1980–81 Washington Capitals season

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

Player statistics

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, AlanAlan 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

^[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;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "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.

Washington Capitals

Founded in 1974 Based in Washington, D.C.

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History	1974 NHL Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis, chairman) General manager Brian MacLellan Head coach Barry Trotz Team captain Alexander Ovechkin Current roster

Arenas	Capital Centre Verizon Center Kettler Capitals Iceplex (practice facility)

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Affiliates	AHL Hershey Bears ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

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Washington Capitals seasons

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2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1980–81 NHL season

Patrick	Calgary NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1980–81 Washington Capitals season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References

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