1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' fifth season of operation. The Oilers placed fourth to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the first round.

Regular season

Final standings

**Western Division**
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Houston Aeros	80	50	24	6	320	241	106
Winnipeg Jets	80	46	32	2	366	291	94
San Diego Mariners	81	40	37	4	284	283	85
Edmonton Oilers	81	34	43	4	243	304	72
Calgary Cowboys	81	31	43	7	252	296	69
Phoenix Roadrunners	80	28	48	4	281	383	60

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 8, 1976	2–0	New England Whalers (1976–77)	1–0–0
2	L	October 15, 1976	1–6	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	1–1–0
3	W	October 17, 1976	7–2	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	2–1–0
4	W	October 19, 1976	5–4 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	3–1–0
5	L	October 24, 1976	3–5	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	3–2–0
6	L	October 26, 1976	1–3	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	3–3–0
7	W	October 28, 1976	4–3 OT	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	4–3–0
8	L	October 29, 1976	3–11	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	4–4–0
9	L	October 31, 1976	0–4	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	4–5–0
10	W	November 3, 1976	4–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	5–5–0
11	L	November 4, 1976	2–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	5–6–0
12	L	November 5, 1976	3–4	New England Whalers (1976–77)	5–7–0
13	L	November 7, 1976	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	5–8–0
14	L	November 10, 1976	2–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	5–9–0
15	W	November 13, 1976	3–2	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	6–9–0
16	L	November 16, 1976	2–5	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	6–10–0
17	L	November 17, 1976	2–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	6–11–0
18	W	November 19, 1976	4–3 OT	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	7–11–0
19	W	November 21, 1976	6–5	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	8–11–0
20	L	November 23, 1976	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	8–12–0
21	L	November 24, 1976	2–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	8–13–0
22	L	November 26, 1976	2–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	8–14–0
23	W	November 28, 1976	4–0	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	9–14–0
24	W	November 30, 1976	3–2 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	10–14–0
25	W	December 2, 1976	4–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	11–14–0
26	T	December 3, 1976	0–0	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	11–14–1
27	L	December 4, 1976	3–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	11–15–1
28	L	December 5, 1976	1–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	11–16–1
29	W	December 7, 1976	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	12–16–1
30	L	December 11, 1976	0–3	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	12–17–1
31	W	December 12, 1976	5–3	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	13–17–1
32	L	December 14, 1976	1–6	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	13–18–1
33	L	December 16, 1976	0–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	13–19–1
34	W	December 17, 1976	1–0	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	14–19–1
35	W	December 19, 1976	4–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	15–19–1
36	W	December 21, 1976	4–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	16–19–1
37	L	December 28, 1976	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	16–20–1
38	L	January 1, 1977	1–5	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	16–21–1
39	L	January 4, 1977	3–5	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	16–22–1
40	W	January 7, 1977	4–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	17–22–1
41	L	January 8, 1977	0–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1976–77)	17–23–1
42	W	January 9, 1977	5–3	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	18–23–1
43	W	January 14, 1977	5–3	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	19–23–1
44	L	January 15, 1977	3–6	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	19–24–1
45	L	January 16, 1977	1–3	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	19–25–1
46	L	January 20, 1977	1–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	19–26–1
47	L	January 22, 1977	1–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	19–27–1
48	W	January 23, 1977	9–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1976–77)	20–27–1
49	W	January 26, 1977	5–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	21–27–1
50	L	January 28, 1977	1–4	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	21–28–1
51	T	January 30, 1977	1–1	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	21–28–2
52	L	February 1, 1977	1–11	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	21–29–2
53	W	February 6, 1977	4–2	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	22–29–2
54	L	February 8, 1977	5–6	San Diego Mariners (1976–77)	22–30–2
55	L	February 11, 1977	1–3	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	22–31–2
56	W	February 13, 1977	5–2	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	23–31–2
57	L	February 15, 1977	4–7	Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	23–32–2
58	W	February 18, 1977	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	24–32–2
59	L	February 20, 1977	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	24–33–2
60	W	February 22, 1977	4–3	New England Whalers (1976–77)	25–33–2
61	L	February 25, 1977	2–3 OT	Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	25–34–2
62	L	February 27, 1977	0–4	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	25–35–2
63	L	March 1, 1977	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	25–36–2
64	W	March 3, 1977	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	26–36–2
65	W	March 6, 1977	5–2	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	27–36–2
66	L	March 8, 1977	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1976–77)	27–37–2
67	L	March 9, 1977	3–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	27–38–2
68	W	March 10, 1977	4–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1976–77)	28–38–2
69	T	March 12, 1977	3–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1976–77)	28–38–3
70	L	March 13, 1977	3–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	28–39–3
71	L	March 15, 1977	0–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	28–40–3
72	W	March 17, 1977	4–3	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	29–40–3
73	L	March 22, 1977	3–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	29–41–3
74	W	March 24, 1977	5–4	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	30–41–3
75	W	March 25, 1977	4–3 OT	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1976–77)	31–41–3
76	L	March 27, 1977	2–5	@ New England Whalers (1976–77)	31–42–3
77	W	March 30, 1977	8–0	Houston Aeros (1976–77)	32–42–3
78	L	April 1, 1977	1–3	Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	32–43–3
79	T	April 2, 1977	4–4	@ Calgary Cowboys (1976–77)	32–43–4
80	W	April 4, 1977	6–2	Winnipeg Jets (1976–77)	33–43–4
81	W	April 6, 1977	6–4	Birmingham Bulls (1976–77)	34–43–4

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
Flett, BillBill Flett	RW	48	34	20	54	20	7	7	0
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell	C	66	12	42	54	18	-10	0	1
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	LW	81	19	34	53	77	-17	2	0
Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton	D	81	8	37	45	60	-19	3	0
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	67	16	27	43	28	-23	4	0
Patenaude, RustyRusty Patenaude	RW	73	25	16	41	57	-23	8	0
Kirk, GavinGavin Kirk	C	52	8	28	36	16	-4	3	0
Morris, RickRick Morris	LW	79	18	17	35	76	-1	1	0
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	38	13	15	28	18	0	4	0
Wilkins, BarryBarry Wilkins	D	51	4	24	28	75	-7	0	0
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie	D	70	8	19	27	92	-4	2	0
Callighen, BrettBrett Callighen	C	29	9	16	25	48	6	2	0
Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy	RW	28	15	8	23	4	-7	4	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	77	7	16	23	94	-16	2	0
Boddy, GreggGregg Boddy	D	46	1	17	18	41	-1	1	0
Rota, RandyRandy Rota	C/LW	40	9	6	15	8	-10	1	0
Russell, BobBob Russell	C	57	7	6	13	41	-10	0	0
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton	LW	68	4	9	13	274	-12	0	0
Williams, ButchButch Williams	RW	29	3	10	13	16	-9	1	0
St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur	C	15	5	7	12	2	-1	0	0
Peacosh, GeneGene Peacosh	LW	11	5	4	9	14	2	2	0
Nevin, BobBob Nevin	RW	13	3	2	5	0	-8	1	0
Simpson, TomTom Simpson	RW	15	3	2	5	16	2	0	0
Laframboise, PetePete Laframboise	LW/C	17	0	5	5	12	-6	0	0
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk	RW	29	2	2	4	83	0	0	0
Merrell, BarryBarry Merrell	C	10	1	3	4	0	-2	0	0
Patrick, GlennGlenn Patrick	D	23	0	4	4	62	-10	0	0
Hornung, LarryLarry Hornung	D	21	2	1	3	0	-6	0	0
Baird, KenKen Baird	D	2	1	2	3	0	2	0	0
Broderick, KenKen Broderick	G	40	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich	C	7	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0
Butters, BillBill Butters	D	7	0	2	2	17	-2	0	0
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	G	24	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Patterson, DennisDennis Patterson	D	23	0	2	2	2	-18	0	0
Scharf, TedTed Scharf	RW	5	0	2	2	14	-1	0	0
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	2	0	1	1	2	-4	0	0
Arndt, DannyDanny Arndt	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Fortunato, JoeJoe Fortunato	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur	G	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Morris, PeterPeter Morris	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
Prentice, BillBill Prentice	D	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Stewart, PaulPaul Stewart	LW/D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Broderick, KenKen Broderick	2301	40	18	18	1	134	3.49	4
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	1416	24	10	13	0	77	3.26	1
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur	1213	21	6	12	3	88	4.35	0
Team:	4930	81	34	43	4	299	3.64	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Callighen, BrettBrett Callighen	C	5	4	1	5	7	1
Rota, RandyRandy Rota	C/LW	5	3	2	5	0	0
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell	C	5	3	1	4	0	0
Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton	D	5	0	4	4	4	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	5	2	1	3	9	0
Boddy, GreggGregg Boddy	D	4	1	2	3	14	0
Ullman, NormNorm Ullman	C	5	0	3	3	0	0
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	LW	5	1	1	2	2	0
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton	LW	5	0	2	2	21	0
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk	RW	5	0	2	2	37	0
Flett, BillBill Flett	RW	5	0	2	2	2	0
Kirk, GavinGavin Kirk	C	5	1	0	1	4	0
St. Sauveur, ClaudeClaude St. Sauveur	C	5	1	0	1	0	0
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	5	0	1	1	0	0
Morris, RickRick Morris	LW	5	0	1	1	4	0
Wilkins, BarryBarry Wilkins	D	4	0	1	1	2	0
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie	D	4	0	0	0	0	0
Broderick, KenKen Broderick	G	3	0	0	0	0	0
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur	G	2	0	0	0	2	0
Patenaude, RustyRusty Patenaude	RW	2	0	0	0	8	0
Patrick, GlennGlenn Patrick	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
Russell, BobBob Russell	C	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Broderick, KenKen Broderick	179	3	1	2	10	3.35
Levasseur, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Levasseur	133	2	0	2	10	4.51
Team:	312	5	1	4	20	3.85

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Note: Pos = Position; 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;

References

↑ "1976–77 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
↑ "1976-77 Edmonton Oilers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

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