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1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1980–81
year	1980
Team	Detroit Red Wings
Record	19–43–18
HomeRecord	16–15–9
RoadRecord	3–28–9
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	10th
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	252
GoalsAgainst	339
GeneralManager	Jimmy Skinner
Coach	Ted Lindsay,
Wayne Maxner
Captain	Errol Thompson and
Reed Larson
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Attendance	13,325
GoalsLeader	John Ogrodnick (35)
AssistsLeader	Dale McCourt (56)
PointsLeader	Dale McCourt (86)
PIMLeader	Jim Korn (246)
WinsLeader	Gilles Gilbert (11)
GAALeader	Gilles Gilbert (4.02)

Wayne Maxner Reed Larson The 1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 49th season, the first full season at Joe Louis Arena, and 55th overall for the franchise.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 10, 1980||3–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 11, 1980||1–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||October 15, 1980||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||0–3–0 |- |4||L||October 16, 1980||4–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||0–4–0 |- |5||L||October 18, 1980||2–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||0–5–0 |- |6||W||October 23, 1980||5–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||1–5–0 |- |7||W||October 25, 1980||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||2–5–0 |- |8||L||October 26, 1980||6–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||2–6–0 |- |9||T||October 28, 1980||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||2–6–1 |- |10||L||October 29, 1980||3–5 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||2–7–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	80	30	56	86	50	-17	11	2	2
LW	80	35	35	70	14	-17	9	2	2
RW	80	28	35	63	210	-13	3	0	5
D	78	27	31	58	153	-35	8	0	0
D	80	15	34	49	130	-28	3	0	0
RW	74	12	20	32	30	-35	6	0	0
C	50	18	13	31	24	-30	6	1	3
LW	39	14	12	26	52	-4	5	0	2
LW	31	10	14	24	28	0	3	0	0
LW	67	8	16	24	45	-10	1	1	1
C	53	6	18	24	24	2	1	0	1
D/LW	63	5	15	20	246	-5	1	1	1
LW	40	5	14	19	27	-14	1	0	0
LW	58	5	10	15	84	0	1	0	0
D	56	3	10	13	60	-21	0	0	1
D	68	5	7	12	57	-1	0	0	0
LW	44	3	8	11	12	-19	0	0	0
D	20	3	7	10	20	-3	1	0	0
RW	32	3	6	9	10	-7	0	0	0
D	64	1	8	9	70	-18	0	0	0
RW	20	5	2	7	93	-12	0	0	0
LW	38	2	5	7	53	4	0	0	0
C	24	1	4	5	26	-8	0	0	1
RW	16	2	2	4	22	-10	0	0	0
C/RW	32	2	2	4	77	-14	0	0	0
C	22	2	1	3	16	2	0	0	0
LW	5	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
D	17	0	2	2	10	-8	0	0	0
D	11	0	2	2	6	-5	0	0	0
G	48	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
G	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
	2618	48	11	24	9	175	4.01
	1459	30	6	11	7	105	4.32
	600	10	2	6	2	43	4.30
	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00
	63	3	0	1	0	4	3.81
Team:	4800	80	19	43	18	334	4.17

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;

Transactions

The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season.

Trades

February 24, 1981	To Detroit Red WingsBrad Smith	To Calgary FlamesFuture considerations

Waivers

November 7, 1980	To Washington CapitalsRick Smith

Free agent signings

January 14, 1981	From Pittsburgh PenguinsTom Bladon

Draft picks

Detroit'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	11	Mike Blaisdell	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	46	Mark Osborne	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5	88	Mike Corrigan	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
6	109	Wayne Crawford	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
7	130	Mike Braun	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
8	151	John Beukeboom	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
9	172	Dave Miles	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
10	193	Brian Rorabeck	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)

References

"1980-81 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1980-81 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".

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