Regular season and playoffsCGY

Eric Vail's 1980-1981 season

Points

NHL#70

Goals

NHL#58

Assists

NHL#89

Plus/minus

NHL#120

Games

80% of 80

Left winger Eric Vail was 27 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Calgary Flames. He played 64 of a possible 80 games and scored 28 goals and 36 assists for 64 points, 1.00 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1980-1981Playoffs

Year 1980
46 years ago
Season opener
October 9
Eric Vail plays the 1980-1981 season for Calgary Flames
CGYCalgary Flames
Eric was 27 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 8th NHL season in all.
- The game
  QUE5–5CGY
  October 9game 1/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGY2–6CLR
  L
  October 11game 2/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY3–3CHI
  October 12game 3/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  LAK2–4CGY
  W
  October 14game 4/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MNS2–6CGY
  W
  October 18game 6/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CGY3–5EDM
  L
  October 22game 7/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TOR5–4CGY
  L
  October 23game 8/802
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  CGY8–2PIT
  W
  October 25game 9/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  CGY0–8PHI
  L
  October 28game 10/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY3–1BOS
  W
  October 30game 11/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1980
- The game
  CGY3–2STL
  W
  November 1game 12/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGY3–8MNS
  L
  November 2game 13/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY5–5WIN
  November 5game 14/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–4CGY
  W
  November 8game 15/801
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-5SOG
  +2 goals
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–7CGY
  W
  November 11game 16/802
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +3 assists
  View the game
- The game
  CHI4–4CGY
  November 13game 17/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY2–4WSH
  L
  November 20game 19/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  CGY3–3QUE
  November 22game 20/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 22
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
  19
  points
  NHL#54
  8
  goals
  NHL#47
  11
  assists
  NHL#51
  CGY
  8-7-0W-L-OT21Points
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CGY5–4MTL
  W
  November 25game 21/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGY3–6BUF
  L
  November 27game 22/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CGY3–9STL
  L
  November 29game 23/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY4–1WIN
  W
  November 30game 24/803
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- December 1980
- The game
  WIN1–3CGY
  W
  December 4game 25/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  HFD5–3CGY
  L
  December 6game 26/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CGY4–2LAK
  W
  December 8game 27/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–8CGY
  W
  December 11game 28/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI4–4CGY
  December 13game 29/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL4–0CGY
  L
  December 18game 30/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT3–3CGY
  December 20game 31/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CGY3–2NYR
  W
  December 22game 32/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY2–2NYI
  December 23game 33/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
Milestone
Eric Vail reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against New York Islanders · December 23
Year 1981
45 years ago
- The game
  LAK6–7CGY
  W
  January 2game 37/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  TOR5–8CGY
  W
  January 4game 38/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-5SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  CGY2–5LAK
  L
  January 5game 39/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH0–6CGY
  W
  January 8game 40/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-6SOG1SHP
  +2 points
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 8
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8035 of 40 played
  34
  points
  NHL#70
  17
  goals
  NHL#33
  17
  assists
  NHL#90
  CGY
  19-13-0W-L-OT46Points
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CGY1–4DET
  L
  January 10game 41/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY1–2CHI
  L
  January 11game 42/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–4CGY
  January 13game 43/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET0–10CGY
  W
  January 15game 44/802
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-3SOG2PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  CGY0–5NYI
  L
  January 20game 47/804
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY4–2HFD
  W
  January 23game 48/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  CGY3–4PIT
  L
  January 24game 49/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGY2–3MNS
  L
  January 26game 50/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL4–4CGY
  January 29game 51/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CHI3–3CGY
  January 31game 52/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- February 1981
- The game
  CGY2–6VAN
  L
  February 1game 53/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–5CGY
  W
  February 5game 54/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  PIT4–5CGY
  W
  February 7game 55/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  CGY10–4EDM
  W
  February 8game 56/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  QUE3–5CGY
  W
  February 12game 57/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BUF4–4CGY
  February 14game 58/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL5–2CGY
  L
  February 17game 59/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI4–5CGY
  W
  February 19game 60/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  February 19
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8053 of 60 played
  48
  points
  NHL#71
  21
  goals
  NHL#63
  27
  assists
  NHL#84
  CGY
  27-21-0W-L-OT66Points
  Playoff spot
  8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS2–7CGY
  W
  February 21game 61/802
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-8SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  CGY5–3VAN
  W
  February 22game 62/805
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI4–11CGY
  W
  February 25game 63/805
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-4SOG2PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  HFD1–5CGY
  W
  February 27game 64/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- March 1981
- The game
  CGY6–3WSH
  W
  March 3game 65/803
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY0–4BUF
  L
  March 4game 66/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY6–4TOR
  W
  March 7game 67/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  CGY5–4HFD
  W
  March 8game 68/802
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +2+/-6SOG1PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
Milestone
Eric Vail reaches 200 career goals
in the game against Hartford Whalers · March 8
- The game
  VAN2–11CGY
  W
  March 10game 69/804
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +4+/-4SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  MNS3–6CGY
  W
  March 12game 70/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  EDM3–3CGY
  March 15game 71/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
The season in numbers
March 15
Eric Vail closes the 1980-1981 season with 64 points
CGYCalgary Flames
Points
64
NHL#70
Games
64of 80
80%
Goals
28
NHL#58
Assists
36
NHL#89
P/GP
1.00
NHL#38
+/-
+8
NHL#120
Events
500
NHL games
200
career goals
5 i rad
games with a point · 9 pts
24 days later
Playoffs
April 8
Calgary Flames are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 8
Calgary Flames meet Chicago Blackhawks
CGYvsCHI
Swedes on Calgary Flames
Kent Nilsson
Dan Labraaten
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
View the whole round
3 days later
Preliminary round
April 11
Calgary Flames knock Chicago Blackhawks out 3–0
CGY3–0CHI
Advance
He did not play in this round
5 days later
Quarterfinal
April 16
Calgary Flames meet Philadelphia Flyers
CGYvsPHI
Swedes on Calgary Flames
Kent Nilsson
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
Thomas Eriksson
View the whole round
- Game 1
  CGY0–4PHI
  L
  April 162
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-3SOG
  View the game
- Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstCalgary Flames
- Game 2
  CGY5–4PHI
  W
  April 172
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Calgary Flamesare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 3
  PHI1–2CGY
  W
  April 191
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Calgary Flameslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 4
  PHI4–5CGY
  W
  April 201
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- Calgary Flameslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 5
  CGY4–9PHI
  L
  April 22
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Calgary Flameslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 6
  PHI3–2CGY
  L
  April 241
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
Quarterfinal
April 26
Calgary Flames knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–3
CGY4–3PHI
Advance
6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
2 days later
Semifinal
April 28
Calgary Flames meet Minnesota North Stars
CGYvsMNS
Swedes on Calgary Flames
Kent Nilsson
Dan Labraaten
Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
Kent-Erik Andersson
View the whole round
11 days later
Semifinal
May 9
Minnesota North Stars knock Calgary Flames out 4–2
CGY2–4MNS
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
May 9
Eric Vail ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 0 points
CGYCalgary Flames
Points
0
NHL#242
Games
6
Goals
0
NHL#172
Assists
0
NHL#208
P/GP
0.00
+/-
-3
NHL#236
CHI3–0→PHI4–3→MNS2–4

Eric Vail plays the 1980-1981 season for Calgary Flames

1/4 into the season

Eric Vail reaches 500 NHL games

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Eric Vail reaches 200 career goals

Eric Vail closes the 1980-1981 season with 64 points

Calgary Flames are in the playoffs

Calgary Flames meet Chicago Blackhawks

Calgary Flames knock Chicago Blackhawks out 3–0

Calgary Flames meet Philadelphia Flyers

Calgary Flames knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–3

Calgary Flames meet Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars knock Calgary Flames out 4–2

Eric Vail ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 0 points