1975–76 Boston Bruins season

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 team114Doug Halward (D)Peterborough Petes (OHA)232Barry Smith (C) New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)460Rick Adduono (C) St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)468Denis Daigle (LW) Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)586Stan Jonathan (LW) Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)6104Matti Hagman (C) HIFK (Finland)7122Gary Carr (G) Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)8140Bo Berglund (LW) Modo AIK (Sweden)9156Joe Rando (D) University of New Hampshire (ECAC)10171Kevin Nugent (RW) University of Notre Dame (WCHA)

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 9, 1975||4–9 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||0–1–0

|2||T||October 12, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1975–76) ||0–1–1

|3||T||October 16, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||0–1–2

|4||W||October 18, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1975–76) ||1–1–2

|5||W||October 19, 1975||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||2–1–2

|6||L||October 23, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||2–2–2

|7||L||October 25, 1975||2–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||2–3–2

|8||W||October 26, 1975||7–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||3–3–2

|9||W||October 30, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||4–3–2

|10||L||November 1, 1975||1–8 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||4–4–2

|11||W||November 2, 1975||5–0 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||5–4–2

|12||L||November 5, 1975||0–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||5–5–2

|13||L||November 8, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||5–6–2

|14||W||November 9, 1975||6–3 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||6–6–2

|15||W||November 13, 1975||6–0 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||7–6–2

|16||W||November 15, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||8–6–2

|17||W||November 16, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||9–6–2

|18||T||November 19, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||9–6–3

|19||T||November 20, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1975–76) ||9–6–4

|20||T||November 23, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||9–6–5

|21||W||November 25, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||10–6–5

|22||W||November 26, 1975||6–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||11–6–5

|23||T||November 29, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||11–6–6

|24||W||November 30, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||12–6–6

|25||W||December 4, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||13–6–6

|26||W||December 6, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||14–6–6

|27||T||December 7, 1975||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||14–6–7

|28||L||December 11, 1975||1–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||14–7–7

|29||T||December 13, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||14–7–8

|30||W||December 14, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||15–7–8

|31||W||December 17, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||16–7–8

|32||W||December 20, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||17–7–8

|33||L||December 21, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||17–8–8

|34||L||December 23, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||17–9–8

|35||W||December 26, 1975||6–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||18–9–8

|36||W||December 28, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||19–9–8

|37||W||December 31, 1975||6–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||20–9–8

|38||T||January 2, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||20–9–9

|39||W||January 3, 1976||3–0 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||21–9–9

|40||W||January 10, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||22–9–9

|41||W||January 11, 1976||7–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||23–9–9

|42||W||January 13, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||24–9–9

|43||W||January 15, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||25–9–9

|44||L||January 17, 1976||5–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||25–10–9

|45||W||January 22, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||26–10–9

|46||W||January 24, 1976||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||27–10–9

|47||W||January 25, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||28–10–9

|48||W||January 29, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||29–10–9

|49||W||January 30, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||30–10–9

|50||W||February 1, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||31–10–9

|51||W||February 5, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||32–10–9

|52||L||February 7, 1976||4–11 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||32–11–9

|53||W||February 8, 1976||7–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||33–11–9

|54||W||February 11, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||34–11–9

|55||W||February 13, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||35–11–9

|56||W||February 15, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||36–11–9

|57||T||February 18, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||36–11–10

|58||W||February 21, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1975–76) ||37–11–10

|59||W||February 22, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||38–11–10

|60||W||February 26, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||39–11–10

|61||T||February 27, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||39–11–11

|62||W||February 29, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||40–11–11

|63||W||March 3, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||41–11–11

|64||L||March 5, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||41–12–11

|65||W||March 7, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||42–12–11

|66||L||March 9, 1976||0–9 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||42–13–11

|67||W||March 11, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||43–13–11

|68||L||March 13, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||43–14–11

|69||W||March 14, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||44–14–11

|70||T||March 16, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||44–14–12

|71||W||March 18, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||45–14–12

|72||W||March 20, 1976||8–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||46–14–12

|73||T||March 24, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||46–14–13

|74||W||March 25, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||47–14–13

|75||T||March 27, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||47–14–14

|76||T||March 28, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||47–14–15

|77||T||March 30, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||47–14–16

|78||L||April 1, 1976||2–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||47–15–16

|79||W||April 3, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||48–15–16

|80||T||April 4, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||48–15–17

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 67 31 59 90 16171513 LW 77 36 47 83 20221309 C 70 31 43 74 2824524 LW 80 28 43 71 8730906 RW 75 28 34 62 11613707 RW 72 25 36 61 4219805 D 43 16 37 53 9523712 RW 80 23 27 50 1503202 C 79 17 23 40 604003 LW 58 16 20 36 2415102 D 77 7 25 32 10342000 LW 79 16 13 29 5215041 C 50 7 18 25 08101 D 77 4 17 21 1037101 D 10 5 13 18 2210310 C 12 6 10 16 8-1300 LW 66 7 3 10 41-1001 D 60 1 7 8 302000 D 48 4 3 7 436000 D 12 2 5 7 171100 D 58 1 6 7 6025001 D 22 1 5 6 6-4100 C 19 1 0 1 2-5000 RW 5 0 1 1 2-2000 RW 7 0 1 1 0-5000 RW 2 0 1 1 01000 D 7 0 1 1 210000 C 1 0 0 0 0-1000 G 15 0 0 0 20000 G 55 0 0 0 180000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 LW 4 0 0 0 2-1000 D 2 0 0 0 2-3000 D 3 0 0 0 91000 C/RW 1 0 0 0 0-1000 G 14 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA 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 4501 C 12 5 6 11 6101 D 11 3 8 11 14110 RW 12 4 6 10 4401 RW 11 2 8 10 13001 LW 12 2 7 9 0200 LW 12 4 2 6 8100 LW 11 1 5 6 16000 C 12 1 4 5 9000 RW 12 3 1 4 25000 D 11 2 2 4 19001 D 12 1 3 4 23000 LW 12 1 1 2 5010 D 12 1 0 1 22000 D 4 0 1 1 2000 G 6 0 0 0 0000 RW 1 0 0 0 0000 G 6 0 0 0 2000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 LW 4 0 0 0 0000 D 2 0 0 0 0000 D 11 0 0 0 29000 LW 10 0 0 0 8000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA 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

Playoffs

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