 | Met nog een week te gaan worden de playoffplaatsen in rap tempo opgeëist. Detroit zal met de meeste punten aan de haal gaan, terwijl er nog vijf plaatsen te verdelen zijn. |
| N.Y. Rangers¹ | 79 | 44 | 23 | | 12 | 100 | 252 | 201 | 25-9-6 | 19-14-6 | 5-3-2 |
| Philadelphia¹ | 78 | 43 | 24 | | 11 | 97 | 257 | 248 | 21-13-6 | 22-11-5 | 6-3-1 |
| New Jersey¹ | 79 | 43 | 27 | | 9 | 95 | 229 | 224 | 25-11-3 | 18-16-6 | 9-1-0 |
| N.Y. Islanders | 78 | 35 | 38 | | 5 | 75 | 220 | 260 | 19-17-2 | 16-21-3 | 3-6-1 |
| Pittsburgh | 78 | 20 | 45 | | 13 | 53 | 226 | 302 | 10-21-8 | 10-24-5 | 3-6-1 |
| Ottawa¹ | 79 | 51 | 20 | | 8 | 110 | 304 | 200 | 29-9-2 | 22-11-6 | 3-5-2 |
| Buffalo¹ | 78 | 48 | 24 | | 6 | 102 | 264 | 236 | 25-11-3 | 23-13-3 | 4-5-1 |
| Montréal | 78 | 41 | 28 | | 9 | 91 | 233 | 233 | 24-11-4 | 17-17-5 | 9-1-0 |
| Toronto | 78 | 38 | 32 | | 8 | 84 | 243 | 257 | 24-12-3 | 14-20-5 | 6-2-2 |
| Boston | 80 | 29 | 35 | | 16 | 74 | 224 | 258 | 16-14-10 | 13-21-6 | 2-4-4 |
| Carolina² | 79 | 51 | 21 | | 7 | 109 | 287 | 249 | 30-7-2 | 21-14-5 | 5-4-1 |
| Tampa Bay | 79 | 42 | 32 | | 5 | 89 | 244 | 249 | 24-13-2 | 18-19-3 | 6-4-0 |
| Atlanta | 78 | 39 | 32 | | 7 | 85 | 267 | 261 | 22-13-4 | 17-19-3 | 6-3-1 |
| Florida | 79 | 35 | 34 | | 10 | 80 | 232 | 250 | 24-11-4 | 11-23-6 | 5-4-1 |
| Washington | 78 | 26 | 40 | | 12 | 64 | 222 | 295 | 15-18-7 | 11-22-5 | 4-2-4 |
| Detroit³ | 78 | 55 | 15 | | 8 | 118 | 289 | 196 | 26-9-5 | 29-6-3 | 8-0-2 |
| Nashville² | 79 | 46 | 25 | | 8 | 100 | 244 | 221 | 29-8-1 | 17-17-7 | 4-6-0 |
| Columbus | 78 | 32 | 42 | | 4 | 68 | 206 | 268 | 20-18-0 | 12-24-4 | 6-3-1 |
| Chicago | 78 | 24 | 41 | | 13 | 61 | 199 | 268 | 14-18-6 | 10-23-7 | 3-3-4 |
| St. Louis | 78 | 21 | 43 | | 14 | 56 | 192 | 279 | 12-21-6 | 9-22-8 | 1-6-3 |
| Calgary¹ | 79 | 45 | 24 | | 10 | 100 | 212 | 194 | 29-7-4 | 16-17-6 | 6-2-2 |
| Colorado | 79 | 43 | 28 | | 8 | 94 | 278 | 247 | 25-10-6 | 18-18-2 | 5-3-2 |
| Edmonton | 80 | 39 | 28 | | 13 | 91 | 250 | 248 | 18-15-6 | 21-13-7 | 5-4-1 |
| Vancouver | 79 | 41 | 31 | | 7 | 89 | 245 | 242 | 24-10-5 | 17-21-2 | 5-4-1 |
| Minnesota | 80 | 38 | 35 | | 7 | 83 | 226 | 207 | 23-16-2 | 15-19-5 | 6-4-0 |
| Dallas² | 79 | 52 | 22 | | 5 | 109 | 255 | 207 | 27-11-2 | 25-11-3 | 6-2-2 |
| Anaheim¹ | 79 | 42 | 25 | | 12 | 96 | 246 | 218 | 25-10-5 | 17-15-7 | 6-4-0 |
| San Jose | 78 | 41 | 26 | | 11 | 93 | 250 | 228 | 23-8-7 | 18-18-4 | 7-2-1 |
| Los Angeles | 79 | 40 | 34 | | 5 | 85 | 243 | 266 | 25-14-1 | 15-20-4 | 3-7-0 |
| Phoenix | 79 | 36 | 38 | | 5 | 77 | 239 | 266 | 18-18-4 | 18-20-1 | 4-5-1 |
De playoffplaatsen en -kanshebbers op dit moment:
| Ottawa¹* | 79 | 110 |
| Carolina²* | 79 | 109 |
| N.Y. Rangers¹* | 79 | 100 |
| Buffalo¹ | 78 | 102 |
| Philadelphia¹ | 78 | 97 |
| New Jersey¹ | 79 | 95 |
| Montréal | 78 | 91 |
| Tampa Bay | 79 | 89 |
| Atlanta | 78 | 85 |
| Toronto | 78 | 84 |
| Detroit³* | 78 | 118 |
| Dallas²* | 79 | 109 |
| Calgary¹* | 79 | 100 |
| Nashville¹ | 79 | 100 |
| Anaheim¹ | 79 | 96 |
| Colorado | 79 | 94 |
| San Jose | 78 | 93 |
| Edmonton | 80 | 91 |
| Vancouver | 79 | 89 |
| Los Angeles | 79 | 85 |
¹ Geplaatst voor playoffs
² Zeker van divisietitel
³ President's trophy (meeste punten van de gehele competitie)
* De divisiewinnaars plaatsen zich automatisch op plaatsen 1, 2 en 3
