1980–81 Boston Bruins season
The 1980–81 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 57th season.Offseason
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 80 | 44 | 59 | 103 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 |
| C | 80 | 37 | 46 | 83 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| D | 78 | 14 | 52 | 66 | 111 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 77 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 80 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 67 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 96 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| C | 76 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 94 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 77 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| RW | 77 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 223 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 74 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 192 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 47 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 78 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 60 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| LW | 72 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| D | 48 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 42 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 78 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 148 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 47 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 172 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 77 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 222 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 62 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RW | 18 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 39 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3021 | 53 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 168 | 3.34 | 1 |
| 1272 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 78 | 3.68 | 0 |
| 507 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 2.84 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 270 | 3.38 | 1 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9.00 | 0 |
| 164 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5.85 | 0 |
| Team: | 184 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6.20 | 0 |
Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
Boston's draft picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.
