1980–81 Washington Capitals season

The 1980–81 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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
Alternate captains	None

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
Washington Capitals	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.

Schedule and results

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

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

[2]

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

Roster

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

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	Lulea (Sweden)
10	194	Tony Camazzola	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

Farm teams

See also

• 1980–81 NHL season

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 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

External links

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