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1980-81 Montreal Canadiens

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45-22-13 (103 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 332 goals, Allowed 232 goals, SRS: 1.19 (1st of 21)
Coached by Claude Ruel (45-22-13)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (3-0) to Edmonton Oilers

1980-81 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 8, 1981 Edmonton Oilers L 3 6 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 9, 1981 Edmonton Oilers L 1 3 0 2 0 L 2
3 Sat, Apr 11, 1981 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 6 0 3 0 L 3