1980–81 Boston Bruins season

1980–81 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd Adams
1980–81 record	37–30–13
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Gerry Cheevers
Captain	Wayne Cashman
Alternate captains	None

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

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	PTS
Buffalo Sabres	80	39	20	21	327	250	1194	99
Boston Bruins	80	37	30	13	316	272	1836	87
Minnesota North Stars	80	35	28	17	291	263	1624	87
Quebec Nordiques	80	30	32	18	314	318	1524	78
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	28	37	15	322	367	1830	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.

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

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
Don Marcotte	LW	3	2	2	4	6	0	0
Mike O'Connell	D	3	1	3	4	2	0	1
Brad Park	D	3	1	3	4	11	1	0
Peter McNab	C	3	3	0	3	0	1	0
Bobby Lalonde	C	3	2	1	3	2	0	2
Terry O'Reilly	RW	3	1	2	3	12	0	0
Keith Crowder	RW	3	2	0	2	9	0	0
Dwight Foster	RW	3	1	1	2	0	0	0
Raymond Bourque	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Wayne Cashman	LW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Steve Kasper	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Brad McCrimmon	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Rick Middleton	RW	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Mike Milbury	D	2	0	1	1	10	0	0
Dick Redmond	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Marco Baron	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gillis	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Jonathan	LW	3	0	0	0	30	0	0
Jean Ratelle	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Marco Baron	20	1	1	3	9.00
Rogie Vachon	164	3	2	16	5.85
Team:	184	3	3	19	6.20

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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;

Draft picks

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

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)

References

Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
"1980-81 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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[nhl-gd-standings-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "1980-81 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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Regular season

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See also

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