1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 63rd season of the franchise, 53rd season as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished 5th in the Adams Division and lost in the Preliminary round to the New York Islanders 3 games to 0.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
==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 11, 1980 	3–8 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 12, 1980 	4–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 15, 1980 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 18, 1980 	6–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 19, 1980 	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	October 21, 1980 	8–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	5–1–0
7 	W 	October 23, 1980 	5–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	6–1–0
8 	L 	October 25, 1980 	4–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	6–2–0
9 	L 	October 26, 1980 	5–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	6–3–0
10 	T 	October 29, 1980 	4–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	6–3–1
11 	L 	November 1, 1980 	4–5 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	6–4–1
12 	W 	November 5, 1980 	2–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	7–4–1
13 	T 	November 8, 1980 	3–3 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	7–4–2
14 	W 	November 9, 1980 	7–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	8–4–2
15 	L 	November 12, 1980 	2–4 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	8–5–2
16 	W 	November 15, 1980 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	9–5–2
17 	L 	November 19, 1980 	4–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	9–6–2
18 	L 	November 22, 1980 	2–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	9–7–2
19 	T 	November 23, 1980 	5–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	9–7–3
20 	L 	November 26, 1980 	4–6 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	9–8–3
21 	L 	November 28, 1980 	2–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	9–9–3
22 	L 	November 29, 1980 	3–7 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	9–10–3
23 	T 	December 3, 1980 	4–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	9–10–4
24 	W 	December 6, 1980 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	10–10–4
25 	T 	December 7, 1980 	4–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	10–10–5
26 	L 	December 10, 1980 	5–8 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	10–11–5
27 	L 	December 11, 1980 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	10–12–5
28 	L 	December 13, 1980 	4–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	10–13–5
29 	W 	December 15, 1980 	6–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	11–13–5
30 	W 	December 17, 1980 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	12–13–5
31 	L 	December 18, 1980 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	12–14–5
32 	L 	December 20, 1980 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	12–15–5
33 	L 	December 23, 1980 	2–7 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	12–16–5
34 	L 	December 27, 1980 	3–6 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	12–17–5
35 	W 	December 28, 1980 	6–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	13–17–5
36 	L 	December 30, 1980 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	13–18–5
37 	L 	January 3, 1981 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	13–19–5
38 	L 	January 4, 1981 	5–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	13–20–5
39 	L 	January 6, 1981 	3–6 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	13–21–5
40 	L 	January 7, 1981 	2–8 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	13–22–5
41 	T 	January 10, 1981 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	13–22–6
42 	W 	January 11, 1981 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	14–22–6
43 	L 	January 14, 1981 	4–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	14–23–6
44 	W 	January 17, 1981 	6–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	15–23–6
45 	W 	January 18, 1981 	5–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	16–23–6
46 	T 	January 20, 1981 	2–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	16–23–7
47 	T 	January 22, 1981 	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	16–23–8
48 	W 	January 24, 1981 	7–4 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	17–23–8
49 	L 	January 26, 1981 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	17–24–8
50 	L 	January 28, 1981 	4–6 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	17–25–8
51 	T 	January 30, 1981 	5–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	17–25–9
52 	L 	January 31, 1981 	0–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	17–26–9
53 	L 	February 3, 1981 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	17–27–9
54 	L 	February 5, 1981 	4–8 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	17–28–9
55 	T 	February 8, 1981 	6–6 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	17–28–10
56 	W 	February 12, 1981 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	18–28–10
57 	W 	February 14, 1981 	6–3 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	19–28–10
58 	W 	February 17, 1981 	8–5 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	20–28–10
59 	L 	February 18, 1981 	3–8 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	20–29–10
60 	W 	February 21, 1981 	5–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	21–29–10
61 	W 	February 22, 1981 	7–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	22–29–10
62 	W 	February 25, 1981 	9–5 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	23–29–10
63 	L 	February 28, 1981 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	23–30–10
64 	L 	March 2, 1981 	0–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	23–31–10
65 	L 	March 4, 1981 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	23–32–10
66 	L 	March 7, 1981 	4–6 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	23–33–10
67 	L 	March 8, 1981 	3–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	23–34–10
68 	T 	March 11, 1981 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	23–34–11
69 	W 	March 14, 1981 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	24–34–11
70 	T 	March 15, 1981 	4–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	24–34–12
71 	W 	March 18, 1981 	6–2 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	25–34–12
72 	L 	March 19, 1981 	4–14 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	25–35–12
73 	L 	March 21, 1981 	2–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	25–36–12
74 	T 	March 22, 1981 	3–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	25–36–13
75 	L 	March 25, 1981 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	25–37–13
76 	W 	March 26, 1981 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	26–37–13
77 	W 	March 28, 1981 	9–5 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	27–37–13
78 	T 	April 1, 1981 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	27–37–14
79 	T 	April 4, 1981 	5–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	27–37–15
80 	W 	April 5, 1981 	4–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	28–37–15
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	77	40	57	97 	145	-7 	13 	3 	2
 	C 	80	43	53	96 	77 	-8 	14 	2 	2
 	C 	80	35	39	74 	26 	-11	6 	0 	3
 	D 	80	19	47	66 	104	-17	8 	0 	1
 	D 	72	5 	61	66 	154	0 	1 	1 	1
 	RW 	75	33	29	62 	229	-16	8 	2 	1
 	LW 	72	16	33	49 	49 	-16	5 	0 	1
 	RW 	75	17	26	43 	31 	-11	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	65	20	21	41 	183	-10	13 	0 	2
 	LW 	69	23	14	37 	32 	15 	1 	0 	4
 	C 	53	14	19	33 	178	-10	3 	0 	4
 	RW/C	71	12	18	30 	52 	-16	2 	0 	3
 	D 	59	6 	19	25 	68 	-32	2 	0 	0
 	C 	39	10	14	24 	18 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	74	2 	18	20 	90 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	10	4 	14 	14 	-3 	5 	0 	2
 	RW 	14	6 	7 	13 	8 	5 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	57	1 	12	13 	50 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	2 	5 	7 	166	-18	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	27	2 	3 	5 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	47	0 	4 	4 	60 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	3 	0 	3 	6 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	2 	3 	13 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	1 	2 	11 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	2 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	0 	2 	2 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	1 	0 	1 	4 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	54	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3112	54	20	20	11	211	4.07	0
 	961 	18	4 	10	2 	82 	5.12	0
 	460 	8 	3 	3 	2 	40 	5.22	0
 	124 	3 	1 	1 	0 	12 	5.81	0
 	143 	3 	0 	3 	0 	16 	6.71	0
Team: 	4800	80	28	37	15	361	4.51	0
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	3 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	65 	3 	0	2	11	10.15	0
 	40 	1 	0	0	1 	1.50 	0
 	75 	2 	0	1	8 	6.40 	0
Team: 	180	3 	0	3	20	6.67 	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 Maple Leafs did not receive any awards this season.
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1980-81 season.
===Trades===
November 18, 1980	To Pittsburgh PenguinsPaul GardnerDave Burrows 	To Toronto Maple LeafsPaul MarshallKim Davis
December 2, 1980 	To Winnipeg JetsRichard Mulhern 	To Toronto Maple LeafsCash
December 4, 1980 	To Detroit Red WingsMark Kirton 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJim Rutherford
January 30, 1981 	To Colorado Rockies3rd round pick in 1981 - Uli Heimer 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRene Robert
February 18, 1981	To Chicago Black HawksCash 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRon Sedlbauer
March 10, 1981 	To Los Angeles KingsJim Rutherford 	To Toronto Maple Leafs5th round pick in 1981 - Barry Brigley
March 10, 1981 	To Montreal CanadiensRobert Picard8th round pick in 1982 - Steve Smith	To Toronto Maple LeafsMichel Larocque
March 10, 1981 	To Minnesota North Stars2nd round pick in 1981 - Dave Donnelly 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRon Zanussi3rd round pick in 1981 - Ernie Godden
===Waivers===
November 30, 1980	From Winnipeg JetsBarry Melrose
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Vitezslav Duris	Czechoslovakia
Serge Boisvert 	Undrafted Free Agent
Bill Riley 	Winnipeg Jets
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
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