1975–76 Boston Bruins season explained

The 1975–76 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 52nd season in the NHL. The season involved trading Phil Esposito to the New York Rangers, while a knee injury limited Bobby Orr to 10 games.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	14	Doug Halward (D)		Peterborough Petes (OHA)
2	32	Barry Smith (C)		New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
4	60	Rick Adduono (C)		St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
4	68	Denis Daigle (LW)		Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)
5	86	Stan Jonathan (LW)		Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
6	104	Matti Hagman (C)		HIFK (Finland)
7	122	Gary Carr (G)		Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
8	140	Bo Berglund (LW)		Modo AIK (Sweden)
9	156	Joe Rando (D)		University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
10	171	Kevin Nugent (RW)		University of Notre Dame (WCHA)

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	67	31	59	90	16	17	15	1	3
	LW	77	36	47	83	20	22	13	0	9
	C	70	31	43	74	28	24	5	2	4
	LW	80	28	43	71	87	30	9	0	6
	RW	75	28	34	62	116	13	7	0	7
	RW	72	25	36	61	42	19	8	0	5
	D	43	16	37	53	95	23	7	1	2
	RW	80	23	27	50	150	3	2	0	2
	C	79	17	23	40	60	4	0	0	3
	LW	58	16	20	36	24	15	1	0	2
	D	77	7	25	32	103	42	0	0	0
	LW	79	16	13	29	52	15	0	4	1
	C	50	7	18	25	0	8	1	0	1
	D	77	4	17	21	103	7	1	0	1
	D	10	5	13	18	22	10	3	1	0
	C	12	6	10	16	8	-1	3	0	0
	LW	66	7	3	10	41	-1	0	0	1
	D	60	1	7	8	30	2	0	0	0
	D	48	4	3	7	43	6	0	0	0
	D	12	2	5	7	17	1	1	0	0
	D	58	1	6	7	60	25	0	0	1
	D	22	1	5	6	6	-4	1	0	0
	C	19	1	0	1	2	-5	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
	RW	7	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	21	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	G	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	55	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0
	C/RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3123	55	33	8	10	151	2.90	3
	900	15	8	2	5	41	2.73	1
	777	14	7	5	2	43	3.32	2
Team:	4800	80	48	15	17	235	2.94	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	12	8	8	16	4	5	0	1
	C	12	5	6	11	6	1	0	1
	D	11	3	8	11	14	1	1	0
	RW	12	4	6	10	4	4	0	1
	RW	11	2	8	10	13	0	0	1
	LW	12	2	7	9	0	2	0	0
	LW	12	4	2	6	8	1	0	0
	LW	11	1	5	6	16	0	0	0
	C	12	1	4	5	9	0	0	0
	RW	12	3	1	4	25	0	0	0
	D	11	2	2	4	19	0	0	1
	D	12	1	3	4	23	0	0	0
	LW	12	1	1	2	5	0	1	0
	D	12	1	0	1	22	0	0	0
	D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	11	0	0	0	29	0	0	0
	LW	10	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	360	6	3	3	19	3.17	2
	392	6	2	4	14	2.14	1
Team:	752	12	5	7	33	2.63	3

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Awards and honors

• Jack Adams Award: || Don Cherry
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Jean Ratelle
• Brad Park, Defenceman, NHL First Team All-Star

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-09 . 1975-76 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.