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1980-81 NHL Season Summary

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League Standings

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Clarence Campbell Conference GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Patrick Division         
New York Islanders* 80 48 18 14 110 .688 355 260 1.13
Philadelphia Flyers* 80 41 24 15 97 .606 313 249 0.76
Calgary Flames* 80 39 27 14 92 .575 329 298 0.37
New York Rangers* 80 30 36 14 74 .463 312 317 -0.06
Washington Capitals 80 26 36 18 70 .438 286 317 -0.37
Smythe Division         
St. Louis Blues* 80 45 18 17 107 .669 352 281 0.85
Chicago Black Hawks* 80 31 33 16 78 .488 304 315 -0.13
Vancouver Canucks* 80 28 32 20 76 .475 289 301 -0.14
Edmonton Oilers* 80 29 35 16 74 .463 328 327 0.01
Colorado Rockies 80 22 45 13 57 .356 258 344 -1.02
Winnipeg Jets 80 9 57 14 32 .200 246 400 -1.83
Prince of Wales Conference GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Adams Division         
Buffalo Sabres* 80 39 20 21 99 .619 327 250 0.92
Boston Bruins* 80 37 30 13 87 .544 316 272 0.52
Minnesota North Stars* 80 35 28 17 87 .544 291 263 0.33
Quebec Nordiques* 80 30 32 18 78 .488 314 318 -0.05
Toronto Maple Leafs* 80 28 37 15 71 .444 322 367 -0.54
Norris Division         
Montreal Canadiens* 80 45 22 13 103 .644 332 232 1.19
Los Angeles Kings* 80 43 24 13 99 .619 337 290 0.56
Pittsburgh Penguins* 80 30 37 13 73 .456 302 345 -0.51
Hartford Whalers 80 21 41 18 60 .375 292 372 -0.95
Detroit Red Wings 80 19 43 18 56 .350 252 339 -1.04

League Playoffs

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Stanley Cup Finals (4-1):New York Islanders over Minnesota North Stars 
 
Semi-Finals (4-2):Minnesota North Stars over Calgary Flames 
Semi-Finals (4-0):New York Islanders over New York Rangers 
 
Quarter-Finals (4-3):Calgary Flames over Philadelphia Flyers 
Quarter-Finals (4-1):Minnesota North Stars over Buffalo Sabres 
Quarter-Finals (4-2):New York Rangers over St. Louis Blues 
Quarter-Finals (4-2):New York Islanders over Edmonton Oilers 
 
Preliminary Round (3-0):Minnesota North Stars over Boston Bruins 
Preliminary Round (3-0):Calgary Flames over Chicago Black Hawks 
Preliminary Round (3-2):Philadelphia Flyers over Quebec Nordiques 
Preliminary Round (3-0):Buffalo Sabres over Vancouver Canucks 
Preliminary Round (3-1):New York Rangers over Los Angeles Kings 
Preliminary Round (3-0):Edmonton Oilers over Montreal Canadiens 
Preliminary Round (3-2):St. Louis Blues over Pittsburgh Penguins 
Preliminary Round (3-0):New York Islanders over Toronto Maple Leafs 

Team Statistics

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Rk Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
1 New York Islanders* 80 48 18 14 110 .688 355 260 1.13 7.69 93 317 29.34 76 368 79.35 19 6
2 St. Louis Blues* 80 45 18 17 107 .669 352 281 0.85 7.91 85 359 23.68 61 338 81.95 16 12
3 Montreal Canadiens* 80 45 22 13 103 .644 332 232 1.19 7.05 72 299 24.08 51 279 81.72 8 8
4 Buffalo Sabres* 80 39 20 21 99 .619 327 250 0.92 7.21 73 310 23.55 44 268 83.58 9 10
5 Los Angeles Kings* 80 43 24 13 99 .619 337 290 0.56 7.84 90 366 24.59 81 356 77.25 12 7
6 Philadelphia Flyers* 80 41 24 15 97 .606 313 249 0.76 7.03 75 278 26.98 85 432 80.32 10 4
7 Calgary Flames* 80 39 27 14 92 .575 329 298 0.37 7.84 81 301 26.91 70 364 80.77 8 12
8 Boston Bruins* 80 37 30 13 87 .544 316 272 0.52 7.35 87 342 25.44 82 358 77.09 13 8
9 Minnesota North Stars* 80 35 28 17 87 .544 291 263 0.33 6.93 88 408 21.57 64 304 78.95 7 13
10 Quebec Nordiques* 80 30 32 18 78 .488 314 318 -0.05 7.90 81 339 23.89 79 335 76.42 7 10
11 Chicago Black Hawks* 80 31 33 16 78 .488 304 315 -0.13 7.74 67 302 22.19 91 364 75.00 8 9
12 Vancouver Canucks* 80 28 32 20 76 .475 289 301 -0.14 7.38 68 330 20.61 81 340 76.18 11 14
13 Edmonton Oilers* 80 29 35 16 74 .463 328 327 0.01 8.19 77 347 22.19 85 348 75.57 13 7
14 New York Rangers* 80 30 36 14 74 .463 312 317 -0.06 7.86 63 351 17.95 83 392 78.83 14 12
15 Pittsburgh Penguins* 80 30 37 13 73 .456 302 345 -0.51 8.09 92 400 23.00 99 370 73.24 6 11
16 Toronto Maple Leafs* 80 28 37 15 71 .444 322 367 -0.54 8.61 85 339 25.07 93 408 77.21 9 4
17 Washington Capitals 80 26 36 18 70 .438 286 317 -0.37 7.54 74 394 18.78 83 318 73.90 8 14
18 Hartford Whalers 80 21 41 18 60 .375 292 372 -0.95 8.30 60 318 18.87 80 328 75.61 13 15
19 Colorado Rockies 80 22 45 13 57 .356 258 344 -1.02 7.53 76 373 20.38 70 286 75.52 5 8
20 Detroit Red Wings 80 19 43 18 56 .350 252 339 -1.04 7.39 60 316 18.99 82 317 74.13 7 12
21 Winnipeg Jets 80 9 57 14 32 .200 246 400 -1.83 8.08 60 345 17.39 67 261 74.33 8 15
League Average 80 32 32 16 80 .500 307 307 0.00 7.69 77 340 22.53 77 340 77.47 10 10

League Awards

Art Ross Trophy:Wayne Gretzky
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:Blake Dunlop
Calder Memorial Trophy:Peter Stastny
Conn Smythe Trophy:Butch Goring
Frank J. Selke Trophy:Bob Gainey
Hart Memorial Trophy:Wayne Gretzky
James Norris Memorial Trophy:Randy Carlyle
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:Rick Kehoe
Lester B. Pearson Award:Mike Liut
Vezina Trophy:Michel Larocque
Richard Sevigny
Denis Herron

League Leaders

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Goals

1.Mike Bossy*-NYI68
2.Marcel Dionne*-LAK58
3.Charlie Simmer-LAK56
4.Rick Kehoe-PIT55
 Wayne Gretzky*-EDM55

Goals Per Game

1.Charlie Simmer-LAK0.86
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI0.86
3.Marcel Dionne*-LAK0.72
4.Wayne Babych-STL0.69
5.Rick Kehoe-PIT0.69
 Wayne Gretzky*-EDM0.69

Assists

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM109
2.Kent Nilsson-CGY82
3.Marcel Dionne*-LAK77
4.Bernie Federko*-STL73
5.Bryan Trottier*-NYI72

Assists Per Game

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM1.36
2.Kent Nilsson-CGY1.02
3.Guy Chouinard-CGY1.00
4.Bryan Trottier*-NYI0.99
5.Marcel Dionne*-LAK0.96

Points

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM164
2.Marcel Dionne*-LAK135
3.Kent Nilsson-CGY131
4.Mike Bossy*-NYI119
5.Dave Taylor-LAK112

Points Per Game

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM2.05
2.Marcel Dionne*-LAK1.69
3.Kent Nilsson-CGY1.64
4.Charlie Simmer-LAK1.62
5.Guy Chouinard-CGY1.60

Goals Created

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM60.4
2.Marcel Dionne*-LAK52.5
3.Mike Bossy*-NYI49.8
4.Kent Nilsson-CGY49.2
5.Dave Taylor-LAK43.3

Goals Created Per Game

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM0.75
2.Charlie Simmer-LAK0.66
3.Marcel Dionne*-LAK0.66
4.Mike Bossy*-NYI0.63
5.Kent Nilsson-CGY0.61

Total Goals For

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM207
2.Marcel Dionne*-LAK203
3.Denis Potvin*-NYI190
4.Randy Carlyle-PIT177
5.Stefan Persson-NYI166
 Brad Park*-BOS166

Power Play Goals For

1.Stefan Persson-NYI86
2.Denis Potvin*-NYI85
3.Brad Park*-BOS78
4.Marcel Dionne*-LAK76
5.Randy Carlyle-PIT75

Total Goals Against

1.Reed Larson-DET177
2.Dave Babych-WPG169
 Ian Turnbull-TOR169
4.Randy Carlyle-PIT167
5.Rob Ramage-CLR164

Power Play Goals Against

1.Kevin McCarthy-VAN57
2.Phil Russell-CGY54
 Brad Marsh-CGY54
4.Reed Larson-DET52
 Harold Snepsts-VAN52

Plus/Minus

1.Brian Engblom-MTL63
2.Marcel Dionne*-LAK55
3.Rod Langway*-MTL53
4.Bryan Trottier*-NYI49
5.Dave Taylor-LAK47

Penalties in Minutes

1.Tiger Williams-VAN343
2.Paul Holmgren-PHI306
3.Chris Nilan-MTL262
4.Jim Korn-DET246
5.Willi Plett-CGY239

Even Strength Goals

1.Wayne Babych-STL40
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI38
3.Jacques Richard-QUE36
 Wayne Gretzky*-EDM36
5.Rick Kehoe-PIT35
 Mike Gartner*-WSH35

Power Play Goals

1.Mike Bossy*-NYI28
2.Charlie Simmer-LAK23
 Marcel Dionne*-LAK23
4.Kent Nilsson-CGY20
 Rick Kehoe-PIT20

Short-Handed Goals

1.Larry Patey-STL8
2.Bob Bourne-NYI7
3.Gerry Minor-VAN6
 Anders Kallur-NYI6
5.Don Maloney-NYR5

Game-Winning Goals

1.Mike Bossy*-NYI10
2.Charlie Simmer-LAK9
 Don Maloney-NYR9
 Marcel Dionne*-LAK9
5.Kent Nilsson-CGY8

Shots on Goal

1.Marcel Dionne*-LAK342
2.Mike Gartner*-WSH326
3.Reggie Leach-PHI321
4.Mike Bossy*-NYI315
5.Wayne Babych-STL306

Shooting Percentage

1.Charlie Simmer-LAK32.7
2.Paul Gagne-CLR25.3
3.Dan Maloney-TOR25.0
4.Willi Plett-CGY23.9
5.Don Maloney-NYR23.4

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Tony Esposito*-CBH66
2.Mario Lessard-LAK64
3.Greg Millen-PIT63
4.Mike Liut-STL61
5.John Garrett-HAR54
 Jiri Crha-TOR54

Wins (Goalie)

1.Mario Lessard-LAK35
2.Mike Liut-STL33
3.Tony Esposito*-CBH29
4.Greg Millen-PIT25
 Rogie Vachon-BOS25

Losses (Goalie)

1.Greg Millen-PIT27
 John Garrett-HAR27
3.Gilles Gilbert-DET24
4.Tony Esposito*-CBH23
5.Markus Mattsson-WPG21

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Richard Brodeur-VAN16
2.Tony Esposito*-CBH14
3.Mike Liut-STL13
4.John Garrett-HAR12
 Don Edwards-BUF12

Points (Goalie)

1.Mario Lessard-LAK81
2.Mike Liut-STL79
3.Tony Esposito*-CBH72
4.Greg Millen-PIT60
5.Don Edwards-BUF58

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Richard Sevigny-MTL.796
2.Dan Bouchard-2Tm.658
3.Mike Liut-STL.658
4.Billy Smith*-NYI.650
5.Reggie Lemelin-CGY.648

Shutouts

1.Don Edwards-BUF3
 Glenn Resch-2Tm3
3.Dan Bouchard-2Tm2
 Steve Baker-NYR2
 Richard Sevigny-MTL2
 Reggie Lemelin-CGY2
 Mario Lessard-LAK2
 Gilles Meloche-MNS2
 Rick St. Croix-PHI2
 Mike Palmateer-WSH2
 Pete Peeters-PHI2
 Bob Sauve-BUF2
 Billy Smith*-NYI2

Goals Against

1.Greg Millen-PIT258
2.Tony Esposito*-CBH246
3.John Garrett-HAR241
4.Jiri Crha-TOR211
5.Mario Lessard-LAK203

Goals Against Average

1.Richard Sevigny-MTL2.40
2.Rick St. Croix-PHI2.49
3.Don Edwards-BUF2.96
4.Pete Peeters-PHI2.96
5.Bob Sauve-BUF3.17
      

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Mike Liut
D: Randy Carlyle
D: Denis Potvin
C: Wayne Gretzky
LW: Charlie Simmer
RW: Mike Bossy
 2nd Team
G: Mario Lessard
D: Raymond Bourque
D: Larry Robinson
C: Marcel Dionne
LW: Bill Barber
RW: Dave Taylor