1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in 3rd place in the Adams Division with a record of 34 wins, 31 losses, and 15 ties for 83 points. They defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 2 games to 1 in the Preliminary Round before losing in the Quarter-Finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	#	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	6	Don Ashby (C)	 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
==Regular Season==
===Sittler's Ten Point Night===
In his first season as captain, on February 7, 1976, 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 49:27 of the third period, Darryl Sittler scored a goal and earned the 9th point of the game. Sittler broke the NHL record for most points in a game and would go on to earn another point to set a new record with 10 points in a game. More than 30 years later, this record still stands. Sittler finished the season with 41 goals and 59 assists, being the first Leaf ever to reach the 100 point mark.
===Final Standings===
National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
===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 11, 1975 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 12, 1975 	3–8 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 15, 1975 	4–8 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 18, 1975 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	October 19, 1975 	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	2–3–0
6 	W 	October 22, 1975 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	3–3–0
7 	W 	October 24, 1975 	6–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	4–3–0
8 	T 	October 25, 1975 	2–2 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	4–3–1
9 	W 	October 29, 1975 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	5–3–1
10 	L 	October 30, 1975 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	5–4–1
11 	W 	November 1, 1975 	3–0 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	6–4–1
12 	W 	November 5, 1975 	7–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	7–4–1
13 	T 	November 7, 1975 	3–3 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	7–4–2
14 	T 	November 8, 1975 	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues(1975–76) 	7–4–3
15 	L 	November 11, 1975 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	7–5–3
16 	W 	November 14, 1975 	4–2 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	8–5–3
17 	T 	November 15, 1975 	1–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	8–5–4
18 	W 	November 18, 1975 	4–2 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	9–5–4
19 	L 	November 22, 1975 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	9–6–4
20 	T 	November 23, 1975 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	9–6–5
21 	T 	November 26, 1975 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	9–6–6
22 	L 	November 28, 1975 	3–6 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	9–7–6
23 	T 	November 29, 1975 	1–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	9–7–7
24 	L 	December 3, 1975 	1–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	9–8–7
25 	L 	December 6, 1975 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	9–9–7
26 	L 	December 7, 1975 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	9–10–7
27 	T 	December 10, 1975 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	9–10–8
28 	L 	December 13, 1975 	3–5 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	9–11–8
29 	W 	December 14, 1975 	6–1 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	10–11–8
30 	W 	December 17, 1975 	6–2 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	11–11–8
31 	L 	December 18, 1975 	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	11–12–8
32 	W 	December 20, 1975 	5–1 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	12–12–8
33 	W 	December 22, 1975 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	13–12–8
34 	L 	December 27, 1975 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	13–13–8
35 	W 	December 29, 1975 	6–2 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	14–13–8
36 	W 	January 1, 1976 	5–1 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	15–13–8
37 	L 	January 3, 1976 	0–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	15–14–8
38 	W 	January 4, 1976 	8–6 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	16–14–8
39 	L 	January 7, 1976 	3–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	16–15–8
40 	W 	January 8, 1976 	5–3 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	17–15–8
41 	W 	January 10, 1976 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	18–15–8
42 	L 	January 11, 1976 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	18–16–8
43 	W 	January 14, 1976 	6–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	19–16–8
44 	W 	January 15, 1976 	6–4 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	20–16–8
45 	T 	January 17, 1976 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	20–16–9
46 	L 	January 22, 1976 	3–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	20–17–9
47 	T 	January 24, 1976 	5–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	20–17–10
48 	L 	January 25, 1976 	3–5 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	20–18–10
49 	L 	January 28, 1976 	2–3 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	20–19–10
50 	W 	January 31, 1976 	6–4 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	21–19–10
51 	L 	February 1, 1976 	1–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	21–20–10
52 	T 	February 4, 1976 	4–4 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	21–20–11
53 	W 	February 7, 1976 	11–4 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	22–20–11
54 	W 	February 8, 1976 	4–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	23–20–11
55 	L 	February 11, 1976 	2–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	23–21–11
56 	L 	February 14, 1976 	3–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	23–22–11
57 	W 	February 16, 1976 	5–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	24–22–11
58 	L 	February 18, 1976 	5–7 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	24–23–11
59 	L 	February 19, 1976 	5–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	24–24–11
60 	W 	February 21, 1976 	6–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	25–24–11
61 	W 	February 23, 1976 	7–1 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	26–24–11
62 	W 	February 25, 1976 	8–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	27–24–11
63 	L 	February 26, 1976 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	27–25–11
64 	W 	February 28, 1976 	4–2 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	28–25–11
65 	W 	March 1, 1976 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	29–25–11
66 	W 	March 3, 1976 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	30–25–11
67 	W 	March 6, 1976 	4–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	31–25–11
68 	T 	March 7, 1976 	7–7 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	31–25–12
69 	T 	March 10, 1976 	2–2 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	31–25–13
70 	L 	March 11, 1976 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	31–26–13
71 	T 	March 13, 1976 	2–2 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	31–26–14
72 	L 	March 17, 1976 	5–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	31–27–14
73 	W 	March 20, 1976 	7–3 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	32–27–14
74 	L 	March 21, 1976 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	32–28–14
75 	W 	March 24, 1976 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	33–28–14
76 	L 	March 27, 1976 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	33–29–14
77 	W 	March 29, 1976 	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	34–29–14
78 	T 	March 31, 1976 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	34–29–15
79 	L 	April 3, 1976 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	34–30–15
80 	L 	April 4, 1976 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	34–31–15
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1===
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	79	41	59	100	90 	12 	11 	1 	2
 	RW 	75	37	56	93 	70 	24 	6 	5 	4
 	LW 	75	43	37	80 	26 	28 	13 	1 	7
 	D 	78	16	41	57 	70 	33 	8 	0 	1
 	D 	76	20	36	56 	90 	24 	7 	1 	3
 	C 	64	19	32	51 	22 	10 	5 	0 	3
 	C 	79	12	32	44 	76 	11 	3 	2 	2
 	LW 	78	21	19	40 	299	-1 	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	76	19	21	40 	21 	0 	1 	0 	5
 	C 	45	10	23	33 	30 	-8 	1 	1 	1
 	C/RW	77	10	22	32 	140	-1 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	46	10	19	29 	19 	-7 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	69	9 	13	22 	89 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	C 	50	6 	15	21 	10 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	77	3 	16	19 	46 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	43	6 	11	17 	8 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	72	6 	8 	14 	10 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	33	2 	6 	8 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	0 	8 	8 	84 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	69	0 	8 	8 	75 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	4 	3 	7 	8 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	49 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	64	0 	0 	0 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3684	64	28	24	12	196	3.19	2
 	956 	20	6 	5 	2 	59 	3.70	0
 	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
 	C 	10	5	7	12 	19 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	10	2	9	11 	29 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	4	4	8 	4 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	10	3	4	7 	9 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	3	3	6 	0 	2 	1 	0
 	D 	9 	2	4	6 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2	4	6 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	6 	2	3	5 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	10	2	3	5 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	10	1	4	5 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	3	1	4 	7 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1	3	4 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	1	2	3 	35 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0	0	0 	75 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	587	10	5	5	34	3.48	1
 	13 	1 	0	0	1 	4.62	0
Team: 	600	10	5	5	35	3.50	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 
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1975-76 season.
===Trades===
June 17, 1975 	To Montreal Canadiens1st round pick in 1976 - Peter Lee	To TorontoWayne Thomas
June 20, 1975 	To California Golden SealsGary Sabourin 	To TorontoStan Weir
June 26, 1975 	To Montreal CanadiensDoug Jarvis 	To TorontoGreg Hubick
September 1, 1975	To Los Angeles KingsCash 	To TorontoTom Cassidy
June 1, 1976 	To Cincinnati Stingers (WHA)Cash 	To TorontoMike PelykRandy Carlyle
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Bob Warner 	Undrafted Free Agent
Kurt Walker	Undrafted Free Agent
==Awards and Records==
*Borje Salming, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Darryl Sittler tied the playoff record for most goals in one game, with five against Philadelphia.
*Darryl Sittler, NHL Record, Most points in one game (10)
*Darryl Sittler, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
*Wayne Thomas, appeared in the NHL All-Star Game
==Trivia==
*Maple Leafs who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
**Darryl Sittler had a six goal game during the 11-4 win over the Boston Bruins on February 7, 1976.
**Darryl Sittler had a five goal game during the 8-5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, Game 6 of the 1976 Quarter-finals, April 22, 1976.
==Game Ads==
75-76NHLTorontoGameAd.jpg
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
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