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Rod Langway

#5 · Defence · Washington Capitals · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born May 3, 1957 in Maaq, TWN · 6'3", 218 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 36th overall in 1977 by MTL (round 2)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1978-79
×2 James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 1983-84, 1982-83

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dave Babych WIN · 44 P in 69 GP Keith Brown CHI · 43 P in 80 GP Dave Maloney NYR · 47 P in 79 GP Craig Hartsburg MNS · 43 P in 74 GP Pat Price PIT · 42 P in 72 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401978-79: 7 points778-791979-80: 36 points361980-81: 45 points4580-811981-82: 39 points391982-83: 32 points3282-831983-84: 33 points331984-85: 26 points2684-851985-86: 18 points181986-87: 27 points2786-871987-88: 16 points161988-89: 21 points2188-891989-90: 8 points81990-91: 8 points890-911991-92: 13 points131992-93: 0 points092-93

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1978-79 MTL 46 3 4 7 6 30 48 0 0.15
1979-80 MTL 78 7 29 36 36 81 112 0 0.46
1980-81 MTL 80 11 34 45 52 120 165 0 0.56
1981-82 MTL 66 5 34 39 66 116 139 0 0.59
1982-83 WSH 80 3 29 32 -2 75 125 0 0.40
1983-84 WSH 80 9 24 33 14 61 168 0 0.41
1984-85 WSH 79 4 22 26 36 54 102 0 0.33
1985-86 WSH 71 1 17 18 27 61 54 0 0.25
1986-87 WSH 78 2 25 27 11 53 79 0 0.35
1987-88 WSH 63 3 13 16 1 28 49 0 0.25
1988-89 WSH 76 2 19 21 12 67 80 0 0.28
1989-90 WSH 58 0 8 8 7 39 46 0 0.14
1990-91 WSH 56 1 7 8 12 24 32 0 0.14
1991-92 WSH 64 0 13 13 11 22 32 0 0.20
1992-93 WSH 21 0 0 0 -13 20 6 0 0.00
15 seasons Career 996 51 278 329 276 851 1237 0 0.33

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1978-79 MTL 9 0 0 0 -2 16 6 0 0.00
1979-80 MTL 10 3 3 6 6 2 26 0 0.60
1980-81 MTL 3 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0.00
1981-82 MTL 5 0 3 3 2 18 12 0 0.60
1982-83 WSH 4 0 0 0 -1 0 9 0 0.00
1983-84 WSH 8 0 5 5 0 7 16 0 0.63
1984-85 WSH 5 0 1 1 -2 6 12 0 0.20
1985-86 WSH 9 1 2 3 4 6 17 0 0.33
1986-87 WSH 7 0 1 1 0 2 15 0 0.14
1987-88 WSH 6 0 0 0 2 8 7 0 0.00
1988-89 WSH 6 0 0 0 -4 6 10 0 0.00
1989-90 WSH 15 1 4 5 0 12 17 0 0.33
1990-91 WSH 11 0 2 2 1 6 12 0 0.18
1991-92 WSH 7 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0.14
14 seasons Playoffs 105 5 22 27 6 97 170 0 0.26

1980-81 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 11 34 45 52 120 165 0 0.56 6.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1981 @ BOS W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1981 vs HFD W 6-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1981 vs NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1981 @ QUE L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1981 vs NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1981 vs CGY W 8-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1981 @ WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1981 vs VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1981 @ HFD L 3-9 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1981 @ NYI T 3-3 0 2 2 1 5 4 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1981 vs CLR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1981 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1981 @ PIT W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1981 @ MNS T 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1981 @ WIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1981 vs WIN W 9-3 0 2 2 4 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1981 @ NYR T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1981 vs TOR W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1981 vs CLR W 6-0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1981 @ STL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1981 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1981 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1981 vs BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1981 @ PHI T 5-5 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1981 vs WSH W 6-1 0 2 2 2 2 6 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1981 vs STL T 3-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1981 vs BOS W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1981 vs MNS W 7-0 0 0 0 4 10 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1981 @ CLR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1981 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 6 5 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1981 @ EDM L 1-9 0 0 0 -3 5 1 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1981 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1981 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1981 @ MNS L 3-6 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1981 @ TOR L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1981 vs WIN W 7-3 0 1 1 6 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1981 vs EDM W 5-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1981 vs QUE T 5-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1981 vs PIT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1981 @ DET W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1981 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1981 @ HFD W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1980 vs LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1980 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1980 vs WSH W 7-4 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1980 @ QUE T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1980 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1980 @ CGY W 4-0 2 1 3 2 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1980 @ VAN T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1980 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1980 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1980 @ PIT L 3-4 1 0 1 1 2 7 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1980 vs BOS W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1980 vs PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1980 @ BUF W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1980 vs MNS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1980 vs NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1980 vs CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1980 vs PHI W 7-3 0 2 2 3 12 2 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1980 vs DET W 7-3 0 3 3 1 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1980 @ TOR W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1980 @ WIN W 5-1 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1980 @ LAK W 8-4 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1980 @ CLR W 8-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1980 vs LAK W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1980 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1980 vs QUE W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1980 vs NYR W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1980 vs HFD W 8-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1980 @ NYI L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1980 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1980 @ CHI W 7-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1980 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1980 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1980 vs VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1980 @ WSH T 3-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1980 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1980 vs CHI L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00