Regular season and playoffsTOR
Börje Salming's 1980-1981 season
Defenceman Börje Salming was 29 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 72 of a possible 80 games and scored 5 goals and 61 assists for 66 points, 0.92 points per game. That was 5th among the Swedes and 63th in the NHL. He also finished second in the Swedish assist race. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 2 points.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1980-1981Playoffs
- Year 198046 years agoSeason opener
Börje Salming plays the 1980-1981 season for Toronto Maple Leafs
Börje was 29 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.
- The gameNYR8–3TORLgame 1/80
2His nightNo points-4+/-1SOG - The gameTOR4–2PHIWgame 2/80His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameDET4–6TORWgame 3/801His night+3P+3A0+/-3SOG2PPP
- +2 pointsThe gamePHI2–6TORWgame 4/80His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-5SOG2PPP
- +1 assistThe gameTOR4–2BUFWgame 5/80His night+1P+1A+1+/-0SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gamePIT5–8TORWgame 6/80His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-2SOG2PPP
MilestoneBörje Salming reaches 100 career goals
in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · October 21
- The gameTOR4–5LAKLgame 8/80His nightNo points+2+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameTOR5–8VANLgame 9/803His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameTOR4–4EDMgame 10/80His night+3P+3A0+/-4SOG2PPP
- November 1980
- The gameTOR2–1PITWgame 12/80His nightNo points-1+/-6SOG
- The gameTOR3–3CLRgame 13/80His nightNo points0+/-5SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameTOR7–4WINWgame 14/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-10SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI4–2TORLgame 15/803His nightNo points-2+/-7SOG
- The gameEDM2–4TORWgame 16/80His nightNo points+2+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameMTL5–4TORLgame 17/80His night+1P+1A+3+/-4SOG
- The gameLAK5–2TORLgame 18/80His nightNo points-3+/-0SOG
- The gameTOR5–5BOSgame 19/80His nightNo points-2+/-3SOG
- The gameSTL6–4TORLgame 20/80His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 8021points#4NHL#494goals#8NHL#15717assists#3NHL#20+2+/-NHL#50TOR9-8-0W-L-OT21Points12th in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameTOR2–6WSHLgame 21/802His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameWSH7–3TORLgame 22/802His night+1P+1A-1+/-7SOG
- December 1980
- +2 pointsThe gamePIT4–4TORgame 23/80His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-5SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameQUE2–5TORWgame 24/80His night+1P+1A+2+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameTOR4–4QUEgame 25/80His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameTOR2–5MTLLgame 27/80His nightNo points0+/-0SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameBUF5–4TORLgame 28/80His night+2P+2A-2+/-4SOG2PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameTOR6–3MNSWgame 29/801His night+2P+2A+2+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameMNS2–4TORWgame 30/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameTOR3–5DETLgame 31/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameHFD7–2TORLgame 33/801His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameBOS6–3TORLgame 34/80His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG
Year 198145 years ago- The gameTOR1–4EDMLgame 37/80His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- The gameTOR5–8CGYLgame 38/801His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- The gameWIN8–2TORLgame 40/801His nightNo points-5+/-6SOG
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 40 of 8037 of 40 played38points#4NHL#415goals#11NHL#21833assists#2NHL#10-6+/-NHL#133TOR13-22-0W-L-OT31Points17th in the whole NHL - The gamePHI4–4TORgame 41/80His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameTOR5–3NYRWgame 42/802His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameEDM7–4TORLgame 43/80His night+2P+2A-1+/-4SOG
- The gameTOR5–4WINWgame 45/802His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- The gameTOR2–2VANgame 46/803His nightNo points+2+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameTOR3–3LAKgame 47/80His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameHFD4–7TORWgame 48/801His night+2P+2A+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI6–4TORLgame 50/803His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- The gameTOR5–5HFDgame 51/80His nightNo points-3+/-2SOG
- The gameWIN2–0TORLgame 52/802His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- February 1981
- The gameTOR3–5DETLgame 53/80His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- The gameTOR4–8STLLgame 54/801His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameTOR6–6CLRgame 55/801His night+3P+3A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- The gameTOR4–3MNSWgame 56/801His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–6TORWgame 57/802His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameTOR8–5NYIWgame 58/803His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG
- The gameTOR3–8NYRLgame 59/802His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- The gameMNS3–5TORWgame 60/801His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 60 of 8057 of 60 played51points#5NHL#565goals#16NHL#27546assists#2NHL#17-7+/-NHL#145TOR21-29-0W-L-OT52Points15th in the whole NHL - +2 assistsThe gameTOR7–4CHIWgame 61/80His night+2P+2A+2+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameCLR5–9TORWgame 62/80His night+2P+2A+5+/-3SOG
- March 1981
- The gameLAK1–0TORLgame 64/80His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- The gameVAN5–2TORLgame 65/803His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameCGY6–4TORLgame 66/802His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameTOR3–7WSHLgame 67/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameBOS4–4TORgame 68/80His night+3P+3A+1+/-3SOG2PPP
- The gameTOR4–4PHIgame 70/801His nightNo points+2+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameSTL2–6TORWgame 71/801His night+2P+2A-1+/-0SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameTOR4–14BUFLgame 72/80His night+1P+1A-5+/-5SOG1PPP
- The gameBUF6–2TORLgame 73/80His nightNo points-3+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameTOR3–3HFDgame 74/80His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG
- April 1981
- The gameTOR4–2QUEWgame 80/80His nightNo points0+/-6SOG
The season in numbersBörje Salming closes the 1980-1981 season with 66 points
Events100career goals6 i radgames with a point · 9 pts3 days laterPlayoffsToronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs
Preliminary roundToronto Maple Leafs meet New York Islanders
TORvsNYISwedes on Toronto Maple LeafsSwedes on New York Islanders- +1 assistGame 1TOR2–9NYIL2His night+1P+1A-4+/-6SOG1PPP
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 2TOR1–5NYIL2His nightNo points-3+/-3SOG
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- +1 assistGame 3NYI6–1TORL3His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG
Preliminary roundNew York Islanders knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 3–0
TOR0–3NYIEliminated3Games2Points0Goals2Assists