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1981-82 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
Norris Division         
Minnesota North Stars* 80 37 23 20 94 .588 346 288 0.53
Winnipeg Jets* 80 33 33 14 80 .500 319 332 -0.28
St. Louis Blues* 80 32 40 8 72 .450 315 349 -0.52
Chicago Black Hawks* 80 30 38 12 72 .450 332 363 -0.49
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 20 44 16 56 .350 298 380 -1.08
Detroit Red Wings 80 21 47 12 54 .338 270 351 -1.07
Smythe Division         
Edmonton Oilers* 80 48 17 15 111 .694 417 295 1.33
Vancouver Canucks* 80 30 33 17 77 .481 290 286 -0.01
Calgary Flames* 80 29 34 17 75 .469 334 345 -0.18
Los Angeles Kings* 80 24 41 15 63 .394 314 369 -0.68
Colorado Rockies 80 18 49 13 49 .306 241 362 -1.43
Prince of Wales Conference GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Adams Division         
Montreal Canadiens* 80 46 17 17 109 .681 360 223 1.68
Boston Bruins* 80 43 27 10 96 .600 323 285 0.55
Buffalo Sabres* 80 39 26 15 93 .581 307 273 0.51
Quebec Nordiques* 80 33 31 16 82 .513 356 345 0.25
Hartford Whalers 80 21 41 18 60 .375 264 351 -0.87
Patrick Division         
New York Islanders* 80 54 16 10 118 .738 385 250 1.63
New York Rangers* 80 39 27 14 92 .575 316 306 0.21
Philadelphia Flyers* 80 38 31 11 87 .544 325 313 0.24
Pittsburgh Penguins* 80 31 36 13 75 .469 310 337 -0.21
Washington Capitals 80 26 41 13 65 .406 319 338 -0.12

League Playoffs

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

Team Statistics

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
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 54 16 10 118 .738 385 250 1.63 7.94 80 284 28.17 65 332 80.42 16 3
2 Edmonton Oilers* 80 48 17 15 111 .694 417 295 1.33 8.90 86 341 25.22 67 371 81.94 12 8
3 Montreal Canadiens* 80 46 17 17 109 .681 360 223 1.68 7.29 72 297 24.24 57 286 80.07 9 5
4 Boston Bruins* 80 43 27 10 96 .600 323 285 0.55 7.60 65 289 22.49 54 291 81.44 11 7
5 Minnesota North Stars* 80 37 23 20 94 .588 346 288 0.53 7.93 89 362 24.59 49 271 81.92 11 9
6 Buffalo Sabres* 80 39 26 15 93 .581 307 273 0.51 7.25 63 301 20.93 57 281 79.72 4 10
7 New York Rangers* 80 39 27 14 92 .575 316 306 0.21 7.78 68 306 22.22 75 319 76.49 7 12
8 Philadelphia Flyers* 80 38 31 11 87 .544 325 313 0.24 7.98 79 296 26.69 102 397 74.31 11 5
9 Quebec Nordiques* 80 33 31 16 82 .513 356 345 0.25 8.76 83 314 26.43 71 331 78.55 16 9
10 Winnipeg Jets* 80 33 33 14 80 .500 319 332 -0.28 8.14 74 328 22.56 61 249 75.50 4 11
11 Vancouver Canucks* 80 30 33 17 77 .481 290 286 -0.01 7.20 64 337 18.99 68 315 78.41 8 10
12 Calgary Flames* 80 29 34 17 75 .469 334 345 -0.18 8.49 78 290 26.90 72 328 78.05 8 9
13 Pittsburgh Penguins* 80 31 36 13 75 .469 310 337 -0.21 8.09 99 404 24.50 92 399 76.94 8 14
14 St. Louis Blues* 80 32 40 8 72 .450 315 349 -0.52 8.30 76 344 22.09 83 357 76.75 10 13
15 Chicago Black Hawks* 80 30 38 12 72 .450 332 363 -0.49 8.69 78 315 24.76 93 383 75.72 13 12
16 Washington Capitals 80 26 41 13 65 .406 319 338 -0.12 8.21 93 418 22.25 67 309 78.32 8 11
17 Los Angeles Kings* 80 24 41 15 63 .394 314 369 -0.68 8.54 75 355 21.13 89 310 71.29 7 11
18 Hartford Whalers 80 21 41 18 60 .375 264 351 -0.87 7.69 68 292 23.29 78 283 72.44 6 7
19 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 20 44 16 56 .350 298 380 -1.08 8.48 58 292 19.86 99 363 72.73 10 6
20 Detroit Red Wings 80 21 47 12 54 .338 270 351 -1.07 7.76 43 257 16.73 75 284 73.59 10 6
21 Colorado Rockies 80 18 49 13 49 .306 241 362 -1.43 7.54 46 305 15.08 63 268 76.49 4 15
League Average 80 33 33 14 80 .500 321 321 0.00 8.03 73 320 22.85 73 320 77.15 9 9

League Awards

Art Ross Trophy:Wayne Gretzky
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:Glenn Resch
Calder Memorial Trophy:Dale Hawerchuk
Conn Smythe Trophy:Mike Bossy
Frank J. Selke Trophy:Steve Kasper
Hart Memorial Trophy:Wayne Gretzky
James Norris Memorial Trophy:Doug Wilson
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:Rick Middleton
Lester B. Pearson Award:Wayne Gretzky
Vezina Trophy:Billy Smith
William M. Jennings Trophy:Denis Herron

League Leaders

Glossary / Rate statistic requirements

Goals

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM92
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI64
3.Dennis Maruk-WSH60
4.Dino Ciccarelli-MNS55
5.Rick Vaive-TOR54

Goals Per Game

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM1.15
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI0.80
3.Dennis Maruk-WSH0.75
4.Dino Ciccarelli-MNS0.72
5.Rick Vaive-TOR0.70

Assists

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM120
2.Peter Stastny*-QUE93
3.Denis Savard*-CBH87
4.Mike Bossy*-NYI83
5.Bryan Trottier*-NYI79

Assists Per Game

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM1.50
2.Peter Stastny*-QUE1.16
3.Denis Savard*-CBH1.09
4.Mike Bossy*-NYI1.04
5.Bryan Trottier*-NYI0.99

Points

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM212
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI147
3.Peter Stastny*-QUE139
4.Dennis Maruk-WSH136
5.Bryan Trottier*-NYI129

Points Per Game

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM2.65
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI1.84
3.Peter Stastny*-QUE1.74
4.Dennis Maruk-WSH1.70
5.Bryan Trottier*-NYI1.61

Goals Created

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM81.7
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI56.5
3.Dennis Maruk-WSH52.5
4.Peter Stastny*-QUE50.2
5.Bryan Trottier*-NYI48.3

Goals Created Per Game

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM1.02
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI0.71
3.Dennis Maruk-WSH0.66
4.Peter Stastny*-QUE0.63
5.Bryan Trottier*-NYI0.60

Total Goals For

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM265
2.Paul Coffey*-EDM203
3.Dave Babych-WPG188
4.Mike Bossy*-NYI178
5.Bryan Trottier*-NYI177
 Glenn Anderson*-EDM177

Power Play Goals For

1.Randy Carlyle-PIT78
2.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM75
3.Dennis Maruk-WSH73
4.Pat Boutette-PIT72
5.Dave Babych-WPG70

Total Goals Against

1.Willie Huber-DET163
2.Reed Larson-DET161
3.Greg Fox-CBH158
4.Borje Salming*-TOR155
5.Randy Carlyle-PIT154

Power Play Goals Against

1.Bill Barber*-PHI54
2.Borje Salming*-TOR53
 Greg Fox-CBH53
4.Bill Gardner-CBH50
 George Ferguson-PIT50
 Brad Marsh-2Tm50

Plus/Minus

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM81
2.Brian Engblom-MTL78
3.Bryan Trottier*-NYI70
4.Mike Bossy*-NYI69
5.Rod Langway*-MTL66

Penalties in Minutes

1.Paul Baxter-PIT409
2.Tiger Williams-VAN341
3.Glen Cochrane-PHI329
4.Pat Price-PIT322
5.Al Secord-CBH303

Even Strength Goals

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM68
2.Mike Bossy*-NYI47
3.Mark Messier*-EDM40
4.Dennis Maruk-WSH38
 Blaine Stoughton-HAR38

Power Play Goals

1.Paul Gardner-PIT21
2.Dennis Maruk-WSH20
 Bobby Smith-MNS20
 Dino Ciccarelli-MNS20
5.Rick Middleton-BOS19
 Ryan Walter-WSH19

Short-Handed Goals

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM6
 Michel Goulet*-QUE6
3.Butch Goring-NYI5
 Rick Vaive-TOR5
5.Anders Hakansson-MNS4
 Bill Gardner-CBH4
 Barry Pederson-BOS4
 Larry Patey-STL4
 Bill Barber*-PHI4

Game-Winning Goals

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM12
2.Bryan Trottier*-NYI10
 Mike Bossy*-NYI10
4.Rick Middleton-BOS9
5.Glenn Anderson*-EDM8

Shots on Goal

1.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM369
2.Marcel Dionne*-LAK351
3.Bill Barber*-PHI350
4.Dale Hawerchuk*-WPG339
5.Doug Wilson-CBH325

Shooting Percentage

1.Rick Middleton-BOS25.2
2.Kent Nilsson-CGY25.2
3.Darcy Rota-VAN25.0
4.Wayne Gretzky*-EDM24.9
5.Mike Bullard-PIT24.8

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Mike Liut-STL64
2.Don Edwards-BUF62
 Michel Dion-PIT62
4.Glenn Resch-CLR61
5.Dan Bouchard-QUE60

Wins (Goalie)

1.Billy Smith*-NYI32
2.Mike Liut-STL28
 Grant Fuhr*-EDM28
4.Dan Bouchard-QUE27
5.Gilles Meloche-MNS26
 Don Edwards-BUF26

Losses (Goalie)

1.Glenn Resch-CLR31
2.Greg Millen-HAR30
3.Mike Liut-STL28
 Mario Lessard-LAK28
5.Bob Sauve-2Tm26
 Dave Parro-WSH26

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Grant Fuhr*-EDM14
2.Greg Millen-HAR12
 Michel Dion-PIT12
 Richard Brodeur-VAN12
5.Pat Riggin-CGY11
 Glenn Resch-CLR11
 Dan Bouchard-QUE11

Points (Goalie)

1.Grant Fuhr*-EDM70
2.Billy Smith*-NYI68
3.Dan Bouchard-QUE65
4.Mike Liut-STL63
5.Michel Dion-PIT62

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Billy Smith*-NYI.756
2.Grant Fuhr*-EDM.745
3.Rick Wamsley-MTL.716
4.Roland Melanson-NYI.714
5.Ron Low-EDM.700

Shutouts

1.Denis Herron-MTL3
2.Doug Soetaert-WPG2
 Mike Liut-STL2
 Mario Lessard-LAK2
 Pat Riggin-CGY2
 Richard Brodeur-VAN2
 Rick Wamsley-MTL2

Goals Against

1.Mike Liut-STL250
2.Tony Esposito*-CBH231
3.Glenn Resch-CLR230
 Dan Bouchard-QUE230
5.Greg Millen-HAR229

Goals Against Average

1.Denis Herron-MTL2.64
2.Rick Wamsley-MTL2.75
3.Billy Smith*-NYI2.97
4.Roland Melanson-NYI3.23
5.Grant Fuhr*-EDM3.31
      

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Billy Smith
D: Raymond Bourque
D: Doug Wilson
C: Wayne Gretzky
LW: Mark Messier
RW: Mike Bossy
 2nd Team
G: Grant Fuhr
D: Paul Coffey
D: Brian Engblom
C: Bryan Trottier
LW: John Tonelli
RW: Rick Middleton