1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season

1975–76 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Conference Champions
Norris Division Champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	1st Prince of Wales
1975–76 record	58–11–11
Goals for	337
Goals against	174
Team information
General Manager	Sam Pollock
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Yvan Cournoyer
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Guy Lafleur (56)
Assists	Pete Mahovlich (71)
Points	Guy Lafleur (125)
Penalties in minutes	Doug Risebrough (180)
Wins	Ken Dryden (42)
Goals against average	Ken Dryden (2.03)
<1974–75	1976–77>

The 1975–76 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 67th season. The Canadiens won their 19th Stanley Cup in club history.

Offseason

Regular season

Henri Richard's number 16 was retired December 10, 1975 by the Canadiens in his honour.

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	58	11	11	337	174	127
Los Angeles Kings	80	38	33	9	263	265	85
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	35	33	12	339	303	82
Detroit Red Wings	80	26	44	10	226	300	62
Washington Capitals	80	11	59	10	224	394	32

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 8, 1975	9–0	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	1–0–0
2	W	October 9, 1975	9–4	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	2–0–0
3	W	October 11, 1975	7–2	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	3–0–0
4	L	October 14, 1975	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	3–1–0
5	T	October 18, 1975	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	3–1–1
6	W	October 21, 1975	7–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	4–1–1
7	W	October 22, 1975	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	5–1–1
8	W	October 25, 1975	6–2	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	6–1–1
9	T	October 27, 1975	4–4	New York Islanders (1975–76)	6–1–2
10	L	October 29, 1975	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	6–2–2
11	W	November 1, 1975	4–0	New York Rangers (1975–76)	7–2–2
12	W	November 3, 1975	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	8–2–2
13	W	November 5, 1975	3–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	9–2–2
14	W	November 8, 1975	5–0	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	10–2–2
15	L	November 9, 1975	1–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	10–3–2
16	W	November 11, 1975	6–0	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	11–3–2
17	W	November 13, 1975	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	12–3–2
18	T	November 15, 1975	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	12–3–3
19	L	November 16, 1975	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	12–4–3
20	W	November 19, 1975	6–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	13–4–3
21	W	November 22, 1975	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	14–4–3
22	W	November 25, 1975	4–0	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	15–4–3
23	W	November 27, 1975	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	16–4–3
24	W	November 29, 1975	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	17–4–3
25	W	November 30, 1975	3–2	New York Islanders (1975–76)	18–4–3
26	L	December 3, 1975	5–6	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	18–5–3
27	W	December 4, 1975	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	19–5–3
28	W	December 6, 1975	9–3	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	20–5–3
29	T	December 7, 1975	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	20–5–4
30	T	December 10, 1975	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	20–5–5
31	W	December 13, 1975	4–1	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	21–5–5
32	W	December 14, 1975	7–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	22–5–5
33	W	December 17, 1975	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	23–5–5
34	T	December 20, 1975	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	23–5–6
35	W	December 21, 1975	2–1	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	24–5–6
36	W	December 27, 1975	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	25–5–6
37	W	December 29, 1975	6–0	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	26–5–6
38	W	January 3, 1976	7–0	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	27–5–6
39	L	January 5, 1976	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	27–6–6
40	W	January 7, 1976	2–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	28–6–6
41	W	January 10, 1976	7–1	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	29–6–6
42	W	January 11, 1976	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	30–6–6
43	W	January 13, 1976	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	31–6–6
44	W	January 17, 1976	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	32–6–6
45	W	January 18, 1976	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	33–6–6
46	W	January 22, 1976	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	34–6–6
47	W	January 24, 1976	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	35–6–6
48	T	January 25, 1976	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	35–6–7
49	T	January 27, 1976	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	35–6–8
50	W	January 30, 1976	5–4	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	36–6–8
51	L	January 31, 1976	3–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	36–7–8
52	W	February 4, 1976	8–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	37–7–8
53	W	February 6, 1976	7–1	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	38–7–8
54	W	February 8, 1976	3–0	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	39–7–8
55	W	February 10, 1976	6–1	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	40–7–8
56	L	February 12, 1976	4–6	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	40–8–8
57	T	February 14, 1976	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	40–8–9
58	L	February 15, 1976	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	40–9–9
59	W	February 18, 1976	7–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	41–9–9
60	W	February 20, 1976	5–3	New York Rangers (1975–76)	42–9–9
61	W	February 22, 1976	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	43–9–9
62	W	February 24, 1976	6–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	44–9–9
63	W	February 25, 1976	3–1	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	45–9–9
64	W	February 28, 1976	3–2	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	46–9–9
65	T	February 29, 1976	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	46–9–10
66	W	March 3, 1976	4–2	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	47–9–10
67	W	March 6, 1976	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	48–9–10
68	W	March 7, 1976	6–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	49–9–10
69	W	March 10, 1976	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	50–9–10
70	W	March 13, 1976	4–2	Boston Bruins (1975–76)	51–9–10
71	W	March 14, 1976	5–1	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	52–9–10
72	W	March 16, 1976	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	53–9–10
73	W	March 19, 1976	4–1	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	54–9–10
74	L	March 20, 1976	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	54–10–10
75	L	March 24, 1976	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	54–11–10
76	W	March 27, 1976	8–2	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	55–11–10
77	T	March 28, 1976	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76)	55–11–11
78	W	March 31, 1976	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	56–11–11
79	W	April 3, 1976	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	57–11–11
80	W	April 4, 1976	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	58–11–11

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	80	56	69	125	36	68	18	0	12
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	80	34	71	105	76	71	8	1	7
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	80	45	34	79	47	73	7	0	7
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	71	32	36	68	20	37	8	0	12
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	77	21	47	68	78	64	8	1	1
Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert	LW	80	32	35	67	28	10	12	0	4
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	61	20	32	52	20	26	6	0	3
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	71	8	39	47	38	52	1	1	1
Risebrough, DougDoug Risebrough	C	80	16	28	44	180	18	1	0	3
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	80	10	30	40	59	50	2	0	0
Wilson, MurrayMurray Wilson	LW	59	11	24	35	36	25	2	1	1
Jarvis, DougDoug Jarvis	C	80	5	30	35	16	17	0	1	1
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	78	15	13	28	57	20	1	2	1
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay	RW	71	11	16	27	88	5	1	0	2
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	74	13	8	21	35	7	0	0	1
Van Boxmeer, JohnJohn Van Boxmeer	D	46	6	11	17	31	17	0	0	1
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	66	1	11	12	50	20	0	0	1
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	72	0	12	12	29	30	0	0	0
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw	D/RW	16	1	3	4	25	12	0	0	0
Nyrop, BillBill Nyrop	D	19	0	3	3	8	21	0	0	0
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	G	62	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	22	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Andruff, RonRon Andruff	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goldup, GlennGlenn Goldup	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Shanahan, SeanSean Shanahan	C/RW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	3580	62	42	10	8	121	2.03	8
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	1220	22	16	1	3	50	2.46	2
Team:	4800	80	58	11	11	171	2.14	10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	13	7	10	17	2	0	0	3
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	13	7	8	15	2	3	0	0
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	13	4	8	12	24	2	0	1
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer	RW	13	3	6	9	4	2	0	1
Savard, SergeSerge Savard	D	13	3	6	9	6	1	1	2
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	13	3	3	6	12	1	0	1
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire	C	13	3	3	6	2	1	1	1
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	13	3	3	6	10	0	0	1
Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert	LW	12	2	3	5	18	0	0	1
Roberts, JimmyJimmy Roberts	D/RW	13	3	1	4	2	0	1	0
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	13	1	3	4	20	0	0	0
Jarvis, DougDoug Jarvis	C	13	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
Nyrop, BillBill Nyrop	D	13	0	3	3	12	0	0	0
Risebrough, DougDoug Risebrough	C	13	0	3	3	30	0	0	0
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	13	2	0	2	8	1	0	1
Wilson, MurrayMurray Wilson	LW	12	1	1	2	6	0	0	0
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay	RW	10	0	1	1	27	0	0	0
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw	D/RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	780	13	12	1	25	1.92	1
Team:	780	13	12	1	25	1.92	1

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

June 17, 1975

To Toronto Maple Leafs Wayne Thomas[4]

To Montreal Canadiens Toronto's 1st round draft choice in the 1976 Amateur Draft (Peter Lee)

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Guy Lafleur scored his first two career goals in the finals, both game-winners.

Reggie Leach scored four time in the finals, and 19 for the play-offs to win the Conn Smythe Trophy despite the Flyers losing to the Canadiens.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 9	Philadelphia	3	Montreal	4
May 11	Philadelphia	1	Montreal	2
May 13	Montreal	3	Philadelphia	2
May 16	Montreal	5	Philadelphia	3

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Reggie Leach won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

Awards and records

• Prince of Wales Trophy
• Ken Dryden, Vezina Trophy
• Guy Lafleur, Art Ross Trophy

Transactions

1976 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions

Ken Dryden, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, Larry Robinson, Bill Nyrop, Pierre Bouchard, Jimmy Roberts, Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Peter Mahovlich, Yvan Cournoyer, Jacques Lemaire, Yvon Lambert, Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis, Doug Risebrough, Murray Wilson, Mario Tremblay, Rick Chartraw, Michel Larocque, Scotty Bowman(coach), Sam Pollock(general manager), Eddy Palchak, Pierre Meilleur (trainers)

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	9	Robin Sadler (D)	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)

Farm teams

See also

• 1975–76 NHL season

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225. 
2. ^ "1975–76 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1976_games.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14. 
3. ^ "1975-76 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1976.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 
4. ^ http://habsgoalies.blogspot.com/2007/06/wayne-thomas-1972-74.html

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