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1980-81 Washington Capitals

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26-36-18 (70 points), Finished 5th in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 286 goals, Allowed 317 goals, SRS: -0.37 (15th of 21)
Coached by Gary Green (26-36-18)

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