1975–76 Washington Capitals season

The 1975–76 Washington Capitals season was the 2nd in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished last in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 7, 1975 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 9, 1975 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	0–2–0
3 	L	October 11, 1975 	5–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	0–3–0
4 	L	October 14, 1975 	2–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	0–4–0
5 	L	October 15, 1975 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	0–5–0
6 	T	October 17, 1975 	3–3 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	0–5–1
7 	L	October 19, 1975 	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	0–6–1
8 	L	October 22, 1975 	2–4 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	0–7–1
9 	L	October 24, 1975 	3–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	0–8–1
10 	W	October 26, 1975 	7–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	1–8–1
11 	L	October 28, 1975 	0–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	1–9–1
12 	W	October 30, 1975 	6–2 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	2–9–1
13 	L	November 1, 1975 	3–7 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	2–10–1
14 	L	November 5, 1975 	1–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	2–11–1
15 	L	November 9, 1975 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	2–12–1
16 	T	November 12, 1975	6–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	2–12–2
17 	L	November 14, 1975	1–4 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	2–13–2
18 	L	November 15, 1975	2–9 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	2–14–2
19 	L	November 18, 1975	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	2–15–2
20 	L	November 19, 1975	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	2–16–2
21 	L	November 21, 1975	0–2 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	2–17–2
22 	W	November 26, 1975	7–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	3–17–2
23 	L	November 29, 1975	3–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	3–18–2
24 	T	December 3, 1975 	4–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	3–18–3
25 	L	December 4, 1975 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	3–19–3
26 	L	December 6, 1975 	3–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	3–20–3
27 	L	December 7, 1975 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	3–21–3
28 	L	December 9, 1975 	1–7 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	3–22–3
29 	L	December 10, 1975	2–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	3–23–3
30 	L	December 12, 1975	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	3–24–3
31 	T	December 14, 1975	4–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	3–24–4
32 	L	December 17, 1975	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	3–25–4
33 	L	December 19, 1975	5–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	3–26–4
34 	L	December 21, 1975	2–14 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	3–27–4
35 	T	December 26, 1975	1–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	3–27–5
36 	L	December 29, 1975	0–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	3–28–5
37 	L	December 31, 1975	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	3–29–5
38 	L	January 2, 1976 	5–8 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	3–30–5
39 	L	January 3, 1976 	0–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	3–31–5
40 	L	January 6, 1976 	3–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	3–32–5
41 	L	January 8, 1976 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	3–33–5
42 	L	January 9, 1976 	0–5 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	3–34–5
43 	L	January 11, 1976 	4–7 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	3–35–5
44 	L	January 13, 1976 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	3–36–5
45 	L	January 15, 1976 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	3–37–5
46 	L	January 17, 1976 	3–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	3–38–5
47 	L	January 21, 1976 	2–5 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	3–39–5
48 	W	January 23, 1976 	7–5 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	4–39–5
49 	L	January 24, 1976 	2–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	4–40–5
50 	L	January 27, 1976 	0–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	4–41–5
51 	W	January 28, 1976 	4–2 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	5–41–5
52 	L	January 30, 1976 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	5–42–5
53 	T	February 4, 1976 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	5–42–6
54 	L	February 7, 1976 	1–5 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	5–43–6
55 	L	February 8, 1976 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	5–44–6
56 	T	February 10, 1976	2–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	5–44–7
57 	L	February 13, 1976	0–2 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	5–45–7
58 	W	February 15, 1976	8–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	6–45–7
59 	L	February 16, 1976	1–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	6–46–7
60 	L	February 18, 1976	4–11 	@ New York Rangers (1975–76) 	6–47–7
61 	W	February 21, 1976	5–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	7–47–7
62 	L	February 22, 1976	0–4 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	7–48–7
63 	T	February 24, 1976	5–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	7–48–8
64 	T	February 27, 1976	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	7–48–9
65 	W	February 29, 1976	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	8–48–9
66 	L	March 6, 1976 	3–6 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	8–49–9
67 	L	March 7, 1976 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	8–50–9
68 	L	March 12, 1976 	1–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	8–51–9
69 	L	March 14, 1976 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	8–52–9
70 	W	March 16, 1976 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1975–76) 	9–52–9
71 	L	March 19, 1976 	3–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	9–53–9
72 	L	March 20, 1976 	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	9–54–9
73 	T	March 23, 1976 	5–5 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	9–54–10
74 	L	March 24, 1976 	3–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	9–55–10
75 	L	March 26, 1976 	1–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	9–56–10
76 	L	March 28, 1976 	1–3 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	9–57–10
77 	W	March 30, 1976 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	10–57–10
78 	L	April 1, 1976 	2–11 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	10–58–10
79 	W	April 3, 1976 	5–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	11–58–10
80 	L	April 4, 1976 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	11–59–10
==Playoffs==
*The Capitals failed to qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	77	26	23	49 	14 	-56	5 	0 	0
 	RW 	80	17	29	46 	35 	-49	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	80	25	17	42 	56 	-43	7 	0 	2
 	LW 	67	13	19	32 	75 	-42	2 	0 	2
 	C 	32	16	15	31 	10 	-7 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	43	10	19	29 	6 	-33	4 	0 	0
 	C 	80	9 	19	28 	19 	-26	2 	1 	0
 	LW 	31	13	14	27 	6 	-25	5 	0 	0
 	C 	74	13	14	27 	113	-53	0 	0 	0
 	C 	46	10	17	27 	20 	-30	2 	0 	0
 	D 	54	8 	17	25 	28 	-46	3 	1 	1
 	C 	49	12	10	22 	39 	-27	1 	0 	1
 	D 	79	9 	13	22 	78 	-52	5 	0 	1
 	D 	80	2 	20	22 	146	-38	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	34	8 	13	21 	6 	-33	2 	0 	0
 	D 	33	6 	14	20 	2 	-21	5 	0 	1
 	LW 	27	7 	12	19 	28 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	58	2 	13	15 	33 	-38	1 	0 	0
 	C 	19	2 	10	12 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	46	6 	5 	11 	12 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	57	4 	7 	11 	50 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	D 	49	0 	8 	8 	40 	-49	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	0 	8 	8 	42 	-41	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	3 	3 	6 	8 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	25	1 	2 	3 	28 	-22	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	1 	2 	12 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0 	2 	2 	9 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1 	0 	1 	12 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2289	43	6 	31	2 	208	5.45	0
 	2134	40	5 	23	7 	148	4.16	0
 	377 	7 	0 	5 	1 	32 	5.09	0
Team: 	4800	80	11	59	10	388	4.85	0
Note: 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==
*The Capitals did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1975–76 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Category:1975 in hockey
Category:1976 in hockey