December 20th, 1980 NHL Standings and Leaders
| Atlantic | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | DIFF |
| Montreal Canadiens | 40 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 55 | 35 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 53 | 28 |
| Boston Bruins | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 49 | 28 |
| Florida Panthers | 41 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 43 | 9 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 40 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 40 | -15 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 37 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 36 | -22 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 40 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 28 | -38 |
| Ottawa Senators | 40 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 25 | -70 |
| Metropolitan | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | DIFF |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 50 | 11 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 46 | 11 |
| New Jersey Devils | 40 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 44 | 15 |
| Pittsburgh Penquins | 38 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 41 | -2 |
| New York Islanders | 37 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 40 | -1 |
| Washington Capitals | 40 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 38 | -24 |
| New York Rangers | 40 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 33 | -25 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 38 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 28 | -38 |
| Pacific | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | DIFF |
| Vancouver Canucks | 41 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 66 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 40 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 51 | 20 |
| Arizona Coyotes | 41 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 50 | 12 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 39 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 22 |
| Anaheim Ducks | 41 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 43 | 2 |
| Calgary Flames | 40 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 38 | -28 |
| San Jose Sharks | 38 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 31 | -29 |
| Central | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | DIFF |
| Colorado Avalanche | 40 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 52 | 44 |
| St Louis Blues | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 50 | 34 |
| Dallas Stars | 39 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 50 | 23 |
| Nashville Predators | 39 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 28 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 47 | 9 |
| Minnesota Wild | 40 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 36 | -3 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 40 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 34 | -32 |
Very extremely pleased with our position in the standings. No serious injuries to speak of so far this season. So far we are ranked 8th with only 52 injury days this season.
| NHL Leaders | Team | Goals |
| Jeffrey Lang | STL | 30 |
| Joel Wray | TOR | 28 |
| Brendan Pengilly | NJD | 25 |
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| NHL Leaders | Team | Assists |
| Junior Bennett | TOR | 33 |
| Simon Pavlicek | NJD | 32 |
| Millard Burleigh | COL | 32 |
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| NHL Leaders | Team | Points |
| Jeffrey Lang | STL | 56 |
| Joel Wray | TOR | 55 |
| Brendan Pengilly | NJD | 49 |
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| NHL Leaders | Team | +/- |
| Frank Rawlinson | VAN | 35 |
| Scott Powell | VAN | 33 |
| Maxime Jalbert | VAN | 32 |
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| NHL Leaders | Team | PIMS |
| John Marshall | PHI | 128 |
| Dylan Gresham | NSH | 118 |
| Hank Gillette | CBJ | 112 |
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| NHL Leaders | Team | WINS |
| Wilf Nestor | MTL | 23 |
| Bobby Benson | EDM | 22 |
| Karl Maurice | VAN | 21 |
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| NHL Leaders | Team | GAA |
| Bobby Benson | EDM | 2.03 |
| Wilf Nestor | MTL | 2.06 |
| Tyrone Inslip | BOS | 2.09 |
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| NHL Leaders | Team | SV% |
| Bobby Benson | EDM | 0.931 |
| Milan Fujerik | CHI | 0.930 |
| Tyrone Inslip | BOS | 0.922 |
Our goalie Wilf Nestor amoung the leaders this season. He has had a terrific the past 20 games Montreal has played.