1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season
1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 5th Adams |
Conference | 8th Wales |
1980–81 record | 28–37–15 |
Home record | 14–21–5 |
Road record | 14–16–10 |
Goals for | 322 |
Goals against | 367 |
Team information | |
General manager | Gerry McNamara |
Coach | Joe Crozier |
Captain | Darryl Sittler |
Alternate captains | None |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Darryl Sittler (43) |
Assists | Borje Salming (61) |
Points | Wilf Paiement (97) |
Penalty minutes | Rick Vaive (229) |
Wins | Jiri Crha (20) |
Goals against average | Jiri Crha (4.08) |
The 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 64th season of the franchise, 54th season as the Maple Leafs.
Offseason
NHL Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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2 | 25 | Craig Muni | ![]() |
Kingston Canadians (OHA) |
2 | 26 | Bob McGill | ![]() |
Victoria Cougars (WHL) |
3 | 43 | Fred Boimistruck | ![]() |
Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) |
4 | 74 | Stewart Gavin | ![]() |
Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL) |
5 | 95 | Hugh Larkin | ![]() |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL) |
6 | 116 | Ron Dennis | ![]() |
Princeton University (ECAC) |
7 | 137 | Russ Adam | ![]() |
Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL) |
8 | 158 | Fred Perlini | ![]() |
Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL) |
9 | 179 | Darwin McCutcheon | ![]() |
Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL) |
10 | 200 | Paul Rothbart | ![]() |
University of Wisconsin NCAA |
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 39 | 20 | 21 | 327 | 250 | 99 |
Boston Bruins | 80 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 316 | 272 | 87 |
Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 291 | 263 | 87 |
Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 30 | 32 | 18 | 314 | 318 | 78 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 28 | 37 | 15 | 322 | 367 | 71 |
[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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 | Washington Capitals | 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
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Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Campbell Conference
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Playoffs
The Maple Leafs qualified for the playoffs as one of the top sixteen teams. In the preliminary round, the Maple Leafs faced the New York Islanders, the eventual Stanley Cup champion. The Maple Leafs were swept in three games, to date the last time the franchise was swept in a postseason series.
Schedule and results
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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 |
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Wilf Paiement | RW | 77 | 40 | 57 | 97 | 145 | -7 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
Darryl Sittler | C | 80 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 77 | -8 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
Bill Derlago | C | 80 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 26 | -11 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Ian Turnbull | D | 80 | 19 | 47 | 66 | 104 | -17 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Borje Salming | D | 72 | 5 | 61 | 66 | 154 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rick Vaive | RW | 75 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 229 | -16 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Pat Hickey | LW | 72 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 49 | -16 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
John Anderson | RW | 75 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 31 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Dan Maloney | LW | 65 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 183 | -10 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
Terry Martin | LW | 69 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Laurie Boschman | C | 53 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 178 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Rocky Saganiuk | RW/C | 71 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 52 | -16 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Robert Picard | D | 59 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 68 | -32 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Boudreau | C | 39 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 18 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Farrish | D | 74 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 90 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Sedlbauer | LW | 21 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Rene Robert | RW | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Vitezslav Duris | D | 57 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Melrose | D | 57 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 166 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ron Ellis | RW | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Shand | D | 47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 60 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Zanussi | RW | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stew Gavin | LW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Hotham | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Kaszycki | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Marshall | LW | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill McCreary | RW | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jiri Crha | G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Burrows | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kim Davis | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Kirton | C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michel Larocque | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Curt Ridley | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Rutherford | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vincent Tremblay | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Jiri Crha | 3112 | 54 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 211 | 4.07 | 0 |
Jim Rutherford | 961 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 82 | 5.12 | 0 |
Michel Larocque | 460 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 5.22 | 0 |
Curt Ridley | 124 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5.81 | 0 |
Vincent Tremblay | 143 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6.71 | 0 |
Team: | 4800 | 80 | 28 | 37 | 15 | 361 | 4.51 | 0 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Rene Robert | RW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Borje Salming | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Boudreau | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Derlago | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ian Turnbull | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Vaive | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vitezslav Duris | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Melrose | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Sedlbauer | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Anderson | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Laurie Boschman | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jiri Crha | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Farrish | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Harrison | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Hickey | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michel Larocque | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Maloney | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Martin | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wilf Paiement | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Shand | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darryl Sittler | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Zanussi | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Jiri Crha | 65 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10.15 | 0 |
Paul Harrison | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 | 0 |
Michel Larocque | 75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6.40 | 0 |
Team: | 180 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 |
- 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 1980-81 season.
Trades
November 18, 1980 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Gardner Dave Burrows |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Paul Marshall Kim Davis |
December 2, 1980 | To Winnipeg Jets Richard Mulhern |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
December 4, 1980 | To Detroit Red Wings Mark Kirton |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Jim Rutherford |
January 30, 1981 | To Colorado Rockies 3rd round pick in 1981 - Uli Heimer |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Rene Robert |
February 18, 1981 | To Chicago Black Hawks Cash |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Sedlbauer |
March 10, 1981 | To Los Angeles Kings Jim Rutherford |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1981 - Barry Brigley |
March 10, 1981 | To Montreal Canadiens Robert Picard 8th round pick in 1982 - Steve Smith |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Michel Larocque |
March 10, 1981 | To Minnesota North Stars 2nd round pick in 1981 - Dave Donnelly |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Zanussi 3rd round pick in 1981 - Ernie Godden |
Waivers
November 30, 1980 | From Winnipeg Jets Barry Melrose |
Free agents
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References
- ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ^ "1980–81 NHL Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1980-81 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "1980-81 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.