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Washington Capitals, 1980-81

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Patrick Division, Clarence Campbell Conference

1980-81 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
17 80 26-36-18 70 0.438 286 317 -31 16-17-7 10-19-11

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Dennis Maruk C 80 50 47 97 -6 87 242 0
Mike Gartner R 80 48 46 94 -4 100 326 0
Ryan Walter C 80 24 44 68 -10 150 178 0
Bob Kelly L 80 26 36 62 -13 157 125 0
Jean Pronovost R 80 22 36 58 -9 61 188 0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 72 21 34 55 11 26 170 0
Dennis Ververgaert R 79 14 27 41 -4 40 111 0
Rick Green D 65 8 23 31 -15 91 120 0
Darren Veitch D 59 4 21 25 -12 46 89 0
Al Hangsleben L 76 5 19 24 -6 198 110 0
Tim Tookey C 29 10 13 23 -6 18 33 0
Wes Jarvis C 55 9 14 23 -10 30 61 0
Paul Mulvey L 56 7 14 21 -9 166 96 0
Glen Currie C 40 5 13 18 -5 16 52 0
Guy Charron C 47 5 13 18 -5 2 62 0
Pat Ribble D 67 3 15 18 -14 103 118 0
Rolf Edberg C 45 8 8 16 1 6 48 0
Howard Walker D 64 2 11 13 8 100 68 0
Pierre Bouchard D 50 3 7 10 -18 28 36 0
Rick Smith D 40 5 4 9 7 36 35 0
James McTaggart D 52 1 6 7 -4 185 40 0
Yvon Labre D 25 2 4 6 -2 100 13 0
Errol Rausse L 5 1 1 2 1 0 3 0
Mark Lofthouse R 3 1 1 2 0 4 3 0
Archie Henderson R 7 1 0 1 -1 28 4 0
Dwayne Lowdermilk D 2 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0
Greg Theberge D 1 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0
Jay Johnston D 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
Paul MacKinnon D 14 0 0 0 5 22 7 0
Tony Cassolato R 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Torrie Robertson L 3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Mike Palmateer 49 1819902 1406 1234 172 3.86 0.878
Wayne Stephenson 20 47501 491 425 66 3.92 0.866
Dave Parro 18 47201 439 390 49 3.64 0.888
Gary Inness 3 01200 108 99 9 3.02 0.917
Rollie Boutin 2 02000 75 64 11 5.51 0.853

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1981 vs DET W 7-2 32 30
Apr 4, 1981 @ NYI L 1-4 25 28
Apr 2, 1981 @ BOS W 3-2 19 37
Mar 29, 1981 vs NYI L 4-5 25 37
Mar 27, 1981 vs HFD L 3-5 35 37
Mar 26, 1981 @ DET W 2-0 21 25
Mar 24, 1981 @ PHI W 5-2 25 36
Mar 22, 1981 vs MTL T 2-2 35 39
Mar 21, 1981 vs STL T 3-3 24 33
Mar 18, 1981 vs QUE L 4-6 38 22
Mar 14, 1981 @ TOR L 3-5 41 36
Mar 13, 1981 vs BOS L 1-7 35 32
Mar 11, 1981 @ HFD W 5-2 37 26
Mar 10, 1981 vs CLR W 4-3 35 15
Mar 8, 1981 vs TOR W 7-3 35 27
Mar 4, 1981 @ QUE L 4-7 20 38
Mar 3, 1981 vs CGY L 3-6 29 23
Feb 28, 1981 @ STL L 4-7 25 31
Feb 26, 1981 vs PIT L 5-7 28 37
Feb 25, 1981 @ CHI T 2-2 25 45
Feb 22, 1981 vs QUE L 7-11 30 33
Feb 21, 1981 @ NYR L 4-6 30 27
Feb 18, 1981 vs CHI T 5-5 45 33
Feb 14, 1981 @ MTL L 1-6 21 37
Feb 12, 1981 @ BUF L 3-6 20 41
Feb 7, 1981 @ LAK T 4-4 26 27
Feb 5, 1981 @ CGY L 2-5 32 38
Feb 3, 1981 @ VAN T 3-3 22 41
Feb 1, 1981 vs EDM W 7-4 32 33
Jan 31, 1981 @ PIT T 4-4 30 35
Jan 29, 1981 vs VAN W 3-1 34 28
Jan 27, 1981 vs WIN W 4-3 28 26
Jan 24, 1981 vs BUF L 4-7 24 41
Jan 21, 1981 vs MNS L 1-2 18 24
Jan 18, 1981 vs HFD W 3-2 34 27
Jan 17, 1981 @ NYI L 4-6 39 44
Jan 15, 1981 vs LAK W 3-0 29 29
Jan 12, 1981 @ CLR W 2-1 21 27
Jan 10, 1981 @ MNS L 2-3 29 41
Jan 8, 1981 @ CGY L 0-6 40 32
Jan 7, 1981 @ EDM L 3-6 35 34
Jan 4, 1981 vs PHI L 1-8 23 41
Jan 3, 1981 @ MNS L 0-3 20 30
Dec 31, 1980 @ WIN W 5-3 33 22
Dec 30, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 27 37
Dec 27, 1980 @ MTL L 4-7 31 39
Dec 26, 1980 vs NYR W 7-3 29 32
Dec 21, 1980 @ PHI W 6-0 29 44
Dec 20, 1980 vs PHI L 2-5 23 41
Dec 17, 1980 vs EDM W 5-2 40 22
Dec 14, 1980 vs DET L 4-5 30 19
Dec 12, 1980 vs PIT L 2-6 32 35
Dec 10, 1980 @ NYR L 2-6 18 31
Dec 9, 1980 vs VAN L 2-4 23 43
Dec 7, 1980 @ BOS L 3-7 30 28
Dec 6, 1980 vs CLR W 8-6 26 33
Dec 3, 1980 vs MNS T 3-3 34 24
Nov 29, 1980 @ TOR W 7-3 28 45
Nov 28, 1980 vs TOR W 6-2 43 33
Nov 26, 1980 @ DET T 7-7 24 31
Nov 22, 1980 vs BOS T 2-2 29 27
Nov 20, 1980 vs CGY W 4-2 26 27
Nov 18, 1980 @ QUE L 2-6 34 31
Nov 15, 1980 @ HFD W 8-4 23 28
Nov 12, 1980 @ PIT W 3-1 30 31
Nov 9, 1980 @ BUF T 3-3 19 25
Nov 8, 1980 vs BUF T 3-3 34 28
Nov 5, 1980 vs LAK L 3-5 37 21
Nov 2, 1980 @ WIN T 4-4 35 28
Nov 1, 1980 @ EDM T 2-2 27 36
Oct 30, 1980 @ CLR T 5-5 26 38
Oct 29, 1980 @ LAK L 2-4 26 34
Oct 25, 1980 @ STL T 3-3 26 33
Oct 24, 1980 vs STL L 2-3 30 25
Oct 21, 1980 vs CHI W 2-0 37 24
Oct 19, 1980 @ CHI L 4-8 31 40
Oct 18, 1980 vs NYR W 8-2 28 21
Oct 15, 1980 vs MTL T 3-3 35 27
Oct 12, 1980 vs NYI L 1-2 27 24
Oct 10, 1980 vs WIN W 4-1 34 19