1981 NHL Goals by Team

The Edmonton Oilers led the NHL in goals in 1981, with 417, 32 ahead of the New York Islanders. The average across 21 NHL teams is 321.0.

Led the NHL in 1981 Edmonton Oilers 80 games

417 Goals 32 clear of New York Islanders

#	Team	G	G
1	Edmonton Oilers	80	417
2	New York Islanders	80	385
3	Montréal Canadiens	80	360
4	Quebec Nordiques	80	356
5	Minnesota North Stars	80	346
6	Calgary Flames	80	334
7	Chicago Blackhawks	80	332
8	Philadelphia Flyers	80	325
9	Boston Bruins	80	323
	NHL average		321.0
10	Washington Capitals	80	319
10	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	80	319
12	New York Rangers	80	316
13	St. Louis Blues	80	315
14	Los Angeles Kings	80	314
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	80	310
16	Buffalo Sabres	80	307
17	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	298
18	Vancouver Canucks	80	290
19	Detroit Red Wings	80	270
20	Hartford Whalers	80	264
21	Colorado Rockies	80	241

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.