1975–76 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1975–76 1975 Washington Capitals 11–59–10 6–26–8 5–33–2 Campbell 9th Norris 5th 224 394 Milt Schmidt Milt SchmidtTom McVie Bill Clement Yvon Labre None Capital Centre Nelson Pyatt (26) Hartland Monahan (29) Nelson Pyatt (49) Yvon Labre (146) Ron Low (6) Bernie Wolfe (4.16) The 1975–76 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals second season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They improved by three games over their dreadful previous season, faring worse than the Kansas City Scouts, who went 12–56–12 (while going 1–2–1 against them), although the latter would move to Colorado after the season while the Capitals remained in their location. Despite a slightly improved record from the previous season, the Capitals failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second 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; 1975–76 regular season1975-76 Washington Capitals Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1976_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||L||October 7, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 9, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||October 11, 1975||5–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||0–3–0 |- |4||L||October 14, 1975||2–7 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||0–4–0 |- |5||L||October 15, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||0–5–0 |- |6||T||October 17, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||0–5–1 |- |7||L||October 19, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||0–6–1 |- |8||L||October 22, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||0–7–1 |- |9||L||October 24, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||0–8–1 |- |10||W||October 26, 1975||7–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||1–8–1 |- |11||L||October 28, 1975||0–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||1–9–1 |- |12||W||October 30, 1975||6–2 || align="left"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||2–9–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||L||November 1, 1975||3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1975–76) ||2–10–1 |- |14||L||November 5, 1975||1–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||2–11–1 |- |15||L||November 9, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||2–12–1 |- |16||T||November 12, 1975||6–6 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||2–12–2 |- |17||L||November 14, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||2–13–2 |- |18||L||November 15, 1975||2–9 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||2–14–2 |- |19||L||November 18, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||2–15–2 |- |20||L||November 19, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||2–16–2 |- |21||L||November 21, 1975||0–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||2–17–2 |- |22||W||November 26, 1975||7–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||3–17–2 |- |23||L||November 29, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||3–18–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||T||December 3, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||3–18–3 |- |25||L||December 4, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||3–19–3 |- |26||L||December 6, 1975||3–9 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||3–20–3 |- |27||L||December 7, 1975||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||3–21–3 |- |28||L||December 9, 1975||1–7 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||3–22–3 |- |29||L||December 10, 1975||2–7 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||3–23–3 |- |30||L||December 12, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||3–24–3 |- |31||T||December 14, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||3–24–4 |- |32||L||December 17, 1975||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||3–25–4 |- |33||L||December 19, 1975||5–7 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||3–26–4 |- |34||L||December 21, 1975||2–14 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||3–27–4 |- |35||T||December 26, 1975||1–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||3–27–5 |- |36||L||December 29, 1975||0–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||3–28–5 |- |37||L||December 31, 1975||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||3–29–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||L||January 2, 1976||5–8 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||3–30–5 |- |39||L||January 3, 1976||0–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||3–31–5 |- |40||L||January 6, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||3–32–5 |- |41||L||January 8, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||3–33–5 |- |42||L||January 9, 1976||0–5 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||3–34–5 |- |43||L||January 11, 1976||4–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||3–35–5 |- |44||L||January 13, 1976||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||3–36–5 |- |45||L||January 15, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||3–37–5 |- |46||L||January 17, 1976||3–7 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||3–38–5 |- |47||L||January 21, 1976||2–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1975–76) ||3–39–5 |- |48||W||January 23, 1976||7–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||4–39–5 |- |49||L||January 24, 1976||2–8 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||4–40–5 |- |50||L||January 27, 1976||0–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||4–41–5 |- |51||W||January 28, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||5–41–5 |- |52||L||January 30, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||5–42–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |53||T||February 4, 1976||4–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||5–42–6 |- |54||L||February 7, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||5–43–6 |- |55||L||February 8, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||5–44–6 |- |56||T||February 10, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||5–44–7 |- |57||L||February 13, 1976||0–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||5–45–7 |- |58||W||February 15, 1976||8–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||6–45–7 |- |59||L||February 16, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||6–46–7 |- |60||L||February 18, 1976||4–11 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||6–47–7 |- |61||W||February 21, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||7–47–7 |- |62||L||February 22, 1976||0–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1975–76) ||7–48–7 |- |63||T||February 24, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||7–48–8 |- |64||T||February 27, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||7–48–9 |- |65||W||February 29, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||8–48–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |66||L||March 6, 1976||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1975–76) ||8–49–9 |- |67||L||March 7, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||8–50–9 |- |68||L||March 12, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||8–51–9 |- |69||L||March 14, 1976||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||8–52–9 |- |70||W||March 16, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||9–52–9 |- |71||L||March 19, 1976||3–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||9–53–9 |- |72||L||March 20, 1976||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) ||9–54–9 |- |73||T||March 23, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||9–54–10 |- |74||L||March 24, 1976||3–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||9–55–10 |- |75||L||March 26, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||9–56–10 |- |76||L||March 28, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||9–57–10 |- |77||W||March 30, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||10–57–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#D50032 2px solid; border-bottom:#003DA5 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |78||L||April 1, 1976||2–11 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||10–58–10 |- |79||W||April 3, 1976||5–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||11–58–10 |- |80||L||April 4, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||11–59–10 |- |- | 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 Nelson Pyatt C 77 26 23 49 14-56500 Hartland Monahan RW 80 17 29 46 35-49202 Tony White Tony White (ice hockey) LW 80 25 17 42 56-43702 Garnet Bailey LW 67 13 19 32 75-42202 Gerry Meehan C 32 16 15 31 10-7300 Bob Sirois RW 43 10 19 29 6-33400 Ron Lalonde C 80 9 19 28 19-26210 Stan Gilbertson LW 31 13 14 27 6-25500 Blair Stewart Blair Stewart (ice hockey) C 74 13 14 27 113-53000 Bill Clement C 46 10 17 27 20-30200 Greg Joly D 54 8 17 25 28-46311 Harvey Bennett Harvey Bennett Jr. C 49 12 10 22 39-27101 Jack Lynch ice hockey D 79 9 13 22 78-52501 Yvon Labre D 80 2 20 22 146-38000 Tommy Williams Tom Williams (ice hockey b. 1940) RW 34 8 13 21 6-33200 Jean Lemieux D 33 6 14 20 2-21501 Mike Lampman LW 27 7 12 19 28-6001 Peter Scamurra D 58 2 13 15 33-38100 Rick Bragnalo C 19 2 10 12 8-4000 Bob Gryp LW 46 6 5 11 12-18000 Mike Marson LW 57 4 7 11 50-19000 Willie Brossart D 49 0 8 8 40-49000 Bob Paradise D 48 0 8 8 42-41000 Jack Egers RW 12 3 3 6 8-2200 Gord Smith ice hockey D 25 1 2 3 28-22100 John Paddock RW 8 1 1 2 12-5000 Paul Nicholson Paul Nicholson (ice hockey) LW 14 0 2 2 9-4000 Gord Lane D 3 1 0 1 12-5100 Michel Belhumeur G 7 0 1 1 00000 Larry Bolonchuk D 1 0 1 1 0-1000 Brian Kinsella C 4 0 1 1 0-2000 Ron Jones Ron Jones (ice hockey) D 2 0 0 0 0-1000 Ron Low G 43 0 0 0 20000 Don McLean Don McLean (ice hockey, born 1954) D 9 0 0 0 6-3000 Brian Stapleton RW 1 0 0 0 0-2000 Bernie Wolfe Bernie Wolfe (ice hockey) G 40 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Ron Low 2289 43 6 31 2 208 5.45 0 Bernie Wolfe Bernie Wolfe (ice hockey) 2134 40 5 23 7 148 4.16 0 Michel Belhumeur 377 7 0 5 1 32 5.09 0 Team: 4800 80 11 59 10 388 4.85 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1975-76 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1976.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 1975 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)118Alex Forsyth Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)219Peter Scamurra United States Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)455Blair MacKasey Canada Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)573Craig Crawford Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)691Roger Swanson Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)7109Clark Jantzie Canada University of Alberta (CIAU)8127Mike Fryia Canada Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)9144Jim Ofrim Canada University of Alberta (CIAU)10161Mal Zinger Canada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL) See also 1975–76 NHL season References Category:Washington Capitals seasons Wash Washing Washing