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1980–81 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1980–81
year	1980
Team	Washington Capitals
Record	26–36–18
HomeRecord	16–17–7
RoadRecord	10–19–11
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	286
GoalsAgainst	317
GeneralManager	Max McNab
Coach	Gary Green
Captain	Ryan Walter
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Capital Centre
GoalsLeader	Dennis Maruk (50)
AssistsLeader	Dennis Maruk (47)
PointsLeader	Dennis Maruk (97)
PIMLeader	Alan Hangsleben (198)
PlusMinusLeader	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (+11)
WinsLeader	Mike Palmateer (18)
GAALeader	Dave Parro (3.64)

The 1980–81 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Capitals did not qualify for the playoffs for the seventh straight season.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 10, 1980||4–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 12, 1980||1–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||1–1–0 |- |3||T||October 15, 1980||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 18, 1980||8–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||2–1–1 |- |5||L||October 19, 1980||4–8 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||2–2–1 |- |6||W||October 21, 1980||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||3–2–1 |- |7||L||October 24, 1980||2–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||3–3–1 |- |8||T||October 25, 1980||3–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||3–3–2 |- |9||L||October 29, 1980||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||3–4–2 |- |10||T||October 30, 1980||5–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||3–4–3

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	80	50	47	97	87	-7	16	2	5
RW	80	48	46	94	100	-5	13	0	3
C/LW	80	24	44	68	150	-9	4	0	1
LW	80	26	36	62	157	-13	8	0	4
RW	80	22	36	58	61	-9	6	1	4
RW	72	21	34	55	26	11	4	2	1
RW	79	14	27	41	40	-5	2	0	2
D	65	8	23	31	91	-15	2	0	1
D	59	4	21	25	46	-12	1	0	1
D	76	5	19	24	198	-7	0	0	0
C	29	10	13	23	18	-6	6	0	1
C	55	9	14	23	30	-9	0	1	0
LW	55	7	14	21	166	-9	1	0	0
C	47	5	13	18	2	-4	2	1	0
C	40	5	13	18	16	-5	2	1	0
D	67	3	15	18	103	-13	3	0	1
C	45	8	8	16	6	1	0	0	0
D	64	2	11	13	100	9	2	0	0
D	50	3	7	10	28	-18	0	0	0
D	40	5	4	9	36	7	2	0	2
G	49	0	8	8	17	0	0	0	0
D	52	1	6	7	185	-5	0	0	0
D	25	2	4	6	100	-2	0	0	0
RW/C	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0
LW	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
RW	7	1	0	1	28	-1	0	0	0
D	1	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
D	2	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
G	18	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
D	14	0	0	0	22	5	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
G	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2679	49	18	19	9	172	3.85	2
	811	18	4	7	2	49	3.63	1
	1010	20	4	7	5	66	3.92	1
	120	2	0	2	0	11	5.50	0
	180	3	0	1	2	9	3.00	0
Team:	4800	80	26	36	18	307	3.84	4

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;

Draft picks

Washington'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	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		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	Luleå (Sweden)
10	194	Tony Camazzola	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

References

"1980-81 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"1980-81 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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