1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season

1980–81 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th Norris
Conference	Wales
1980–81 record	19–43–18
Goals for	252
Goals against	339
Team information
General manager	Jimmy Skinner
Coach	Ted Lindsay, Wayne Maxner
Captain	Errol Thompson and Reed Larson
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	13325

The 1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 49th season, 55th overall for the franchise.

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	45	22	13	332	232	103
Los Angeles Kings	80	43	24	13	337	290	99
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	302	345	73
Hartford Whalers	80	21	41	18	292	372	60
Detroit Red Wings	80	19	43	18	252	339	56

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

League standings

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – New York Islanders	PTK	80	48	18	14	355	260	110
2	x – St. Louis Blues	SMY	80	45	18	17	352	281	107
3	y – Montreal Canadiens	NRS	80	45	22	13	332	232	103
4	Los Angeles Kings	NRS	80	43	24	13	337	290	99
5	x – Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	39	20	21	327	250	99
6	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	41	24	15	313	249	97
7	Calgary Flames	PTK	80	39	27	14	329	298	92
8	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	37	30	13	316	272	87
9	Minnesota North Stars	ADM	80	35	28	17	291	263	87
10	Chicago Black Hawks	SMY	80	31	33	16	304	315	78
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	30	32	18	314	318	78
12	Vancouver Canucks	SMY	80	28	32	20	289	301	76
13	New York Rangers	PTK	80	30	36	14	312	317	74
14	Edmonton Oilers	SMY	80	29	35	16	328	327	74
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	NRS	80	30	37	13	302	345	73
16	Toronto Maple Leafs	ADM	80	28	37	15	322	367	71
17	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	26	36	18	286	317	70
18	Hartford Whalers	NRS	80	21	41	18	292	372	60
19	Colorado Rockies	SMY	80	22	45	13	258	344	57
20	Detroit Red Wings	NRS	80	19	43	18	252	339	56
21	Winnipeg Jets	SMY	80	9	57	14	246	400	32

Divisions: ADM – Adams, NRS – Norris, PTK – Patrick, SMY – Smythe

bold – The top 16 teams in the league qualified for the playoffs, regardless of division or conference.
x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and conference and division)

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Norris Division 1980–81 NHL records Team DET HFD LAK MTL PIT Total Detroit — 0−2−2 1−3 1−3 1−2−1 3−10−3 Hartford 2−0−2 — 0−3−1 1−3 2−2 5−8−3 Los Angeles 3−1 3−0−1 — 1−3 0−2−2 7−6−3 Montreal 3−1 3−1 3−1 — 2−2 11−5−0 Pittsburgh 2−1−1 2−2 2−0−2 2−2 — 8−5−3 Vs. Adams Division 1980–81 NHL records Team BOS BUF MIN QUE TOR Total Detroit 0−2−2 0−3−1 0−2−2 0−3−1 3−1 3−11−6 Hartford 1−1−2 1−2−1 1−3 2−2 1−1−2 6−9−5 Los Angeles 2−2 1−2−1 4−0 3−1 3−0−1 13−5−2 Montreal 3−1 3−1 1−2−1 1−1−2 3−1 11−6−3 Pittsburgh 0−3−1 0−3−1 1−3 2−1−1 1−2−1 4−12−4 Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Patrick Division 1980–81 NHL records Team CGY NYI NYR PHI WSH Total Detroit 1−2−1 0−4 2−1−1 1−3 1−2−1 5−12−3 Hartford 1−3 0−2−2 1−3 0−3−1 1−3 3−14−3 Los Angeles 1−3 2−2 3−1 0−4 2−1−1 8−11−1 Montreal 2−1−1 1−2−1 2−1−1 2−1−1 2−0−2 9−5−6 Pittsburgh 1−2−1 2−1−1 2−1−1 0−4 2−1−1 7−9−4 Vs. Smythe Division 1980–81 NHL records Team CHI COL EDM STL VAN WIN Total Detroit 1−1−2 2−1−1 1−2−1 0−4 1−2−1 3−0−1 8−10−6 Hartford 0−3−1 2−1−1 1−2−1 0−3−1 1−1−2 3−0−1 7−10−7 Los Angeles 2−0−2 3−0−1 2−0−2 0−2−2 4−0 4−0 15−2−7 Montreal 2−2 4−0 2−2 1−1−2 2−0−2 3−1 14−6−4 Pittsburgh 1−3 3−1 1−2−1 2−2 0−3−1 4−0 11−11−2

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1980	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1980	1–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	0–2–0
3	L	October 15, 1980	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	0–3–0
4	L	October 16, 1980	4–6	New York Islanders (1980–81)	0–4–0
5	L	October 18, 1980	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	0–5–0
6	W	October 23, 1980	5–1	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	1–5–0
7	W	October 25, 1980	4–2	New York Rangers (1980–81)	2–5–0
8	L	October 26, 1980	6–7	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	2–6–0
9	T	October 28, 1980	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	2–6–1
10	L	October 29, 1980	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	2–7–1
11	L	November 1, 1980	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	2–8–1
12	L	November 4, 1980	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	2–9–1
13	W	November 6, 1980	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	3–9–1
14	L	November 8, 1980	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	3–10–1
15	T	November 11, 1980	4–4	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	3–10–2
16	T	November 12, 1980	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	3–10–3
17	L	November 15, 1980	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	3–11–3
18	L	November 19, 1980	1–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	3–12–3
19	L	November 20, 1980	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	3–13–3
20	L	November 22, 1980	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	3–14–3
21	T	November 26, 1980	7–7	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	3–14–4
22	L	November 29, 1980	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	3–15–4
23	L	December 2, 1980	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	3–16–4
24	L	December 4, 1980	1–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	3–17–4
25	W	December 6, 1980	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	4–17–4
26	T	December 7, 1980	1–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	4–17–5
27	L	December 11, 1980	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	4–18–5
28	W	December 13, 1980	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	5–18–5
29	W	December 14, 1980	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	6–18–5
30	W	December 16, 1980	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	7–18–5
31	W	December 18, 1980	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	8–18–5
32	T	December 20, 1980	3–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	8–18–6
33	L	December 23, 1980	2–6	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	8–19–6
34	T	December 27, 1980	4–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	8–19–7
35	W	December 28, 1980	4–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	9–19–7
36	W	December 31, 1980	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	10–19–7
37	T	January 2, 1981	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	10–19–8
38	L	January 3, 1981	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	10–20–8
39	L	January 6, 1981	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	10–21–8
40	L	January 8, 1981	4–7	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	10–22–8
41	W	January 10, 1981	4–1	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	11–22–8
42	T	January 13, 1981	3–3	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	11–22–9
43	L	January 15, 1981	0–10	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	11–23–9
44	L	January 16, 1981	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	11–24–9
45	L	January 20, 1981	4–11	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	11–25–9
46	L	January 22, 1981	0–3	New York Islanders (1980–81)	11–26–9
47	W	January 24, 1981	6–2	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	12–26–9
48	W	January 26, 1981	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	13–26–9
49	T	January 28, 1981	2–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	13–26–10
50	T	January 29, 1981	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	13–26–11
51	L	February 1, 1981	1–4	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	13–27–11
52	W	February 3, 1981	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	14–27–11
53	W	February 5, 1981	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	15–27–11
54	L	February 6, 1981	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	15–28–11
55	W	February 8, 1981	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	16–28–11
56	T	February 12, 1981	2–2	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	16–28–12
57	L	February 14, 1981	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	16–29–12
58	W	February 17, 1981	6–4	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	17–29–12
59	W	February 19, 1981	7–3	New York Rangers (1980–81)	18–29–12
60	L	February 21, 1981	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	18–30–12
61	L	February 25, 1981	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	18–31–12
62	L	February 27, 1981	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	18–32–12
63	T	March 1, 1981	4–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	18–32–13
64	T	March 4, 1981	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	18–32–14
65	T	March 8, 1981	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	18–32–15
66	T	March 10, 1981	4–4	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	18–32–16
67	L	March 12, 1981	4–9	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	18–33–16
68	L	March 14, 1981	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	18–34–16
69	L	March 17, 1981	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	18–35–16
70	L	March 19, 1981	3–6	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	18–36–16
71	W	March 21, 1981	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	19–36–16
72	L	March 22, 1981	3–9	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	19–37–16
73	L	March 24, 1981	4–7	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	19–38–16
74	L	March 26, 1981	0–2	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	19–39–16
75	L	March 28, 1981	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	19–40–16
76	L	March 29, 1981	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	19–41–16
77	T	March 31, 1981	5–5	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	19–41–17
78	T	April 2, 1981	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	19–41–18
79	L	April 4, 1981	4–5	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	19–42–18
80	L	April 5, 1981	2–7	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	19–43–18

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dale McCourt	C	80	30	56	86	50	-17	11	2	2
John Ogrodnick	LW	80	35	35	70	14	-17	9	2	2
Mike Foligno	RW	80	28	35	63	210	-13	3	0	5
Reed Larson	D	78	27	31	58	153	-35	8	0	0
Willie Huber	D	80	15	34	49	130	-28	3	0	0
Vaclav Nedomansky	RW	74	12	20	32	30	-35	6	0	0
Mark Kirton	C	50	18	13	31	24	-30	6	1	3
Errol Thompson	LW	39	14	12	26	52	-4	5	0	2
George Lyle	LW	31	10	14	24	28	0	3	0	0
Paul Woods	LW	67	8	16	24	45	-10	1	1	1
Brent Peterson	C	53	6	18	24	24	2	1	0	1
Jim Korn	D/LW	63	5	15	20	246	-5	1	1	1
Gary McAdam	LW	40	5	14	19	27	-14	1	0	0
Glenn Hicks	LW	58	5	10	15	84	0	1	0	0
John Barrett	D	56	3	10	13	60	-21	0	0	1
Jean Hamel	D	68	5	7	12	57	-1	0	0	0
Dan Labraaten	LW	44	3	8	11	12	-19	0	0	0
Rick Vasko	D	20	3	7	10	20	-3	1	0	0
Mike Blaisdell	RW	32	3	6	9	10	-7	0	0	0
Perry Miller	D	64	1	8	9	70	-18	0	0	0
Brad Smith	RW	20	5	2	7	93	-12	0	0	0
Joe Paterson	LW	38	2	5	7	53	4	0	0	0
Pete Mahovlich	C	24	1	4	5	26	-8	0	0	1
Jody Gage	RW	16	2	2	4	22	-10	0	0	0
Dennis Polonich	C/RW	32	2	2	4	77	-14	0	0	0
Earl Ingarfield	C	22	2	1	3	16	2	0	0	0
Mal Davis	LW	5	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
Greg Joly	D	17	0	2	2	10	-8	0	0	0
Rick Smith	D	11	0	2	2	6	-5	0	0	0
Gilles Gilbert	G	48	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Larry Lozinski	G	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Rutherford	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Bladon	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Al Jensen	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Legris	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Gilles Gilbert	2618	48	11	24	9	175	4.01	0
Larry Lozinski	1459	30	6	11	7	105	4.32	0
Jim Rutherford	600	10	2	6	2	43	4.30	0
Al Jensen	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
Claude Legris	63	3	0	1	0	4	3.81	0
Team:	4800	80	19	43	18	334	4.17	0

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;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	11	Mike Blaisdell	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	46	Mark Osborne	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5	88	Mike Corrigan	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
6	109	Wayne Crawford	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
7	130	Mike Braun	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
8	151	Jeff Beukeboom	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
9	172	Dave Miles	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
10	193	Brian Rorabeck	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)

See also

• 1980–81 NHL season

References

• "1980–81 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.