1980–81 Boston Bruins season

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

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 9, 1980||7–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 11, 1980||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 12, 1980||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||2–1–0

|4||L||October 15, 1980||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||2–2–0

|5||L||October 16, 1980||1–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||2–3–0

|6||L||October 18, 1980||2–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||2–4–0

|7||L||October 22, 1980||0–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||2–5–0

|8||L||October 24, 1980||2–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||2–6–0

|9||T||October 26, 1980||7–7 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||2–6–1

|10||L||October 30, 1980||1–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||2–7–1

|11||L||November 2, 1980||2–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||2–8–1

|12||L||November 6, 1980||2–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||2–9–1

|13||W||November 9, 1980||7–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||3–9–1

|14||T||November 11, 1980||4–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||3–9–2

|15||T||November 13, 1980||5–5 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||3–9–3

|16||W||November 15, 1980||7–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||4–9–3

|17||W||November 16, 1980||1–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||5–9–3

|18||W||November 20, 1980||4–2 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||6–9–3

|19||T||November 22, 1980||2–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||6–9–4

|20||T||November 23, 1980||5–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||6–9–5

|21||L||November 26, 1980||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||6–10–5

|22||T||November 27, 1980||3–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||6–10–6

|23||W||November 29, 1980||6–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||7–10–6

|24||W||December 2, 1980||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||8–10–6

|25||L||December 6, 1980||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||8–11–6

|26||W||December 7, 1980||7–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||9–11–6

|27||W||December 10, 1980||6–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||10–11–6

|28||L||December 11, 1980||3–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||10–12–6

|29||L||December 13, 1980||1–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||10–13–6

|30||W||December 14, 1980||7–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||11–13–6

|31||L||December 17, 1980||4–5 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||11–14–6

|32||L||December 18, 1980||3–7 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||11–15–6

|33||T||December 20, 1980||4–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||11–15–7

|34||W||December 27, 1980||6–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||12–15–7

|35||L||December 28, 1980||2–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||12–16–7

|36||W||December 31, 1980||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||13–16–7

|37||L||January 2, 1981||5–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||13–17–7

|38||L||January 3, 1981||1–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||13–18–7

|39||W||January 5, 1981||4–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||14–18–7

|40||W||January 8, 1981||7–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||15–18–7

|41||W||January 10, 1981||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||16–18–7

|42||W||January 12, 1981||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||17–18–7

|43||T||January 13, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||17–18–8

|44||L||January 15, 1981||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||17–19–8

|45||W||January 17, 1981||6–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||18–19–8

|46||W||January 19, 1981||5–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||19–19–8

|47||W||January 22, 1981||7–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||20–19–8

|48||L||January 24, 1981||4–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||20–20–8

|49||W||January 26, 1981||5–3 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||21–20–8

|50||W||January 29, 1981||7–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||22–20–8

|51||W||February 1, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||23–20–8

|52||T||February 4, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||23–20–9

|53||W||February 5, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||24–20–9

|54||L||February 7, 1981||2–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||24–21–9

|55||L||February 8, 1981||3–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||24–22–9

|56||T||February 12, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||24–22–10

|57||W||February 14, 1981||5–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||25–22–10

|58||W||February 18, 1981||7–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||26–22–10

|59||W||February 20, 1981||5–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||27–22–10

|60||L||February 21, 1981||2–7 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||27–23–10

|61||L||February 25, 1981||3–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||27–24–10

|62||W||February 26, 1981||5–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||28–24–10

|63||W||March 1, 1981||6–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||29–24–10

|64||L||March 3, 1981||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||29–25–10

|65||T||March 4, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||29–25–11

|66||W||March 7, 1981||7–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||30–25–11

|67||W||March 8, 1981||4–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||31–25–11

|68||T||March 11, 1981||4–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||31–25–12

|69||W||March 13, 1981||7–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||32–25–12

|70||W||March 15, 1981||4–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||33–25–12

|71||L||March 18, 1981||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||33–26–12

|72||L||March 19, 1981||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||33–27–12

|73||W||March 21, 1981||4–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||34–27–12

|74||W||March 23, 1981||7–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||35–27–12

|75||L||March 26, 1981||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||35–28–12

|76||W||March 28, 1981||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||36–28–12

|77||T||March 30, 1981||2–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||36–28–13

|78||L||April 2, 1981||2–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||36–29–13

|79||W||April 4, 1981||5–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||37–29–13

|80||L||April 5, 1981||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||37–30–13

Legend:

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 80 44 59 103 16151647 C 80 37 46 83 24121604 D 78 14 52 66 111211002 LW 77 25 35 60 8017702 D 67 27 29 56 9629916 C 76 21 35 56 949501 RW 77 24 28 52 624335 RW 77 8 35 43 2232000 LW 74 14 24 38 1925002 C 47 11 26 37 1618402 D 78 15 20 35 604620 LW 72 20 13 33 323412 D 48 10 22 32 42-1210 D 78 11 18 29 14827101 RW 47 13 12 25 1729101 D 77 0 18 18 22214000 C 62 4 12 16 313010 RW 18 7 3 10 135200 C 30 4 4 8 19-5011 C 24 3 5 8 13-1000 LW 17 2 4 6 15-2000 C 9 1 4 5 6-5100 D 26 0 4 4 39-7000 LW 18 0 3 3 422000 RW 9 1 1 2 60001 G 23 0 1 1 110000 G 53 0 1 1 60000 G 10 0 0 0 70000 D 11 0 0 0 12-3000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3021 53 25 19 6 168 3.34 1 1272 23 9 7 6 78 3.68 0 507 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 LW 3 2 2 4 6000 D 3 1 3 4 2010 D 3 1 3 4 11100 C 3 3 0 3 0100 C 3 2 1 3 2020 RW 3 1 2 3 12000 RW 3 2 0 2 9000 RW 3 1 1 2 0000 D 3 0 1 1 2000 LW 3 0 1 1 0000 C 3 0 1 1 0000 D 3 0 1 1 2000 RW 3 0 1 1 2000 D 2 0 1 1 10000 D 3 0 1 1 2000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 LW 1 0 0 0 0000 LW 3 0 0 0 30000 C 3 0 0 0 0000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 20 1 0 1 3 9.00 0 164 3 0 2 16 5.85 0 Team: 184 3 0 3 19 6.20 0

Awards and records

Transactions The Bruins were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season.

Trades June 2, 1980To Boston BruinsJim CraigTo Calgary Flames2nd round pick in 1980 – Steve Konroyd 3rd round pick in 1981 – Mike Vernon July 15, 1980To Boston BruinsRogie VachonTo Detroit Red WingsGilles Gilbert December 18, 1980To Boston BruinsMike O'ConnellTo Chicago Black HawksAl Secord February 18, 1981To Boston BruinsMike GillisTo Colorado RockiesBob Miller

Waivers October 10, 1980To Quebec NordiquesJohn Wensink October 10, 1980To Detroit Red WingsRick Smith

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)118Barry Pederson Victoria Cougars (WHL)360Tom Fergus Peterborough Petes (OHA)481Steve Kasper Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)5102Randy Hillier Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)6123Steve Lyons Matignon High School (USHS-MA)7144Tom McMurchy New Westminster Bruins (WHL)8165Mike Moffat Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)9186Michael Thelven Djurgardens IF (Sweden)10207Jens Ohling Djurgardens IF (Sweden)

See also 1980–81 NHL season

References