1981 NHL Goals Against by Team

The Toronto Maple Leafs led the NHL in goals against in 1981, with 373, 11 ahead of the Los Angeles Kings. The average across 21 NHL teams is 315.7.

Led the NHL in 1981 Toronto Maple Leafs 80 games

373 Goals Against 11 clear of Los Angeles Kings

#	Team	G	GA
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	373
2	Los Angeles Kings	80	362
3	Colorado Rockies	80	356
4	Chicago Blackhawks	80	352
5	Hartford Whalers	80	345
6	St. Louis Blues	80	344
7	Detroit Red Wings	80	343
8	Calgary Flames	80	342
9	Quebec Nordiques	80	341
10	Washington Capitals	80	334
11	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	329
12	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	326
	NHL average		315.7
13	Philadelphia Flyers	80	307
14	New York Rangers	80	303
15	Edmonton Oilers	80	289
16	Minnesota North Stars	80	283
16	Vancouver Canucks	80	283
18	Boston Bruins	80	282
19	Buffalo Sabres	80	267
20	New York Islanders	80	247
21	Montréal Canadiens	80	222

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as save percentage and goals against average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.