0 | |
| Boston | 45 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 41 | 128 | 148 | 9-9-3 | 8-12-4 | 5-4-1 | |
| Southeast Division | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | HOME | AWAY | L10 | |
| Carolina | 45 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 66 | 167 | 140 | 20-4-1 | 11-6-3 | 8-1-1 | |
| Atlanta | 46 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 50 | 164 | 159 | 13-7-4 | 9-11-2 | 7-2-1 | |
| Tampa Bay | 46 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 49 | 136 | 141 | 12-9-1 | 11-11-2 | 5-5-0 | |
| Florida | 47 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 43 | 122 | 148 | 13-6-3 | 5-16-4 | 5-2-3 | |
| Washington | 44 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 35 | 125 | 169 | 9-11-4 | 6-13-1 | 3-5-2 | |
| Western Conference | |||||||||||
| Central Division | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | HOME | AWAY | L10 | |
| Detroit | 45 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 63 | 168 | 120 | 16-7-1 | 14-5-2 | 7-3-0 | |
| Nashville | 45 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 61 | 144 | 131 | 18-5-0 | 10-7-5 | 4-4-2 | |
| Chicago | 46 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 36 | 119 | 161 | 8-11-3 | 7-14-3 | 2-6-2 | |
| Columbus | 46 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 34 | 109 | 162 | 10-11-0 | 6-17-2 | 6-3-1 | |
| St. Louis | 44 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 110 | 170 | 5-14-3 | 5-15-2 | 1-8-1 | |
| Northwest Division | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | HOME | AWAY | L10 | |
| Calgary | 45 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 57 | 120 | 114 | 16-4-2 | 10-10-3 | 6-3-1 | |
| Vancouver | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 57 | 154 | 141 | 16-3-3 | 10-12-2 | 6-4-0 | |
| Colorado | 47 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 57 | 176 | 149 | 15-6-3 | 12-11-0 | 8-2-0 | |
| Edmonton | 46 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 53 | 151 | 144 | 11-9-2 | 13-8-3 | 3-6-1 | |
| Minnesota | 45 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 44 | 124 | 117 | 12-10-1 | 8-11-3 | 5-5-0 | |
| Pacific Division | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | GF | GA | HOME | AWAY | L10 | |
| Dallas | 45 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 62 | 149 | 116 | 14-8-1 | 16-5-1 | 7-2-1 | |
| Los Angeles | 48 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 58 | 163 | 146 | 15-7-0 | 13-11-2 | 5-4-1 | |
| San Jose | 43 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 47 | 136 | 132 | 13-4-3 | 8-13-2 | 6-3-1 | |
| Anaheim | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 47 | 127 | 125 | 14-6-4 | 5-10-5 | 4-3-3 | |
| Phoenix | 46 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 46 | 128 | 143 | 11-10-1 | 11-12-1 | 4-6-0 |
