1969-70 NHL East standings

Name: 1969-70 NHL East standings
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The Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins finished tied atop the 1969-70 NHL East division race, both on 99 points. The Chicago Black Hawks won the division on wins, 45 to 40.

The 1969-70 playoffs, series by series

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East standings, 1969-70

Team	W	L	T	PTS	L10	Streak
Chicago Black Hawks (CHI) y	45	22	9	99	7-2-1	W2
Boston Bruins (BOS) x	40	17	19	99	5-2-3	W2
Detroit Red Wings (DET) x	40	21	15	95	5-3-2	L1
New York Rangers (NYR) x	38	22	16	92	4-4-2	W1
Montréal Canadiens (MTL)	38	22	16	92	5-3-2	L2
Toronto Maple Leafs (TOR)	29	34	13	71	2-7-1	L5

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place
y: clinched the division

Turning points

The lead changed hands 7 times.
The Chicago Black Hawks trailed by as many as 16 points on January 4, 1970.
The Chicago Black Hawks won 7 games in a row from January 7, 1970 to January 22, 1970, the longest run of the race.
The Boston Bruins led by 6 points as late as October 25, 1969.
The Chicago Black Hawks went 17-3-2 from February 14, 1970 to March 29, 1970, turning a deficit of 13 points into a tied race.
The top two ended the day within two points of each other on 75 of the 115 days played.
Five teams held or shared first place.
The New York Rangers held first place for 105 straight days, the season's longest run.
The Chicago Black Hawks spent 8 of the season's 177 charted days in first place.