- Regular season Season standings
- Schedule and results
- Playoffs
- Player statistics
- Draft picks
- References
{{NHLTeamSeason
|League=NHL
|Season=1976–77
|year=1976
|Team=New York Rangers
|Conference=Campbell
|ConferenceRank= 5th
|Division=Patrick
|DivisionRank= 4th
|Record= 29–37–14
|HomeRecord=
|RoadRecord=
|GoalsFor=272
|GoalsAgainst=310
|GeneralManager=John Ferguson
|Coach=John Ferguson
|Captain=Phil Esposito
|AltCaptain=None
|Arena=Madison Square Garden
|Attendance=
|GoalsLeader=Phil Esposito (34)
|AssistsLeader=Rod Gilbert (48)
|PointsLeader=Phil Esposito (80)
|PIMLeader=Nick Fotiu (174)
|WinsLeader=John Davidson (14)
|GAALeader=Doug Soetaert (2.95)
}}The 1976–77 New York Rangers season was the 51st season of the New York Rangers franchise in the National Hockey League. The Rangers placed fourth in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs. 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. {{TOClimit|limit=2}}Regular seasonSeason standings{{1976–77 NHL Patrick Division standings|team=NYR}}Schedule and results| 1976–77 Game Log |
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October: 5–7–1 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 3–2–1) | Game | October | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 1 | 6 | Minnesota North Stars | 6–5 | 1–0–0 | | 2 | 8 | @ Colorado Rockies | 5–3 | 2–0–0 | | 3 | 9 | @ St. Louis Blues | 2–1 | 2–1–0 | | 4 | 12 | @ Minnesota North Stars | 10–4 | 3–1–0 | | 5 | 13 | Boston Bruins | 5–1 | 3–2–0 | | 6 | 16 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 7–4 | 3–3–0 | | 7 | 17 | Colorado Rockies | 4–3 | 4–3–0 | | 8 | 20 | Los Angeles Kings | 4–2 | 4–4–0 | | 9 | 24 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–4 | 4–5–0 | | 10 | 26 | @ Cleveland Barons | 5–2 | 5–5–0 | | 11 | 27 | Boston Bruins | 4–3 | 5–6–0 | | 12 | 30 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–2 | 5–6–1 | | 13 | 31 | Detroit Red Wings | 6–5 | 5–7–1 |
| November: 5–4–3 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 3–1–3) | Game | November | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 14 | 3 | @ Vancouver Canucks | 6–1 | 6–7–1 | | 15 | 6 | @ Los Angeles Kings | 3–3 | 6–7–2 | | 16 | 10 | Washington Capitals | 7–5 | 6–8–2 | | 17 | 13 | Buffalo Sabres | 6–2 | 6–9–2 | | 18 | 14 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5–1 | 6–10–2 | | 19 | 17 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3–2 | 7–10–2 | | 20 | 20 | @ St. Louis Blues | 3–1 | 7–11–2 | | 21 | 22 | @ Vancouver Canucks | 3–2 | 8–11–2 | | 22 | 24 | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 2–2 | 8–11–3 | | 23 | 27 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 5–0 | 9–11–3 | | 24 | 28 | Minnesota North Stars | 4–1 | 10–11–3 | | 25 | 30 | @ Atlanta Flames | 2–2 | 10–11–4 |
| December: 5–4–6 (Home: 3–2–3; Road: 2–2–3) | Game | December | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 26 | 1 | Washington Capitals | 4–1 | 11–11–4 | | 27 | 4 | @ Minnesota North Stars | 11–4 | 12–11–4 | | 28 | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–5 | 12–11–5 | | 29 | 8 | St. Louis Blues | 4–4 | 12–11–6 | | 30 | 11 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–1 | 12–12–6 | | 31 | 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–2 | 13–12–6 | | 32 | 14 | @ New York Islanders | 4–4 | 13–12–7 | | 33 | 16 | @ Buffalo Sabres | 7–2 | 13–13–7 | | 34 | 18 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 3–3 | 13–13–8 | | 35 | 19 | Cleveland Barons | 3–2 | 14–13–8 | | 36 | 22 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–3 | 14–13–9 | | 37 | 23 | @ Boston Bruins | 3–3 | 14–13–10 | | 38 | 26 | New York Islanders | 2–1 | 14–14–10 | | 39 | 28 | @ Washington Capitals | 5–2 | 15–14–10 | | 40 | 31 | Atlanta Flames | 4–2 | 15–15–10 |
| January: 3–6–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–4–2) | Game | January | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 41 | 2 | Vancouver Canucks | 5–3 | 16–15–10 | | 42 | 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–4 | 16–15–11 | | 43 | 7 | @ Colorado Rockies | 4–4 | 16–15–12 | | 44 | 9 | Los Angeles Kings | 5–4 | 16–16–12 | | 45 | 12 | @ Atlanta Flames | 6–1 | 16–17–12 | | 46 | 13 | @ Buffalo Sabres | 7–5 | 16–18–12 | | 47 | 16 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 5–2 | 17–18–12 | | 48 | 19 | @ Cleveland Barons | 3–3 | 17–18–13 | | 49 | 22 | @ Los Angeles Kings | 6–0 | 17–19–13 | | 50 | 23 | @ Vancouver Canucks | 6–2 | 17–20–13 | | 51 | 27 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–0 | 17–21–13 | | 52 | 30 | St. Louis Blues | 5–2 | 18–21–13 |
| February: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–5–0) | Game | February | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 53 | 1 | @ Colorado Rockies | 5–2 | 18–22–13 | | 54 | 3 | @ New York Islanders | 6–3 | 18–23–13 | | 55 | 6 | New York Islanders | 4–0 | 19–23–13 | | 56 | 9 | Buffalo Sabres | 2–1 | 19–24–13 | | 57 | 10 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 5–4 | 20–24–13 | | 58 | 13 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 8–3 | 21–24–13 | | 59 | 17 | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 7–1 | 21–25–13 | | 60 | 19 | @ New York Islanders | 5–2 | 21–26–13 | | 61 | 20 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–2 | 22–26–13 | | 62 | 23 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–4 | 23–26–13 | | 63 | 26 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 2–1 | 23–27–13 | | 64 | 27 | Montreal Canadiens | 8–1 | 23–28–13 |
| March: 6–7–1 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 1–4–0) | Game | March | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 65 | 3 | Boston Bruins | 4–1 | 23–29–13 | | 66 | 5 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 7–2 | 23–30–13 | | 67 | 6 | Cleveland Barons | 4–3 | 24–30–13 | | 68 | 9 | Minnesota North Stars | 6–4 | 25–30–13 | | 69 | 10 | @ Boston Bruins | 10–3 | 25–31–13 | | 70 | 12 | @ Atlanta Flames | 6–3 | 25–32–13 | | 71 | 13 | Atlanta Flames | 5–3 | 25–33–13 | | 72 | 16 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–4 | 25–33–14 | | 73 | 19 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins | 5–2 | 26–33–14 | | 74 | 20 | St. Louis Blues | 5–3 | 27–33–14 | | 75 | 23 | Colorado Rockies | 5–3 | 28–33–14 | | 76 | 25 | @ Washington Capitals | 7–2 | 28–34–14 | | 77 | 27 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–3 | 28–35–14 | | 78 | 30 | Atlanta Flames | 4–3 | 29–35–14 |
| April: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–1–0) | Game | April | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 79 | 2 | @ Philadelphia Flyers | 4–1 | 29–36–14 | | 80 | 3 | New York Islanders | 5–2 | 29–37–14 |
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PlayoffsThe Rangers failed to qualify for the 1977 Stanley Cup playoffs. Player statistics- Skaters
{{col-begin}}{{col-2}} Regular Season| Player | GP|Games Played | G|Goals | A|Assists | Pts|Points | PIM|Penalty Minutes |
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| Phil|Esposito}} | 80 | 34 | 46 | 80 | 52 | | Rod|Gilbert}} | 77 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 50 | | Ken|Hodge}} | 78 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 43 | | Don|Murdoch}} | 59 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 47 | | Steve|Vickers|Steve Vickers (ice hockey)}} | 75 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 26 | | Walt|Tkaczuk}} | 80 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 38 | | Carol|Vadnais}} | 74 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 131 | | Ron|Greschner}} | 80 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 89 | | Wayne|Dillon}} | 78 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 33 | | Mike|McEwen|Mike McEwen (ice hockey)}} | 80 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 38 | | Pat|Hickey}} | 80 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 35 | | Greg|Polis}} | 77 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 44 | | Bill|Goldsworthy}}† | 61 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 43 | | Dave|Maloney}} | 66 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 100 | | Dave|Farrish}} | 80 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 102 | | Dan|Newman|Dan Newman (ice hockey)}} | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 37 | | Pete|Stemkowski}} | 61 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | | Nick|Fotiu}} | 70 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 174 | | Bill|Fairbairn}}‡ | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | | Mark|Heaslip}} | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | | Larry|Huras}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Larry|Sacharuk}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | John|Bednarski}} | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Greg|Holst}} | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Nick|Beverley}}‡ | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Doug|Jarrett}} | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | {{col-2}}{{col-end}}- Goaltenders
Regular Season| Player | GP|Games Played | TOI|Time on Ice | W|Win | L|Loss | T|Tie | GA|Goals Against | GAA|Goals Against Average | SO|Shutouts |
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| Gilles|Gratton}} | 41 | 2034 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 143 | 4.22 | 0 | | John|Davidson|John Davidson (ice hockey)}} | 39 | 2116 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 125 | 3.54 | 1 | | Doug|Soetaert}} | 12 | 570 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 2.95 | 1 | | Dave|Tataryn}} | 2 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7.50 | 0 | †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
[1]{{Hockey season stats note}}Draft picksNew York's picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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| 1 | 6 | Don Murdoch | RW | Canada}} | Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL) | | 2 | 24 | Dave Farrish | D | Canada}} | Sudbury Wolves (OHA) | | 3 | 42 | Mike McEwen | D | Canada}} | Toronto Marlboros (OHA) | | 4 | 60 | Claude Periard | LW | Canada}} | Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL) | | 5 | 78 | Doug Caines | C | Canada}} | St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA) | | 6 | 96 | Barry Scully | RW | Canada}} | Kingston Canadians (OHA) | | 7 | 112 | Remi Levesque | C | Canada}} | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
References- Rangers on Hockey Database
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