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1980-81 Minnesota North Stars Schedule and Results

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35-28-17 (87 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 291 goals, Allowed 263 goals, SRS: 0.33 (9th of 21)
Coached by Glen Sonmor (35-28-17)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-1) versus New York Islanders
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Calgary Flames
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Buffalo Sabres
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) versus Boston Bruins

1980-81 Minnesota North Stars:

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 8, 1981 @ Boston Bruins W OT 5 4 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 9, 1981 @ Boston Bruins W 9 6 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 11, 1981 Boston Bruins W 6 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Thu, Apr 16, 1981 @ Buffalo Sabres W OT 4 3 4 0 0 W 4
5 Fri, Apr 17, 1981 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 2 5 0 0 W 5
6 Sun, Apr 19, 1981 Buffalo Sabres W 6 4 6 0 0 W 6
7 Mon, Apr 20, 1981 Buffalo Sabres L OT 4 5 6 1 0 L 1
8 Wed, Apr 22, 1981 @ Buffalo Sabres W 4 3 7 1 0 W 1
9 Tue, Apr 28, 1981 @ Calgary Flames W 4 1 8 1 0 W 2
10 Thu, Apr 30, 1981 @ Calgary Flames L 2 3 8 2 0 L 1
11 Sun, May 3, 1981 Calgary Flames W 6 4 9 2 0 W 1
12 Tue, May 5, 1981 Calgary Flames W 7 4 10 2 0 W 2
13 Thu, May 7, 1981 @ Calgary Flames L 1 3 10 3 0 L 1
14 Sat, May 9, 1981 Calgary Flames W 5 3 11 3 0 W 1
15 Tue, May 12, 1981 @ New York Islanders L 3 6 11 4 0 L 1
16 Thu, May 14, 1981 @ New York Islanders L 3 6 11 5 0 L 2
17 Sun, May 17, 1981 New York Islanders L 5 7 11 6 0 L 3
18 Tue, May 19, 1981 New York Islanders W 4 2 12 6 0 W 1
19 Thu, May 21, 1981 @ New York Islanders L 1 5 12 7 0 L 1