1976–77 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1976–77
Year:	1976
Team:	Boston Bruins
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	49–23–8
Goalsfor:	312
Goalsagainst:	240
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsleader:	Peter McNab (38)
Assistsleader:	Jean Ratelle (61)
Pointsleader:	Jean Ratelle (94)
Winsleader:	Gilles Gilbert (18)
Gaaleader:	Gilles Gilbert (2.85)
Divisionwin:	Yes

The 1976–77 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 53rd season in the NHL. The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	16	Clayton Pachal (C)		New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2	34	Lorry Gloeckner (D)		Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
4	70	Bob Miller (C)		Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
5	88	Peter Vandemark (LW)		Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
6	106	Ted Olson (LW)		Calgary Centennials (WCHL)

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1976	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	1–0–0
2	L	October 9, 1976	5–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	1–1–0
3	W	October 10, 1976	4–3	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	2–1–0
4	W	October 13, 1976	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	3–1–0
5	W	October 15, 1976	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	4–1–0
6	W	October 17, 1976	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	5–1–0
7	L	October 19, 1976	5–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	5–2–0
8	W	October 20, 1976	2–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	6–2–0
9	W	October 23, 1976	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	7–2–0
10	W	October 27, 1976	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	8–2–0
11	W	October 30, 1976	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	9–2–0
12	L	October 31, 1976	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	9–3–0
13	W	November 4, 1976	7–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	10–3–0
14	W	November 7, 1976	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	11–3–0
15	W	November 10, 1976	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	12–3–0
16	T	November 11, 1976	2–2	New York Islanders (1976–77)	12–3–1
17	W	November 14, 1976	5–3	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	13–3–1
18	W	November 18, 1976	3–2	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	14–3–1
19	W	November 19, 1976	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	15–3–1
20	W	November 21, 1976	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	16–3–1
21	W	November 24, 1976	4–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	17–3–1
22	W	November 25, 1976	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	18–3–1
23	L	November 27, 1976	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	18–4–1
24	L	November 30, 1976	2–6	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	18–5–1
25	W	December 1, 1976	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	19–5–1
26	L	December 3, 1976	1–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	19–6–1
27	T	December 5, 1976	5–5	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	19–6–2
28	L	December 9, 1976	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	19–7–2
29	L	December 11, 1976	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	19–8–2
30	L	December 12, 1976	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	19–9–2
31	W	December 16, 1976	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	20–9–2
32	L	December 18, 1976	4–6	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	20–10–2
33	W	December 19, 1976	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	21–10–2
34	L	December 21, 1976	0–3	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	21–11–2
35	T	December 23, 1976	3–3	New York Rangers (1976–77)	21–11–3
36	W	December 26, 1976	6–3	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	22–11–3
37	W	December 29, 1976	8–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	23–11–3
38	L	January 1, 1977	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	23–12–3
39	W	January 5, 1977	3–2	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	24–12–3
40	L	January 8, 1977	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	24–13–3
41	W	January 9, 1977	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	25–13–3
42	W	January 11, 1977	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77)	26–13–3
43	W	January 13, 1977	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	27–13–3
44	T	January 15, 1977	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	27–13–4
45	W	January 17, 1977	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	28–13–4
46	L	January 20, 1977	3–4	New York Islanders (1976–77)	28–14–4
47	W	January 21, 1977	5–2	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	29–14–4
48	W	January 23, 1977	3–0	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	30–14–4
49	L	January 27, 1977	4–6	Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	30–15–4
50	T	January 29, 1977	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	30–15–5
51	L	January 30, 1977	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	30–16–5
52	T	February 1, 1977	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	30–16–6
53	W	February 3, 1977	5–4	St. Louis Blues (1976–77)	31–16–6
54	L	February 4, 1977	3–6	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	31–17–6
55	W	February 6, 1977	5–2	Washington Capitals (1976–77)	32–17–6
56	L	February 10, 1977	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	32–18–6
57	L	February 12, 1977	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	32–19–6
58	W	February 13, 1977	4–2	Cleveland Barons (1976–77)	33–19–6
59	W	February 16, 1977	7–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77)	34–19–6
60	L	February 19, 1977	0–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	34–20–6
61	L	February 23, 1977	1–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	34–21–6
62	W	February 25, 1977	5–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77)	35–21–6
63	T	February 27, 1977	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	35–21–7
64	W	March 1, 1977	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	36–21–7
65	W	March 3, 1977	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1976–77)	37–21–7
66	W	March 5, 1977	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	38–21–7
67	W	March 6, 1977	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77)	39–21–7
68	W	March 8, 1977	3–2	Atlanta Flames (1976–77)	40–21–7
69	W	March 10, 1977	10–3	New York Rangers (1976–77)	41–21–7
70	W	March 12, 1977	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	42–21–7
71	T	March 13, 1977	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77)	42–21–8
72	W	March 17, 1977	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	43–21–8
73	L	March 21, 1977	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77)	43–22–8
74	W	March 23, 1977	6–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77)	44–22–8
75	L	March 24, 1977	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77)	44–23–8
76	W	March 26, 1977	7–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	45–23–8
77	W	March 27, 1977	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77)	46–23–8
78	W	March 30, 1977	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77)	47–23–8
79	W	April 2, 1977	5–3	@ New York Islanders (1976–77)	48–23–8
80	W	April 3, 1977	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77)	49–23–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	78	33	61	94	22	19	8	1	6
	C	80	38	48	86	11	26	6	0	8
	C	77	31	36	67	20	3	8	1	5
	D	77	12	55	67	67	47	4	1	4
	RW	79	14	41	55	147	38	1	1	4
	RW	57	23	29	52	62	25	4	0	2
	LW	65	15	37	52	76	4	3	0	3
	LW	80	27	18	45	20	28	3	1	5
	LW	49	20	23	43	12	−2	6	0	2
	RW	72	20	22	42	2	2	0	0	1
	LW	69	17	13	30	69	1	1	0	2
	C	75	11	17	28	0	6	1	0	0
	D	77	6	18	24	166	25	0	0	2
	D	46	6	16	22	30	23	0	0	0
	D	58	2	20	22	40	16	0	0	0
	RW	40	10	11	21	4	4	1	0	3
	LW	73	9	11	20	47	13	0	2	1
	D	76	3	13	16	107	15	0	0	0
	LW	24	7	5	12	14	4	0	0	1
	LW	23	4	6	10	32	5	0	0	0
	D	23	2	3	5	4	4	0	0	0
	D	18	2	2	4	6	9	0	0	0
	G	45	0	4	4	46	0	0	0	0
	D	17	0	3	3	16	4	0	0	0
	G	34	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0
	C/LW	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2700	45	30	10	5	137	3.04	3
	2040	34	18	13	3	97	2.85	1
	60	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	4800	80	49	23	8	237	2.96	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	14	5	12	17	4	1	0	1
	RW	14	11	1	12	10	4	0	1
	C	14	5	7	12	8	1	1	2
	D	14	2	10	12	4	0	0	0
	LW	14	5	6	11	10	0	1	0
	RW	14	5	6	11	28	0	0	1
	RW	13	5	4	9	0	0	0	1
	LW	14	1	8	9	18	0	0	0
	D	14	0	9	9	14	0	0	0
	C	14	5	3	8	2	2	0	0
	LW	14	4	2	6	24	0	0	1
	D	13	2	2	4	47	0	0	1
	LW	13	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
	D	14	0	2	2	26	0	0	0
	LW	14	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	C	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	858	14	8	5	44	3.08	1
	20	1	0	1	3	9.00	0
Team:	878	14	8	6	47	3.21	1

^[1]

Playoffs

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 7	Boston	3	Montreal	7
May 10	Boston	0	Montreal	3
May 12	Montreal	4	Boston	2
May 14	Montreal	2	Boston	1	OT

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Guy Lafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

Awards and honors

• John Bucyk, Lester Patrick Trophy^[2]

References

• Bruins on Hockey Database

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-09 . 1976-77 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.424, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada,