1976–77 Washington Capitals season

The 1976–77 Washington Capitals season was the 3rd in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 4th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Pre-season==
The Capitals had two exhibition games against teams from the WHA, winning both:
September 26, 1976: Washington Capitals 2, Indianapolis Racers 1
September 29, 1976: Washington Capitals 3, Cincinnati Stingers 2
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 1976 	6–5 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	1–0–0
2 	T	October 7, 1976 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	1–0–1
3 	L	October 9, 1976 	3–6 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	1–1–1
4 	L	October 13, 1976 	1–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	1–2–1
5 	L	October 16, 1976 	1–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	1–3–1
6 	L	October 19, 1976 	0–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	1–4–1
7 	T	October 21, 1976 	5–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	1–4–2
8 	L	October 24, 1976 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	1–5–2
9 	W	October 29, 1976 	2–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	2–5–2
10 	L	October 31, 1976 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	2–6–2
11 	L	November 3, 1976 	0–7 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	2–7–2
12 	L	November 5, 1976 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	2–8–2
13 	W	November 7, 1976 	4–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	3–8–2
14 	W	November 9, 1976 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	4–8–2
15 	W	November 10, 1976	7–5 	@ New York Rangers (1976–77) 	5–8–2
16 	L	November 12, 1976	4–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	5–9–2
17 	L	November 14, 1976	2–3 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	5–10–2
18 	L	November 18, 1976	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	5–11–2
19 	L	November 19, 1976	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	5–12–2
20 	W	November 21, 1976	3–1 	Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	6–12–2
21 	L	November 24, 1976	2–6 	@ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	6–13–2
22 	L	November 27, 1976	1–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	6–14–2
23 	W	November 30, 1976	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	7–14–2
24 	L	December 1, 1976 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1976–77) 	7–15–2
25 	T	December 3, 1976 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	7–15–3
26 	T	December 5, 1976 	5–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	7–15–4
27 	W	December 7, 1976 	4–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	8–15–4
28 	L	December 10, 1976	1–7 	@ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	8–16–4
29 	L	December 11, 1976	2–4 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	8–17–4
30 	L	December 14, 1976	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	8–18–4
31 	W	December 17, 1976	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	9–18–4
32 	W	December 18, 1976	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	10–18–4
33 	L	December 23, 1976	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	10–19–4
34 	L	December 26, 1976	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	10–20–4
35 	L	December 28, 1976	2–5 	New York Rangers (1976–77) 	10–21–4
36 	L	December 29, 1976	1–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	10–22–4
37 	L	January 1, 1977 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	10–23–4
38 	W	January 2, 1977 	2–1 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	11–23–4
39 	T	January 4, 1977 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	11–23–5
40 	T	January 6, 1977 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	11–23–6
41 	L	January 8, 1977 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	11–24–6
42 	W	January 10, 1977 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	12–24–6
43 	L	January 11, 1977 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	12–25–6
44 	L	January 15, 1977 	1–2 	@ New York Islanders (1976–77) 	12–26–6
45 	T	January 16, 1977 	2–2 	New York Islanders (1976–77) 	12–26–7
46 	L	January 18, 1977 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	12–27–7
47 	W	January 19, 1977 	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	13–27–7
48 	L	January 22, 1977 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	13–28–7
49 	W	January 23, 1977 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	14–28–7
50 	W	January 27, 1977 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	15–28–7
51 	W	January 29, 1977 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	16–28–7
52 	T	January 30, 1977 	5–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	16–28–8
53 	L	February 2, 1977 	2–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	16–29–8
54 	T	February 5, 1977 	3–3 	@ New York Islanders (1976–77) 	16–29–9
55 	L	February 6, 1977 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1976–77) 	16–30–9
56 	T	February 9, 1977 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	16–30–10
57 	L	February 10, 1977	2–9 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 	16–31–10
58 	L	February 12, 1977	0–10 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	16–32–10
59 	T	February 15, 1977	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 	16–32–11
60 	T	February 17, 1977	4–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77)	16–32–12
61 	L	February 19, 1977	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 	16–33–12
62 	T	February 20, 1977	2–2 	New York Islanders (1976–77) 	16–33–13
63 	W	February 22, 1977	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	17–33–13
64 	W	February 25, 1977	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	18–33–13
65 	L	February 26, 1977	1–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	18–34–13
66 	L	March 1, 1977 	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	18–35–13
67 	W	March 3, 1977 	7–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 	19–35–13
68 	L	March 6, 1977 	2–4 	Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 	19–36–13
69 	L	March 9, 1977 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 	19–37–13
70 	L	March 10, 1977 	0–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 	19–38–13
71 	T	March 13, 1977 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	19–38–14
72 	L	March 15, 1977 	1–5 	Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 	19–39–14
73 	W	March 18, 1977 	5–0 	Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 	20–39–14
74 	L	March 20, 1977 	2–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 	20–40–14
75 	W	March 25, 1977 	7–2 	New York Rangers (1976–77) 	21–40–14
76 	W	March 27, 1977 	7–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 	22–40–14
77 	W	March 29, 1977 	6–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 	23–40–14
78 	W	March 30, 1977 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 	24–40–14
79 	L	April 2, 1977 	0–11 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	24–41–14
80 	L	April 3, 1977 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 	24–42–14
==Playoffs==
*The Capitals failed to qualify for the post season for the third year in a row.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	36	46	82 	10 	-28	6 	1 	4
 	C 	80	28	36	64 	13 	-11	9 	1 	6
 	RW 	79	23	27	50 	37 	-28	7 	1 	4
 	LW 	78	19	27	46 	51 	-21	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	45	13	22	35 	2 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	75	5 	25	30 	90 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	C 	76	12	17	29 	24 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	43	13	14	27 	124	4 	5 	0 	2
 	RW 	54	11	14	25 	26 	-7 	0 	2 	1
 	C 	80	11	12	23 	16 	-16	1 	2 	1
 	LW 	72	12	9 	21 	44 	-15	2 	1 	3
 	RW 	28	7 	10	17 	2 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	D 	80	2 	15	17 	207	-25	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	3 	12	15 	16 	-20	1 	0 	0
 	D 	56	1 	14	15 	91 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	62	3 	11	14 	169	-5 	0 	2 	0
 	D 	79	1 	12	13 	92 	-27	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	22	6 	5 	11 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	15	4 	4 	8 	2 	-9 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	18	2 	6 	8 	34 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	34	5 	2 	7 	85 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	5 	5 	20 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	3 	1 	4 	6 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	1 	2 	3 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	2 	2 	8 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	1 	1 	18 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	12 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	54	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2918	54	16	27	5 	188	3.87	0
 	1779	37	7 	15	9 	114	3.84	1
 	103 	3 	1 	0 	0 	2 	1.17	0
Team: 	4800	80	24	42	14	304	3.80	1
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==
*1976–77 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Washington Capitals season, 1976–77
Washington Capitals season, 1976–77
Category:Washington Capitals seasons