Final Standings Eastern Division Western Division Team gp w l t pts pct gf ga Team gp w l t pts pct gf ga New England WHALERS 78 43 31 4 90 .576 291 260 Houston AEROS 78 48 25 5 101 .647 318 219 Toronto TOROS 78 41 33 4 86 .551 304 272 Minn. FIGHTING SAINTS 78 44 32 2 90 .576 332 275 Cleveland CRUSADERS 78 37 32 9 83 .532 266 264 Edmonton OILERS 78 38 37 3 79 .506 268 269 Chicago COUGARS 78 38 35 5 81 .519 271 273 Winnipeg JETS 78 34 39 5 73 .468 264 296 Québec NORDIQUES 78 38 36 4 80 .513 306 280 Vancouver BLAZERS 78 27 50 1 55 .353 278 345 N.Y. GOLDEN BLADES- 78 32 42 4 68 .436 268 313 Los Angeles SHARKS 78 25 53 0 50 .321 239 339 Jersey KNIGHTS Home Records Away Records Team gp w l t pts pct gf ga Team gp w l t pts pct gf ga Houston 39 28 9 2 58 .744 170 90 Houston 39 20 16 3 43 .551 148 129 Cleveland 39 27 8 4 58 .744 147 105 Minnesota 39 18 20 1 37 .474 138 143 New England 39 26 11 2 54 .692 155 118 New England 39 17 20 2 36 .462 136 142 Winnipeg 39 26 11 2 54 .692 164 109 Toronto 39 16 22 1 33 .423 137 154 Minnesota 39 26 12 1 53 .679 194 132 Chicago 39 15 22 2 32 .410 118 141 Toronto 39 25 11 3 53 .679 167 118 Edmonton 39 14 23 2 30 .385 116 149 Edmonton 39 24 14 1 49 .628 152 120 Québec 39 13 26 0 26 .333 127 165 Chicago 39 23 13 3 49 .628 153 132 Cleveland 39 10 24 5 25 .321 119 159 Québec 39 23 13 3 49 .628 153 132 New York-Jersey 39 10 26 3 23 .295 107 174 New York-Jersey 39 22 16 1 45 .577 161 139 Winnipeg 39 8 28 3 19 .243 100 187 Vancouver 39 19 20 0 38 .487 154 152 Vancouver 39 8 30 1 17 .218 124 193 Los Angeles 39 17 22 0 34 .436 126 153 Los Angeles 39 8 31 0 16 .205 113 186 Statistical Leaders Top five in each category. Goals: 57, Mike Walton (Minnesota); 53, Bobby Hull (Winnipeg); 50, Danny Short-handed Goals: 9, Mike Walton (Minnesota); 4, Val Fonteyne (Edmonton), Lawson (Vancouver); 43, Tom Webster (New England); 42, Wayne Connelly Ted Hampson (Minnesota), Pat Hickey (Toronto); 3, Paul Andrea (Cleveland), Don (Minnesota), Frank Hughes (Houston). Burgess (Vancouver), Mike McMahon (Minnesota), Ted Taylor (Houston); 2, shared by many. Assists: 80, Andre Lacroix (New York-Jersey); 69, Gordie Howe (Houston); 62, Bryan Campbell (Vancouver); 60, Mike Walton (Minnesota); 56, Andre Hinse Goaltending Minutes: 3562, Gerry Cheevers (Cleveland); 3200, Gilles Gratton (Houston). (Toronto); 3194, Al Smith (New England); 3122, Joe Junkin (New York–Jersey); 2971, Don McLeod (Houston). Points: 117, Mike Walton (Minnesota); 111, Andre Lacroix (New York-Jersey); 100, Gordie Howe (Houston); 95, Wayne Connelly (Minnesota), Bobby Hull Goals Against Average: 2.56, Don McLeod (Houston); 3.03, Gerry Cheevers (Winnipeg); 92, Wayne Carleton (Toronto) (Cleveland); 3.08 Al Smith (New England); 3.21, Jack Norris (Edmonton); 3.27, Les Binkley (Toronto), Ernie Wakely (Winnipeg), Mike Curran (Minnesota). Penalty Minutes: 223, Gord Gallant (Minnesota); 214, Doug Barrie (Edmonton); 192, John Arbour (Minnesota); 191, Colin Campbell (Vancouver); 188, Jim Cardiff Wins: 33, Don McLeod (Houston); 30, Gerry Cheevers (Cleveland), Al Smith (Vancouver). (New England); 26, Gilles Gratton (Toronto); 25, Cam Newton (Chicago); 23, Mike Curran (Minnesota), Jack Norris (Edmonton). Power-play Goals: 15, Wayne Connelly (Minnesota); 13, Frank Hughes (Houston); 12, George Morrison (Minnesota); 11, Gary Jarrett (Cleveland), Andre Shutouts: 4, Gerry Cheevers (Cleveland); 3, Pete Donnelly (Vancouver), Don Lacroix (New York-Jersey); 10, Andre Hinse (Houston), Marc Tardif (Los McLeod (Houston), Ernie Wakely (Winnipeg); 2, shared by many. Angeles), Danny Lawson (Vancouver) Year-End All-Star Teams First Team: Goal: Don McLeod (Houston), Defense: Pat Stapleton (Chicago) Second Team: Goal: Gerry Cheevers (Cleveland), Defense: J.-C. Tremblay and Paul Shmyr (Cleveland), Center: Andre Lacroix (New York-Jersey), Right (Québec) and Al Hamilton (Edmonton), Center: Wayne Carleton (Toronto), Wing: Gordie Howe (Houston), Left Wing: Bobby Hull (Winnipeg). Right Wing: Mike Walton (Minnesota), Left Wing: Mark Howe (Houston). 107 .