1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division5th Norris
Conference9th Campbell
1981–82 record20–44–16
Home record12–20–8
Road record8–24–8
Goals for298
Goals against380
Team information
General managerGerry McNamara
CoachMike Nykoluk
CaptainDarryl Sittler (Oct-Jan)
Rick Vaive (Jan-Apr)
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Minor league affiliate(s)Cincinnati Tigers (CHL)
Team leaders
GoalsRick Vaive (54)
AssistsBill Derlago (50)
PointsRick Vaive (89)
Penalty minutesBob McGill (263)
WinsMichel Larocque
Vincent Tremblay (10)
Goals against averageVincent Tremblay (4.52)

The 1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 65th season of the franchise, 55th season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since 1973.

Offseason

NHL draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 6 Jim Benning  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2 24 Gary Yaremchuk  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
3 55 Ernie Godden  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
5 90 Normand Lefrancois  Canada Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
5 102 Barry Brigley  Canada Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
7 132 Andrew Wright  Canada Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
8 153 Richard Turmel  Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
9 174 Greg Barber  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
10 195 Marc Magnan  Canada Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)

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Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Minnesota North Stars 80 37 23 20 346 288 94
Winnipeg Jets 80 33 33 14 319 332 80
St. Louis Blues 80 32 40 8 315 349 72
Chicago Black Hawks 80 30 38 12 332 363 72
80 20 44 16 298 380 56
Detroit Red Wings 80 21 47 12 270 351 54

[2]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.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

1981–82 regular season[4]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 6, 1981 6–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 1–0–0
2 T October 8, 1981 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 1–0–1
3 W October 10, 1981 9–8 Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 2–0–1
4 L October 14, 1981 1–2 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 2–1–1
5 L October 17, 1981 4–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 2–2–1
6 T October 21, 1981 4–4 Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 2–2–2
7 L October 23, 1981 2–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 2–3–2
8 L October 24, 1981 3–5 New York Rangers (1981–82) 2–4–2
9 L October 27, 1981 5–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 2–5–2
10 W October 28, 1981 5–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 3–5–2
11 L October 31, 1981 5–6 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 3–6–2
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
12 L November 1, 1981 4–9 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 3–7–2
13 L November 4, 1981 4–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 3–8–2
14 T November 6, 1981 4–4 @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 3–8–3
15 W November 7, 1981 9–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 4–8–3
16 L November 11, 1981 3–4 New York Islanders (1981–82) 4–9–3
17 W November 14, 1981 4–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 5–9–3
18 L November 18, 1981 5–8 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 5–10–3
19 T November 20, 1981 3–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 5–10–4
20 L November 21, 1981 3–5 Boston Bruins (1981–82) 5–11–4
21 L November 24, 1981 3–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 5–12–4
22 T November 25, 1981 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1981–82) 5–12–5
23 T November 28, 1981 4–4 Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 5–12–6
24 W November 29, 1981 6–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 6–12–6
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
25 L December 2, 1981 3–5 Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 6–13–6
26 W December 5, 1981 9–4 Washington Capitals (1981–82) 7–13–6
27 T December 9, 1981 3–3 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 7–13–7
28 L December 11, 1981 2–11 @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 7–14–7
29 L December 12, 1981 2–6 Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 7–15–7
30 T December 16, 1981 6–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 7–15–8
31 W December 19, 1981 8–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 8–15–8
32 W December 20, 1981 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 9–15–8
33 T December 23, 1981 4–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 9–15–9
34 W December 26, 1981 8–3 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 10–15–9
35 L December 27, 1981 3–7 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 10–16–9
36 L December 30, 1981 4–6 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 10–17–9
37 W December 31, 1981 5–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 11–17–9
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
38 L January 2, 1982 2–6 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 11–18–9
39 T January 6, 1982 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 11–18–10
40 T January 7, 1982 4–4 @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 11–18–11
41 W January 9, 1982 5–3 Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 12–18–11
42 L January 11, 1982 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 12–19–11
43 W January 13, 1982 2–1 Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 13–19–11
44 L January 15, 1982 2–8 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 13–20–11
45 W January 16, 1982 7–1 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 14–20–11
46 W January 18, 1982 6–2 New York Rangers (1981–82) 15–20–11
47 T January 20, 1982 4–4 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 15–20–12
48 L January 21, 1982 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 15–21–12
49 L January 23, 1982 2–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 15–22–12
50 L January 25, 1982 2–9 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 15–23–12
51 L January 27, 1982 3–4 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 15–24–12
52 T January 30, 1982 2–2 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 15–24–13
53 W January 31, 1982 5–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 16–24–13
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
54 L February 3, 1982 1–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 16–25–13
55 L February 6, 1982 1–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 16–26–13
56 L February 7, 1982 2–8 @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 16–27–13
57 L February 10, 1982 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 16–28–13
58 L February 13, 1982 4–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 16–29–13
59 T February 15, 1982 3–3 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 16–29–14
60 T February 17, 1982 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 16–29–15
61 L February 18, 1982 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 16–30–15
62 W February 20, 1982 8–5 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 17–30–15
63 L February 23, 1982 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 17–31–15
64 L February 24, 1982 5–7 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 17–32–15
65 T February 27, 1982 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 17–32–16
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
66 L March 1, 1982 5–9 New York Islanders (1981–82) 17–33–16
67 L March 3, 1982 1–4 Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 17–34–16
68 L March 4, 1982 1–10 @ New York Islanders (1981–82) 17–35–16
69 L March 6, 1982 1–6 Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 17–36–16
70 L March 10, 1982 6–7 Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 17–37–16
71 L March 13, 1982 2–10 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 17–38–16
72 W March 17, 1982 6–3 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 18–38–16
73 L March 20, 1982 0–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 18–39–16
74 W March 22, 1982 8–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 19–39–16
75 W March 24, 1982 4–3 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 20–39–16
76 L March 27, 1982 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 20–40–16
77 L March 28, 1982 4–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 20–41–16
78 L March 30, 1982 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 20–42–16
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
79 L April 3, 1982 4–6 Washington Capitals (1981–82) 20–43–16
80 L April 4, 1982 1–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 20–44–16

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
Rick Vaive RW 77 54 35 89 157 12 12 5 6
Bill Derlago C 75 34 50 84 42 5 6 0 2
Wilf Paiement RW 69 18 40 58 203 -21 6 1 1
John Anderson RW 69 31 26 57 30 8 7 0 3
Borje Salming D 69 12 44 56 170 4 1 0 0
Bob Manno D 72 9 41 50 67 5 3 1 0
Terry Martin LW 72 25 24 49 39 -18 4 0 1
Darryl Sittler C 38 18 20 38 24 -14 5 2 0
Rene Robert RW 55 13 24 37 37 -11 2 0 1
Rocky Saganiuk RW/C 65 17 16 33 49 -16 0 0 1
Jim Benning D 74 7 24 31 46 -27 2 0 0
Laurie Boschman C 54 9 19 28 150 -3 1 0 1
Norm Aubin C 43 14 12 26 22 -16 3 0 1
Dan Maloney LW 44 8 7 15 71 -11 1 0 0
Fred Boimistruck D 57 2 11 13 32 9 0 0 1
Stew Gavin LW 38 5 6 11 29 -6 1 0 0
Bob McGill D 68 1 10 11 263 -9 0 0 0
Miroslav Frycer RW 10 4 6 10 31 -7 1 0 2
Don Luce C 39 4 4 8 32 -7 0 1 0
Ron Zanussi RW 43 0 8 8 14 -4 0 0 0
Walt Poddubny LW 11 3 4 7 8 0 1 0 0
Barry Melrose D 64 1 5 6 186 -26 0 0 0
Fred Perlini C 7 2 3 5 0 -2 1 0 0
Paul Marshall LW 10 2 2 4 2 -4 1 0 0
Trevor Johansen D 13 1 3 4 4 -16 0 0 0
Jim Korn D/LW 11 1 3 4 44 1 0 0 0
Michel Larocque G 50 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
Gary Yaremchuk C 18 0 3 3 10 -7 0 0 0
Billy Harris RW 20 2 0 2 4 -16 0 0 0
Ernie Godden C 5 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0
Bruce Boudreau C 12 0 2 2 6 -6 0 0 0
John Gibson D 27 0 2 2 67 -13 0 0 0
Vincent Tremblay G 40 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Ian Turnbull D 12 0 2 2 8 -4 0 0 0
Pat Hickey LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Higgins RW 3 0 0 0 17 -1 0 0 0
Greg Hotham D 3 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Darwin McCutcheon D 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Craig Muni D 3 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Bob Parent G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Michel Larocque 2647 50 10 24 8 207 4.69 0
Vincent Tremblay 2033 40 10 18 8 153 4.52 1
Bob Parent 120 2 0 2 0 13 6.50 0
Team: 4800 80 20 44 16 373 4.66 1

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and honors

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1981-82 season.

Trades

August 10, 1981 To Los Angeles Kings
Bob Gladney
6th round pick in 1983 - Kevin Stevens 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Don Luce
September 11, 1981 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Paul Harrison 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
4th round pick in 1982 - Vladimir Ruzicka
October 16, 1981 To New York Rangers
Pat Hickey 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
5th round pick in 1982 - Sylvain Charland
November 11, 1981 To Los Angeles Kings
Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Billy Harris
John Gibson
January 20, 1982 To Philadelphia Flyers
Darryl Sittler 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rich Costello
Ken Strong
2nd round pick in 1982 - Peter Ihnacak
February 3, 1982 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Greg Hotham 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
6th round pick in 1982 - Craig Kales
5th round pick in 1983 - Dan Hodgson
March 8, 1982 To Detroit Red Wings
4th round pick in 1982 - Craig Coxe
5th round pick in 1983 - Joey Kocur 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jim Korn
March 8, 1982 To Edmonton Oilers
Laurie Boschman 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Phil Drouillard
Walt Poddubny
March 9, 1982 To Quebec Nordiques
Wilf Paiement 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Miroslav Frycer
7th round pick in 1982 - Jeff Triano

Waivers

February 19, 1982 From Los Angeles Kings
Trevor Johansen

Free agents

Player Former Team
Dave Logan Philadelphia Flyers
Rick Blight Vancouver Canucks
Bob Manno Vancouver Canucks
Player New Team
Tim Coulis Vancouver Canucks

References

  1. ^ "1981 NHL Entry Draft". HockeyDB.com. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1981-82 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  5. ^ "1981-82 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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