1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1980–81 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs Wales 8th Adams 5th 28–37–15 14–21–5 14–16–10 322 367 Gerry McNamara Joe Crozier Darryl Sittler None Maple Leaf Gardens Darryl Sittler (43) Borje Salming (61) Wilf Paiement (97) Rick Vaive (229) Jiri Crha (20) Jiri Crha (4.08) The 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 64th season of the franchise, 54th season as the Maple Leafs. The team would make the playoffs for the eighth consecutive year. 2 Offseason NHL draft Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team225Craig MuniCanadaKingston Canadians (OHA)226Bob McGillCanadaVictoria Cougars (WHL)343Fred BoimistruckCanadaCornwall Royals (QMJHL)474Stewart GavinCanadaToronto Marlboros (OMJHL)595Hugh LarkinUnited StatesSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)6116Ron DennisCanadaPrinceton University (ECAC)7137Russ AdamCanadaKitchener Rangers (OMJHL)8158Fred PerliniCanadaToronto Marlboros (OMJHL)9179Darwin McCutcheonCanadaToronto Marlboros (OMJHL)10200Paul RothbartUnited StatesUniversity of Wisconsin NCAA Regular season Final standings TOR TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Playoffs The Maple Leafs qualified for the playoffs as one of the top sixteen teams. In the preliminary round, the Maple Leafs faced the New York Islanders, the defending and eventual Stanley Cup champions. The Maple Leafs were swept in three games, to date the last time the franchise was swept in a postseason series. Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1980–81 regular season1980-81 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1981_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 4, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 11, 1980||3–8 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 12, 1980||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 15, 1980||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 18, 1980||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||October 19, 1980||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||4–1–0 |- |6||W||October 21, 1980||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||5–1–0 |- |7||W||October 23, 1980||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||6–1–0 |- |8||L||October 25, 1980||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||6–2–0 |- |9||L||October 26, 1980||5–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||6–3–0 |- |10||T||October 29, 1980||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||6–3–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||November 1, 1980||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||6–4–1 |- |12||W||November 5, 1980||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||7–4–1 |- |13||T||November 8, 1980||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||7–4–2 |- |14||W||November 9, 1980||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||8–4–2 |- |15||L||November 12, 1980||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||8–5–2 |- |16||W||November 15, 1980||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||9–5–2 |- |17||L||November 19, 1980||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||9–6–2 |- |18||L||November 22, 1980||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||9–7–2 |- |19||T||November 23, 1980||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||9–7–3 |- |20||L||November 26, 1980||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||9–8–3 |- |21||L||November 28, 1980||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||9–9–3 |- |22||L||November 29, 1980||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||9–10–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||T||December 3, 1980||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||9–10–4 |- |24||W||December 6, 1980||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||10–10–4 |- |25||T||December 7, 1980||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||10–10–5 |- |26||L||December 10, 1980||5–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||10–11–5 |- |27||L||December 11, 1980||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||10–12–5 |- |28||L||December 13, 1980||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||10–13–5 |- |29||W||December 15, 1980||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||11–13–5 |- |30||W||December 17, 1980||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||12–13–5 |- |31||L||December 18, 1980||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||12–14–5 |- |32||L||December 20, 1980||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||12–15–5 |- |33||L||December 23, 1980||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||12–16–5 |- |34||L||December 27, 1980||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||12–17–5 |- |35||W||December 28, 1980||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||13–17–5 |- |36||L||December 30, 1980||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||13–18–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |37||L||January 3, 1981||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||13–19–5 |- |38||L||January 4, 1981||5–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||13–20–5 |- |39||L||January 6, 1981||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||13–21–5 |- |40||L||January 7, 1981||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||13–22–5 |- |41||T||January 10, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||13–22–6 |- |42||W||January 11, 1981||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||14–22–6 |- |43||L||January 14, 1981||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||14–23–6 |- |44||W||January 17, 1981||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||15–23–6 |- |45||W||January 18, 1981||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||16–23–6 |- |46||T||January 20, 1981||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||16–23–7 |- |47||T||January 22, 1981||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||16–23–8 |- |48||W||January 24, 1981||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||17–23–8 |- |49||L||January 26, 1981||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||17–24–8 |- |50||L||January 28, 1981||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||17–25–8 |- |51||T||January 30, 1981||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||17–25–9 |- |52||L||January 31, 1981||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||17–26–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |53||L||February 3, 1981||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||17–27–9 |- |54||L||February 5, 1981||4–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||17–28–9 |- |55||T||February 8, 1981||6–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||17–28–10 |- |56||W||February 12, 1981||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||18–28–10 |- |57||W||February 14, 1981||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||19–28–10 |- |58||W||February 17, 1981||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||20–28–10 |- |59||L||February 18, 1981||3–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||20–29–10 |- |60||W||February 21, 1981||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||21–29–10 |- |61||W||February 22, 1981||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||22–29–10 |- |62||W||February 25, 1981||9–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||23–29–10 |- |63||L||February 28, 1981||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||23–30–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||L||March 2, 1981||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) ||23–31–10 |- |65||L||March 4, 1981||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||23–32–10 |- |66||L||March 7, 1981||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||23–33–10 |- |67||L||March 8, 1981||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||23–34–10 |- |68||T||March 11, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||23–34–11 |- |69||W||March 14, 1981||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||24–34–11 |- |70||T||March 15, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||24–34–12 |- |71||W||March 18, 1981||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||25–34–12 |- |72||L||March 19, 1981||4–14 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||25–35–12 |- |73||L||March 21, 1981||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||25–36–12 |- |74||T||March 22, 1981||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||25–36–13 |- |75||L||March 25, 1981||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||25–37–13 |- |76||W||March 26, 1981||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||26–37–13 |- |77||W||March 28, 1981||9–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||27–37–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |78||T||April 1, 1981||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||27–37–14 |- |79||T||April 4, 1981||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||27–37–15 |- |80||W||April 5, 1981||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||28–37–15 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Wilf Paiement RW 77 40 57 97 145-71332 Darryl Sittler C 80 43 53 96 77-81422 Bill Derlago C 80 35 39 74 26-11603 Ian Turnbull Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) D 80 19 47 66 104-17801 Borje Salming D 72 5 61 66 1540111 Rick Vaive RW 75 33 29 62 229-16821 Pat Hickey Pat Hickey (ice hockey) LW 72 16 33 49 49-16501 John Anderson John Anderson (ice hockey, born 1957) RW 75 17 26 43 31-11201 Dan Maloney LW 65 20 21 41 183-101302 Terry Martin Terry Martin (ice hockey) LW 69 23 14 37 3215104 Laurie Boschman C 53 14 19 33 178-10304 Rocky Saganiuk RW/C 71 12 18 30 52-16203 Robert Picard D 59 6 19 25 68-32200 Bruce Boudreau C 39 10 14 24 18-7000 Dave Farrish D 74 2 18 20 90-7100 Ron Sedlbauer LW 21 10 4 14 14-3502 Rene Robert RW 14 6 7 13 85101 Vitezslav Duris D 57 1 12 13 5013000 Barry Melrose D 57 2 5 7 166-18010 Ron Ellis RW 27 2 3 5 2-1000 Dave Shand D 47 0 4 4 60-14000 Ron Zanussi RW 12 3 0 3 6-7000 Stew Gavin LW 14 1 2 3 130000 Greg Hotham D 11 1 1 2 114000 Mike Kaszycki C 6 0 2 2 22000 Paul Marshall Paul Marshall (ice hockey, born 1960) LW 13 0 2 2 2-2000 Bill McCreary Bill McCreary Jr. RW 12 1 0 1 4-6000 Jiri Crha G 54 0 1 1 80000 Dave Burrows D 6 0 0 0 2-4000 Kim Davis Kim Davis (ice hockey) C 2 0 0 0 40000 Mark Kirton C 11 0 0 0 0-1000 Michel Larocque Michel Larocque (ice hockey, born 1952) G 8 0 0 0 00000 Curt Ridley G 3 0 0 0 20000 Jim Rutherford G 18 0 0 0 20000 Vincent Tremblay G 3 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Jiri Crha 3112 54 20 20 11 211 4.07 0 Jim Rutherford 961 18 4 10 2 82 5.12 0 Michel Larocque Michel Larocque (ice hockey, born 1952) 460 8 3 3 2 40 5.22 0 Curt Ridley 124 3 1 1 0 12 5.81 0 Vincent Tremblay 143 3 0 3 0 16 6.71 0 Team: 4800 80 28 37 15 361 4.51 0 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Rene Robert RW 3 0 2 2 2000 Borje Salming D 3 0 2 2 4000 Bruce Boudreau C 2 1 0 1 0000 Bill Derlago C 3 1 0 1 2100 Ian Turnbull Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) D 3 1 0 1 4000 Rick Vaive RW 3 1 0 1 4000 Vitezslav Duris D 3 0 1 1 2000 Barry Melrose D 3 0 1 1 15000 Ron Sedlbauer LW 2 0 1 1 2000 John Anderson John Anderson (ice hockey, born 1957) RW 2 0 0 0 0000 Laurie Boschman C 3 0 0 0 7000 Jiri Crha G 3 0 0 0 0000 Dave Farrish D 1 0 0 0 0000 Paul Harrison Paul Harrison (ice hockey) G 1 0 0 0 0000 Pat Hickey Pat Hickey (ice hockey) LW 2 0 0 0 0000 Michel Larocque Michel Larocque (ice hockey, born 1952) G 2 0 0 0 0000 Dan Maloney LW 3 0 0 0 4000 Terry Martin Terry Martin (ice hockey) LW 3 0 0 0 0000 Wilf Paiement RW 3 0 0 0 2000 Dave Shand D 3 0 0 0 0000 Darryl Sittler C 3 0 0 0 4000 Ron Zanussi RW 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jiri Crha 65 3 0 2 11 10.15 0 Paul Harrison Paul Harrison (ice hockey) 40 1 0 0 1 1.50 0 Michel Larocque Michel Larocque (ice hockey, born 1952) 75 2 0 1 8 6.40 0 Team: 180 3 0 3 20 6.67 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1980-81 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1981.html Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season. Trades November 18, 1980To Pittsburgh PenguinsPaul Gardner Dave BurrowsTo Toronto Maple LeafsPaul Marshall Kim Davis December 2, 1980To Winnipeg JetsRichard MulhernTo Toronto Maple LeafsCash December 4, 1980To Detroit Red WingsMark KirtonTo Toronto Maple LeafsJim Rutherford January 30, 1981To Colorado Rockies3rd round pick in 1981 – Uli HeimerTo Toronto Maple LeafsRene Robert February 18, 1981To Chicago Black HawksCashTo Toronto Maple LeafsRon Sedlbauer March 10, 1981To Los Angeles KingsJim RutherfordTo Toronto Maple Leafs5th round pick in 1981 – Barry Brigley March 10, 1981To Montreal CanadiensRobert Picard 8th round pick in 1982 – Steve SmithTo Toronto Maple LeafsMichel Larocque March 10, 1981To Minnesota North Stars2nd round pick in 1981 – Dave DonnellyTo Toronto Maple LeafsRon Zanussi 3rd round pick in 1981 – Ernie Godden Waivers November 30, 1980From Winnipeg JetsBarry Melrose Free agents Player Former team Vítězslav Ďuriš Czechoslovakia Serge Boisvert Undrafted free agent Bill Riley Winnipeg Jets References External links Maple Leafs on Hockey Database Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1980-81 Toronto Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs