1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season was the 51st season for the Detroit franchise, 45th as the Red Wings. The Red Wings failed to qualify to the playoffs for the seventh straight year for the first time in franchise history and for the first time since the 1958–59 season they finished last in the league.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 7, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||0–0–1

|2||W||October 9, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||1–0–1

|3||L||October 12, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||1–1–1

|4||L||October 16, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||1–2–1

|5||L||October 17, 1976||4–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||1–3–1

|6||W||October 22, 1976||5–0 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||2–3–1

|7||L||October 23, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||2–4–1

|8||L||October 26, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||2–5–1

|9||L||October 28, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||2–6–1

|10||L||October 30, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||2–7–1

|11||W||October 31, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||3–7–1

|12||W||November 4, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||4–7–1

|13||T||November 7, 1976||0–0 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||4–7–2

|14||L||November 9, 1976||1–8 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||4–8–2

|15||L||November 10, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||4–9–2

|16||T||November 13, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||4–9–3

|17||L||November 16, 1976||0–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||4–10–3

|18||T||November 17, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||4–10–4

|19||W||November 19, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||5–10–4

|20||L||November 21, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||5–11–4

|21||W||November 24, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||6–11–4

|22||W||November 25, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||7–11–4

|23||L||November 27, 1976||0–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||7–12–4

|24||L||November 28, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||7–13–4

|25||W||December 1, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||8–13–4

|26||L||December 4, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||8–14–4

|27||L||December 11, 1976||0–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||8–15–4

|28||W||December 12, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||9–15–4

|29||L||December 15, 1976||3–7 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||9–16–4

|30||W||December 16, 1976||7–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||10–16–4

|31||W||December 18, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||11–16–4

|32||L||December 19, 1976||1–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||11–17–4

|33||L||December 22, 1976||1–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||11–18–4

|34||W||December 23, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||12–18–4

|35||L||December 27, 1976||4–7 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||12–19–4

|36||L||December 29, 1976||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||12–20–4

|37||W||December 31, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||13–20–4

|38||L||January 2, 1977||4–6 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||13–21–4

|39||T||January 4, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||13–21–5

|40||L||January 6, 1977||2–7 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||13–22–5

|41||L||January 10, 1977||0–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||13–23–5

|42||L||January 12, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||13–24–5

|43||L||January 13, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||13–25–5

|44||L||January 15, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||13–26–5

|45||L||January 20, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||13–27–5

|46||L||January 22, 1977||0–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||13–28–5

|47||T||January 23, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||13–28–6

|48||L||January 27, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||13–29–6

|49||W||January 29, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||14–29–6

|50||L||February 2, 1977||1–9 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||14–30–6

|51||L||February 5, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||14–31–6

|52||W||February 6, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||15–31–6

|53||L||February 10, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||15–32–6

|54||T||February 12, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||15–32–7

|55||L||February 13, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||15–33–7

|56||L||February 15, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||15–34–7

|57||T||February 17, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||15–34–8

|58||L||February 19, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||15–35–8

|59||L||February 20, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||15–36–8

|60||L||February 23, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||15–37–8

|61||W||February 24, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||16–37–8

|62||L||February 26, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||16–38–8

|63||L||March 1, 1977||3–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||16–39–8

|64||L||March 3, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||16–40–8

|65||L||March 5, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||16–41–8

|66||L||March 9, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||16–42–8

|67||L||March 10, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||16–43–8

|68||L||March 12, 1977||0–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||16–44–8

|69||T||March 13, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||16–44–9

|70||L||March 15, 1977||1–7 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||16–45–9

|71||L||March 17, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||16–46–9

|72||L||March 20, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||16–47–9

|73||L||March 23, 1977||0–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||16–48–9

|74||L||March 24, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||16–49–9

|75||L||March 26, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||16–50–9

|76||L||March 27, 1977||0–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||16–51–9

|77||L||March 29, 1977||1–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||16–52–9

|78||L||March 31, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||16–53–9

|79||L||April 2, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||16–54–9

|80||L||April 3, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||16–55–9

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 25 34 59 50−24331 C/RW 79 18 28 46 274−20611 LW 78 14 32 46 158−35501 LW 80 14 27 41 25−25310 RW 74 21 12 33 98−40305 LW 61 16 14 30 39−11403 LW 34 13 13 26 643310 RW 54 11 11 22 18−13231 C 74 7 11 18 40−16002 D 53 5 11 16 34−12311 D 80 3 13 16 112−43100 D 77 3 13 16 56−20000 D 49 2 11 13 80−17100 D 52 4 8 12 28−23100 RW 42 2 10 12 4−34000 D 53 1 11 12 14−22100 D 71 1 10 11 63−18000 LW 45 6 3 9 22−10000 C 34 5 4 9 2−10000 LW 17 6 2 8 10−13100 C 44 2 5 7 10−17000 D 23 0 7 7 10−18000 RW 16 2 0 2 4−8001 RW 5 1 0 1 24−1000 D 3 1 0 1 20000 G 33 0 1 1 40000 D 14 0 1 1 23−2000 G 48 0 1 1 20000 D 14 0 1 1 392000 C 3 0 0 0 0−3000 D 2 0 0 0 20000 C 3 0 0 0 0−3000 RW 1 0 0 0 00000 LW 12 0 0 0 00000 G 5 0 0 0 20000 RW 3 0 0 0 9−1000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 1791 33 8 18 3 107 3.58 3 2740 48 7 34 6 180 3.94 0 269 5 1 3 0 18 4.01 0 Team: 4800 80 16 55 9 305 3.81 3

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;

Draft picks Detroit's draft picks at the 1976 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)14Fred Williams Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)222Reed Larson University of Minnesota (WCHA)340Fred Berry New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)458Kevin Schamehorn New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)578Dwight Schofield London Knights (OMJHL)694Tony Horvath Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)7111Fern LeBlanc Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)8120Claude Legris Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)

See also 1976–77 NHL season

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