1980–81 Washington Capitals season

1980–81 Washington Capitals
Division5th Patrick
Conference9th Campbell
1980–81 record26–36–18
Home record16–17–7
Road record10–19–11
Goals for286
Goals against317
Team information
General managerMax McNab
CoachGary Green
CaptainRyan Walter
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaCapital Centre
Team leaders
GoalsDennis Maruk (50)
AssistsDennis Maruk (47)
PointsDennis Maruk (97)
Penalty minutesAlan Hangsleben (198)
Plus/minusBengt-Ake Gustafsson (+11)
WinsMike Palmateer (18)
Goals against averageDave Parro (3.64)

The 1980–81 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Capitals did not qualify for the playoffs for the seventh straight season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
New York Islanders 80 48 18 14 355 260 110
Philadelphia Flyers 80 41 24 15 313 249 97
Calgary Flames 80 39 27 14 329 298 92
New York Rangers 80 30 36 14 312 317 74
80 26 36 18 286 317 70

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

League standings[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – New York Islanders PTK 80 48 18 14 355 260 110
2 x – St. Louis Blues SMY 80 45 18 17 352 281 107
3 y – Montreal Canadiens NRS 80 45 22 13 332 232 103
4 Los Angeles Kings NRS 80 43 24 13 337 290 99
5 x – Buffalo Sabres ADM 80 39 20 21 327 250 99
6 Philadelphia Flyers PTK 80 41 24 15 313 249 97
7 Calgary Flames PTK 80 39 27 14 329 298 92
8 Boston Bruins ADM 80 37 30 13 316 272 87
9 Minnesota North Stars ADM 80 35 28 17 291 263 87
10 Chicago Black Hawks SMY 80 31 33 16 304 315 78
11 Quebec Nordiques ADM 80 30 32 18 314 318 78
12 Vancouver Canucks SMY 80 28 32 20 289 301 76
13 New York Rangers PTK 80 30 36 14 312 317 74
14 Edmonton Oilers SMY 80 29 35 16 328 327 74
15 Pittsburgh Penguins NRS 80 30 37 13 302 345 73
16 Toronto Maple Leafs ADM 80 28 37 15 322 367 71
17 PTK 80 26 36 18 286 317 70
18 Hartford Whalers NRS 80 21 41 18 292 372 60
19 Colorado Rockies SMY 80 22 45 13 258 344 57
20 Detroit Red Wings NRS 80 19 43 18 252 339 56
21 Winnipeg Jets SMY 80 9 57 14 246 400 32

Divisions: ADM – Adams, NRS – Norris, PTK – Patrick, SMY – Smythe

bold – The top 16 teams in the league qualified for the playoffs, regardless of division or conference.
x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and conference and division)

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

1980–81 regular season[4]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dennis Maruk C 80 50 47 97 87 -7 16 2 5
Mike Gartner RW 80 48 46 94 100 -5 13 0 3
Ryan Walter C/LW 80 24 44 68 150 -9 4 0 1
Bob Kelly LW 80 26 36 62 157 -13 8 0 4
Jean Pronovost RW 80 22 36 58 61 -9 6 1 4
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 72 21 34 55 26 11 4 2 1
Dennis Ververgaert RW 79 14 27 41 40 -5 2 0 2
Rick Green D 65 8 23 31 91 -15 2 0 1
Darren Veitch D 59 4 21 25 46 -12 1 0 1
Alan Hangsleben D 76 5 19 24 198 -7 0 0 0
Tim Tookey C 29 10 13 23 18 -6 6 0 1
Wes Jarvis C 55 9 14 23 30 -9 0 1 0
Paul Mulvey LW 55 7 14 21 166 -9 1 0 0
Guy Charron C 47 5 13 18 2 -4 2 1 0
Glen Currie C 40 5 13 18 16 -5 2 1 0
Pat Ribble D 67 3 15 18 103 -13 3 0 1
Rolf Edberg C 45 8 8 16 6 1 0 0 0
Howard Walker D 64 2 11 13 100 9 2 0 0
Pierre Bouchard D 50 3 7 10 28 -18 0 0 0
Rick Smith D 40 5 4 9 36 7 2 0 2
Mike Palmateer G 49 0 8 8 17 0 0 0 0
Jim McTaggart D 52 1 6 7 185 -5 0 0 0
Yvon Labre D 25 2 4 6 100 -2 0 0 0
Mark Lofthouse RW/C 3 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0
Errol Rausse LW 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
Archie Henderson RW 7 1 0 1 28 -1 0 0 0
Greg Theberge D 1 1 0 1 0 -2 0 0 0
Dwayne Lowdermilk D 2 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Dave Parro G 18 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Rollie Boutin G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Cassolato RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Inness G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Johnston D 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
Paul MacKinnon D 14 0 0 0 22 5 0 0 0
Torrie Robertson LW 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Wayne Stephenson G 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mike Palmateer 2679 49 18 19 9 172 3.85 2
Dave Parro 811 18 4 7 2 49 3.63 1
Wayne Stephenson 1010 20 4 7 5 66 3.92 1
Rollie Boutin 120 2 0 2 0 11 5.50 0
Gary Inness 180 3 0 1 2 9 3.00 0
Team: 4800 80 26 36 18 307 3.84 4

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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

Transactions

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1980 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 5 Darren Veitch  Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
3 47 Dan Miele  Canada Providence College (NCAA)
3 55 Torrie Robertson  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
5 89 Timo Blomqvist  Finland Jokerit (Finland)
6 110 Todd Bidner  Canada Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
7 131 Frank Perkins  United States Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
8 152 Bruce Raboin  Canada Providence College (ECAC)
9 173 Peter Andersson  Sweden Luleå (Sweden)
10 194 Tony Camazzola  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "1980–81 NHL Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1980-81 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  5. ^ "1980-81 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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