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Edmonton Oilers, 1980-81

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Smythe Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Made the playoffs

1980-81 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
14 80 29-35-16 74 0.463 328 327 +1 17-13-10 12-22-6

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Montréal Canadiens Won 3-0
Quarterfinals New York Islanders Lost 2-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Wayne Gretzky C 80 55 109 164 41 28 261 0
Jari Kurri R 75 32 43 75 27 40 202 0
Mark Messier C 73 23 40 63 -12 102 179 0
Brett Callighen C 55 25 35 60 13 32 127 0
Glenn Anderson R 58 30 23 53 4 24 161 0
Matti Hagman C 75 20 33 53 4 16 96 0
Risto Siltanen D 79 17 36 53 4 54 209 0
Blair MacDonald R 51 19 24 43 -8 27 134 0
Kevin Lowe D 79 10 24 34 -10 94 115 0
Pat Price D 59 8 24 32 -7 193 90 0
Paul Coffey D 74 9 23 32 5 130 113 0
Stan Weir C 70 12 20 32 -8 40 84 0
Lee Fogolin D 80 13 17 30 3 139 89 0
Dave Hunter L 78 12 16 28 -13 98 104 0
Doug Hicks D 59 5 16 21 20 76 109 0
Dave Semenko L 60 11 8 19 -4 80 42 0
Don Murdoch R 40 10 9 19 -16 18 102 0
Dave Lumley R 53 7 9 16 -16 74 54 0
Curt Brackenbury R 59 2 7 9 -3 153 20 0
Charlie Huddy D 12 2 5 7 1 6 23 0
Don Ashby C 6 2 3 5 -1 2 13 0
Peter Driscoll L 22 2 3 5 1 43 17 0
John Hughes D 19 0 3 3 -6 30 9 0
Garry Lariviere D 13 0 2 2 9 6 8 0
Tom Roulston C 11 1 1 2 -3 2 9 0
Roy Sommer C 3 1 0 1 0 7 1 0
Garry Unger C 13 0 0 0 -9 6 13 0
Pat Hughes R 2 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0
Tom Bladon D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Eddie Mio 43 1615900 1165 1010 155 3.90 0.867
Ron Low 24 513300 647 554 93 4.44 0.856
Gary Edwards 15 53400 327 283 44 3.63 0.865
Andy Moog 7 33000 170 150 20 3.82 0.882
Pete Lopresti 2 01000 45 37 8 4.61 0.822

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 4, 1981 vs WIN W 7-2 31 25
Apr 3, 1981 @ VAN W 7-2 33 26
Apr 1, 1981 vs CLR T 4-4 29 30
Mar 29, 1981 @ PIT W 5-2 19 34
Mar 28, 1981 @ DET W 4-2 28 20
Mar 25, 1981 @ HFD W 7-2 31 33
Mar 23, 1981 @ BOS L 2-7 21 36
Mar 21, 1981 vs LAK T 6-6 41 27
Mar 20, 1981 vs MNS T 1-1 42 18
Mar 18, 1981 @ MNS W 5-3 38 28
Mar 16, 1981 vs PIT W 7-6 27 30
Mar 15, 1981 @ CGY T 3-3 33 19
Mar 12, 1981 vs NYI L 0-5 36 24
Mar 8, 1981 @ PIT L 4-6 39 28
Mar 7, 1981 @ PHI W 5-3 36 32
Mar 4, 1981 @ NYR T 5-5 31 22
Mar 3, 1981 @ NYI T 8-8 41 24
Feb 28, 1981 @ CLR L 1-3 25 39
Feb 27, 1981 vs DET W 5-2 42 30
Feb 25, 1981 vs PHI W 6-2 48 37
Feb 24, 1981 @ LAK L 2-5 28 32
Feb 21, 1981 @ WIN W 5-1 30 28
Feb 20, 1981 vs BOS L 1-5 24 25
Feb 18, 1981 vs STL W 9-2 37 30
Feb 15, 1981 vs BUF T 2-2 27 23
Feb 13, 1981 vs QUE L 2-4 29 28
Feb 8, 1981 vs CGY L 4-10 46 22
Feb 6, 1981 vs WIN W 10-4 41 23
Feb 4, 1981 @ CHI L 3-6 31 24
Feb 3, 1981 @ STL T 3-3 35 26
Feb 1, 1981 @ WSH L 4-7 33 32
Jan 30, 1981 vs CHI W 4-2 43 22
Jan 28, 1981 vs MTL W 9-1 27 31
Jan 24, 1981 @ MNS L 1-6 25 24
Jan 23, 1981 vs NYR L 4-7 31 33
Jan 21, 1981 vs VAN W 5-1 24 32
Jan 17, 1981 @ STL L 6-7 35 42
Jan 16, 1981 @ BUF T 5-5 21 33
Jan 14, 1981 @ TOR W 7-4 16 28
Jan 12, 1981 @ MTL L 0-5 20 35
Jan 11, 1981 @ QUE W 6-3 35 22
Jan 9, 1981 vs HFD T 6-6 37 34
Jan 7, 1981 vs WSH W 6-3 34 35
Jan 3, 1981 vs TOR W 4-1 41 33
Jan 2, 1981 vs BOS W 7-5 21 36
Dec 30, 1980 @ CGY L 3-5 27 33
Dec 28, 1980 vs PHI L 1-2 27 29
Dec 27, 1980 vs DET T 4-4 28 26
Dec 23, 1980 @ LAK L 4-7 18 27
Dec 20, 1980 vs MTL W 4-3 28 25
Dec 17, 1980 @ WSH L 2-5 22 40
Dec 16, 1980 @ DET L 3-4 29 33
Dec 14, 1980 @ QUE L 5-6 28 33
Dec 13, 1980 @ MTL L 1-4 33 38
Dec 10, 1980 vs NYI L 2-3 22 28
Dec 7, 1980 vs HFD W 6-4 36 32
Dec 5, 1980 vs NYR L 1-5 20 30
Nov 29, 1980 @ BOS L 3-6 18 28
Nov 28, 1980 @ HFD L 4-6 32 32
Nov 26, 1980 vs CHI W 10-3 37 36
Nov 25, 1980 @ CLR L 3-4 16 26
Nov 23, 1980 vs BUF W 6-3 35 20
Nov 19, 1980 vs VAN L 4-6 36 24
Nov 16, 1980 @ CHI W 5-4 36 38
Nov 15, 1980 @ TOR L 2-4 21 35
Nov 13, 1980 @ PHI L 1-8 20 32
Nov 9, 1980 vs STL L 4-6 29 41
Nov 7, 1980 @ WIN W 4-2 20 29
Nov 5, 1980 @ VAN L 3-4 22 30
Nov 3, 1980 vs PIT T 4-4 18 36
Nov 1, 1980 vs WSH T 2-2 36 27
Oct 29, 1980 vs TOR T 4-4 33 24
Oct 26, 1980 vs LAK T 4-4 40 23
Oct 24, 1980 vs MNS L 2-4 34 31
Oct 22, 1980 vs CGY W 5-3 31 31
Oct 19, 1980 @ NYR W 4-2 23 35
Oct 18, 1980 @ NYI T 5-5 20 30
Oct 15, 1980 @ BUF L 0-2 15 30
Oct 12, 1980 vs CLR L 2-3 29 29
Oct 10, 1980 vs QUE L 4-7 26 25