1975–76 Washington Capitals season

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	58	11	11	337	174	127
Los Angeles Kings	80	38	33	9	263	265	85
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	35	33	12	339	303	82
Detroit Red Wings	80	26	44	10	226	300	62
Washington Capitals	80	11	59	10	224	394	32

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1975	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	0–1–0
2	L	October 9, 1975	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	0–2–0
3	L	October 11, 1975	5–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	0–3–0
4	L	October 14, 1975	2–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	0–4–0
5	L	October 15, 1975	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	0–5–0
6	T	October 17, 1975	3–3	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	0–5–1
7	L	October 19, 1975	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	0–6–1
8	L	October 22, 1975	2–4	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	0–7–1
9	L	October 24, 1975	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	0–8–1
10	W	October 26, 1975	7–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	1–8–1
11	L	October 28, 1975	0–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	1–9–1
12	W	October 30, 1975	6–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	2–9–1
13	L	November 1, 1975	3–7	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	2–10–1
14	L	November 5, 1975	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	2–11–1
15	L	November 9, 1975	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	2–12–1
16	T	November 12, 1975	6–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	2–12–2
17	L	November 14, 1975	1–4	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	2–13–2
18	L	November 15, 1975	2–9	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	2–14–2
19	L	November 18, 1975	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	2–15–2
20	L	November 19, 1975	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	2–16–2
21	L	November 21, 1975	0–2	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	2–17–2
22	W	November 26, 1975	7–2	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	3–17–2
23	L	November 29, 1975	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	3–18–2
24	T	December 3, 1975	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	3–18–3
25	L	December 4, 1975	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	3–19–3
26	L	December 6, 1975	3–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	3–20–3
27	L	December 7, 1975	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	3–21–3
28	L	December 9, 1975	1–7	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	3–22–3
29	L	December 10, 1975	2–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	3–23–3
30	L	December 12, 1975	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	3–24–3
31	T	December 14, 1975	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	3–24–4
32	L	December 17, 1975	2–3	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	3–25–4
33	L	December 19, 1975	5–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	3–26–4
34	L	December 21, 1975	2–14	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	3–27–4
35	T	December 26, 1975	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	3–27–5
36	L	December 29, 1975	0–6	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	3–28–5
37	L	December 31, 1975	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	3–29–5
38	L	January 2, 1976	5–8	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	3–30–5
39	L	January 3, 1976	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	3–31–5
40	L	January 6, 1976	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	3–32–5
41	L	January 8, 1976	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	3–33–5
42	L	January 9, 1976	0–5	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	3–34–5
43	L	January 11, 1976	4–7	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	3–35–5
44	L	January 13, 1976	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	3–36–5
45	L	January 15, 1976	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	3–37–5
46	L	January 17, 1976	3–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	3–38–5
47	L	January 21, 1976	2–5	New York Islanders (1975–76)	3–39–5
48	W	January 23, 1976	7–5	New York Rangers (1975–76)	4–39–5
49	L	January 24, 1976	2–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	4–40–5
50	L	January 27, 1976	0–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	4–41–5
51	W	January 28, 1976	4–2	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	5–41–5
52	L	January 30, 1976	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	5–42–5
53	T	February 4, 1976	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	5–42–6
54	L	February 7, 1976	1–5	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	5–43–6
55	L	February 8, 1976	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	5–44–6
56	T	February 10, 1976	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	5–44–7
57	L	February 13, 1976	0–2	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	5–45–7
58	W	February 15, 1976	8–5	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	6–45–7
59	L	February 16, 1976	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	6–46–7
60	L	February 18, 1976	4–11	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	6–47–7
61	W	February 21, 1976	5–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	7–47–7
62	L	February 22, 1976	0–4	New York Islanders (1975–76)	7–48–7
63	T	February 24, 1976	5–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	7–48–8
64	T	February 27, 1976	3–3	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	7–48–9
65	W	February 29, 1976	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	8–48–9
66	L	March 6, 1976	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	8–49–9
67	L	March 7, 1976	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	8–50–9
68	L	March 12, 1976	1–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	8–51–9
69	L	March 14, 1976	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	8–52–9
70	W	March 16, 1976	5–2	New York Rangers (1975–76)	9–52–9
71	L	March 19, 1976	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	9–53–9
72	L	March 20, 1976	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	9–54–9
73	T	March 23, 1976	5–5	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	9–54–10
74	L	March 24, 1976	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	9–55–10
75	L	March 26, 1976	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	9–56–10
76	L	March 28, 1976	1–3	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	9–57–10
77	W	March 30, 1976	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	10–57–10
78	L	April 1, 1976	2–11	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	10–58–10
79	W	April 3, 1976	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	11–58–10
80	L	April 4, 1976	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	11–59–10

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Pyatt, NelsonNelson Pyatt	C	77	26	23	49	14	-56	5	0	0
Monahan, HartlandHartland Monahan	RW	80	17	29	46	35	-49	2	0	2
White, TonyTony White	LW	80	25	17	42	56	-43	7	0	2
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	67	13	19	32	75	-42	2	0	2
Meehan, GerryGerry Meehan	C	32	16	15	31	10	-7	3	0	0
Sirois, BobBob Sirois	RW	43	10	19	29	6	-33	4	0	0
Lalonde, RonRon Lalonde	C	80	9	19	28	19	-26	2	1	0
Gilbertson, StanStan Gilbertson	LW	31	13	14	27	6	-25	5	0	0
Stewart, BlairBlair Stewart	C	74	13	14	27	113	-53	0	0	0
Clement, BillBill Clement	C	46	10	17	27	20	-30	2	0	0
Joly, GregGreg Joly	D	54	8	17	25	28	-46	3	1	1
Bennett, HarveyHarvey Bennett	C	49	12	10	22	39	-27	1	0	1
Lynch, JackJack Lynch	D	79	9	13	22	78	-52	5	0	1
Labre, YvonYvon Labre	D	80	2	20	22	146	-38	0	0	0
Williams, TommyTommy Williams	RW	34	8	13	21	6	-33	2	0	0
Lemieux, JeanJean Lemieux	D	33	6	14	20	2	-21	5	0	1
Lampman, MikeMike Lampman	LW	27	7	12	19	28	-6	0	0	1
Scamurra, PeterPeter Scamurra	D	58	2	13	15	33	-38	1	0	0
Bragnalo, RickRick Bragnalo	C	19	2	10	12	8	-4	0	0	0
Gryp, BobBob Gryp	LW	46	6	5	11	12	-18	0	0	0
Marson, MikeMike Marson	LW	57	4	7	11	50	-19	0	0	0
Brossart, WillieWillie Brossart	D	49	0	8	8	40	-49	0	0	0
Paradise, BobBob Paradise	D	48	0	8	8	42	-41	0	0	0
Egers, JackJack Egers	RW	12	3	3	6	8	-2	2	0	0
Smith, GordGord Smith	D	25	1	2	3	28	-22	1	0	0
Paddock, JohnJohn Paddock	RW	8	1	1	2	12	-5	0	0	0
Nicholson, PaulPaul Nicholson	LW	14	0	2	2	9	-4	0	0	0
Lane, GordGord Lane	D	3	1	0	1	12	-5	1	0	0
Belhumeur, MichelMichel Belhumeur	G	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bolonchuk, LarryLarry Bolonchuk	D	1	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Kinsella, BrianBrian Kinsella	C	4	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Jones, RonRon Jones	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Low, RonRon Low	G	43	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
McLean, DonDon McLean	D	9	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	0
Stapleton, BrianBrian Stapleton	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Wolfe, BernieBernie Wolfe	G	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
Low, RonRon Low	2289	43	6	31	2	208	5.45
Wolfe, BernieBernie Wolfe	2134	40	5	23	7	148	4.16
Belhumeur, MichelMichel Belhumeur	377	7	0	5	1	32	5.09
Team:	4800	80	11	59	10	388	4.85

^[2]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1975-76 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

External links

"1975–76 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Washington Capitals

Founded in 1974 Based in Washington, D.C.

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History	1974 NHL Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis, chairman) General manager Brian MacLellan Head coach Barry Trotz Team captain Alexander Ovechkin Current roster

Arenas	Capital Centre Verizon Center Kettler Capitals Iceplex (practice facility)

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Affiliates	AHL Hershey Bears ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

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Washington Capitals seasons

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2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1975–76 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo California Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Kansas City Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Draft Super Series '76 All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1975–76 Washington Capitals season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References

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