1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1975–76 1975 Toronto Maple Leafs Wales 5th Adams 3rd 34–31–5 23–12–5 11–19–10 294 276 Jim Gregory Red Kelly Darryl Sittler None Maple Leaf Gardens Errol Thompson (43) Darryl Sittler (59) Darryl Sittler (100) Tiger Williams (299) Wayne Thomas (28) Wayne Thomas (3.19) The 1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in third place in the Adams Division with a record of 34 wins, 31 losses, and 15 ties for 83 points, qualifying for the playoffs for the third consecutive year. They defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins two games to one in the preliminary round before losing the Quarter-Finals in seven games to the Philadelphia Flyers. 2 Offseason NHL draft Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team16Don Ashby (C)CanadaCalgary Centennials (WCHL)224Doug Jarvis (C) Canada Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)342Bruce Boudreau (C) Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)578Ted Long (D) Canada Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)696Kevin Campbell (D) Canada St. Lawrence University (ECAC)7114Mario Rouillard (RW) Canada Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)8132Ron Wilson (D) United States Providence College (ECAC)9149Paul Evans (LW) Canada Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)10165Jean Latendresse (D) Canada Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)10166Paul Crowley (RW) Canada Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)11179Dan D'Alvise (C) Canada Royal York Rangers (OPJHL)11180Jack Laine (RW) Canada Bowling Green University (CCHA)12188Ken Holland (G) Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)12189Bob Barnes (D) Canada Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)12191Gary Burns (LW) United States University of New Hampshire (ECAC)12193Jim Montgomery (C) Canada Hull Festivals (QMJHL)13199Rick Martin (RW) Canada London Knights (OMJHL) Regular season Sittler's Ten Point Night February 7, 1976 – In his first season as captain Darryl Sittler set the NHL record for most points scored in one game when he recorded ten points (six goals, four assists) against the Boston Bruins. At the 9:27 mark of the third period, he scored a goal and earned the ninth point of the game, breaking the NHL record for most points in a game. He would go on to earn another point to set a new record with 10 points in a game. To this day, this record still stands. In addiction, Sittler finished the season with 41 goals and 59 assists, being the first Leaf ever to reach the 100-point mark. Season standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Playoffs March 2025 Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1975–76 regular season1975-76 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1976_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 4, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 11, 1975||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 12, 1975||3–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 15, 1975||4–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 18, 1975||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 19, 1975||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 22, 1975||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||3–3–0 |- |7||W||October 24, 1975||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||4–3–0 |- |8||T||October 25, 1975||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||4–3–1 |- |9||W||October 29, 1975||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||5–3–1 |- |10||L||October 30, 1975||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||5–4–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||November 1, 1975||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||6–4–1 |- |12||W||November 5, 1975||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||7–4–1 |- |13||T||November 7, 1975||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||7–4–2 |- |14||T||November 8, 1975||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||7–4–3 |- |15||L||November 11, 1975||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||7–5–3 |- |16||W||November 14, 1975||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||8–5–3 |- |17||T||November 15, 1975||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||8–5–4 |- |18||W||November 18, 1975||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||9–5–4 |- |19||L||November 22, 1975||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||9–6–4 |- |20||T||November 23, 1975||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||9–6–5 |- |21||T||November 26, 1975||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||9–6–6 |- |22||L||November 28, 1975||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||9–7–6 |- |23||T||November 29, 1975||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||9–7–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||L||December 3, 1975||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||9–8–7 |- |25||L||December 6, 1975||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||9–9–7 |- |26||L||December 7, 1975||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||9–10–7 |- |27||T||December 10, 1975||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||9–10–8 |- |28||L||December 13, 1975||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1975–76) ||9–11–8 |- |29||W||December 14, 1975||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||10–11–8 |- |30||W||December 17, 1975||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||11–11–8 |- |31||L||December 18, 1975||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1975–76) ||11–12–8 |- |32||W||December 20, 1975||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||12–12–8 |- |33||W||December 22, 1975||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||13–12–8 |- |34||L||December 27, 1975||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||13–13–8 |- |35||W||December 29, 1975||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||14–13–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |36||W||January 1, 1976||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||15–13–8 |- |37||L||January 3, 1976||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||15–14–8 |- |38||W||January 4, 1976||8–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1975–76) ||16–14–8 |- |39||L||January 7, 1976||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||16–15–8 |- |40||W||January 8, 1976||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1975–76) ||17–15–8 |- |41||W||January 10, 1976||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||18–15–8 |- |42||L||January 11, 1976||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||18–16–8 |- |43||W||January 14, 1976||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||19–16–8 |- |44||W||January 15, 1976||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) ||20–16–8 |- |45||T||January 17, 1976||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||20–16–9 |- |46||L||January 22, 1976||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||20–17–9 |- |47||T||January 24, 1976||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||20–17–10 |- |48||L||January 25, 1976||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||20–18–10 |- |49||L||January 28, 1976||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1975–76) ||20–19–10 |- |50||W||January 31, 1976||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1975–76) ||21–19–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |51||L||February 1, 1976||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||21–20–10 |- |52||T||February 4, 1976||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||21–20–11 |- |53||W||February 7, 1976||11–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||22–20–11 |- |54||W||February 8, 1976||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||23–20–11 |- |55||L||February 11, 1976||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||23–21–11 |- |56||L||February 14, 1976||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) ||23–22–11 |- |57||W||February 16, 1976||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||24–22–11 |- |58||L||February 18, 1976||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||24–23–11 |- |59||L||February 19, 1976||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||24–24–11 |- |60||W||February 21, 1976||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||25–24–11 |- |61||W||February 23, 1976||7–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Flames (1975–76) ||26–24–11 |- |62||W||February 25, 1976||8–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||27–24–11 |- |63||L||February 26, 1976||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||27–25–11 |- |64||W||February 28, 1976||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||28–25–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |65||W||March 1, 1976||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) ||29–25–11 |- |66||W||March 3, 1976||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||30–25–11 |- |67||W||March 6, 1976||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) ||31–25–11 |- |68||T||March 7, 1976||7–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) ||31–25–12 |- |69||T||March 10, 1976||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1975–76) ||31–25–13 |- |70||L||March 11, 1976||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||31–26–13 |- |71||T||March 13, 1976||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1975–76) ||31–26–14 |- |72||L||March 17, 1976||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) ||31–27–14 |- |73||W||March 20, 1976||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1975–76) ||32–27–14 |- |74||L||March 21, 1976||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) ||32–28–14 |- |75||W||March 24, 1976||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) ||33–28–14 |- |76||L||March 27, 1976||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||33–29–14 |- |77||W||March 29, 1976||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) ||34–29–14 |- |78||T||March 31, 1976||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) ||34–29–15 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |79||L||April 3, 1976||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1975–76) ||34–30–15 |- |80||L||April 4, 1976||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) ||34–31–15 |- |- | 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 Darryl Sittler C 79 41 59 100 90121112 Lanny McDonald RW 75 37 56 93 7024654 Errol Thompson Errol Thompson (ice hockey) LW 75 43 37 80 26281317 Borje Salming Börje Salming D 78 16 41 57 7033801 Ian Turnbull Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) D 76 20 36 56 9024713 Stan Weir C 64 19 32 51 2210503 George Ferguson George Ferguson (ice hockey) C 79 12 32 44 7611322 Tiger Williams LW 78 21 19 40 299-1303 Inge Hammarstrom Inge Hammarström LW 76 19 21 40 210105 Jack Valiquette C 45 10 23 33 30-8111 Pat Boutette C/RW 77 10 22 32 140-1202 Jim McKenny D 46 10 19 29 19-7400 Bob Neely LW 69 9 13 22 89-15000 Don Ashby C 50 6 15 21 105100 Rod Seiling D 77 3 16 19 4611000 Blaine Stoughton RW 43 6 11 17 8-2100 Greg Hubick D 72 6 8 14 100001 Claire Alexander D 33 2 6 8 60000 Dave Dunn D 43 0 8 8 84-5000 Brian Glennie D 69 0 8 8 7510000 Scott Garland Scott Garland (ice hockey) C 16 4 3 7 80100 Doug Favell G 3 0 0 0 00000 Gord McRae G 20 0 0 0 00000 Wayne Thomas Wayne Thomas (ice hockey) G 64 0 0 0 180000 Kurt Walker Kurt Walker (ice hockey) D 5 0 0 0 49-2000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Wayne Thomas Wayne Thomas (ice hockey) 3684 64 28 24 12 196 3.19 2 Gord McRae 956 20 6 5 2 59 3.70 0 Doug Favell 160 3 0 2 1 15 5.63 0 Team: 4800 80 34 31 15 270 3.38 2 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Darryl Sittler C 10 5 7 12 19201 Ian Turnbull Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) D 10 2 9 11 29100 Lanny McDonald RW 10 4 4 8 4201 Borje Salming Börje Salming D 10 3 4 7 9100 Errol Thompson Errol Thompson (ice hockey) LW 10 3 3 6 0210 Claire Alexander D 9 2 4 6 4100 George Ferguson George Ferguson (ice hockey) C 10 2 4 6 2001 Jim McKenny D 6 2 3 5 2101 Jack Valiquette C 10 2 3 5 2000 Pat Boutette C/RW 10 1 4 5 16000 Bob Neely LW 10 3 1 4 7200 Stan Weir C 9 1 3 4 0101 Scott Garland Scott Garland (ice hockey) C 7 1 2 3 35100 Brian Glennie D 6 0 1 1 15000 Rod Seiling D 10 0 1 1 6000 Dave Dunn D 3 0 0 0 17000 Gord McRae G 1 0 0 0 0000 Wayne Thomas Wayne Thomas (ice hockey) G 10 0 0 0 0000 Kurt Walker Kurt Walker (ice hockey) D 6 0 0 0 24000 Bob Warner Bob Warner (ice hockey) D 2 0 0 0 0000 Tiger Williams LW 10 0 0 0 75000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Wayne Thomas Wayne Thomas (ice hockey) 587 10 5 5 34 3.48 1 Gord McRae 13 1 0 0 1 4.62 0 Team: 600 10 5 5 35 3.50 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-11 1975-76 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1976.html Awards and records Awards Borje Salming, defence, NHL 2nd All-Star Team Darryl Sittler, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs) Wayne Thomas, appeared in NHL All-Star Game Records Darryl Sittler tied the playoff record for most goals in one game, with five against Philadelphia. Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1975–76 season. Trades June 17, 1975To Montreal Canadiens1st round pick in 1976 – Peter LeeTo Toronto Maple LeafsWayne Thomas June 20, 1975To California Golden SealsGary SabourinTo Toronto Maple LeafsStan Weir June 26, 1975To Montreal CanadiensDoug JarvisTo Toronto Maple LeafsGreg Hubick September 1, 1975To Los Angeles KingsCashTo Toronto Maple LeafsTom Cassidy June 1, 1976To Cincinnati Stingers (WHA)CashTo Toronto Maple LeafsMike Pelyk Randy Carlyle Free agents Player Former team Bob Warner Undrafted free agent Kurt Walker Undrafted free agent References Maple Leafs on Hockey Database Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1975-76 Tor Category:1975 in Toronto Category:1976 in Toronto