East Division (NHL)

The **East 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.

## Teams

- Montreal Canadiens (1967–74)
- New York Rangers (1967–74)
- Boston Bruins (1967–74)
- Chicago Black Hawks (1967–70)
- Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–74)
- Detroit Red Wings (1967–74)
- Buffalo Sabres (1970–74)
- Vancouver Canucks (1970–74)
- New York Islanders (1972–1974)

## 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Montreal Canadiens**|74|42|22|10|94|236|167|700||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|74|39|23|12|90|226|183|673||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|74|37|27|10|84|259|216|1043||||||||||
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|74|32|26|16|80|212|222|606||||||||||
|Toronto Maple Leafs|74|33|31|10|76|209|176|634||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|74|27|35|12|66|245|257|759||||||||||

### 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Montreal Canadiens**|76|46|19|11|103|271|202|780||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|76|42|18|16|100|303|221|1297||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|76|41|26|9|91|231|196|806||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|76|35|26|15|85|234|217|961||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|76|33|31|12|78|239|221|885||||||||||
|Chicago Black Hawks|76|34|33|9|77|280|246|842||||||||||

### 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Chicago Black Hawks**|76|45|22|9|99|250|170|901||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|76|40|17|19|99|277|216|1196||||||||||
|**Detroit Red Wings**|76|40|21|15|95|246|199|907||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|76|38|22|16|92|246|189|853||||||||||
|Montreal Canadiens|76|38|22|16|92|244|201|892||||||||||
|Toronto Maple Leafs|76|29|34|13|71|222|242|898||||||||||

### 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Boston Bruins**|78|57|14|7|121|399|207|1154||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|78|49|18|11|109|259|177|952||||||||||
|**Montreal Canadiens**|78|42|23|13|97|291|216|1271||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|78|37|33|8|82|248|211|1133||||||||||
|Buffalo Sabres|78|24|39|15|63|217|291|1188||||||||||
|Vancouver Canucks|78|24|46|8|56|229|296|1371||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|78|22|45|11|55|209|308|988||||||||||

### 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Boston Bruins**|78|54|13|11|119|330|204|1112||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|78|48|17|13|109|317|192|1010||||||||||
|**Montreal Canadiens**|78|46|16|16|108|307|205|783||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|78|33|31|14|80|209|208|887||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|78|33|35|10|76|261|262|850||||||||||
|Buffalo Sabres|78|16|43|19|51|203|289|831||||||||||
|Vancouver Canucks|78|20|50|8|48|203|297|1092||||||||||

### 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Montreal Canadiens**|78|52|10|16|120|329|184|783||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|78|51|22|5|107|330|235|1097||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|78|47|23|8|102|297|208|765||||||||||
|**Buffalo Sabres**|78|37|27|14|88|257|219|940||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|78|37|29|12|86|265|243|893||||||||||
|Toronto Maple Leafs|78|27|41|10|64|247|279|716||||||||||
|Vancouver Canucks|78|22|47|9|53|233|339|943||||||||||
|New York Islanders|78|12|60|6|30|170|347|881||||||||||

### 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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Boston Bruins**|78|52|17|9|113|349|221|968||||||||||
|**Montreal Canadiens**|78|45|24|9|99|293|240|761||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|78|40|24|14|94|300|251|782||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|78|35|27|16|86|274|230|903||||||||||
|Buffalo Sabres|78|32|34|12|76|242|250|787||||||||||
|Detroit Red Wings|78|29|39|10|68|255|319|917||||||||||
|Vancouver Canucks|78|24|43|11|59|224|296|952||||||||||
|New York Islanders|78|19|41|18|56|182|247|1075||||||||||

## Stanley Cup champions produced

As the East Division was composed of the Original Six franchises, these teams had a competitive advantage over the West Division teams for several years.
- 1967–68 - Montreal Canadiens
- 1968–69 - Montreal Canadiens
- 1969–70 - Boston Bruins
- 1970–71 - Montreal Canadiens
- 1971–72 - Boston Bruins
- 1972–73 - Montreal Canadiens

## Related pages

- West Division (NHL)