Standings, 1980-81 season

League Conference Division

A win is worth 2 points. A tie (T) is worth 1.

#	Team	GP	W	L	T	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Diff
1	New York Islanders z	80	48	18	14	110	355	260	+95
2	St. Louis Blues y	80	45	18	17	107	352	281	+71
3	Montréal Canadiens z	80	45	22	13	103	332	232	+100
4	Los Angeles Kings x	80	43	24	13	99	337	290	+47
5	Buffalo Sabres y	80	39	20	21	99	327	250	+77
6	Philadelphia Flyers x	80	41	24	15	97	313	249	+64
7	Calgary Flames x	80	39	27	14	92	329	298	+31
8	Boston Bruins x	80	37	30	13	87	316	272	+44
9	Minnesota North Stars x	80	35	28	17	87	291	263	+28
10	Chicago Blackhawks x	80	31	33	16	78	304	315	-11
11	Quebec Nordiques x	80	30	32	18	78	314	318	-4
12	Vancouver Canucks x	80	28	32	20	76	289	301	-12
13	New York Rangers x	80	30	36	14	74	312	317	-5
14	Edmonton Oilers x	80	29	35	16	74	328	327	+1
15	Pittsburgh Penguins x	80	30	37	13	73	302	345	-43
16	Toronto Maple Leafs x	80	28	37	15	71	322	367	-45
17	Washington Capitals e	80	26	36	18	70	286	317	-31
18	Hartford Whalers e	80	21	41	18	60	292	372	-80
19	Colorado Rockies e	80	22	45	13	57	258	344	-86
20	Detroit Red Wings e	80	19	43	18	56	252	339	-87
21	Winnipeg Jets e	80	9	57	14	32	246	400	-154

x Clinched Playoff spot y Clinched Division p Presidents' Trophy z Clinched Conference e Eliminated from Playoff contention Stanley Cup champions