1980–81 Washington Capitals season

The 1980–81 Washington Capitals season was the 7th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 10, 1980 	4–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 12, 1980 	1–2 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	1–1–0
3 	T	October 15, 1980 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	1–1–1
4 	W	October 18, 1980 	8–2 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	2–1–1
5 	L	October 19, 1980 	4–8 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	2–2–1
6 	W	October 21, 1980 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	3–2–1
7 	L	October 24, 1980 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	3–3–1
8 	T	October 25, 1980 	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	3–3–2
9 	L	October 29, 1980 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	3–4–2
10 	T	October 30, 1980 	5–5 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	3–4–3
11 	T	November 1, 1980 	2–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	3–4–4
12 	T	November 2, 1980 	4–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	3–4–5
13 	L	November 5, 1980 	3–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	3–5–5
14 	T	November 8, 1980 	3–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	3–5–6
15 	T	November 9, 1980 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	3–5–7
16 	W	November 12, 1980	3–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	4–5–7
17 	W	November 15, 1980	8–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	5–5–7
18 	L	November 18, 1980	2–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	5–6–7
19 	W	November 20, 1980	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	6–6–7
20 	T	November 22, 1980	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	6–6–8
21 	T	November 26, 1980	7–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	6–6–9
22 	W	November 28, 1980	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	7–6–9
23 	W	November 29, 1980	7–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	8–6–9
24 	T	December 3, 1980 	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	8–6–10
25 	W	December 6, 1980 	8–6 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	9–6–10
26 	L	December 7, 1980 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	9–7–10
27 	L	December 9, 1980 	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	9–8–10
28 	L	December 10, 1980	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	9–9–10
29 	L	December 12, 1980	2–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	9–10–10
30 	L	December 14, 1980	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	9–11–10
31 	W	December 17, 1980	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	10–11–10
32 	L	December 20, 1980	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	10–12–10
33 	W	December 21, 1980	6–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	11–12–10
34 	W	December 26, 1980	7–3 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	12–12–10
35 	L	December 27, 1980	4–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	12–13–10
36 	T	December 30, 1980	3–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	12–13–11
37 	W	December 31, 1980	5–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	13–13–11
38 	L	January 3, 1981 	0–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	13–14–11
39 	L	January 4, 1981 	1–8 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	13–15–11
40 	L	January 7, 1981 	3–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	13–16–11
41 	L	January 8, 1981 	0–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	13–17–11
42 	L	January 10, 1981 	2–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	13–18–11
43 	W	January 12, 1981 	2–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	14–18–11
44 	W	January 15, 1981 	3–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	15–18–11
45 	L	January 17, 1981 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	15–19–11
46 	W	January 18, 1981 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	16–19–11
47 	L	January 21, 1981 	1–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	16–20–11
48 	L	January 24, 1981 	4–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	16–21–11
49 	W	January 27, 1981 	4–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	17–21–11
50 	W	January 29, 1981 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	18–21–11
51 	T	January 31, 1981 	4–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	18–21–12
52 	W	February 1, 1981 	7–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	19–21–12
53 	T	February 3, 1981 	3–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	19–21–13
54 	L	February 5, 1981 	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	19–22–13
55 	T	February 7, 1981 	4–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	19–22–14
56 	L	February 12, 1981	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	19–23–14
57 	L	February 14, 1981	1–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	19–24–14
58 	T	February 18, 1981	5–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	19–24–15
59 	L	February 21, 1981	4–6 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	19–25–15
60 	L	February 22, 1981	7–11 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	19–26–15
61 	T	February 25, 1981	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	19–26–16
62 	L	February 26, 1981	5–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	19–27–16
63 	L	February 28, 1981	4–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	19–28–16
64 	L	March 3, 1981 	3–6 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	19–29–16
65 	L	March 4, 1981 	4–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	19–30–16
66 	W	March 8, 1981 	7–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	20–30–16
67 	W	March 10, 1981 	4–3 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	21–30–16
68 	W	March 11, 1981 	5–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	22–30–16
69 	L	March 13, 1981 	1–7 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	22–31–16
70 	L	March 14, 1981 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	22–32–16
71 	L	March 18, 1981 	4–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	22–33–16
72 	T	March 21, 1981 	3–3 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	22–33–17
73 	T	March 22, 1981 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	22–33–18
74 	W	March 24, 1981 	5–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	23–33–18
75 	W	March 26, 1981 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	24–33–18
76 	L	March 27, 1981 	3–5 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	24–34–18
77 	L	March 29, 1981 	4–5 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	24–35–18
78 	W	April 2, 1981 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	25–35–18
79 	L	April 4, 1981 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	25–36–18
80 	W	April 5, 1981 	7–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	26–36–18
==Playoffs==
*The Capitals did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	50	47	97 	87 	-7 	16 	2 	5
 	RW 	80	48	46	94 	100	-5 	13 	0 	3
 	C/LW	80	24	44	68 	150	-9 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	80	26	36	62 	157	-13	8 	0 	4
 	RW 	80	22	36	58 	61 	-9 	6 	1 	4
 	RW 	72	21	34	55 	26 	11 	4 	2 	1
 	RW 	79	14	27	41 	40 	-5 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	65	8 	23	31 	91 	-15	2 	0 	1
 	D 	59	4 	21	25 	46 	-12	1 	0 	1
 	D 	76	5 	19	24 	198	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	29	10	13	23 	18 	-6 	6 	0 	1
 	C 	55	9 	14	23 	30 	-9 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	55	7 	14	21 	166	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	47	5 	13	18 	2 	-4 	2 	1 	0
 	C 	40	5 	13	18 	16 	-5 	2 	1 	0
 	D 	67	3 	15	18 	103	-13	3 	0 	1
 	C 	45	8 	8 	16 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	64	2 	11	13 	100	9 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	50	3 	7 	10 	28 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	D 	40	5 	4 	9 	36 	7 	2 	0 	2
 	G 	49	0 	8 	8 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	52	1 	6 	7 	185	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	2 	4 	6 	100	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	3 	1 	1 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	28 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	0 	0 	22 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2679	49	18	19	9 	172	3.85	2
 	811 	18	4 	7 	2 	49 	3.63	1
 	1010	20	4 	7 	5 	66 	3.92	1
 	120 	2 	0 	2 	0 	11 	5.50	0
 	180 	3 	0 	1 	2 	9 	3.00	0
Team: 	4800	80	26	36	18	307	3.84	4
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 Capitals did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1980–81 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Washington Capitals season, 1980–81
Washington Capitals season, 1980–81
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