1980–81 Washington Capitals season

1980–81 Washington Capitals
Division	5th Patrick
1980–81 record	26–36–18
Goals for	286
Goals against	317
Team information
General Manager	Max McNab
Coach	Gary Green
Captain	Ryan Walter
Team leaders
<1979–80	1981–82>

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
Washington Capitals	80	26	36	18	286	317	70

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.

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Maruk, DennisDennis Maruk	C	80	50	47	97	87	-7	16	2	5
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	80	48	46	94	100	-5	13	0	3
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	80	24	44	68	150	-9	4	0	1
Kelly, BobBob Kelly	LW	80	26	36	62	157	-13	8	0	4
Pronovost, JeanJean Pronovost	RW	80	22	36	58	61	-9	6	1	4
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	72	21	34	55	26	11	4	2	1
Ververgaert, DennisDennis Ververgaert	RW	79	14	27	41	40	-5	2	0	2
Green, RickRick Green	D	65	8	23	31	91	-15	2	0	1
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	59	4	21	25	46	-12	1	0	1
Hangsleben, AlAl Hangsleben	D	76	5	19	24	198	-7	0	0	0
Tookey, TimTim Tookey	C	29	10	13	23	18	-6	6	0	1
Jarvis, WesWes Jarvis	C	55	9	14	23	30	-9	0	1	0
Mulvey, PaulPaul Mulvey	LW	55	7	14	21	166	-9	1	0	0
Charron, GuyGuy Charron	C	47	5	13	18	2	-4	2	1	0
Currie, GlenGlen Currie	C	40	5	13	18	16	-5	2	1	0
Ribble, PatPat Ribble	D	67	3	15	18	103	-13	3	0	1
Edberg, RolfRolf Edberg	C	45	8	8	16	6	1	0	0	0
Walker, HowardHoward Walker	D	64	2	11	13	100	9	2	0	0
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard	D	50	3	7	10	28	-18	0	0	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	40	5	4	9	36	7	2	0	2
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	49	0	8	8	17	0	0	0	0
McTaggart, JimJim McTaggart	D	52	1	6	7	185	-5	0	0	0
Labre, YvonYvon Labre	D	25	2	4	6	100	-2	0	0	0
Lofthouse, MarkMark Lofthouse	RW/C	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0
Rausse, ErrolErrol Rausse	LW	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Henderson, ArchieArchie Henderson	RW	7	1	0	1	28	-1	0	0	0
Theberge, GregGreg Theberge	D	1	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Lowdermilk, DwayneDwayne Lowdermilk	D	2	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Parro, DaveDave Parro	G	18	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Boutin, RollieRollie Boutin	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inness, GaryGary Inness	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston, JayJay Johnston	D	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
MacKinnon, PaulPaul MacKinnon	D	14	0	0	0	22	5	0	0	0
Robertson, TorrieTorrie Robertson	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	G	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	2679	49	18	19	9	172	3.85	2
Parro, DaveDave Parro	811	18	4	7	2	49	3.63	1
Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson	1010	20	4	7	5	66	3.92	1
Boutin, RollieRollie Boutin	120	2	0	2	0	11	5.50	0
Inness, GaryGary Inness	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;

See also

• 1980–81 NHL season

External links

• "1980–81 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.