1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 49th season, 55th overall for the franchise.Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 80 | 30 | 56 | 86 | 50 | -17 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| LW | 80 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 14 | -17 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| RW | 80 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 210 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| D | 78 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 153 | -35 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 80 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 130 | -28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 74 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 30 | -35 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 50 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 24 | -30 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| LW | 39 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 52 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 31 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 67 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 45 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 53 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D/LW | 63 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 246 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LW | 40 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 27 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 58 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 56 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 60 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 68 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 57 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 44 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 64 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 70 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 93 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C/RW | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 77 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2618 | 48 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 175 | 4.01 | 0 |
| 1459 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 105 | 4.32 | 0 |
| 600 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 |
| 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 |
| 63 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.81 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 19 | 43 | 18 | 334 | 4.17 | 0 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 11 | Mike Blaisdell | | Regina Pats |
| 3 | 46 | Mark Osborne | | Niagara Falls Flyers |
| 5 | 88 | Mike Corrigan | | Cornwall Royals |
| 6 | 109 | Wayne Crawford | | Toronto Marlboros |
| 7 | 130 | Mike Braun | | Niagara Falls Flyers |
| 8 | 151 | Jeff Beukeboom | | Peterborough Petes |
| 9 | 172 | Dave Miles | | Brantford Alexanders |
| 10 | 193 | Brian Rorabeck | | Niagara Falls Flyers |
