1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1975–76
Year:	1975
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Conferencerank:	5th
Divisionrank:	3rd
Record:	34–31–5
Goalsfor:	294
Goalsagainst:	276
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsleader:	Errol Thompson (43)
Assistsleader:	Darryl Sittler (59)
Pointsleader:	Darryl Sittler (100)
Pimleader:	Tiger Williams (299)
Winsleader:	Wayne Thomas (28)
Gaaleader:	Wayne Thomas (3.19)

The 1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in third place in the Adams Division with a record of 34 wins, 31 losses, and 15 ties for 83 points. They defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins two games to one in the preliminary round before losing the Quarter-Finals in seven games to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round		Player	College/junior/club team
1	6	Don Ashby (C)	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
2	24	Doug Jarvis (C)	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
3	42	Bruce Boudreau (C)	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
5	78	Ted Long (D)	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
6	96	Kevin Campbell (D)	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
7	114	Mario Rouillard (RW)	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
8	132	Ron Wilson (D)	Providence College (ECAC)
9	149	Paul Evans (LW)	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
10	165	Jean Latendresse (D)	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
10	166	Paul Crowley (RW)	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
11	179	Dan D'Alvise (C)	Royal York Rangers (OPJHL)
11	180	Jack Laine (RW)	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
12	188	Ken Holland (G)	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
12	189	Bob Barnes (D)	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
12	191	Gary Burns (LW)	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
12	193	Jim Montgomery (C)	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
13	199	Rick Martin (RW)	London Knights (OMJHL)

Regular season

Sittler's Ten Point Night

February 7, 1976 – In his first season as captain Darryl Sittler set the NHL record for most points scored in one game when he recorded ten points (six goals, four assists) against the Boston Bruins. At the 9:27 mark of the third period, he scored a goal and earned the ninth point of the game, breaking the NHL record for most points in a game. He would go on to earn another point to set a new record with 10 points in a game. Almost 40 years later, this record still stands. Sittler finished the season with 41 goals and 59 assists, being the first Leaf ever to reach the 100-point mark.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	79	41	59	100	90	12	11	1	2
RW	75	37	56	93	70	24	6	5	4
LW	75	43	37	80	26	28	13	1	7
D	78	16	41	57	70	33	8	0	1
D	76	20	36	56	90	24	7	1	3
C	64	19	32	51	22	10	5	0	3
C	79	12	32	44	76	11	3	2	2
LW	78	21	19	40	299	-1	3	0	3
LW	76	19	21	40	21	0	1	0	5
C	45	10	23	33	30	-8	1	1	1
C/RW	77	10	22	32	140	-1	2	0	2
D	46	10	19	29	19	-7	4	0	0
LW	69	9	13	22	89	-15	0	0	0
C	50	6	15	21	10	5	1	0	0
D	77	3	16	19	46	11	0	0	0
RW	43	6	11	17	8	-2	1	0	0
D	72	6	8	14	10	0	0	0	1
D	33	2	6	8	6	0	0	0	0
D	43	0	8	8	84	-5	0	0	0
D	69	0	8	8	75	10	0	0	0
C	16	4	3	7	8	0	1	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	64	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
D	5	0	0	0	49	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3684	64	28	24	12	196	3.19	2
	956	20	6	5	2	59	3.70	0
	160	3	0	2	1	15	5.63	0
Team:	4800	80	34	31	15	270	3.38	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	10	5	7	12	19	2	0	1
D	10	2	9	11	29	1	0	0
RW	10	4	4	8	4	2	0	1
D	10	3	4	7	9	1	0	0
LW	10	3	3	6	0	2	1	0
D	9	2	4	6	4	1	0	0
C	10	2	4	6	2	0	0	1
D	6	2	3	5	2	1	0	1
C	10	2	3	5	2	0	0	0
C/RW	10	1	4	5	16	0	0	0
LW	10	3	1	4	7	2	0	0
C	9	1	3	4	0	1	0	1
C	7	1	2	3	35	1	0	0
D	6	0	1	1	15	0	0	0
D	10	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	24	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	10	0	0	0	75	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	587	10	5	5	34	3.48	1
	13	1	0	0	1	4.62	0
Team:	600	10	5	5	35	3.50	1

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Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1975–76 season.

Trades

June 17, 1975	To Montreal Canadiens 1st round pick in 1976 – Peter Lee	To Toronto Maple Leafs Wayne Thomas
June 20, 1975	To California Golden Seals Gary Sabourin	To Toronto Maple Leafs Stan Weir
June 26, 1975	To Montreal Canadiens Doug Jarvis	To Toronto Maple Leafs Greg Hubick
September 1, 1975	To Los Angeles Kings Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Cassidy
June 1, 1976	To Cincinnati Stingers (WHA) Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Pelyk Randy Carlyle

Free agents

Player	Former team
	Undrafted free agent
	Undrafted free agent

Playoffs

Darryl Sittler tied the playoff record for most goals in one game, with five against Philadelphia.

Awards and records

Borje Salming, defence, NHL 2nd All-Star Team
Darryl Sittler, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
Wayne Thomas, appeared in NHL All-Star Game

References

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1975-76 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.