| Place | Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS |
| 1st | Kings | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2nd | Bruins | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 3rd | Whalers | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 4th | Leafs | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5th * | Red Wings | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 6th ** | Penguins | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
*Red Wings have locked up 5th place
**Penguins have locked up 6th place
Playoff Tie Breakers
- Most Points
- Most Wins
- Head to Head – Season Results
- Head to Head Results – Most Recent Game (going back until the tie is broken)
- Better record vs next highest available team, if applicable
- Most recent game result vs next highest available team, if applicable
- Coin Toss
*In the event of a multi team tie, the tie breaker is used to determine highest seed, the tie breaker system is then restarted between remaining teams until all ties are broken.
Note: Goals For / Against is not considered due to the unreliability of score reporting
