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1980-81 NHL Smythe standings
The St. Louis Blues won the 1980-81 NHL Smythe division race on 107 points, 29 points ahead of the Chicago Blackhawks.
🏆The 1980-81 playoffs, series by series
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Smythe standings, 1980-81
| Team | W | L | T | PTS | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| St. Louis Blues (STL) y | 45 | 18 | 17 | 107 | 4-4-2 | T1 |
| Chicago Blackhawks (CHI) x | 31 | 33 | 16 | 78 | 4-4-2 | W1 |
| Vancouver Canucks (VAN) x | 28 | 32 | 20 | 76 | 3-4-3 | L2 |
| Edmonton Oilers (EDM) x | 29 | 35 | 16 | 74 | 6-1-3 | W2 |
| Colorado Rockies (CLR) | 22 | 45 | 13 | 57 | 2-5-3 | T1 |
| Winnipeg Jets (1979) (WIN) | 9 | 57 | 14 | 32 | 1-7-2 | T1 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
- y
- clinched the division
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 8 times.
- The St. Louis Blues trailed by as many as 3 points on October 12, 1980.
- The St. Louis Blues took first place for good on November 22, 1980.
- The Chicago Blackhawks won 8 games in a row from January 4, 1981 to January 21, 1981, the longest run of the race.
- The Chicago Blackhawks led by 2 points as late as October 20, 1980.
- The St. Louis Blues went 11-3-7 from January 20, 1981 to March 3, 1981, turning a lead of 8 points into a lead of 28 points.
- The top two ended the day within two points of each other on 35 of the 151 days played.
- Four teams held first place.
- The St. Louis Blues spent 169 of the season's 179 charted days in first place.