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1980-81 Detroit Red Wings

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19-43-18 (56 points), Finished 5th in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 252 goals, Allowed 339 goals, SRS: -1.04 (20th of 21)
Coached by Ted Lindsay (3-14-3), Wayne Maxner (16-29-15)

1980-81 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 10, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks L 3 5 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 11, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings L 1 8 0 2 0 L 2
3 Wed, Oct 15, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 4 6 0 3 0 L 3
4 Thu, Oct 16, 1980 New York Islanders L 4 6 0 4 0 L 4
5 Sat, Oct 18, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers L 2 4 0 5 0 L 5
6 Thu, Oct 23, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 5 1 1 5 0 W 1
7 Sat, Oct 25, 1980 New York Rangers W 4 2 2 5 0 W 2
8 Sun, Oct 26, 1980 @ New York Rangers L 6 7 2 6 0 L 1
9 Tue, Oct 28, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks T 2 2 2 6 1 T 1
10 Wed, Oct 29, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers L 3 5 2 7 1 L 1
11 Sat, Nov 1, 1980 Buffalo Sabres L 2 4 2 8 1 L 2
12 Tue, Nov 4, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 4 6 2 9 1 L 3
13 Thu, Nov 6, 1980 Montreal Canadiens W 3 2 3 9 1 W 1
14 Sat, Nov 8, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 3 10 1 L 1
15 Tue, Nov 11, 1980 Boston Bruins T 4 4 3 10 2 T 1
16 Wed, Nov 12, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres T 4 4 3 10 3 T 2
17 Sat, Nov 15, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 3 11 3 L 1
18 Wed, Nov 19, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 2 3 12 3 L 2
19 Thu, Nov 20, 1980 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 7 3 13 3 L 3
20 Sat, Nov 22, 1980 @ St. Louis Blues L 2 6 3 14 3 L 4
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 26, 1980 Washington Capitals T 7 7 3 14 4 T 1
22 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 1 5 3 15 4 L 1
23 Tue, Dec 2, 1980 @ Boston Bruins L 3 5 3 16 4 L 2
24 Thu, Dec 4, 1980 Quebec Nordiques L 1 4 3 17 4 L 3
25 Sat, Dec 6, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers W 4 2 4 17 4 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 7, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars T 1 1 4 17 5 T 1
27 Thu, Dec 11, 1980 Los Angeles Kings L 1 2 4 18 5 L 1
28 Sat, Dec 13, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 7 3 5 18 5 W 1
29 Sun, Dec 14, 1980 @ Washington Capitals W 5 4 6 18 5 W 2
30 Tue, Dec 16, 1980 Edmonton Oilers W 4 3 7 18 5 W 3
31 Thu, Dec 18, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 8 18 5 W 4
32 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies T 3 3 8 18 6 T 1
33 Tue, Dec 23, 1980 Minnesota North Stars L 2 6 8 19 6 L 1
34 Sat, Dec 27, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers T 4 4 8 19 7 T 1
35 Sun, Dec 28, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets W 4 3 9 19 7 W 1
36 Wed, Dec 31, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 1 10 19 7 W 2
37 Fri, Jan 2, 1981 Vancouver Canucks T 2 2 10 19 8 T 1
38 Sat, Jan 3, 1981 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 4 6 10 20 8 L 1
39 Tue, Jan 6, 1981 Montreal Canadiens L 2 6 10 21 8 L 2
40 Thu, Jan 8, 1981 @ Boston Bruins L 4 7 10 22 8 L 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 10, 1981 Calgary Flames W 4 1 11 22 8 W 1
42 Tue, Jan 13, 1981 Boston Bruins T 3 3 11 22 9 T 1
43 Thu, Jan 15, 1981 @ Calgary Flames L 0 10 11 23 9 L 1
44 Fri, Jan 16, 1981 @ Vancouver Canucks L 1 3 11 24 9 L 2
45 Tue, Jan 20, 1981 @ Los Angeles Kings L 4 11 11 25 9 L 3
46 Thu, Jan 22, 1981 New York Islanders L 0 3 11 26 9 L 4
47 Sat, Jan 24, 1981 Colorado Rockies W 6 2 12 26 9 W 1
48 Mon, Jan 26, 1981 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 13 26 9 W 2
49 Wed, Jan 28, 1981 @ Quebec Nordiques T 2 2 13 26 10 T 1
50 Thu, Jan 29, 1981 Minnesota North Stars T 3 3 13 26 11 T 2
51 Sun, Feb 1, 1981 St. Louis Blues L 1 4 13 27 11 L 1
52 Tue, Feb 3, 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 14 27 11 W 1
53 Thu, Feb 5, 1981 Los Angeles Kings W 6 4 15 27 11 W 2
54 Fri, Feb 6, 1981 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 7 15 28 11 L 1
55 Sun, Feb 8, 1981 Vancouver Canucks W 3 2 16 28 11 W 1
56 Thu, Feb 12, 1981 Hartford Whalers T 2 2 16 28 12 T 1
57 Sat, Feb 14, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 16 29 12 L 1
58 Tue, Feb 17, 1981 Winnipeg Jets W 6 4 17 29 12 W 1
59 Thu, Feb 19, 1981 New York Rangers W 7 3 18 29 12 W 2
60 Sat, Feb 21, 1981 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 18 30 12 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 25, 1981 St. Louis Blues L 2 3 18 31 12 L 2
62 Fri, Feb 27, 1981 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 5 18 32 12 L 3
63 Sun, Mar 1, 1981 @ Winnipeg Jets T 4 4 18 32 13 T 1
64 Wed, Mar 4, 1981 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 18 32 14 T 2
65 Sun, Mar 8, 1981 @ New York Rangers T 4 4 18 32 15 T 3
66 Tue, Mar 10, 1981 Hartford Whalers T 4 4 18 32 16 T 4
67 Thu, Mar 12, 1981 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 4 9 18 33 16 L 1
68 Sat, Mar 14, 1981 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 5 18 34 16 L 2
69 Tue, Mar 17, 1981 Quebec Nordiques L 3 4 18 35 16 L 3
70 Thu, Mar 19, 1981 Calgary Flames L 3 6 18 36 16 L 4
71 Sat, Mar 21, 1981 Winnipeg Jets W 5 4 19 36 16 W 1
72 Sun, Mar 22, 1981 @ Minnesota North Stars L 3 9 19 37 16 L 1
73 Tue, Mar 24, 1981 @ Colorado Rockies L 4 7 19 38 16 L 2
74 Thu, Mar 26, 1981 Washington Capitals L 0 2 19 39 16 L 3
75 Sat, Mar 28, 1981 Edmonton Oilers L 2 4 19 40 16 L 4
76 Sun, Mar 29, 1981 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 3 4 19 41 16 L 5
77 Tue, Mar 31, 1981 @ Calgary Flames T 5 5 19 41 17 T 1
78 Thu, Apr 2, 1981 Pittsburgh Penguins T 1 1 19 41 18 T 2
79 Sat, Apr 4, 1981 Buffalo Sabres L 4 5 19 42 18 L 1
80 Sun, Apr 5, 1981 @ Washington Capitals L 2 7 19 43 18 L 2