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1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1976–77
year	1976
Team	Toronto Maple Leafs
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	5th
Division	Adams
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	33–32–15
HomeRecord	18–13–9
RoadRecord	15–19–6
GoalsFor	301
GoalsAgainst	285
GeneralManager	Jim Gregory
Coach	Red Kelly
Captain	Darryl Sittler
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
GoalsLeader	Lanny McDonald (46)
AssistsLeader	Borje Salming (66)
PointsLeader	Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald (90)
PIMLeader	Tiger Williams (338)
WinsLeader	Mike Palmateer (23)
GAALeader	Mike Palmateer (3.21)

The 1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 60th season, 50th as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished in third place in the Adams Division with a record of 33 wins, 32 losses and 15 ties for 81 points. In the playoffs, they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the preliminary round 2–1 before falling to the Philadelphia Flyers in six games in the Quarter-finals.

Regular season

On February 2, 1977, Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Ian Turnbull would be the first player in NHL history to score five goals on five shots. His five goals in one game against the Detroit Red Wings still stands as the single-game record for goals by a defenceman.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 5, 1976||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 9, 1976||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||1–1–0 |- |3||T||October 13, 1976||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||1–1–1 |- |4||L||October 15, 1976||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1976–77) ||1–2–1 |- |5||T||October 16, 1976||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||1–2–2 |- |6||T||October 20, 1976||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||1–2–3 |- |7||L||October 21, 1976||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||1–3–3 |- |8||L||October 23, 1976||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||1–4–3 |- |9||L||October 27, 1976||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||1–5–3 |- |10||W||October 28, 1976||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||2–5–3 |- |11||W||October 30, 1976||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||3–5–3

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	80	46	44	90	77	12	16	4	5
C	73	38	52	90	89	8	12	1	5
D	80	22	57	79	84	47	4	2	0
D	76	12	66	78	46	45	1	0	0
C	66	15	30	45	7	5	0	3	1
D	76	14	31	45	36	−26	3	0	3
LW	77	18	25	43	338	11	1	0	0
C	76	19	23	42	24	−14	3	0	4
LW	78	24	17	41	16	8	5	0	3
LW	41	21	16	37	8	−10	8	1	2
C/RW	80	18	18	36	107	13	3	0	1
LW	70	17	16	33	16	−17	3	0	5
C	65	11	19	30	14	2	1	0	2
C	69	9	20	29	83	−18	3	0	1
C	50	9	15	24	24	0	0	2	0
D	48	1	12	13	12	−4	0	0	0
D	69	1	10	11	73	−1	0	0	0
C	15	2	5	7	4	2	0	0	1
D	26	2	3	5	24	5	0	0	0
D	45	0	5	5	51	−19	0	0	0
C/LW	7	1	1	2	19	3	0	0	0
D	10	1	1	2	4	4	0	0	0
G	50	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
D	13	0	2	2	4	−4	0	0	0
D	11	0	1	1	8	−7	0	0	0
G	33	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	2
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2877	50	23	18	8	154	3.21	4
	1803	33	10	13	6	116	3.86	1
	120	2	0	1	1	9	4.50	0
Team:	4800	80	33	32	15	279	3.49	5

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
C	9	5	16	21	4	3	0
RW	9	10	7	17	6	3	1
D	9	3	6	9	6	2	0
LW	9	3	6	9	29	0	1
D	9	4	4	8	10	4	0
LW	9	1	3	4	6	1	0
C/RW	9	0	4	4	17	0	0
C	7	2	1	3	0	1	1
C	9	0	3	3	7	0	0
LW	9	2	0	2	0	0	1
D	9	0	2	2	2	0	0
D	9	0	2	2	4	0	0
C	9	1	0	1	4	0	0
D	9	0	1	1	20	0	0
C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
C/LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
	360	6	3	3	16	2.67
	202	4	1	2	12	3.56
Team:	562	9	4	5	28	2.99

Awards and records

Lanny McDonald, Right Wing, NHL Second All-Star Team
Borje Salming, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1976–77 season.

Trades

March 8, 1977	To Colorado Rockies3rd round pick in [1977](1977-nhl-entry-draft) – Randy Pierce	To Toronto Maple LeafsTracy Pratt

Free agents

Tom Cassidy	Boston Bruins

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	30	Randy Carlyle	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
3	48	Alain Belanger	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
3	52	Gary McFayden	Canada	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
4	66	Tim Williams	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
5	84	Greg Hotham	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
6	102	Dan Djakalovic	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
7	116	Charlie Skjodt	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)

References

Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 27, James Duplacey, JG Press, {{ISBN. 978-1-57215-037-9.
"Turnbull sets NHL record for defensemen with five goals".
"1976-77 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule".
"1976-77 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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