1976–77 New York Rangers season

The 1976–77 New York Rangers season was the 51st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 4th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
=== Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
==Regular Season==
The Rangers had a better regular season record than two playoff teams and the league would change the rules in the following season to place the top twelve teams in the playoffs, regardless of division.
===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 6, 1976 	6–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 8, 1976 	5–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 9, 1976 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 12, 1976 	10–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	3–1–0
5 	L 	October 13, 1976 	1–5 	Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	3–2–0
6 	L 	October 16, 1976 	4–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	3–3–0
7 	W 	October 17, 1976 	4–3 	Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	4–3–0
8 	L 	October 20, 1976 	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	4–4–0
9 	L 	October 24, 1976 	4–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	4–5–0
10 	W 	October 26, 1976 	5–2 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	5–5–0
11 	L 	October 27, 1976 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	5–6–0
12 	T 	October 30, 1976 	2–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	5–6–1
13 	L 	October 31, 1976 	5–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	5–7–1
14 	W 	November 3, 1976 	6–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	6–7–1
15 	T 	November 6, 1976 	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	6–7–2
16 	L 	November 10, 1976 	5–7 	Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	6–8–2
17 	L 	November 13, 1976 	2–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	6–9–2
18 	L 	November 14, 1976 	1–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	6–10–2
19 	W 	November 17, 1976 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	7–10–2
20 	L 	November 20, 1976 	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	7–11–2
21 	W 	November 22, 1976 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	8–11–2
22 	T 	November 24, 1976 	2–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	8–11–3
23 	W 	November 27, 1976 	5–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	9–11–3
24 	W 	November 28, 1976 	4–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	10–11–3
25 	T 	November 30, 1976 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	10–11–4
26 	W 	December 1, 1976 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	11–11–4
27 	W 	December 4, 1976 	11–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	12–11–4
28 	T 	December 5, 1976 	5–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	12–11–5
29 	T 	December 8, 1976 	4–4 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	12–11–6
30 	L 	December 11, 1976 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	12–12–6
31 	W 	December 12, 1976 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	13–12–6
32 	T 	December 14, 1976 	4–4 	@ New York Islanders (1976–77) 	13–12–7
33 	L 	December 16, 1976 	2–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	13–13–7
34 	T 	December 18, 1976 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	13–13–8
35 	W 	December 19, 1976 	3–2 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	14–13–8
36 	T 	December 22, 1976 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	14–13–9
37 	T 	December 23, 1976 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	14–13–10
38 	L 	December 26, 1976 	1–2 	New York Islanders (1976–77) 	14–14–10
39 	W 	December 28, 1976 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	15–14–10
40 	L 	December 31, 1976 	2–4 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	15–15–10
41 	W 	January 2, 1977 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	16–15–10
42 	T 	January 5, 1977 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	16–15–11
43 	T 	January 7, 1977 	4–4 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	16–15–12
44 	L 	January 9, 1977 	4–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	16–16–12
45 	L 	January 12, 1977 	1–6 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	16–17–12
46 	L 	January 13, 1977 	5–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	16–18–12
47 	W 	January 16, 1977 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	17–18–12
48 	T 	January 19, 1977 	3–3 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	17–18–13
49 	L 	January 22, 1977 	0–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	17–19–13
50 	L 	January 23, 1977 	2–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	17–20–13
51 	L 	January 27, 1977 	0–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	17–21–13
52 	W 	January 30, 1977 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	18–21–13
53 	L 	February 1, 1977 	2–5 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	18–22–13
54 	L 	February 3, 1977 	3–6 	@ New York Islanders (1976–77) 	18–23–13
55 	W 	February 6, 1977 	4–0 	New York Islanders (1976–77) 	19–23–13
56 	L 	February 9, 1977 	1–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	19–24–13
57 	W 	February 10, 1977 	5–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	20–24–13
58 	W 	February 13, 1977 	8–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	21–24–13
59 	L 	February 17, 1977 	1–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	21–25–13
60 	L 	February 19, 1977 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1976–77) 	21–26–13
61 	W 	February 20, 1977 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	22–26–13
62 	W 	February 23, 1977 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	23–26–13
63 	L 	February 26, 1977 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	23–27–13
64 	L 	February 27, 1977 	1–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	23–28–13
65 	L 	March 3, 1977 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	23–29–13
66 	L 	March 5, 1977 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	23–30–13
67 	W 	March 6, 1977 	4–3 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	24–30–13
68 	W 	March 9, 1977 	6–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	25–30–13
69 	L 	March 10, 1977 	3–10 	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	25–31–13
70 	L 	March 12, 1977 	3–6 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	25–32–13
71 	L 	March 13, 1977 	3–5 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	25–33–13
72 	T 	March 16, 1977 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	25–33–14
73 	W 	March 19, 1977 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	26–33–14
74 	W 	March 20, 1977 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	27–33–14
75 	W 	March 23, 1977 	5–3 	Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	28–33–14
76 	L 	March 25, 1977 	2–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 	28–34–14
77 	L 	March 27, 1977 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	28–35–14
78 	W 	March 30, 1977 	4–3 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	29–35–14
79 	L 	April 2, 1977 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	29–36–14
80 	L 	April 3, 1977 	2–5 	New York Islanders (1976–77) 	29–37–14
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	34	46	80 	52 	-28	15 	0 	4
 	RW 	77	27	48	75 	50 	-17	7 	0 	2
 	RW 	78	21	41	62 	43 	-18	6 	0 	5
 	RW 	59	32	24	56 	47 	5 	11 	0 	6
 	LW 	75	22	31	53 	26 	-14	4 	0 	3
 	C 	80	12	38	50 	38 	11 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	74	11	37	48 	131	-20	3 	1 	0
 	D 	80	11	36	47 	89 	0 	0 	2 	1
 	C 	78	17	29	46 	33 	-14	1 	0 	1
 	D 	80	14	29	43 	38 	-24	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	80	23	17	40 	35 	-11	4 	1 	1
 	LW 	77	16	23	39 	44 	0 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	61	10	12	22 	43 	-17	0 	0 	2
 	D 	66	3 	18	21 	100	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	80	2 	17	19 	102	-16	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	41	9 	8 	17 	37 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	61	2 	13	15 	8 	-14	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	70	4 	8 	12 	174	-23	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1 	2 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	1 	0 	1 	31 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	0 	0 	13 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2116	39	14	14	6 	125	3.54	1
 	2034	41	11	18	7 	143	4.22	0
 	570 	12	3 	4 	1 	28 	2.95	1
 	80 	2 	1 	1 	0 	10 	7.50	0
Team: 	4800	80	29	37	14	306	3.83	2
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==
*The Rangers did not win any awards this season.
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
New York Rangers season, 1976–77
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