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1980-81 Edmonton Oilers Roster

34 players used · 35-45-0 record

The Edmonton Oilers used 34 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 35-45-0 record. Wayne Gretzky led the team with 164 points (55 goals, 109 assists) in 80 games. Eddie Mio played the most games in goal (43).

Points leader
164 PTS
55 G · 109 A in 80 games
Goals leader
55 G
15 on the power play
Assists leader
109 A
164 points overall
Goalie wins leader
21 W
3.60 GAA · 0.000 SV%
29
Skaters
19 forwards · 10 defence
5
Goalies
Eddie Mio started most
328
Goals scored
in 80 games
24.9
Average age
19 to 33 years
3
Birth countries
Position
🏒 Skaters 29 players · sorted by points
# 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 WG Wayne Gretzky 🇨🇦 C 20 80 🔥 12 55 109 164 2.05 15 261 0 0 28
2 JK Jari Kurri 🇫🇮 RW 20 75 🔥 10 32 43 75 1.00 9 202 0 0 40
3 MM Mark Messier 🇨🇦 C 20 73 🔥 1 23 40 63 0.86 4 179 0 0 102
4 BC Brett Callighen 🇨🇦 C 27 55 🔥 7 25 35 60 1.09 6 127 0 0 32
5 GA Glenn Anderson 🇨🇦 RW 20 58 🧊 1 30 23 53 0.91 10 161 0 0 24
6 MH Matti Hagman 🇫🇮 C 25 75 🔥 2 20 33 53 0.71 2 96 0 0 16
7 RS Risto Siltanen 🇫🇮 D 22 79 🔥 2 17 36 53 0.67 7 209 0 0 54
8 BM Blair MacDonald 🇨🇦 RW 27 51 🔥 1 19 24 43 0.84 5 134 0 0 27
9 KL Kevin Lowe 🇨🇦 D 21 79 🔥 1 10 24 34 0.43 4 115 0 0 94
10 SW Stan Weir 🇨🇦 C 29 70 🔥 1 12 20 32 0.46 1 84 0 0 40
11 PC Paul Coffey 🇨🇦 D 19 74 🧊 1 9 23 32 0.43 2 113 0 0 130
12 PP Pat Price 🇨🇦 D 26 59 🔥 1 8 24 32 0.54 0 90 0 0 193
13 LF Lee Fogolin 🇺🇸 D 26 80 🧊 1 13 17 30 0.38 0 89 0 0 139
14 DH Dave Hunter 🇨🇦 LW 23 78 🔥 1 12 16 28 0.36 0 104 0 0 98
15 DH Doug Hicks 🇨🇦 D 25 59 🧊 4 5 16 21 0.36 1 109 0 0 76
16 DS Dave Semenko 🇨🇦 LW 23 60 🧊 10 11 8 19 0.32 4 42 0 0 80
17 DM Don Murdoch 🇨🇦 RW 24 40 🧊 1 10 9 19 0.47 4 102 0 0 18
18 DL Dave Lumley 🇨🇦 RW 26 53 🔥 1 7 9 16 0.30 0 54 0 0 74
19 CB Curt Brackenbury 🇨🇦 RW 29 59 🧊 10 2 7 9 0.15 0 20 0 0 153
20 CH Charlie Huddy 🇨🇦 D 21 12 🧊 1 2 5 7 0.58 1 23 0 0 6
21 PD Peter Driscoll 🇨🇦 LW 26 22 🧊 10 2 3 5 0.23 1 17 0 0 43
22 DA Don Ashby 🇨🇦 C 26 6 🔥 3 2 3 5 0.83 1 13 0 0 2
23 JH John Hughes 🇨🇦 D 27 19 🧊 5 0 3 3 0.16 0 9 0 0 30
24 TR Tom Roulston 🇨🇦 C 23 11 🔥 1 1 1 2 0.18 0 9 0 0 2
25 GL Garry Lariviere 🇨🇦 D 26 13 🔥 1 0 2 2 0.15 0 8 0 0 6
26 RS Roy Sommer 🇺🇸 C 23 3 🧊 2 1 0 1 0.33 0 1 0 0 7
27 PH Pat Hughes 🇨🇦 RW 26 2 🧊 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 0 0 0
28 GU Garry Unger 🇨🇦 C 33 13 🧊 13 0 0 0 0.00 0 13 0 0 6
29 TB Tom Bladon 🇨🇦 D 28 1 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals · 29 skaters 80 328 533 861 10.76 77 2387 0 0 1520
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 5 goalies · sorted by goals against
# Goalie — sort by name GP — sort by games played 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 EM Eddie Mio 🇨🇦 G 27 43 21 3.60 0.000 0 155 55:31
2 RL Ron Low 🇨🇦 G 30 24 6 3.88 0.000 0 93 52:24
3 GE Gary Edwards 🇨🇦 G 33 15 6 2.93 0.000 0 44 48:31
4 AM Andy Moog 🇨🇦 G 21 7 3 2.86 0.000 0 20 44:49
5 PL Pete Lopresti 🇺🇸 G 26 2 0 4.00 0.000 0 8 52:05
🌍 Where the roster was born 3 countries · against the whole NHL in 1980-81

82% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. The team leans on Finland: 9% of its players, against 1% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 75% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 28
82%
even 649 (75%) Gretzky, Messier, Callighen, Anderson +24
Finland 3
9%
+8 181 (21%) Kurri, Hagman, Siltanen
United States 3
9%
-2 31 (4%) Fogolin, Sommer, Lopresti
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1980-81 Edmonton Oilers roster questions

Who led the Edmonton Oilers in scoring in 1980-81?

Wayne Gretzky led the Edmonton Oilers in scoring in 1980-81 with 164 points — 55 goals and 109 assists in 80 games. Next came Jari Kurri (75) and Mark Messier (63).

Who scored the most goals for the Edmonton Oilers in 1980-81?

Wayne Gretzky scored 55 goals for the Edmonton Oilers in 1980-81, 15 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Edmonton Oilers use in 1980-81?

The Edmonton Oilers dressed 34 players in 1980-81: 29 skaters and 5 goalies. Together the skaters scored 328 goals.

Who was the Edmonton Oilers starting goalie in 1980-81?

Eddie Mio played the most games in goal for the Edmonton Oilers in 1980-81: 43 games, 21 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.60 goals against average. Ron Low was the backup, in 24 games.

How old was the 1980-81 Edmonton Oilers roster?

The average age was 24.9 years. Paul Coffey was the youngest at 19, and Garry Unger the oldest at 33.

Where were the 1980-81 Edmonton Oilers players born?

The Edmonton Oilers used 34 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 28 in Canada, 3 in Finland and 3 in the United States. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 82% on this roster.