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1972-73 NHL West standings
The Chicago Black Hawks won the 1972-73 NHL West division race on 93 points, by 8 points.
🏆The 1972-73 playoffs, series by series
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West standings, 1972-73
| Team | W | L | T | PTS | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Chicago Black Hawks (CHI) y | 42 | 27 | 9 | 93 | 5-4-1 | T1 |
| Philadelphia Flyers (PHI) x | 37 | 30 | 11 | 85 | 5-4-1 | L1 |
| Minnesota North Stars (MNS) x | 37 | 30 | 11 | 85 | 4-3-3 | T2 |
| St. Louis Blues (STL) x | 32 | 34 | 12 | 76 | 3-5-2 | L1 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins (PIT) | 32 | 37 | 9 | 73 | 5-3-2 | W1 |
| Los Angeles Kings (LAK) | 31 | 36 | 11 | 73 | 4-5-1 | W1 |
| Atlanta Flames (AFM) | 25 | 38 | 15 | 65 | 1-7-2 | T1 |
| California Golden Seals (CGS) | 16 | 46 | 16 | 48 | 5-4-1 | W4 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
- y
- clinched the division
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 9 times.
- The Chicago Black Hawks trailed by as many as 4 points on November 7, 1972.
- The Chicago Black Hawks took first place for good on December 10, 1972.
- The Los Angeles Kings won 8 games in a row from October 21, 1972 to November 7, 1972, the longest run of the race.
- The Los Angeles Kings led by 4 points as late as November 7, 1972.
- The Chicago Black Hawks led by as many as 13 points on February 11, 1973.
- The Chicago Black Hawks went 11-5-0 from December 3, 1972 to January 7, 1973, turning a deficit of 3 points into a lead of 8 points.
- The top two ended the day within two points of each other on 48 of the 145 days played.
- The Chicago Black Hawks spent 141 of the season's 177 charted days in first place.