🍁 Away Maple Leafs 16-14-0 before this game

3–5

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 9-21-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	0	0	0	3
DET	0	0	0	5

Maple Leafs at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Maple Leafs 5–3 at Little Caesars Arena on December 18, 1980.

🗓 Thu, Dec 18, 1980 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Jim Korn

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Mike Foligno

2 G

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Pat Hickey

2 A

2 shots · -1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR DET🐙

28 Shots on goal 33

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/0

9 Penalty minutes 15

TOR shooting 10.7% (3/28) DET shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Jim Rutherford

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:22 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Gilles Gilbert

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 16-14 (53% win rate, 30 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 9-21 (30% win rate, 30 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 16-14 (53% win rate, 30 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 9-21 (30% win rate, 30 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Oct 15, 1980

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

4–6 · Maple Leafs won

Mar 2, 1980

🍁TOR @ 🐙DET

6–3 · Maple Leafs won

Feb 10, 1980

🍁TOR @ 🐙DET

4–1 · Maple Leafs won

Jan 30, 1980

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

4–6 · Maple Leafs won

Dec 22, 1979

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

1–2 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs DET, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Red Wings on December 18, 1980?

Red Wings won 5–3.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Red Wings?

The final score was Maple Leafs 3, Red Wings 5.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Jim Rutherford made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Gilles Gilbert made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Red Wings season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 17

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 16

Also on December 18, 1980

Maple Leafs season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule