| 1. Ottawa* | 65 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 216:140 | 84 |
| 2. Philadelphia* | 67 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 190:154 | 84 |
| 3. Tampa Bay* | 64 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 188:148 | 82 |
| 4. Toronto | 66 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 188:166 | 82 |
| 5. Boston | 66 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 168:151 | 82 |
| 6. New Jersey | 64 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 157:129 | 78 |
| 7. Montreal | 66 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 166:150 | 74 |
| 8. Islanders | 65 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 183:164 | 72 |
| 9. Buffalo | 65 | 28 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 166:178 | 63 |
| 10. Florida | 66 | 23 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 146:167 | 63 |
| 11. Atlanta | 66 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 178:204 | 60 |
| 12. Rangers | 65 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 169:191 | 58 |
| 13. Carolina | 64 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 123:157 | 57 |
| 14. Washington | 65 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 154:198 | 50 |
| 15. Pittsburgh | 65 | 13 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 134:250 | 35 |
ZÁPADNÁ KONFERENCIA
| 1. Detroit* | 65 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 208:150 | 85 |
| 2. Colorado* | 64 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 188:147 | 82 |
| 3. San Jose* | 65 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 168:137 | 81 |
| 4. Vancouver | 65 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 187:150 | 81 |
| 5. Dallas | 65 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 147:142 | 75 | |
| 6. Nashville | 64 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 165:166 | 73 |
| 7. Calgary | 64 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 154:142 | 72 |
| 8. Los Angeles | 65 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 172:170 | 72 |
| 9. St. Louis | 64 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 146:161 | 68 |
| 10. Edmonton | 65 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 172:168 | 64 |
| 11. Anaheim | 66 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 147:171 | 63 |
| 12. Minnesota | 65 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 143:149 | 61 |
| 13. Phoenix | 65 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 161:195 | 59 |
| 14. Columbus | 65 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 141:188 | 50 |
| 15. Chicago | 64 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 148:190 | 49 |
(Legenda: počet zápasov, výhry, prehry, remízy, prehry po predĺžení, skóre, body - *vedúce tímy divízií)
