1969-70 NHL East standings

Name: 1969-70 NHL East standings
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The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins finished tied atop the 1969-70 NHL East division race, both on 99 points. The Chicago Blackhawks won the division on an NHL tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 1969-70 playoffs, series by series

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East standings, 1969-70

Team	W	L	T	PTS	L10	Streak
Chicago Blackhawks (CHI) y	45	22	9	99	7-2-1	W2
Boston Bruins (BOS) x	40	17	19	99	5-2-3	W2
Detroit Red Wings (DET) x	40	21	15	95	5-3-2	L1
Montréal Canadiens (MTL)	38	22	16	92	5-3-2	L2
New York Rangers (NYR) x	38	22	16	92	4-4-2	W1
Toronto Maple Leafs (TOR)	29	34	13	71	2-7-1	L5

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place
y: clinched the division

Turning points

The lead changed hands 6 times.
The Chicago Blackhawks trailed by as many as 16 points on January 4, 1970.
The Chicago Blackhawks won 7 games in a row from January 7, 1970 to January 22, 1970, the longest run of the race.
The Boston Bruins led by 6 points as late as October 25, 1969.
The Chicago Blackhawks went 17-3-2 from February 13, 1970 to March 29, 1970, turning a deficit of 13 points into a level race.
The top two ended the day within two points of each other on 75 of the 115 days played.
Five teams held first place.
The New York Rangers held first place for 105 straight days, the season's longest run.
The Chicago Blackhawks spent 8 of the season's 177 charted days in first place.