1976–77 Boston Bruins season

The 1976–77 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 53rd season in the NHL. The Bruins finished 1st in the Adams Division and lost in the 1977 Stanley Cup Finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 7, 1976 	6–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 9, 1976 	5–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 10, 1976 	4–3 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 13, 1976 	5–1 	@ New York Rangers (1976–77) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 15, 1976 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	October 17, 1976 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	5–1–0
7 	L 	October 19, 1976 	5–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	5–2–0
8 	W 	October 20, 1976 	2–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	6–2–0
9 	W 	October 23, 1976 	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	7–2–0
10 	W 	October 27, 1976 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1976–77) 	8–2–0
11 	W 	October 30, 1976 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	9–2–0
12 	L 	October 31, 1976 	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	9–3–0
13 	W 	November 4, 1976 	7–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	10–3–0
14 	W 	November 7, 1976 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	11–3–0
15 	W 	November 10, 1976 	6–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	12–3–0
16 	T 	November 11, 1976 	2–2 	New York Islanders (1976–77) 	12–3–1
17 	W 	November 14, 1976 	5–3 	Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	13–3–1
18 	W 	November 18, 1976 	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	14–3–1
19 	W 	November 19, 1976 	4–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	15–3–1
20 	W 	November 21, 1976 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	16–3–1
21 	W 	November 24, 1976 	4–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	17–3–1
22 	W 	November 25, 1976 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	18–3–1
23 	L 	November 27, 1976 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	18–4–1
24 	L 	November 30, 1976 	2–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	18–5–1
25 	W 	December 1, 1976 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	19–5–1
26 	L 	December 3, 1976 	1–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	19–6–1
27 	T 	December 5, 1976 	5–5 	Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	19–6–2
28 	L 	December 9, 1976 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	19–7–2
29 	L 	December 11, 1976 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	19–8–2
30 	L 	December 12, 1976 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	19–9–2
31 	W 	December 16, 1976 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	20–9–2
32 	L 	December 18, 1976 	4–6 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	20–10–2
33 	W 	December 19, 1976 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	21–10–2
34 	L 	December 21, 1976 	0–3 	@ New York Islanders (1976–77) 	21–11–2
35 	T 	December 23, 1976 	3–3 	New York Rangers (1976–77) 	21–11–3
36 	W 	December 26, 1976 	6–3 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	22–11–3
37 	W 	December 29, 1976 	8–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	23–11–3
38 	L 	January 1, 1977 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	23–12–3
39 	W 	January 5, 1977 	3–2 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	24–12–3
40 	L 	January 8, 1977 	1–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	24–13–3
41 	W 	January 9, 1977 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	25–13–3
42 	W 	January 11, 1977 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	26–13–3
43 	W 	January 13, 1977 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	27–13–3
44 	T 	January 15, 1977 	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	27–13–4
45 	W 	January 17, 1977 	7–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	28–13–4
46 	L 	January 20, 1977 	3–4 	New York Islanders (1976–77) 	28–14–4
47 	W 	January 21, 1977 	5–2 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	29–14–4
48 	W 	January 23, 1977 	3–0 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	30–14–4
49 	L 	January 27, 1977 	4–6 	Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	30–15–4
50 	T 	January 29, 1977 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	30–15–5
51 	L 	January 30, 1977 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	30–16–5
52 	T 	February 1, 1977 	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	30–16–6
53 	W 	February 3, 1977 	5–4 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	31–16–6
54 	L 	February 4, 1977 	3–6 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	31–17–6
55 	W 	February 6, 1977 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	32–17–6
56 	L 	February 10, 1977 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	32–18–6
57 	L 	February 12, 1977 	3–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	32–19–6
58 	W 	February 13, 1977 	4–2 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	33–19–6
59 	W 	February 16, 1977 	7–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	34–19–6
60 	L 	February 19, 1977 	0–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	34–20–6
61 	L 	February 23, 1977 	1–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	34–21–6
62 	W 	February 25, 1977 	5–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	35–21–6
63 	T 	February 27, 1977 	2–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	35–21–7
64 	W 	March 1, 1977 	8–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	36–21–7
65 	W 	March 3, 1977 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (1976–77) 	37–21–7
66 	W 	March 5, 1977 	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	38–21–7
67 	W 	March 6, 1977 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	39–21–7
68 	W 	March 8, 1977 	3–2 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	40–21–7
69 	W 	March 10, 1977 	10–3 	New York Rangers (1976–77) 	41–21–7
70 	W 	March 12, 1977 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	42–21–7
71 	T 	March 13, 1977 	2–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	42–21–8
72 	W 	March 17, 1977 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	43–21–8
73 	L 	March 21, 1977 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	43–22–8
74 	W 	March 23, 1977 	6–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	44–22–8
75 	L 	March 24, 1977 	2–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	44–23–8
76 	W 	March 26, 1977 	7–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	45–23–8
77 	W 	March 27, 1977 	3–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	46–23–8
78 	W 	March 30, 1977 	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	47–23–8
79 	W 	April 2, 1977 	5–3 	@ New York Islanders (1976–77) 	48–23–8
80 	W 	April 3, 1977 	7–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	49–23–8
==Playoffs==
===Boston Bruins 4, Los Angeles Kings 2===
===Boston Bruins 4, Philadelphia Flyers 0===
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 0===
Date 	Visitors	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
May 7 	Boston 	3 	Montreal	7 	
May 10	Boston 	0 	Montreal	3 	
May 12	Montreal	4 	Boston 	2 	
May 14	Montreal	2 	Boston 	1 	OT
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	33	61	94 	22 	19 	8 	1 	6
 	C 	80	38	48	86 	11 	26 	6 	0 	8
 	C 	77	31	36	67 	20 	3 	8 	1 	5
 	D 	77	12	55	67 	67 	47 	4 	1 	4
 	RW 	79	14	41	55 	147	38 	1 	1 	4
 	RW 	57	23	29	52 	62 	25 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	65	15	37	52 	76 	4 	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	80	27	18	45 	20 	28 	3 	1 	5
 	LW 	49	20	23	43 	12 	-2 	6 	0 	2
 	RW 	72	20	22	42 	2 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	69	17	13	30 	69 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	75	11	17	28 	0 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	77	6 	18	24 	166	25 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	46	6 	16	22 	30 	23 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	2 	20	22 	40 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	40	10	11	21 	4 	4 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	73	9 	11	20 	47 	13 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	76	3 	13	16 	107	15 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	24	7 	5 	12 	14 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	23	4 	6 	10 	32 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	2 	3 	5 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	2 	2 	4 	6 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	4 	4 	46 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	3 	3 	16 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	34	0 	1 	1 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	1 	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2700	45	30	10	5	137	3.04	3
 	2040	34	18	13	3	97 	2.85	1
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0	3 	3.00	0
Team: 	4800	80	49	23	8	237	2.96	4
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	14	5 	12	17 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	14	11	1 	12 	10 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	14	5 	7 	12 	8 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	14	2 	10	12 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	5 	6 	11 	10 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	14	5 	6 	11 	28 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	13	5 	4 	9 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	14	1 	8 	9 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	9 	9 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	5 	3 	8 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	4 	2 	6 	24 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	13	2 	2 	4 	47 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	13	0 	3 	3 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	2 	2 	26 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	14	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	858	14	8	5	44	3.08	1
 	20 	1 	0	1	3 	9.00	0
Team: 	878	14	8	6	47	3.21	1
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Jean Ratelle, Runner-up
*Lester Patrick Trophy: John Bucyk Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.424, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==Transactions==
*Trade Ken Hodge to the New York Rangers for Rick Middleton on May 26, 1976.
*Trade Joe Zanussi to the St. Louis Blues for Rick Smith on December 20, 1976.
==Draft Picks==
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	16	Clayton Pachal (C)	 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
==Trivia==
*Bruins who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
**Gregg Sheppard during the 5-1 win over the New York Rangers on October 13, 1976.
**Rick Middleton during the 6-2 win over the Minnesota North Stars on October 7, 1976.
**Peter McNab during the 7-5 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on November 4, 1976.
**Peter McNab during the 8-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on December 29, 1976.
**Gregg Sheppard during the 5-2 win over the Cleveland Barons on January 21, 1977.
**Bobby Schmautz during the 6-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies on January 27, 1977.
**Gregg Sheppard during the 8-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on March 1, 1977.
**Don Marcotte during the 5-3 win over the New York Islanders on April 2, 1977.
**Bobby Schmautz during the 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings, Game 1 of the Quarter-finals, April 11, 1977.
==Gallery==
==References==
* Bruins on Hockey Database
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