1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 65th season of the franchise, 55th season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1972–73 season.

Offseason

NHL draft Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team16Jim BenningPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)224Gary YaremchukPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)355Ernie GoddenWindsor Spitfires (OMJHL)590Normand LefrancoisTrois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)5102Barry BrigleyCalgary Wranglers (WHL)7132Andrew WrightPeterborough Petes (OMJHL)8153Richard TurmelShawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)9174Greg BarberVictoria Cougars (WHL)10195Marc MagnanLethbridge Broncos (WHL)

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 6, 1981||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||1–0–0

|2||T||October 8, 1981||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||1–0–1

|3||W||October 10, 1981||9–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||2–0–1

|4||L||October 14, 1981||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||2–1–1

|5||L||October 17, 1981||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||2–2–1

|6||T||October 21, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||2–2–2

|7||L||October 23, 1981||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||2–3–2

|8||L||October 24, 1981||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1981–82) ||2–4–2

|9||L||October 27, 1981||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||2–5–2

|10||W||October 28, 1981||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||3–5–2

|11||L||October 31, 1981||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||3–6–2

|12||L||November 1, 1981||4–9 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||3–7–2

|13||L||November 4, 1981||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||3–8–2

|14||T||November 6, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||3–8–3

|15||W||November 7, 1981||9–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) ||4–8–3

|16||L||November 11, 1981||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1981–82) ||4–9–3

|17||W||November 14, 1981||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||5–9–3

|18||L||November 18, 1981||5–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||5–10–3

|19||T||November 20, 1981||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||5–10–4

|20||L||November 21, 1981||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1981–82) ||5–11–4

|21||L||November 24, 1981||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||5–12–4

|22||T||November 25, 1981||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1981–82) ||5–12–5

|23||T||November 28, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||5–12–6

|24||W||November 29, 1981||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||6–12–6

|25||L||December 2, 1981||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||6–13–6

|26||W||December 5, 1981||9–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||7–13–6

|27||T||December 9, 1981||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||7–13–7

|28||L||December 11, 1981||2–11 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||7–14–7

|29||L||December 12, 1981||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||7–15–7

|30||T||December 16, 1981||6–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||7–15–8

|31||W||December 19, 1981||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||8–15–8

|32||W||December 20, 1981||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||9–15–8

|33||T||December 23, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||9–15–9

|34||W||December 26, 1981||8–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||10–15–9

|35||L||December 27, 1981||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||10–16–9

|36||L||December 30, 1981||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||10–17–9

|37||W||December 31, 1981||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||11–17–9

|38||L||January 2, 1982||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||11–18–9

|39||T||January 6, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||11–18–10

|40||T||January 7, 1982||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||11–18–11

|41||W||January 9, 1982||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) ||12–18–11

|42||L||January 11, 1982||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) ||12–19–11

|43||W||January 13, 1982||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||13–19–11

|44||L||January 15, 1982||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||13–20–11

|45||W||January 16, 1982||7–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||14–20–11

|46||W||January 18, 1982||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1981–82) ||15–20–11

|47||T||January 20, 1982||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||15–20–12

|48||L||January 21, 1982||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) ||15–21–12

|49||L||January 23, 1982||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||15–22–12

|50||L||January 25, 1982||2–9 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||15–23–12

|51||L||January 27, 1982||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||15–24–12

|52||T||January 30, 1982||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||15–24–13

|53||W||January 31, 1982||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||16–24–13

|54||L||February 3, 1982||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||16–25–13

|55||L||February 6, 1982||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||16–26–13

|56||L||February 7, 1982||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||16–27–13

|57||L||February 10, 1982||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||16–28–13

|58||L||February 13, 1982||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||16–29–13

|59||T||February 15, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||16–29–14

|60||T||February 17, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||16–29–15

|61||L||February 18, 1982||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||16–30–15

|62||W||February 20, 1982||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||17–30–15

|63||L||February 23, 1982||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||17–31–15

|64||L||February 24, 1982||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||17–32–15

|65||T||February 27, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||17–32–16

|66||L||March 1, 1982||5–9 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1981–82) ||17–33–16

|67||L||March 3, 1982||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) ||17–34–16

|68||L||March 4, 1982||1–10 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1981–82) ||17–35–16

|69||L||March 6, 1982||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||17–36–16

|70||L||March 10, 1982||6–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||17–37–16

|71||L||March 13, 1982||2–10 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||17–38–16

|72||W||March 17, 1982||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||18–38–16

|73||L||March 20, 1982||0–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||18–39–16

|74||W||March 22, 1982||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||19–39–16

|75||W||March 24, 1982||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||20–39–16

|76||L||March 27, 1982||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||20–40–16

|77||L||March 28, 1982||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||20–41–16

|78||L||March 30, 1982||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||20–42–16

|79||L||April 3, 1982||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||20–43–16

|80||L||April 4, 1982||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||20–44–16

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 77 54 35 89 157121256 C 75 34 50 84 425602 RW 69 18 40 58 203-21611 RW 69 31 26 57 308703 D 69 12 44 56 1704100 D 72 9 41 50 675310 LW 72 25 24 49 39-18401 C 38 18 20 38 24-14520 RW 55 13 24 37 37-11201 RW/C 65 17 16 33 49-16001 D 74 7 24 31 46-27200 C 54 9 19 28 150-3101 C 43 14 12 26 22-16301 LW 44 8 7 15 71-11100 D 57 2 11 13 329001 LW 38 5 6 11 29-6100 D 68 1 10 11 263-9000 RW 10 4 6 10 31-7102 C 39 4 4 8 32-7010 RW 43 0 8 8 14-4000 LW 11 3 4 7 80100 D 64 1 5 6 186-26000 C 7 2 3 5 0-2100 LW 10 2 2 4 2-4100 D 13 1 3 4 4-16000 D/LW 11 1 3 4 441000 G 50 0 3 3 20000 C 18 0 3 3 10-7000 RW 20 2 0 2 4-16000 C 5 1 1 2 61000 C 12 0 2 2 6-6000 D 27 0 2 2 67-13000 G 40 0 2 2 20000 D 12 0 2 2 8-4000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 RW 3 0 0 0 17-1000 D 3 0 0 0 0-5000 D 1 0 0 0 2-1000 D 3 0 0 0 2-4000 G 2 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2647 50 10 24 8 207 4.69 0 2033 40 10 18 8 153 4.52 1 120 2 0 2 0 13 6.50 0 Team: 4800 80 20 44 16 373 4.66 1

Transactions The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1981–82 season.

Trades August 10, 1981To Los Angeles KingsBob Gladney 6th round pick in 1983 – Kevin StevensTo Toronto Maple LeafsDon Luce September 11, 1981To Pittsburgh PenguinsPaul HarrisonTo Toronto Maple Leafs4th round pick in 1982 – Vladimir Ruzicka October 16, 1981To New York RangersPat HickeyTo Toronto Maple Leafs5th round pick in 1982 – Sylvain Charland November 11, 1981To Los Angeles KingsIan Turnbull (ice hockey)To Toronto Maple LeafsBilly Harris John Gibson January 20, 1982To Philadelphia FlyersDarryl SittlerTo Toronto Maple LeafsRich Costello Ken Strong 2nd round pick in 1982 – Peter Ihnacak February 3, 1982To Pittsburgh PenguinsGreg HothamTo Toronto Maple Leafs6th round pick in 1982 – Craig Kales 5th round pick in 1983 – Dan Hodgson March 8, 1982To Detroit Red Wings4th round pick in 1982 – Craig Coxe 5th round pick in 1983 – Joey KocurTo Toronto Maple LeafsJim Korn March 8, 1982To Edmonton OilersLaurie BoschmanTo Toronto Maple LeafsPhil Drouillard Walt Poddubny March 9, 1982To Quebec NordiquesWilf PaiementTo Toronto Maple LeafsMiroslav Frycer 7th round pick in 1982 – Jeff Triano

Waivers February 19, 1982From Los Angeles KingsTrevor Johansen

Free agents Player Former team Dave Logan Philadelphia Flyers Rick Blight Vancouver Canucks Bob Manno Vancouver Canucks Player New team Tim Coulis Vancouver Canucks

References Maple Leafs on Hockey Database