1980-1981 Edmonton Oilers team stats

1980-1981 Edmonton Oilers: 29-35-16
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Home record: 17-13-10  (178 goals scored, 151 allowed)
Road record: 12-22-6  (150 goals scored, 176 allowed)
Head Coaches: Bryan Watson (4-9-5), Glen Sather (25-26-11)

Power Play: 77/347 (22.2%)
Penalty Killing: 263/348 (75.6%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 13-7
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 238-235

328 goals scored (6th of 21 teams), 327 goals allowed (15th), 1544 PIM (14th)

NHL Averages: 3.84 goals/game (307.5 goals/team), 1659.0 PIM/team

Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C     99  Wayne Gretzky        6'0   185   19   80   55  109  164   28  15   4  207   67  116   17  261  21.1  +41
RW    17  Jari Kurri           6'1   195   20   75   32   43   75   40   9   0  127   36   66    1  202  15.8  +26
C     11  Mark Messier         6'1   205   19   72   23   40   63  102   4   0   82   17  107   30  179  12.8  -12
C     18  Brett Callighen      5'11  182   27   55   25   35   60   32   6   0   96   25   61    3  127  19.7  +13
RW     9  Glenn Anderson       6'1   190   20   58   30   23   53   24  10   3   77   16   70   13  160  18.8   +4
C     10  Matti Hagman         6'1   184   25   75   20   33   53   16   2   0   71   19   49    1   96  20.8   +4
D      8  Risto Siltanen       5'9   158   22   79   17   36   53   54   7   1  143   60  107   29  209   8.1   +5
RW    14  Blair MacDonald      5'10  180   27   51   19   24   43   27   5   0   67   23   70   18  134  14.2   -8
D      4  Kevin Lowe           6'2   200   21   79   10   24   34   94   4   0   90   15  109   24  115   8.7  -10
C     21  Stan Weir            6'1   180   28   70   12   20   32   40   1   0   45    4   92   44   84  14.3   -7
D      7  Paul Coffey          6'0   190   19   74    9   23   32  130   2   0   97   21   78    6  113   8.0   +4
D     26  Pat Price            6'2   200   25   59    8   24   32  193   0   0   82   22   91   24   90   8.9   -7
D      2  Lee Fogolin          6'0   200   25   80   13   17   30  139   0   4   97    2  136   43   89  14.6   +2
LW    12  Dave Hunter          5'11  195   22   78   12   16   28   98   0   0   51    1   91   29  104  11.5  -12
D      5  Doug Hicks           6'0   185   25   59    5   16   21   76   1   1   86   16   76   27  109   4.6  +21
LW    27  Dave Semenko         6'3   200   23   58   11    8   19   80   4   0   29   11   22    0   42  26.2   -4
RW    47  Don Murdoch          5'11  180   24   40   10    9   19   18   4   0   33   11   38    0  102   9.8  -16
RW    20  Dave Lumley          6'0   185   26   53    7    9   16   74   0   0   30    4   43    2   54  13.0  -15
RW    15  Curt Brackenbury     5'10  200   28   58    2    7    9  153   0   0   19    1   25    4   20  10.0   -3
D     22  Charlie Huddy        6'0   210   21   12    2    5    7    6   1   0   18    4   20    7   23   8.7   +1
C     19  Don Ashby            6'1   185   25    6    2    3    5    2   1   0    6    2    5    0   13  15.4   -1
LW    24  Peter Driscoll       6'0   190   26   21    2    3    5   43   1   0   11    1    9    0   17  11.8   +1
G     31  Eddie Mio            5'10  180   26   43    0    5    5    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D      6  John Hughes          5'11  200   26   18    0    3    3   30   0   0   13    1   26    8    9   0.0   -6
G     30  Ron Low              6'1   205   30   24    0    3    3    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C/RW  23  Tom Roulston         6'1   184   23   11    1    1    2    2   0   0    7    0   13    3    9  11.1   -3
D      6  Garry Lariviere      6'0   190   26   13    0    2    2    6   0   0   18    0   12    3    8   0.0   +9
G     33  Gary Edwards         5'9   165   33   15    0    2    2    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
LW/C  28  Roy Sommer           6'0   185   23    3    1    0    1    7   0   0    1    0    1    0    1 100.0    0
G     35  Andy Moog            5'8   175   20    7    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D     23  Tom Bladon           6'1   195   28    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    1    0    0   ---   -1
G      1  Pete LoPresti        6'1   195   26    2    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    16  Pat Hughes           6'1   180   25    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    3    0    3   0.0   -3
C     77  Garry Unger          5'11  170   33   13    0    0    0    6   0   0    1    1    9    0   13   0.0   -9

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage

Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   33  Gary Edwards         33   15   729   44  3.62   5   3   4  326   .865   0   0
G   35  Andy Moog            20    7   313   20  3.83   3   2   0  170   .882   0   0
G   31  Eddie Mio            26   43  2393  155  3.89  16  16   9 1167   .867   4   0
G   30  Ron Low              30   24  1260   93  4.43   5  13   3  647   .856   2   0
G    1  Pete LoPresti        26    2   105    8  4.57   0   1   0   45   .822   1   0

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1980 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    6  D    Paul Coffey             1409          Kitchener Rangers (OHA)            
  3   48  LW   Shawn Babcock                         Windsor Spitfires (OHA)            
  4   69  RW   Jari Kurri              1251      1   Jokerit Helsinki (Finland)         
  5   90  C    Walt Poddubny            468          Kingston Canadians (OHA)           
  6  111  C    Mike Winther                          Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)          
  7  132  G    Andy Moog                713          Billings Bighorns (WHL)            
  8  153  G    Rob Polman-Tuin                       Michigan Tech (NCAA)               
  9  174  C    Lars-Gunnar Pettersson                Lulea HF (Sweden)                  

Traded draft picks:

#2 to MTL (Ric Nattress)
#10 to PHI (Bob O'Brien)

Transactions

06-11-1980	traded Ron Areshenkoff and Edmonton's #10 pick in the 1980 draft to Flyers for Barry Dean
07-1980	Sabres claimed Ron Carter on waivers
07-10-1980	signed Tom Bladon as a free agent
09-11-1980	signed Matti Hagman as a free agent
10-10-1980	claimed Curt Brackenbury from Nordiques in waiver draft
10-10-1980	Canucks claimed Colin Campbell in waiver draft
12-15-1980	Canucks claimed John Hughes on waivers
02-02-1981	traded Edmonton's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to North Stars for Gary Edwards
03-10-1981	traded Blair MacDonald and the rights to Lars-Gunnar Petersson to Canucks for Garry Lariviere and Ken Berry
03-10-1981	traded John Hughes to Rangers for Ray Markham
03-10-1981	traded Pat Price to Penguins for Pat Hughes
03-10-1981	traded Edmonton's #7 pick in the 1981 draft to Kings for Garry Unger
05-05-1981	signed John Blum as a free agent
05-30-1981	Don Ashby died
08-21-1981	traded the rights to Don Murdoch to North Stars for Don Jackson and Minnesota's #3 pick in the 1982 draft
10-06-1981	signed Ray Cote as a free agent
10-08-1981	Blues claimed Gary Edwards in waiver draft

Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Round 1 04/08/1981 at Montreal Canadiens W 6-3 04/09/1981 at Montreal Canadiens W 3-1 04/11/1981 vs Montreal Canadiens W 6-2 -------------------------------------------------- Round 2 04/16/1981 at New York Islanders L 2-8 04/17/1981 at New York Islanders L 3-6 04/19/1981 vs New York Islanders W 5-2 04/20/1981 vs New York Islanders L 4-5 (OT) 04/22/1981 at New York Islanders W 4-3 04/24/1981 vs New York Islanders L 2-5 Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 99 Wayne Gretzky 6'0 185 19 9 7 14 21 4 2 1 RW 9 Glenn Anderson 6'1 190 20 9 5 7 12 12 3 0 RW 17 Jari Kurri 6'1 195 20 9 5 7 12 4 0 0 C 18 Brett Callighen 5'11 182 27 9 4 4 8 6 1 0 D 7 Paul Coffey 6'0 190 19 9 4 3 7 22 1 0 C 11 Mark Messier 6'1 205 19 9 2 5 7 13 0 0 C 10 Matti Hagman 6'1 184 25 9 4 1 5 6 0 0 D 6 Garry Lariviere 6'0 190 26 9 0 3 3 8 0 0 D 5 Doug Hicks 6'0 185 25 9 1 1 2 4 0 0 D 4 Kevin Lowe 6'2 200 21 9 0 2 2 11 0 0 D 8 Risto Siltanen 5'9 158 22 9 2 0 2 8 2 0 RW 20 Dave Lumley 6'0 185 26 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 G 33 Gary Edwards 5'9 165 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 15 Curt Brackenbury 5'10 200 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 16 Pat Hughes 6'1 180 25 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 C 21 Stan Weir 6'1 180 28 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 27 Dave Semenko 6'3 200 23 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 C 77 Garry Unger 5'11 170 33 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 2 Lee Fogolin 6'0 200 25 9 0 0 0 12 0 0 LW 12 Dave Hunter 5'11 195 22 9 0 0 0 28 0 0 G 35 Andy Moog 5'8 175 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 19 Don Ashby 6'1 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 23 Tom Bladon 6'1 195 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 24 Peter Driscoll 6'0 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 22 Charlie Huddy 6'0 210 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 John Hughes 5'11 200 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Pete LoPresti 6'1 195 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 30 Ron Low 6'1 205 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 14 Blair MacDonald 5'10 180 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 31 Eddie Mio 5'10 180 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 47 Don Murdoch 5'11 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 26 Pat Price 6'2 200 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C/RW 23 Tom Roulston 6'1 184 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW/C 28 Roy Sommer 6'0 185 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 35 Andy Moog 20 9 526 32 3.65 5 4 270 .881 1 0 G 33 Gary Edwards 33 1 20 2 6.00 0 0 6 .667 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/10/1980   vs Quebec Nordiques          L   4-7     0-1-0
10/12/1980   vs Colorado Rockies          L   2-3     0-2-0
10/15/1980   at Buffalo Sabres            L   0-2     0-3-0
10/18/1980   at New York Islanders        T   5-5     0-3-1
10/19/1980   at New York Rangers          W   4-2     1-3-1
10/22/1980   vs Calgary Flames            W   5-3     2-3-1
10/24/1980   vs Minnesota North Stars     L   2-4     2-4-1
10/26/1980   vs Los Angeles Kings         T   4-4     2-4-2
10/29/1980   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       T   4-4     2-4-3
11/01/1980   vs Washington Capitals       T   2-2     2-4-4
11/03/1980   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       T   4-4     2-4-5
11/05/1980   at Vancouver Canucks         L   3-4     2-5-5
11/07/1980   at Winnipeg Jets             W   4-2     3-5-5
11/09/1980   vs St. Louis Blues           L   4-6     3-6-5
11/13/1980   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-8     3-7-5
11/15/1980   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   2-4     3-8-5
11/16/1980   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   5-4     4-8-5
11/19/1980   vs Vancouver Canucks         L   4-6     4-9-5
11/23/1980   vs Buffalo Sabres            W   6-3     5-9-5
11/25/1980   at Colorado Rockies          L   3-4     5-10-5
11/26/1980   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W  10-3     6-10-5
11/28/1980   at Hartford Whalers          L   4-6     6-11-5
11/29/1980   at Boston Bruins             L   3-6     6-12-5
12/05/1980   vs New York Rangers          L   1-5     6-13-5
12/07/1980   vs Hartford Whalers          W   6-4     7-13-5
12/10/1980   vs New York Islanders        L   2-3     7-14-5
12/13/1980   at Montreal Canadiens        L   1-4     7-15-5
12/14/1980   at Quebec Nordiques          L   5-6     7-16-5
12/16/1980   at Detroit Red Wings         L   3-4     7-17-5
12/17/1980   at Washington Capitals       L   2-5     7-18-5
12/20/1980   vs Montreal Canadiens        W   4-3     8-18-5
12/23/1980   at Los Angeles Kings         L   4-7     8-19-5
12/27/1980   vs Detroit Red Wings         T   4-4     8-19-6
12/28/1980   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-2     8-20-6
12/30/1980   at Calgary Flames            L   3-5     8-21-6
01/02/1981   vs Boston Bruins             W   7-5     9-21-6
01/03/1981   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   4-1     10-21-6
01/07/1981   vs Washington Capitals       W   6-3     11-21-6
01/09/1981   vs Hartford Whalers          T   6-6     11-21-7
01/11/1981   at Quebec Nordiques          W   6-3     12-21-7

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/12/1981   at Montreal Canadiens        L   0-5     12-22-7
01/14/1981   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   7-4     13-22-7
01/16/1981   at Buffalo Sabres            T   5-5     13-22-8
01/17/1981   at St. Louis Blues           L   6-7     13-23-8
01/21/1981   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   5-1     14-23-8
01/23/1981   vs New York Rangers          L   4-7     14-24-8
01/24/1981   at Minnesota North Stars     L   1-6     14-25-8
01/28/1981   vs Montreal Canadiens        W   9-1     15-25-8
01/30/1981   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   4-2     16-25-8
02/01/1981   at Washington Capitals       L   4-7     16-26-8
02/03/1981   at St. Louis Blues           T   3-3     16-26-9
02/04/1981   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   3-6     16-27-9
02/06/1981   vs Winnipeg Jets             W  10-4     17-27-9
02/08/1981   vs Calgary Flames            L  4-10     17-28-9
02/13/1981   vs Quebec Nordiques          L   2-4     17-29-9
02/15/1981   vs Buffalo Sabres            T   2-2     17-29-10
02/18/1981   vs St. Louis Blues           W   9-2     18-29-10
02/20/1981   vs Boston Bruins             L   1-5     18-30-10
02/21/1981   at Winnipeg Jets             W   5-1     19-30-10
02/24/1981   at Los Angeles Kings         L   2-5     19-31-10
02/25/1981   vs Philadelphia Flyers       W   6-2     20-31-10
02/27/1981   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   5-2     21-31-10
02/28/1981   at Colorado Rockies          L   1-3     21-32-10
03/03/1981   at New York Islanders        T   8-8     21-32-11
03/04/1981   at New York Rangers          T   5-5     21-32-12
03/07/1981   at Philadelphia Flyers       W   5-3     22-32-12
03/08/1981   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   4-6     22-33-12
03/12/1981   vs New York Islanders        L   0-5     22-34-12
03/15/1981   at Calgary Flames            T   3-3     22-34-13
03/16/1981   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   7-6     23-34-13
03/18/1981   at Minnesota North Stars     W   5-3     24-34-13
03/20/1981   vs Minnesota North Stars     T   1-1     24-34-14
03/21/1981   vs Los Angeles Kings         T   6-6     24-34-15
03/23/1981   at Boston Bruins             L   2-7     24-35-15
03/25/1981   at Hartford Whalers          W   7-2     25-35-15
03/28/1981   at Detroit Red Wings         W   4-2     26-35-15
03/29/1981   at Pittsburgh Penguins       W   5-2     27-35-15
04/01/1981   vs Colorado Rockies          T   4-4     27-35-16
04/03/1981   at Vancouver Canucks         W   7-2     28-35-16
04/04/1981   vs Winnipeg Jets             W   7-2     29-35-16

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