Western Conference

Central Division

	W	L	RT	T	Pts	GF	GA
^*St. Louis	51	20	1	11	114	248	165
^†Detroit	48	24	2	10	108	278	210
Chicago	33	39	2	10	78	242	245
Nashville	28	47	7	7	70	199	240

Head Coaches: St.L— Joel Quenneville (4th season); Det— Scotty Bowman (7th); Chi— Bob Pulford (1st, 28-25-0-6) replaced Lorne Molleken (5-14-2-4) on Dec. 2; Nash— Barry Trotz (2nd).

1998-99 Standings: 1. Detroit (43-32-7, 93 points); 2. St. Louis (37-32-13, 87 pts); 3. Chicago (29-41-12, 70 pts); 4. Nashville (28-47-7, 63 pts).

Northwest Division

	W	L	RT	T	Pts	GF	GA
^*Colorado	42	29	1	11	96	233	201
^†Edmonton	32	34	8	16	88	226	212
Vancouver	30	37	8	15	83	227	237
Calgary	31	41	5	10	77	211	256

Head Coaches: Col— Bob Hartley (2nd season); Edm— Kevin Lowe (1st); Van— Marc Crawford (2nd); Calg— Brian Sutter (3rd).

1998-99 Standings: 1. Colorado (44-28-10, 98 points); 2. Edmonton (33-37-12, 78 pts); 3. Calgary (30-40-12, 72 pts); 4. Vancouver (23-47-12, 58 pts).

Pacific Division

	W	L	RT	T	Pts	GF	GA
^*Dallas	43	29	6	10	102	211	184
^†Los Angeles	39	31	4	12	94	245	228
^†Phoenix	39	35	4	8	90	232	228
^†San Jose	35	37	7	10	87	225	214
Anaheim	34	36	3	12	83	217	227

Head Coaches: Dal— Ken Hitchcock (5th season); LA— Andy Murray (1st); Pho— Bob Francis (1st); SJ— Darryl Sutter (3rd); Ana— Craig Hartsburg (2nd).

1998-99 Standings: 1. Dallas (51-19-12, 114 points); 2. Phoenix (39-31-12, 90 pts); 3. Anaheim (35-34-13, 83 pts); 4. San Jose (31-33-18, 80 pts); 5. Los Angeles (32-45-5, 69 pts).

Division champions (*) and playoff qualifiers (†) are noted. T denotes any game that was tied after regulation play and a five-minute overtime period. OL signifies any game that was tied after regulation play but lost in overtime. They are each worth one point in the standings. Number of seasons listed after each head coach refers to current tenure with club through 1999-2000 season.

Final NHL Standings

Eastern Conference