1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1980-81 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 55th season. The Wings finished 5th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 10, 1980 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 11, 1980 	1–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 15, 1980 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	0–3–0
4 	L 	October 16, 1980 	4–6 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	0–4–0
5 	L 	October 18, 1980 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	0–5–0
6 	W 	October 23, 1980 	5–1 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	1–5–0
7 	W 	October 25, 1980 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	2–5–0
8 	L 	October 26, 1980 	6–7 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	2–6–0
9 	T 	October 28, 1980 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	2–6–1
10 	L 	October 29, 1980 	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	2–7–1
11 	L 	November 1, 1980 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	2–8–1
12 	L 	November 4, 1980 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	2–9–1
13 	W 	November 6, 1980 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	3–9–1
14 	L 	November 8, 1980 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	3–10–1
15 	T 	November 11, 1980 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	3–10–2
16 	T 	November 12, 1980 	4–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	3–10–3
17 	L 	November 15, 1980 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	3–11–3
18 	L 	November 19, 1980 	1–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	3–12–3
19 	L 	November 20, 1980 	3–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	3–13–3
20 	L 	November 22, 1980 	2–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	3–14–3
21 	T 	November 26, 1980 	7–7 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	3–14–4
22 	L 	November 29, 1980 	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	3–15–4
23 	L 	December 2, 1980 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	3–16–4
24 	L 	December 4, 1980 	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	3–17–4
25 	W 	December 6, 1980 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	4–17–4
26 	T 	December 7, 1980 	1–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	4–17–5
27 	L 	December 11, 1980 	1–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	4–18–5
28 	W 	December 13, 1980 	7–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	5–18–5
29 	W 	December 14, 1980 	5–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	6–18–5
30 	W 	December 16, 1980 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	7–18–5
31 	W 	December 18, 1980 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	8–18–5
32 	T 	December 20, 1980 	3–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	8–18–6
33 	L 	December 23, 1980 	2–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	8–19–6
34 	T 	December 27, 1980 	4–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	8–19–7
35 	W 	December 28, 1980 	4–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	9–19–7
36 	W 	December 31, 1980 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	10–19–7
37 	T 	January 2, 1981 	2–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	10–19–8
38 	L 	January 3, 1981 	4–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	10–20–8
39 	L 	January 6, 1981 	2–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	10–21–8
40 	L 	January 8, 1981 	4–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	10–22–8
41 	W 	January 10, 1981 	4–1 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	11–22–8
42 	T 	January 13, 1981 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	11–22–9
43 	L 	January 15, 1981 	0–10 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	11–23–9
44 	L 	January 16, 1981 	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	11–24–9
45 	L 	January 20, 1981 	4–11 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	11–25–9
46 	L 	January 22, 1981 	0–3 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	11–26–9
47 	W 	January 24, 1981 	6–2 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	12–26–9
48 	W 	January 26, 1981 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	13–26–9
49 	T 	January 28, 1981 	2–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	13–26–10
50 	T 	January 29, 1981 	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	13–26–11
51 	L 	February 1, 1981 	1–4 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	13–27–11
52 	W 	February 3, 1981 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	14–27–11
53 	W 	February 5, 1981 	6–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	15–27–11
54 	L 	February 6, 1981 	3–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	15–28–11
55 	W 	February 8, 1981 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	16–28–11
56 	T 	February 12, 1981 	2–2 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	16–28–12
57 	L 	February 14, 1981 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	16–29–12
58 	W 	February 17, 1981 	6–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	17–29–12
59 	W 	February 19, 1981 	7–3 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	18–29–12
60 	L 	February 21, 1981 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	18–30–12
61 	L 	February 25, 1981 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	18–31–12
62 	L 	February 27, 1981 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	18–32–12
63 	T 	March 1, 1981 	4–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	18–32–13
64 	T 	March 4, 1981 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	18–32–14
65 	T 	March 8, 1981 	4–4 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	18–32–15
66 	T 	March 10, 1981 	4–4 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	18–32–16
67 	L 	March 12, 1981 	4–9 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	18–33–16
68 	L 	March 14, 1981 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	18–34–16
69 	L 	March 17, 1981 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	18–35–16
70 	L 	March 19, 1981 	3–6 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	18–36–16
71 	W 	March 21, 1981 	5–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	19–36–16
72 	L 	March 22, 1981 	3–9 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	19–37–16
73 	L 	March 24, 1981 	4–7 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	19–38–16
74 	L 	March 26, 1981 	0–2 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	19–39–16
75 	L 	March 28, 1981 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	19–40–16
76 	L 	March 29, 1981 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	19–41–16
77 	T 	March 31, 1981 	5–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	19–41–17
78 	T 	April 2, 1981 	1–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	19–41–18
79 	L 	April 4, 1981 	4–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	19–42–18
80 	L 	April 5, 1981 	2–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	19–43–18
==Playoffs==
*The Red Wings failed to qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	30	56	86 	50 	-17	11 	2 	2
 	LW 	80	35	35	70 	14 	-17	9 	2 	2
 	RW 	80	28	35	63 	210	-13	3 	0 	5
 	D 	78	27	31	58 	153	-35	8 	0 	0
 	D 	80	15	34	49 	130	-28	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	74	12	20	32 	30 	-35	6 	0 	0
 	C 	50	18	13	31 	24 	-30	6 	1 	3
 	LW 	39	14	12	26 	52 	-4 	5 	0 	2
 	LW 	31	10	14	24 	28 	0 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	67	8 	16	24 	45 	-10	1 	1 	1
 	C 	53	6 	18	24 	24 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	D/LW	63	5 	15	20 	246	-5 	1 	1 	1
 	LW 	40	5 	14	19 	27 	-14	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	58	5 	10	15 	84 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	56	3 	10	13 	60 	-21	0 	0 	1
 	D 	68	5 	7 	12 	57 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	44	3 	8 	11 	12 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	3 	7 	10 	20 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	3 	6 	9 	10 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	64	1 	8 	9 	70 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	5 	2 	7 	93 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	2 	5 	7 	53 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	1 	4 	5 	26 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	16	2 	2 	4 	22 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	32	2 	2 	4 	77 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	C 	22	2 	1 	3 	16 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	2 	0 	2 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	2 	2 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	2 	2 	10 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2618	48	11	24	9 	175	4.01	0
 	1459	30	6 	11	7 	105	4.32	0
 	600 	10	2 	6 	2 	43 	4.30	0
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0 	7 	7.00	0
 	63 	3 	0 	1 	0 	4 	3.81	0
Team: 	4800	80	19	43	18	334	4.17	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Red Wings did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Game Ads==
80-81DetRWGameAd.jpg
==See Also==
*1980–81 NHL season
==References==
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Detroit Red Wings season, 1980–81
Detroit Red Wings season, 1980–81
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