1976–77 Washington Capitals season

National Hockey League season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1976–77 1976 Washington Capitals 24–42–14 17–15–8 7–27–6 Campbell 8th Norris 4th 221 307 Max McNab Tom McVie Yvon Labre None Capital Centre Guy Charron (36) Guy Charron (46) Guy Charron (82) Gord Lane (207) Bill Riley (+4) Ron Low (16) Bernie Wolfe (3.85) The 1976–77 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals third season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This season was much better than the past two seasons, with the Capitals winning 24 games. The Capitals missed the playoffs for the third year in a row for the first time in franchise history. 2 Regular season Final standings WAS Record vs. opponents WSH Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 5px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 5px solid; 1976–77 regular season1976-77 Washington Capitals Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1977_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 22, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 5, 1976||6–5 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 7, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 9, 1976||3–6 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||1–1–1 |- |4||L||October 13, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||1–2–1 |- |5||L||October 16, 1976||1–7 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||1–3–1 |- |6||L||October 19, 1976||0–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||1–4–1 |- |7||T||October 21, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||1–4–2 |- |8||L||October 24, 1976||1–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||1–5–2 |- |9||W||October 29, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||2–5–2 |- |10||L||October 31, 1976||4–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||2–6–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||November 3, 1976||0–7 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||2–7–2 |- |12||L||November 5, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||2–8–2 |- |13||W||November 7, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||3–8–2 |- |14||W||November 9, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||4–8–2 |- |15||W||November 10, 1976||7–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||5–8–2 |- |16||L||November 12, 1976||4–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||5–9–2 |- |17||L||November 14, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||5–10–2 |- |18||L||November 18, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||5–11–2 |- |19||L||November 19, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||5–12–2 |- |20||W||November 21, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||6–12–2 |- |21||L||November 24, 1976||2–6 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||6–13–2 |- |22||L||November 27, 1976||1–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||6–14–2 |- |23||W||November 30, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||7–14–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||L||December 1, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||7–15–2 |- |25||T||December 3, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||7–15–3 |- |26||T||December 5, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||7–15–4 |- |27||W||December 7, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||8–15–4 |- |28||L||December 10, 1976||1–7 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||8–16–4 |- |29||L||December 11, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||8–17–4 |- |30||L||December 14, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||8–18–4 |- |31||W||December 17, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||9–18–4 |- |32||W||December 18, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||10–18–4 |- |33||L||December 23, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||10–19–4 |- |34||L||December 26, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||10–20–4 |- |35||L||December 28, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||10–21–4 |- |36||L||December 29, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||10–22–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |37||L||January 1, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||10–23–4 |- |38||W||January 2, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||11–23–4 |- |39||T||January 4, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||11–23–5 |- |40||T||January 6, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||11–23–6 |- |41||L||January 8, 1977||2–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||11–24–6 |- |42||W||January 10, 1977||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||12–24–6 |- |43||L||January 11, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||12–25–6 |- |44||L||January 15, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||12–26–6 |- |45||T||January 16, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||12–26–7 |- |46||L||January 18, 1977||0–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||12–27–7 |- |47||W||January 19, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||13–27–7 |- |48||L||January 22, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||13–28–7 |- |49||W||January 23, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||14–28–7 |- |50||W||January 27, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||15–28–7 |- |51||W||January 29, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||16–28–7 |- |52||T||January 30, 1977||5–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||16–28–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |53||L||February 2, 1977||2–7 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||16–29–8 |- |54||T||February 5, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||16–29–9 |- |55||L||February 6, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||16–30–9 |- |56||T||February 9, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||16–30–10 |- |57||L||February 10, 1977||2–9 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||16–31–10 |- |58||L||February 12, 1977||0–10 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||16–32–10 |- |59||T||February 15, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||16–32–11 |- |60||T||February 17, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||16–32–12 |- |61||L||February 19, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||16–33–12 |- |62||T||February 20, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||16–33–13 |- |63||W||February 22, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||17–33–13 |- |64||W||February 25, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||18–33–13 |- |65||L||February 26, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||18–34–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |66||L||March 1, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||18–35–13 |- |67||W||March 3, 1977||7–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||19–35–13 |- |68||L||March 6, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||19–36–13 |- |69||L||March 9, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||19–37–13 |- |70||L||March 10, 1977||0–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||19–38–13 |- |71||T||March 13, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||19–38–14 |- |72||L||March 15, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||19–39–14 |- |73||W||March 18, 1977||5–0 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||20–39–14 |- |74||L||March 20, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||20–40–14 |- |75||W||March 25, 1977||7–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||21–40–14 |- |76||W||March 27, 1977||7–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||22–40–14 |- |77||W||March 29, 1977||6–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||23–40–14 |- |78||W||March 30, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||24–40–14 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |79||L||April 2, 1977||0–11 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||24–41–14 |- |80||L||April 3, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||24–42–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Guy Charron C 80 36 46 82 10-28614 Gerry Meehan C 80 28 36 64 13-11916 Hartland Monahan RW 79 23 27 50 37-28714 Garnet Bailey LW 78 19 27 46 51-21202 Bob Sirois RW 45 13 22 35 21101 Jack Lynch ice hockey D 75 5 25 30 90-15000 Ron Lalonde C 76 12 17 29 24-20000 Bill Riley Bill Riley (ice hockey, born 1950) RW 43 13 14 27 1244502 Bill Collins Bill Collins (ice hockey) RW 54 11 14 25 26-7021 Rick Bragnalo C 80 11 12 23 16-16121 Tony White Tony White (ice hockey) LW 72 12 9 21 44-15213 Craig Patrick RW 28 7 10 17 2-10100 Gord Lane D 80 2 15 17 207-25000 Rick Green ice hockey D 45 3 12 15 16-20100 Bryan Watson Bryan Watson (ice hockey) D 56 1 14 15 91-5000 Yvon Labre D 62 3 11 14 169-5020 Gord Smith ice hockey D 79 1 12 13 92-27100 Mike Lampman LW 22 6 5 11 4-4100 Jean Lemieux D 15 4 4 8 2-9200 Harvey Bennett Harvey Bennett Jr. C 18 2 6 8 34-9000 Blair Stewart Blair Stewart (ice hockey) C 34 5 2 7 85-6000 Bob Paradise D 22 0 5 5 20-3000 Doug Patey RW 37 3 1 4 6-15000 Tom Rowe Tom Rowe (ice hockey) RW 12 1 2 3 2-6000 Peter Scamurra D 21 0 2 2 8-6000 Mike Marson LW 10 0 1 1 18-1000 Paul Nicholson Paul Nicholson (ice hockey) LW 9 0 1 1 2-6000 Bernie Wolfe Bernie Wolfe (ice hockey) G 37 0 1 1 20000 Larry Bolonchuk D 9 0 0 0 12-12000 Roger Crozier G 3 0 0 0 00000 Alex Forsyth Alex Forsyth (ice hockey) C 1 0 0 0 00000 Brian Kinsella C 6 0 0 0 0-2000 Ron Low G 54 0 0 0 40000 Bill Mikkelson D 1 0 0 0 20000 Steve Self C 3 0 0 0 0-3000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Ron Low 2918 54 16 27 5 188 3.87 0 Bernie Wolfe Bernie Wolfe (ice hockey) 1779 37 7 15 9 114 3.84 1 Roger Crozier 103 3 1 0 0 2 1.17 0 Team: 4800 80 24 42 14 304 3.80 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1976-77 Washington Capitals Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1977.html 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 Washington's draft picks at the 1976 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)11Rick Green Canada London Knights (OHA)115Greg Carroll Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)337Tom Rowe United States London Knights (OMJHL)455Al Glendinning Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)573Doug Patey Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)691Jim Bedard Canada Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)6100Don Wilson Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)7109Dale Rideout Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)8119Al Dumba Canada Regina Pats (WCHL) See also 1976–77 NHL season References Category:Washington Capitals seasons Wash Washing Washing