1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 64th season of the franchise, 54th season as the Maple Leafs.Offseason
Playoffs
The Maple Leafs qualified for the playoffs as one of the top sixteen teams. In the preliminary round, the Maple Leafs faced the New York Islanders, the eventual Stanley Cup champion. The Maple Leafs were swept in three games.Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 77 | 40 | 57 | 97 | 145 | -7 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 80 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 77 | -8 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 80 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 26 | -11 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 80 | 19 | 47 | 66 | 104 | -17 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 72 | 5 | 61 | 66 | 154 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| RW | 75 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 229 | -16 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| LW | 72 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 49 | -16 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 75 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 31 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 65 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 183 | -10 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| LW | 69 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| C | 53 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 178 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| RW/C | 71 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 52 | -16 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 59 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 68 | -32 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 39 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 18 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 74 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 90 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 21 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 57 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 57 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 166 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RW | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 60 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3112 | 54 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 211 | 4.07 | 0 |
| 961 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 82 | 5.12 | 0 |
| 460 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 5.22 | 0 |
| 124 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5.81 | 0 |
| 143 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6.71 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 28 | 37 | 15 | 361 | 4.51 | 0 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 65 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10.15 | 0 |
| 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6.40 | 0 |
| Team: | 180 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 |
Roster
Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1980-81 season.Trades
Waivers
