The Detroit Red Wings used 35 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 28-52-0 record. Dale McCourt led the team with 86 points (30 goals, 56 assists) in 80 games. Gilles Gilbert played the most games in goal (48).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale McCourt 🇨🇦 C 24 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 30 | 56 | 86 | 1.07 | 11 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 50 | — |
| 2 | John Ogrodnick 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 0.88 | 9 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 3 | Mike Foligno 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 80 | 🔥 2 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 0.79 | 3 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 210 | — |
| 4 | Vaclav Nedomansky 🇨🇿 C 37 | 74 | 🧊 1 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 0.43 | 6 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 5 | Mark Kirton 🇨🇦 C 23 | 50 | 🔥 2 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 0.62 | 6 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 6 | Errol Thompson 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 39 | 🧊 5 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 0.67 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 7 | George Lyle 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 31 | 🧊 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0.77 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 8 | Paul Woods 🇨🇦 C 25 | 67 | 🧊 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 0.36 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 9 | Brent Peterson 🇨🇦 C 23 | 53 | 🧊 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 0.45 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 10 | Gary McAdam 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 40 | 🧊 9 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0.47 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — |
| 11 | Glenn Hicks 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 58 | 🧊 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.26 | 1 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 12 | Dan Labraaten 🇸🇪 LW 29 | 45 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.24 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 13 | Mike Blaisdell 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 32 | 🧊 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.28 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 14 | Brad Smith 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 20 | 🔥 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.35 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 93 | — |
| 15 | Joe Paterson 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 39 | 🧊 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.18 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 16 | Peter Mahovlich 🇨🇦 C 34 | 24 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.21 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 17 | Dennis Polonich 🇨🇦 C 27 | 33 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.12 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 77 | — |
| 18 | Jody Gage 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 17 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 19 | Earl Ingarfield 🇨🇦 C 22 | 24 | 🧊 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 20 | Mal Davis 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 20 skaters | 80 | 193 | 273 | 466 | 5.83 | 47 | 1640 | 0 | 0 | 897 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ▲ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Jensen 🇨🇦 G 22 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 7 | 60:00 | |
| 2 | Claude Legris 🇨🇦 G 24 | 3 | 0 | 1.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 4 | 21:07 | |
| 3 | Gilles Gilbert 🇨🇦 G 32 | 48 | 16 | 3.65 | 0.000 | 0 | 175 | 54:24 | |
| 4 | Jim Rutherford 🇨🇦 G 32 | 10 | 3 | 4.30 | 0.000 | 0 | 43 | 59:57 | |
| 5 | Larry Lozinski 🇨🇦 G 22 | 30 | 12 | 3.47 | 0.000 | 0 | 104 | 48:28 |
86% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 73% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 30 |
|
+4 | 471 (73%) | McCourt, Ogrodnick, Foligno, Kirton +26 |
| United States | 2 |
|
-5 | 78 (12%) | Larson, Korn |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+2 | 32 (5%) | Nedomansky |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+3 | 49 (8%) | Huber |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 11 (2%) | Labraaten |
Dale McCourt led the Detroit Red Wings in scoring in 1980-81 with 86 points — 30 goals and 56 assists in 80 games. Next came John Ogrodnick (70) and Mike Foligno (63).
John Ogrodnick scored 35 goals for the Detroit Red Wings in 1980-81, 9 of them on the power play.
The Detroit Red Wings dressed 35 players in 1980-81: 30 skaters and 5 goalies. Together the skaters scored 252 goals.
Gilles Gilbert played the most games in goal for the Detroit Red Wings in 1980-81: 48 games, 16 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.65 goals against average. Larry Lozinski was the backup, in 30 games.
The average age was 25.4 years. Joe Paterson was the youngest at 20, and Vaclav Nedomansky the oldest at 37.
The Detroit Red Wings used 35 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 30 in Canada, 2 in the United States and 1 in Czechia. The other 2 came from Germany and Sweden. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 86% on this roster.