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Börje Salming's 1975-1976 season

Points
57
Swedish flag#1NHL#71
Goals
16
Swedish flag#3NHL#126
Assists
41
Swedish flag#1NHL#43
Plus/minus
+31
Swedish flag#1NHL#27
Games
78
97%
97% of 80

Defenceman Börje Salming was 24 years old when the 1975-1976 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 78 of a possible 80 games and scored 16 goals and 41 assists for 57 points, 0.73 points per game. He won the Swedish points race and finished 71th in the NHL. He also won the Swedish assist race. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 7 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1975-1976Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Börje Salming plays the 1975-1976 season for Toronto Maple Leafs

    TORToronto Maple Leafs

    Börje was 24 years old when the 1975-1976 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI1–2TOR
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–8BUF
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT8–4TOR
      L
      game 3/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4TOR
      W
      game 4/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–3BOS
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3TOR
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–3WSH
      W
      game 7/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      CGS2–2TOR
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–3TOR
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–6PHI
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • November 1975
    • The game
      KCS0–3TOR
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–7TOR
      W
      game 12/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3KCS
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3STL
      game 14/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–3VAN
      L
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–2CGS
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–1LAK
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4TOR
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2TOR
      L
      game 19/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3BOS
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      9
      points
      NHL#143
      2
      goals
      NHL#170
      7
      assists
      NHL#99
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#37
      TOR
      9-6-0W-L-OT23Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–4CHI
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–6AFM
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1TOR
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • December 1975
    • The game
      TOR1–3MNS
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–2TOR
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–6PIT
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3MTL
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–3TOR
      L
      game 28/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–1NYR
      W
      game 29/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–6TOR
      W
      game 30/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +5+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYI
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      KCS1–5TOR
      W
      game 32/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–4TOR
      W
      game 33/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI4–1TOR
      L
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM2–6TOR
      W
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CGS1–5TOR
      W
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–0TOR
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR8–6NYR
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI7–3TOR
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–3NYI
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      22
      points
      NHL#114
      6
      goals
      NHL#145
      16
      assists
      NHL#83
      +16
      +/-
      NHL#17
      TOR
      17-15-0W-L-OT42Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK3–4TOR
      W
      game 41/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–2MTL
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–5MNS
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Börje Salming reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Minnesota North Stars · January 14

    • The game
      TOR6–4KCS
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–4DET
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–6LAK
      L
      game 46/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–5VAN
      game 47/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5CGS
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–2TOR
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–6TOR
      W
      game 50/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • February 1976
    • The game
      WSH4–4TOR
      game 52/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–11TOR
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +6+/-5SOG2PPP
      +4 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS1–4TOR
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5AFM
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–1WSH
      W
      game 57/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL7–5TOR
      L
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–7PIT
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–6TOR
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8058 of 60 played
      43
      points
      NHL#70
      14
      goals
      NHL#104
      29
      assists
      NHL#45
      +20
      +/-
      NHL#17
      TOR
      25-24-0W-L-OT61Points
      Playoff spot
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      AFM1–7TOR
      W
      game 61/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      DET0–8TOR
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5BUF
      L
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CGS2–4TOR
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • March 1976
    • The game
      MNS2–4TOR
      W
      game 65/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–1STL
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–1LAK
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR7–7CGS
      game 68/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–2TOR
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–6BOS
      L
      game 70/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2TOR
      game 71/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–6CHI
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–7TOR
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +5+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–4PHI
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–1MTL
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–2TOR
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–5TOR
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–4DET
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • April 1976
    • The game
      BOS4–2TOR
      L
      game 79/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Börje Salming reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Boston Bruins · April 3

    • The game
      TOR2–5BUF
      L
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Börje Salming closes the 1975-1976 season with 57 points

    TORToronto Maple Leafs
    Points
    57
    #1NHL#71
    Games
    78of 80
    98%
    Goals
    16
    #3NHL#126
    Assists
    41
    #1NHL#43
    P/GP
    0.73
    #1NHL#82
    +/-
    +31
    #1NHL#27
    Events
    57
    first among the Swedes in points
    41
    first among the Swedes in assists
    100
    career assists
    100
    career points
    25
    career goals
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    TORvsPIT
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PIT1–4TOR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      TOR0–2PIT
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      PIT0–4TOR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 2–1

    TOR2–1PIT
    Advance
    3Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    3 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Philadelphia Flyers

    TORvsPHI
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      TOR1–4PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR1–3PHI
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      PHI4–5TOR
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 4
      PHI3–4TOR
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      TOR1–7PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 6
      PHI5–8TOR
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare3–3withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 7
      TOR3–7PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–3

    TOR3–4PHI
    Eliminated
    7Games5Points2Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    Börje Salming ends the 1975-1976 playoffs with 7 points

    TORToronto Maple Leafs
    Points
    7
    #2NHL#32
    Games
    10
    Goals
    3
    #1NHL#27
    Assists
    4
    #2NHL#35
    P/GP
    0.70
    #1NHL#28
    +/-
    -2
    #2NHL#141
    Events
    3
    first among the Swedes in goals
    10
    playoff points
    1
    First playoff goal
    2 points
    best game
    PIT2–1→PHI3–4