West Division (NHL)

The **West Division** of the National Hockey League existed from 1967, when the NHL was made up of a single division, until 1974 when the league changed its format into two conferences of two divisions each.

## Composition

- Philadelphia Flyers (1967–74)
- Los Angeles Kings (1967–74)
- St. Louis Blues (1967–74)
- Minnesota North Stars (1967–74)
- Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–74)
- California Seals (1967), Oakland Seals (1967–70), California Golden Seals (1970–74)
- Chicago Black Hawks (1970–74)
- Atlanta Flames (1972–74)

## Final standings, 1968–74

_Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes_

_Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold_

### 1967–68

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|1967–68|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|74|31|32|11|73|173|179|987||||||||||
|**Los Angeles Kings**|74|31|33|10|72|200|224|810||||||||||
|**St. Louis Blues**|74|27|31|16|70|177|191|792||||||||||
|**Minnesota North Stars**|74|27|32|15|69|191|226|738||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Penguins|74|27|34|13|67|195|216|554||||||||||
|Oakland Seals|74|15|42|17|47|153|219|787||||||||||

### 1968–69

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|1968–69|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**St. Louis Blues**|76|37|25|14|88|204|157|838||||||||||
|**Oakland Seals**|76|29|36|11|69|219|251|811||||||||||
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|76|20|35|21|61|174|225|964||||||||||
|**Los Angeles Kings**|76|24|42|10|58|185|260|698||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Penguins|76|20|45|11|51|189|252|677||||||||||
|Minnesota North Stars|76|18|43|15|51|189|270|862||||||||||

### 1969–70

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|1969–70|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**St. Louis Blues**|76|37|27|12|86|224|179|876||||||||||
|**Pittsburgh Penguins**|76|26|38|12|64|182|238|1038||||||||||
|**Minnesota North Stars**|76|19|35|22|60|224|257|1008||||||||||
|**Oakland Seals**|76|22|40|14|58|169|243|845||||||||||
|Philadelphia Flyers|76|17|35|24|58|197|225|1123||||||||||
|Los Angeles Kings|76|14|52|10|38|168|290|969||||||||||

### 1970–71

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|1970–71|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|78|49|20|9|107|277|184|1280||||||||||
|**St. Louis Blues**|78|34|25|19|87|223|208|1092||||||||||
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|78|28|33|17|73|207|225|1060||||||||||
|**Minnesota North Stars**|78|28|34|16|72|191|223|898||||||||||
|Los Angeles Kings|78|25|40|13|63|239|303|775||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Penguins|78|21|37|20|62|221|240|1079||||||||||
|California Golden Seals|78|20|53|5|45|199|320|937||||||||||

### 1971–72

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|1971–72|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|78|46|17|15|107|256|166|844||||||||||
|**Minnesota North Stars**|78|37|29|12|86|212|191|853||||||||||
|**St. Louis Blues**|78|28|39|11|67|208|247|1150||||||||||
|**Pittsburgh Penguins**|78|26|38|14|66|220|258|978||||||||||
|Philadelphia Flyers|78|26|38|14|66|200|236|1233||||||||||
|California Golden Seals|78|21|39|18|60|216|288|1007||||||||||
|Los Angeles Kings|78|20|49|9|49|206|305|719||||||||||

### 1972–73

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|1972–73|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|78|42|27|9|93|284|225|864||||||||||
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|78|37|30|11|85|296|256|1756||||||||||
|**Minnesota North Stars**|78|37|30|11|85|254|230|881||||||||||
|**St. Louis Blues**|78|32|34|12|76|233|251|1195||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Penguins|78|32|37|9|73|257|265|866||||||||||
|Los Angeles Kings|78|31|36|11|73|232|245|888||||||||||
|Atlanta Flames|78|25|38|15|65|191|239|852||||||||||
|California Golden Seals|78|16|46|16|48|213|323|840||||||||||

### 1973–74

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|1973–74|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Philadelphia Flyers**|78|50|16|12|112|273|164|1750||||||||||
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|78|41|14|23|105|272|164|877||||||||||
|**Los Angeles Kings**|78|33|33|12|78|233|231|1055||||||||||
|**Atlanta Flames**|78|30|34|14|74|214|238|841||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Penguins|78|28|41|9|65|242|273|950||||||||||
|St. Louis Blues|78|26|40|12|64|206|248|1147||||||||||
|Minnesota North Stars|78|23|38|17|63|235|275|821||||||||||
|California Golden Seals|78|13|55|10|36|195|342|651||||||||||

## Stanley Cup champions produced

- 1973–74 - Philadelphia Flyers

## Related pages

- East Division (NHL)