The Montréal Canadiens used 30 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 56-24-0 record. Steve Shutt led the team with 73 points (35 goals, 38 assists) in 77 games. Richard Sevigny played the most games in goal (33).
| # | 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 | Steve Shutt 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 77 | 🧊 5 | 35 | 38 | 73 | 0.95 | 7 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 51 | — |
| 2 | Mark Napier 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 79 | 🔥 3 | 35 | 36 | 71 | 0.90 | 5 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 3 | Guy Lafleur 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 51 | 🔥 6 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 1.37 | 7 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 4 | Mario Tremblay 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 77 | 🔥 1 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 0.82 | 4 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 123 | — |
| 5 | Rejean Houle 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 77 | 🔥 2 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 0.75 | 6 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 83 | — |
| 6 | Yvon Lambert 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 73 | 🔥 2 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 0.74 | 4 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 7 | Pierre Larouche 🇨🇦 C 25 | 61 | 🔥 2 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 0.87 | 5 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 8 | Larry Robinson 🇨🇦 D 29 | 65 | 🧊 1 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 0.77 | 7 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 9 | Bob Gainey 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 78 | 🧊 2 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 0.60 | 5 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 10 | Rod Langway 🇹🇼 D 23 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 0.56 | 5 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 120 | — |
| 11 | Pierre Mondou 🇨🇦 C 25 | 57 | 🔥 1 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 0.72 | 5 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 12 | Keith Acton 🇨🇦 C 22 | 61 | 🔥 2 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 0.64 | 3 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 74 | — |
| 13 | Doug Jarvis 🇨🇦 C 26 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 0.47 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 14 | Doug Risebrough 🇨🇦 C 27 | 48 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 0.71 | 1 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 93 | — |
| 15 | Brian Engblom 🇨🇦 D 26 | 80 | 🔥 2 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 0.35 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 96 | — |
| 16 | Gaston Gingras 🇨🇦 D 22 | 55 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.38 | 3 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 17 | Serge Savard 🇨🇦 D 35 | 77 | 🧊 12 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0.22 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 18 | Doug Wickenheiser 🇨🇦 C 20 | 41 | 🧊 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.37 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 19 | Chris Nilan 🇺🇸 RW 23 | 64 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.23 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 262 | — |
| 20 | Guy Lapointe 🇨🇦 D 33 | 34 | 🧊 10 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.29 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 79 | — |
| 21 | Robert Picard 🇨🇦 D 23 | 8 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.50 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 22 | Guy Carbonneau 🇨🇦 C 21 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Rick Chartraw 🇻🇪 D 26 | 16 | 🔥 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 24 | Bill Baker 🇺🇸 D 24 | 12 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 25 | David Orleski 🇨🇦 D 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Yvan Joly 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 26 skaters | 80 | 332 | 515 | 847 | 10.59 | 72 | 2709 | 0 | 0 | 1338 |
| # | 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 | Michel Larocque 🇨🇦 G 28 | 28 | 18 | 2.93 | 0.000 | 0 | 82 | 57:49 | |
| 2 | Richard Sevigny 🇨🇦 G 23 | 33 | 25 | 2.15 | 0.000 | 0 | 71 | 53:49 | |
| 3 | Denis Herron 🇨🇦 G 28 | 25 | 14 | 2.68 | 0.000 | 0 | 67 | 45:41 | |
| 4 | Rick Wamsley 🇨🇦 G 21 | 5 | 5 | 1.60 | 0.000 | 0 | 8 | 50:22 |
87% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 93% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 26 |
|
+5 | 787 (93%) | Shutt, Napier, Lafleur, Tremblay +22 |
| United States | 2 |
|
-4 | 15 (2%) | Nilan, Baker |
| Taiwan | 1 |
|
+3 | 45 (5%) | Langway |
| Venezuela | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Chartraw |
Steve Shutt led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 1980-81 with 73 points — 35 goals and 38 assists in 77 games. Next came Mark Napier (71) and Guy Lafleur (70).
Steve Shutt scored 35 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1980-81, 7 of them on the power play.
The Montréal Canadiens dressed 30 players in 1980-81: 26 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 332 goals.
Richard Sevigny played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in 1980-81: 33 games, 25 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.15 goals against average. Michel Larocque was the backup, in 28 games.
The average age was 25.5 years. Doug Wickenheiser was the youngest at 20, and Serge Savard the oldest at 35.
The Montréal Canadiens used 30 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 26 in Canada, 2 in the United States and 1 in Taiwan. The other 1 came from Venezuela. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 87% on this roster.