NHL standings at the end of January 5, 1981

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Minnesota North Stars	37	19	9	9	47	140	113	-0.17	0.56	11-4-4	8-5-5	6-2-2	Tied 1
Buffalo Sabres	38	18	9	11	47	149	118	-0.14	0.67	11-3-6	7-6-5	4-2-4	Tied 2
Boston Bruins	39	14	18	7	35	142	140	-0.09	-0.04	9-5-4	5-13-3	4-5-1	Won 1
Toronto Maple Leafs	38	13	20	5	31	150	173	0.03	-0.58	6-12-1	7-8-4	3-7-0	Lost 3
Quebec Nordiques	38	10	18	10	30	133	158	0.05	-0.61	7-5-7	3-13-3	4-3-3	Tied 2

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
Los Angeles Kings	40	25	11	4	54	172	136	0.06	0.96	14-5-2	11-6-2	4-4-2	Won 1
Montreal Canadiens	39	22	13	4	48	165	111	-0.03	1.35	13-6-0	9-7-4	7-1-2	Won 5
Hartford Whalers	38	13	17	8	34	147	183	0.17	-0.78	9-5-4	4-12-4	4-3-3	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Penguins	39	12	20	7	31	146	178	-0.04	-0.87	8-10-0	4-10-7	2-6-2	Lost 1
Detroit Red Wings	38	10	20	8	28	123	155	0.07	-0.77	8-5-4	2-15-4	5-2-3	Lost 1

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
New York Islanders	41	25	8	8	58	187	126	-0.13	1.36	13-3-5	12-5-3	6-1-3	Won 1
Philadelphia Flyers	40	25	10	5	55	158	107	-0.11	1.16	15-3-2	10-7-3	6-4-0	Won 1
Calgary Flames	39	18	13	8	44	145	147	0.04	-0.01	11-4-4	7-9-4	5-3-2	Lost 1
Washington Capitals	39	13	15	11	37	145	146	-0.03	-0.06	8-8-4	5-7-7	4-5-1	Lost 2
New York Rangers	40	14	20	6	34	143	160	-0.01	-0.44	8-9-3	6-11-3	3-5-2	Tied 1

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	SOS	SRS	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
St. Louis Blues	39	25	9	5	55	169	130	-0.10	0.90	16-4-1	9-5-4	7-2-1	Won 3
Vancouver Canucks	40	17	12	11	45	157	137	0.09	0.59	10-5-6	7-7-5	2-3-5	Lost 1
Colorado Rockies	39	14	19	6	34	138	161	0.10	-0.49	8-4-6	6-15-0	4-5-1	Won 2
Chicago Black Hawks	41	13	22	6	32	147	180	0.08	-0.73	9-8-3	4-14-3	3-7-0	Won 1
Edmonton Oilers	37	10	21	6	26	132	154	0.04	-0.56	7-8-5	3-13-1	3-6-1	Won 2
Winnipeg Jets	39	3	29	7	13	117	192	0.14	-1.78	3-13-5	0-16-2	2-8-0	Lost 1