1980–81 Boston Bruins season

1980–81 Boston Bruins
Division2nd Adams
1980–81 record37–30–13
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachGerry Cheevers
CaptainWayne Cashman
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaBoston Garden

The 1980–81 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 57th season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
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.

League standings[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
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

Adams Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference


Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 9, 1980 7–2 New York Rangers (1980–81) 1–0–0
2 L October 11, 1980 2–5 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 1–1–0
3 W October 12, 1980 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 2–1–0
4 L October 15, 1980 2–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 2–2–0
5 L October 16, 1980 1–2 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 2–3–0
6 L October 18, 1980 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 2–4–0
7 L October 22, 1980 0–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 2–5–0
8 L October 24, 1980 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 2–6–0
9 T October 26, 1980 7–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 2–6–1
10 L October 30, 1980 1–3 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 2–7–1
11 L November 2, 1980 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 2–8–1
12 L November 6, 1980 2–4 New York Islanders (1980–81) 2–9–1
13 W November 9, 1980 7–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 3–9–1
14 T November 11, 1980 4–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 3–9–2
15 T November 13, 1980 5–5 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 3–9–3
16 W November 15, 1980 7–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 4–9–3
17 W November 16, 1980 1–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 5–9–3
18 W November 20, 1980 4–2 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 6–9–3
19 T November 22, 1980 2–2 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 6–9–4
20 T November 23, 1980 5–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 6–9–5
21 L November 26, 1980 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 6–10–5
22 T November 27, 1980 3–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 6–10–6
23 W November 29, 1980 6–3 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 7–10–6
24 W December 2, 1980 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 8–10–6
25 L December 6, 1980 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 8–11–6
26 W December 7, 1980 7–3 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 9–11–6
27 W December 10, 1980 6–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 10–11–6
28 L December 11, 1980 3–5 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 10–12–6
29 L December 13, 1980 1–2 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 10–13–6
30 W December 14, 1980 7–1 Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 11–13–6
31 L December 17, 1980 4–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 11–14–6
32 L December 18, 1980 3–7 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 11–15–6
33 T December 20, 1980 4–4 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 11–15–7
34 W December 27, 1980 6–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 12–15–7
35 L December 28, 1980 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 12–16–7
36 W December 31, 1980 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 13–16–7
37 L January 2, 1981 5–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 13–17–7
38 L January 3, 1981 1–4 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 13–18–7
39 W January 5, 1981 4–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 14–18–7
40 W January 8, 1981 7–4 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 15–18–7
41 W January 10, 1981 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 16–18–7
42 W January 12, 1981 4–3 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 17–18–7
43 T January 13, 1981 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 17–18–8
44 L January 15, 1981 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 17–19–8
45 W January 17, 1981 6–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 18–19–8
46 W January 19, 1981 5–1 Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 19–19–8
47 W January 22, 1981 7–3 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 20–19–8
48 L January 24, 1981 4–6 Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 20–20–8
49 W January 26, 1981 5–3 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 21–20–8
50 W January 29, 1981 7–6 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 22–20–8
51 W February 1, 1981 6–3 New York Islanders (1980–81) 23–20–8
52 T February 4, 1981 3–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 23–20–9
53 W February 5, 1981 6–3 New York Rangers (1980–81) 24–20–9
54 L February 7, 1981 2–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 24–21–9
55 L February 8, 1981 3–4 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 24–22–9
56 T February 12, 1981 3–3 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 24–22–10
57 W February 14, 1981 5–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 25–22–10
58 W February 18, 1981 7–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 26–22–10
59 W February 20, 1981 5–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 27–22–10
60 L February 21, 1981 2–7 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 27–23–10
61 L February 25, 1981 3–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 27–24–10
62 W February 26, 1981 5–1 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 28–24–10
63 W March 1, 1981 6–4 Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 29–24–10
64 L March 3, 1981 2–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 29–25–10
65 T March 4, 1981 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 29–25–11
66 W March 7, 1981 7–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 30–25–11
67 W March 8, 1981 4–1 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 31–25–11
68 T March 11, 1981 4–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 31–25–12
69 W March 13, 1981 7–1 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 32–25–12
70 W March 15, 1981 4–2 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 33–25–12
71 L March 18, 1981 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 33–26–12
72 L March 19, 1981 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 33–27–12
73 W March 21, 1981 4–3 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 34–27–12
74 W March 23, 1981 7–2 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 35–27–12
75 L March 26, 1981 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 35–28–12
76 W March 28, 1981 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 36–28–12
77 T March 30, 1981 2–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 36–28–13
78 L April 2, 1981 2–3 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 36–29–13
79 W April 4, 1981 5–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 37–29–13
80 L April 5, 1981 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 37–30–13

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Rick Middleton RW 80 44 59 103 16 15 16 4 7
Peter McNab C 80 37 46 83 24 12 16 0 4
Brad Park D 78 14 52 66 111 21 10 0 2
Wayne Cashman LW 77 25 35 60 80 17 7 0 2
Raymond Bourque D 67 27 29 56 96 29 9 1 6
Steve Kasper C 76 21 35 56 94 9 5 0 1
Dwight Foster RW 77 24 28 52 62 4 3 3 5
Terry O'Reilly RW 77 8 35 43 223 2 0 0 0
Stan Jonathan LW 74 14 24 38 192 5 0 0 2
Jean Ratelle C 47 11 26 37 16 18 4 0 2
Dick Redmond D 78 15 20 35 60 4 6 2 0
Don Marcotte LW 72 20 13 33 32 3 4 1 2
Mike O'Connell D 48 10 22 32 42 -1 2 1 0
Brad McCrimmon D 78 11 18 29 148 27 1 0 1
Keith Crowder RW 47 13 12 25 172 9 1 0 1
Mike Milbury D 77 0 18 18 222 14 0 0 0
Bobby Lalonde C 62 4 12 16 31 3 0 1 0
Doug Morrison RW 18 7 3 10 13 5 2 0 0
Bob Miller C 30 4 4 8 19 -5 0 1 1
Craig MacTavish C 24 3 5 8 13 -1 0 0 0
Mike Gillis LW 17 2 4 6 15 -2 0 0 0
Barry Pederson C 9 1 4 5 6 -5 1 0 0
Larry Melnyk D 26 0 4 4 39 -7 0 0 0
Al Secord LW 18 0 3 3 42 2 0 0 0
Tom Songin RW 9 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 1
Jim Craig G 23 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0
Rogie Vachon G 53 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Marco Baron G 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Gary Doak D 11 0 0 0 12 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Rogie Vachon 3021 53 25 19 6 168 3.34 1
Jim Craig 1272 23 9 7 6 78 3.68 0
Marco Baron 507 10 3 4 1 24 2.84 0
Team: 4800 80 37 30 13 270 3.38 1

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Don Marcotte LW 3 2 2 4 6 0 0 0
Mike O'Connell D 3 1 3 4 2 0 1 0
Brad Park D 3 1 3 4 11 1 0 0
Peter McNab C 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Bobby Lalonde C 3 2 1 3 2 0 2 0
Terry O'Reilly RW 3 1 2 3 12 0 0 0
Keith Crowder RW 3 2 0 2 9 0 0 0
Dwight Foster RW 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Raymond Bourque D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Wayne Cashman LW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Kasper C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Brad McCrimmon D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Rick Middleton RW 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Milbury D 2 0 1 1 10 0 0 0
Dick Redmond D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Marco Baron G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Gillis LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Jonathan LW 3 0 0 0 30 0 0 0
Jean Ratelle C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rogie Vachon G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Marco Baron 20 1 0 1 3 9.00 0
Rogie Vachon 164 3 0 2 16 5.85 0
Team: 184 3 0 3 19 6.20 0

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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 records

Transactions

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 18 Barry Pederson  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
3 60 Tom Fergus  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
4 81 Steve Kasper  Canada Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
5 102 Randy Hillier  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
6 123 Steve Lyons  United States Matignon High School (USHS-MA)
7 144 Tom McMurchy  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
8 165 Mike Moffat  Canada Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
9 186 Michael Thelven  Sweden Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
10 207 Jens Ohling  Sweden Djurgardens IF (Sweden)

Farm teams

See also

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 NHL Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1980-81 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.