1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season was the 51st season for the Detroit franchise, 45th as the Red Wings.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
The Red Wings failed to qualify to the playoffs.Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 80 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 50 | −24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| C/RW | 79 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 274 | −20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| LW | 78 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 158 | −35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 80 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 25 | −25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| RW | 74 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 98 | −40 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| LW | 61 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 39 | −11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| LW | 34 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| RW | 54 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 18 | −13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| C | 74 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 40 | −16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 53 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 34 | −12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| D | 80 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 112 | −43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 77 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 56 | −20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 49 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 80 | −17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 52 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | −23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 42 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | −34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 53 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | −22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 71 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 63 | −18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 45 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | −10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 34 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | −10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 17 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | −17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 23 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | −18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 1791 | 33 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 107 | 3.58 | 3 | |
| 2740 | 48 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 180 | 3.94 | 0 | |
| 269 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4.01 | 0 | |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 16 | 55 | 9 | 305 | 3.81 | 3 |
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
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal, Quebec.| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 4 | Fred Williams | Saskatoon Blades | |
| 2 | 22 | Reed Larson | University of Minnesota | |
| 3 | 40 | Fred Berry | New Westminster Bruins | |
| 4 | 58 | Kevin Schamehorn | New Westminster Bruins | |
| 5 | 78 | Dwight Schofield | London Knights | |
| 6 | 94 | Tony Horvath | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | |
| 7 | 111 | Fern LeBlanc | Sherbrooke Castors | |
| 8 | 120 | Claude Legris | Sorel Eperviers |