1975–76 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1975–76 Detroit Red Wings season was the 50th season of competition for the Detroit franchise and 42nd as the Red Wings. The Wings finished fourth in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

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	T	October 8, 1975	1–1	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	0–0–1
2	L	October 9, 1975	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	0–1–1
3	L	October 11, 1975	2–5	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	0–2–1
4	T	October 15, 1975	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	0–2–2
5	T	October 16, 1975	2–2	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	0–2–3
6	L	October 18, 1975	1–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	0–3–3
7	L	October 19, 1975	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	0–4–3
8	L	October 22, 1975	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	0–5–3
9	L	October 25, 1975	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	0–6–3
10	L	October 26, 1975	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	0–7–3
11	W	October 29, 1975	6–4	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	1–7–3
12	L	November 1, 1975	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	1–8–3
13	W	November 2, 1975	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	2–8–3
14	L	November 5, 1975	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	2–9–3
15	L	November 8, 1975	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	2–10–3
16	W	November 9, 1975	6–3	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	3–10–3
17	W	November 13, 1975	6–3	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	4–10–3
18	W	November 15, 1975	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	5–10–3
19	L	November 16, 1975	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	5–11–3
20	T	November 19, 1975	3–3	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	5–11–4
21	L	November 20, 1975	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	5–12–4
22	L	November 22, 1975	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	5–13–4
23	W	November 23, 1975	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	6–13–4
24	L	November 26, 1975	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	6–14–4
25	W	November 29, 1975	5–3	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	7–14–4
26	L	December 3, 1975	1–9	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	7–15–4
27	L	December 5, 1975	2–3	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	7–16–4
28	L	December 6, 1975	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	7–17–4
29	W	December 10, 1975	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	8–17–4
30	W	December 12, 1975	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	9–17–4
31	L	December 13, 1975	2–5	New York Rangers (1975–76)	9–18–4
32	W	December 17, 1975	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	10–18–4
33	L	December 19, 1975	1–4	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	10–19–4
34	L	December 20, 1975	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	10–20–4
35	L	December 28, 1975	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	10–21–4
36	W	December 31, 1975	4–0	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	11–21–4
37	W	January 3, 1976	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	12–21–4
38	L	January 4, 1976	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	12–22–4
39	L	January 6, 1976	3–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	12–23–4
40	W	January 8, 1976	5–0	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	13–23–4
41	L	January 10, 1976	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	13–24–4
42	L	January 13, 1976	0–1	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	13–25–4
43	W	January 14, 1976	8–3	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	14–25–4
44	T	January 17, 1976	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	14–25–5
45	L	January 18, 1976	3–8	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	14–26–5
46	L	January 22, 1976	1–8	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	14–27–5
47	L	January 24, 1976	1–6	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	14–28–5
48	T	January 25, 1976	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	14–28–6
49	W	January 27, 1976	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	15–28–6
50	T	January 29, 1976	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	15–28–7
51	W	January 31, 1976	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	16–28–7
52	W	February 4, 1976	5–0	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	17–28–7
53	W	February 6, 1976	4–3	New York Islanders (1975–76)	18–28–7
54	L	February 7, 1976	4–5	New York Rangers (1975–76)	18–29–7
55	L	February 8, 1976	0–7	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	18–30–7
56	L	February 11, 1976	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	18–31–7
57	W	February 14, 1976	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	19–31–7
58	L	February 15, 1976	5–8	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	19–32–7
59	L	February 18, 1976	3–5	New York Islanders (1975–76)	19–33–7
60	L	February 21, 1976	1–5	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	19–34–7
61	T	February 22, 1976	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	19–34–8
62	L	February 25, 1976	0–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	19–35–8
63	T	February 26, 1976	1–1	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	19–35–9
64	L	February 28, 1976	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	19–36–9
65	W	March 3, 1976	3–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	20–36–9
66	L	March 6, 1976	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	20–37–9
67	L	March 7, 1976	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	20–38–9
68	L	March 10, 1976	3–4	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	20–39–9
69	W	March 13, 1976	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	21–39–9
70	L	March 16, 1976	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	21–40–9
71	W	March 18, 1976	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	22–40–9
72	W	March 20, 1976	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	23–40–9
73	W	March 21, 1976	6–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	24–40–9
74	W	March 24, 1976	7–3	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	25–40–9
75	W	March 27, 1976	8–0	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	26–40–9
76	L	March 28, 1976	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	26–41–9
77	L	March 30, 1976	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	26–42–9
78	T	March 31, 1976	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	26–42–10
79	L	April 3, 1976	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	26–43–10
80	L	April 4, 1976	5–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	26–44–10

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
McKechnie, WaltWalt McKechnie	C	80	26	56	82	85	9	2	3	7
Maloney, DanDan Maloney	LW	77	27	39	66	203	0	6	2	3
Bergeron, MichelMichel Bergeron	RW	72	32	27	59	48	2	12	0	4
Libett, NickNick Libett	LW	80	20	26	46	71	-9	3	1	3
Hogaboam, BillBill Hogaboam	C	50	21	16	37	30	-8	6	2	0
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe	D	80	10	23	33	95	-3	2	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	69	8	25	33	59	6	4	0	0
Bloom, MikeMike Bloom	LW	76	13	17	30	99	-19	1	0	1
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	37	11	17	28	10	-17	2	0	3
Polonich, DennisDennis Polonich	C/RW	57	11	12	23	302	-9	1	0	0
Grant, DannyDanny Grant	RW	39	10	13	23	20	-17	4	1	0
Lochead, BillBill Lochead	LW	53	9	11	20	22	-15	0	0	3
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	79	0	18	18	322	-20	0	0	0
Harvey, BusterBuster Harvey	RW	35	8	9	17	25	-8	1	0	0
Hextall, DennisDennis Hextall	LW	17	5	9	14	71	2	0	0	1
LeBlanc, J.P.J.P. LeBlanc	C	46	4	9	13	39	-5	0	0	0
Salovaara, BarryBarry Salovaara	D	63	2	11	13	52	-7	1	0	1
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	77	3	9	12	129	-13	1	0	0
Cameron, AlAl Cameron	D	38	2	8	10	49	-7	1	0	0
Korney, MikeMike Korney	RW	27	1	7	8	23	-8	0	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	37	1	7	8	68	-2	0	0	0
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	C	21	0	4	4	29	-4	0	0	0
Giroux, LarryLarry Giroux	D	10	1	1	2	25	-10	0	0	0
Wong, MikeMike Wong	C	22	1	1	2	12	-11	0	0	0
Bathe, FrankFrank Bathe	D	7	0	1	1	9	-1	0	0	0
Martineau, DonDon Martineau	RW	9	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Nahrgang, JimJim Nahrgang	D	3	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mann, KenKen Mann	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
McCutcheon, BrianBrian McCutcheon	LW	8	0	0	0	5	-2	0	0	0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Richardson, TerryTerry Richardson	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	G	44	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Watts, BrianBrian Watts	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	2640	44	13	25	6	158	3.59	4
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	1740	29	12	14	3	100	3.45	2
Grant, DougDoug Grant	120	2	1	1	0	8	4.00	0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	240	4	0	3	1	22	5.50	0
Richardson, TerryTerry Richardson	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
Team:	4800	80	26	44	10	295	3.69	6

^[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 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.

"1975–76 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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1975–76 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References

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