Regular seasonNYR

Don Murdoch's 1976-1977 season

Points

NHL#58

Goals

NHL#20

Assists

NHL#124

Plus/minus

NHL#111

Games

73% of 80

Right winger Don Murdoch was 19 years old when the 1976-1977 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 59 of a possible 80 games and scored 32 goals and 24 assists for 56 points, 0.95 points per game. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1976-1977

Year 1976
50 years ago
NHL debut
October 6
Don Murdoch makes his NHL debut in 6–⁠5 win against Minnesota North Stars
MNSMinnesota North Stars5–6NYRNew York Rangers
Don was 19 years old · Madison Square Garden, USA
His first NHL game
2
Goals
0
Assists
2
Points
-1
+/-
First NHL goalFirst NHL point
Swedes on the ice: Roland Eriksson.
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- The game
  MNS5–6NYR
  W
  October 6game 1/801
  His night
  +2P+2G
  -1+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 goals
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Milestone
Don Murdoch scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Minnesota North Stars · October 6
- The game
  NYR5–3CLR
  W
  October 8game 2/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR1–2STL
  L
  October 9game 3/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR10–4MNS
  W
  October 12game 4/801
  His night
  +5P+5G
  +3+/-10SOG1PPP
  5 GOALS
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- The game
  BOS5–1NYR
  L
  October 13game 5/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–7MTL
  L
  October 16game 6/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
Milestone
Don Murdoch records his first NHL assist
in the game against Montréal Canadiens · October 16
- The game
  CLR3–4NYR
  W
  October 17game 7/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  LAK4–2NYR
  L
  October 20game 8/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  VAN5–4NYR
  L
  October 24game 9/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR5–2CLE
  W
  October 26game 10/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BOS4–3NYR
  L
  October 27game 11/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR2–2PIT
  October 30game 12/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET6–5NYR
  L
  October 31game 13/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-9SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1976
- The game
  NYR6–1VAN
  W
  November 3game 14/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +3+/-5SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  NYR3–3LAK
  November 6game 15/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-9SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH7–5NYR
  L
  November 10game 16/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -3+/-3SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BUF6–2NYR
  L
  November 13game 17/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT5–1NYR
  L
  November 14game 18/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-7SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CHI2–3NYR
  W
  November 17game 19/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–3STL
  L
  November 20game 20/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-7SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 20
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  25
  points
  NHL#8
  17
  goals
  NHL#3
  8
  assists
  NHL#72
  NYR
  7-11-0W-L-OT16Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR3–2VAN
  W
  November 22game 21/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–2PHI
  November 24game 22/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR5–0DET
  W
  November 27game 23/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MNS1–4NYR
  W
  November 28game 24/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–2AFM
  November 30game 25/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- December 1976
- The game
  WSH1–4NYR
  W
  December 1game 26/80
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +3+/-7SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  NYR11–4MNS
  W
  December 4game 27/801
  His night
  +4P+2G+2A
  +2+/-2SOG2PPP
  +4 points
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- The game
  TOR5–5NYR
  December 5game 28/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  STL4–4NYR
  December 8game 29/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–4TOR
  L
  December 11game 30/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL2–5NYR
  W
  December 12game 31/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR4–4NYI
  December 14game 32/801
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  NYR2–7BUF
  L
  December 16game 33/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–3CHI
  December 18game 34/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-7SOG
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- The game
  CLE2–3NYR
  W
  December 19game 35/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PHI3–3NYR
  December 22game 36/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–3BOS
  December 23game 37/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-7SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  NYI2–1NYR
  L
  December 26game 38/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–2WSH
  W
  December 28game 39/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-8SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  AFM4–2NYR
  L
  December 31game 40/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- Checkpoint
  December 31
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  42
  points
  NHL#15
  27
  goals
  NHL#3
  15
  assists
  NHL#69
  NYR
  15-15-0W-L-OT40Points
  8th in the whole NHL
Year 1977
49 years ago
- The game
  VAN3–5NYR
  W
  January 2game 41/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  PHI4–4NYR
  January 5game 42/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–4CLR
  January 7game 43/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-6SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  LAK5–4NYR
  L
  January 9game 44/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–6AFM
  L
  January 12game 45/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-6SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–7BUF
  L
  January 13game 46/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR5–2CHI
  W
  January 16game 47/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–3CLE
  January 19game 48/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-4SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYR0–6LAK
  L
  January 22game 49/80
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–6VAN
  L
  January 23game 50/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT3–0NYR
  L
  January 27game 51/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  STL2–5NYR
  W
  January 30game 52/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- February 1977
- The game
  NYR2–5CLR
  L
  February 1game 53/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–6NYI
  L
  February 3game 54/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI0–4NYR
  W
  February 6game 55/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF2–1NYR
  L
  February 9game 56/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–4DET
  W
  February 10game 57/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  TOR3–8NYR
  W
  February 13game 58/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  February 13
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8058 of 60 played
  56
  points
  NHL#23
  32
  goals
  NHL#7
  24
  assists
  NHL#68
  NYR
  21-26-0W-L-OT55Points
  10th in the whole NHL
- April 1977
- The game
  NYI5–2NYR
  L
  April 3game 80/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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The season in numbers
April 3
Don Murdoch closes the 1976-1977 season with 56 points
NYRNew York Rangers
New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs
Points
56
NHL#58
Games
59of 80
74%
Goals
32
NHL#20
Assists
24
NHL#124
P/GP
0.95
NHL#28
+/-
+5
NHL#111
Events
56
career best in points
32
career best in goals
1
hat trick · 5 goals in one game
50
career points
25
career goals
1
First NHL assist
10 i rad
games with a point · 15 pts

Don Murdoch makes his NHL debut in 6–⁠5 win against Minnesota North Stars

Don Murdoch scores his first NHL goal

Don Murdoch records his first NHL assist

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Don Murdoch closes the 1976-1977 season with 56 points