1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1980–81
Year:	1980
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	19–43–18
Divisionrank:	5th
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	252
Goalsagainst:	339
Attendance:	13325

The 1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 49th season, the first full season at Joe Louis Arena, and 55th overall for the franchise.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

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
	C	80	30	56	86	50	-17	11	2	2
	LW	80	35	35	70	14	-17	9	2	2
	RW	80	28	35	63	210	-13	3	0	5
	D	78	27	31	58	153	-35	8	0	0
	D	80	15	34	49	130	-28	3	0	0
	RW	74	12	20	32	30	-35	6	0	0
	C	50	18	13	31	24	-30	6	1	3
	LW	39	14	12	26	52	-4	5	0	2
	LW	31	10	14	24	28	0	3	0	0
	LW	67	8	16	24	45	-10	1	1	1
	C	53	6	18	24	24	2	1	0	1
	D/LW	63	5	15	20	246	-5	1	1	1
	LW	40	5	14	19	27	-14	1	0	0
	LW	58	5	10	15	84	0	1	0	0
	D	56	3	10	13	60	-21	0	0	1
	D	68	5	7	12	57	-1	0	0	0
	LW	44	3	8	11	12	-19	0	0	0
	D	20	3	7	10	20	-3	1	0	0
	RW	32	3	6	9	10	-7	0	0	0
	D	64	1	8	9	70	-18	0	0	0
	RW	20	5	2	7	93	-12	0	0	0
	LW	38	2	5	7	53	4	0	0	0
	C	24	1	4	5	26	-8	0	0	1
	RW	16	2	2	4	22	-10	0	0	0
	C/RW	32	2	2	4	77	-14	0	0	0
	C	22	2	1	3	16	2	0	0	0
	LW	5	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
	D	17	0	2	2	10	-8	0	0	0
	D	11	0	2	2	6	-5	0	0	0
	G	48	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
	G	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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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		Regina Pats (WHL)
3	46	Mark Osborne		Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5	88	Mike Corrigan		Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
6	109	Wayne Crawford		Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
7	130	Mike Braun		Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
8	151	Jeff Beukeboom		Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
9	172	Dave Miles		Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
10	193	Brian Rorabeck		Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)

See also

• 1980–81 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1980–81 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-02 . 1980-81 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.