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Harvey Bennett's 1975-1976 season

Points
28
NHL#192
Goals
15
NHL#138
Assists
13
NHL#231
Plus/minus
-21
NHL#389
Games
74
94%
94% of 78

Centre Harvey Bennett was 23 years old when the 1975-1976 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins och Washington Capitals. He played 74 of a possible 78 games and scored 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 points, 0.38 points per game. He moved from Pittsburgh Penguins to Washington Capitals in December. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1975-1976
  1. Season opener

    Harvey Bennett opens the 1975-1976 season with Pittsburgh Penguins

    Harvey was 23 years old when the 1975-1976 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT4–2WSH
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–7PIT
      W
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT8–4TOR
      W
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Harvey Bennett scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · October 15

    • The game
      DET1–6PIT
      W
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL7–1PIT
      L
      game 5/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–4LAK
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1975
    • The game
      PIT3–7MNS
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–7PIT
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Harvey Bennett records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Islanders · November 5

    • The game
      PIT5–3STL
      W
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI7–5PIT
      L
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–6PHI
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT6–6WSH
      game 14/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–4PIT
      L
      game 15/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2PIT
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS5–3PIT
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–1AFM
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–6PIT
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5PIT
      W
      game 20/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      5
      points
      NHL#219
      3
      goals
      NHL#142
      2
      assists
      NHL#253
      PIT
      9-9-0W-L-OT20Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–8PIT
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4BOS
      L
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1975
    • The game
      PIT3–3CHI
      game 23/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–6NYI
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–3KCS
      L
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–3DET
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4PIT
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2WSH
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI7–5WSH
      L
      game 33/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–14BUF
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS1–1WSH
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–0WSH
      L
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–4DET
      L
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS8–5WSH
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–7MTL
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN5–3WSH
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      8
      points
      NHL#246
      5
      goals
      NHL#165
      3
      assists
      NHL#281
      WSH
      3-32-0W-L-OT11Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–4STL
      L
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS5–0WSH
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–4WSH
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–2WSH
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5BUF
      L
      game 45/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH3–7MNS
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI5–2WSH
      L
      game 47/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–7WSH
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–8PIT
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–2LAK
      L
      game 50/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–2CGS
      W
      game 51/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–4VAN
      L
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • February 1976
    • The game
      WSH4–4TOR
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–5KCS
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4CHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      LAK2–2WSH
      game 56/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–0WSH
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–8WSH
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      TOR5–1WSH
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–11NYR
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
      21
      points
      NHL#184
      12
      goals
      NHL#117
      9
      assists
      NHL#241
      WSH
      6-47-0W-L-OT19Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH5–1DET
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–0WSH
      L
      game 62/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–5WSH
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3WSH
      game 64/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI1–4WSH
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • March 1976
    • The game
      WSH3–6NYI
      L
      game 66/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4BOS
      L
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4AFM
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–5MTL
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–5WSH
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–3WSH
      L
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–7TOR
      L
      game 72/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      KCS5–5WSH
      game 73/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–7DET
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–1WSH
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM3–1WSH
      L
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5WSH
      W
      game 77/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1976
    • The game
      WSH2–11PHI
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–4PIT
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL4–3WSH
      L
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Harvey Bennett closes the 1975-1976 season with 28 points

    Pittsburgh Penguins did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    28
    NHL#192
    Games
    74of 80
    93%
    Goals
    15
    NHL#138
    Assists
    13
    NHL#231
    P/GP
    0.38
    NHL#216
    +/-
    -21
    NHL#389
    Events
    28
    career best in points
    15
    career best in goals
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal