1996-97 NHL Standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
New Jersey Devils	82	45	23	14	104	0.634	231	182	+49	23-9-9	22-14-5	6-3-1	L1
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	103	0.628	274	217	+57	23-12-6	22-12-7	5-3-2	W1
Florida Panthers	82	35	28	19	89	0.543	221	201	+20	21-12-8	14-16-11	3-4-3	W2
New York Rangers	82	38	34	10	86	0.524	258	231	+27	21-14-6	17-20-4	5-4-1	L1
Washington Capitals	82	33	40	9	75	0.457	214	231	-17	19-17-5	14-23-4	5-4-1	W3
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	32	40	10	74	0.451	217	247	-30	15-18-8	17-22-2	4-3-3	L1
New York Islanders	82	29	41	12	70	0.427	240	250	-10	19-18-4	10-23-8	4-5-1	L1

Northeast Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
Buffalo Sabres	82	40	30	12	92	0.561	237	208	+29	24-11-6	16-19-6	2-7-1	L2
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	36	8	84	0.512	285	280	+5	25-11-5	13-25-3	4-5-1	L3
Ottawa Senators	82	31	36	15	77	0.470	226	234	-8	16-17-8	15-19-7	7-3-0	W3
Montréal Canadiens	82	31	36	15	77	0.470	249	276	-27	17-17-7	14-19-8	5-4-1	—
Hartford Whalers	82	32	39	11	75	0.457	226	256	-30	23-15-3	9-24-8	5-4-1	W1
Boston Bruins	82	26	47	9	61	0.372	234	300	-66	14-20-7	12-27-2	2-8-0	W1

Western Conference

Central Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
Dallas Stars	82	48	26	8	104	0.634	252	198	+54	25-13-3	23-13-5	5-3-2	L2
Detroit Red Wings	82	38	26	18	94	0.573	253	197	+56	20-12-9	18-14-9	4-3-3	L2
St. Louis Blues	82	36	35	11	83	0.506	236	239	-3	17-20-4	19-15-7	5-3-2	W3
Chicago Blackhawks	82	34	35	13	81	0.494	223	210	+13	16-21-4	18-14-9	6-3-1	W2
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	68	0.415	230	273	-43	18-20-3	12-24-5	4-4-2	W1

Pacific Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
Anaheim Ducks	82	36	33	13	85	0.518	245	233	+12	23-12-6	13-21-7	6-2-2	W3
Edmonton Oilers	82	36	37	9	81	0.494	252	247	+5	21-16-4	15-21-5	3-5-2	L2
Vancouver Canucks	82	35	40	7	77	0.470	257	273	-16	20-17-4	15-23-3	6-1-3	W3
Calgary Flames	82	32	41	9	73	0.445	214	239	-25	21-18-2	11-23-7	2-7-1	L4
Los Angeles Kings	82	28	43	11	67	0.409	214	268	-54	18-16-7	10-27-4	3-5-2	W2
San Jose Sharks	82	27	47	8	62	0.378	211	278	-67	14-23-4	13-24-4	3-6-1	L2

Campbell Conference

Smythe Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
Colorado Avalanche	82	49	24	9	107	0.652	277	205	+72	26-10-5	23-14-4	4-6-0	L1
Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	37	7	83	0.506	240	243	-3	15-19-7	23-18-0	5-3-2	W1