Final Standings League Team gp w l t pts pct gf ga Edmonton OILERS 80 48 30 2 98 .613 340 266 Québec NORDIQUES 80 41 34 5 87 .544 288 271 Winnipeg JETS 80 39 35 6 84 .525 307 306 New England WHALERS 80 37 34 9 83 .519 298 287 Cincinnati STINGERS 80 33 41 6 72 .450 274 284 Birmingham BULLS 80 32 42 6 70 .438 286 311 Indianapolis RACERS 25 5 18 2 12 .240 78 130 Soviet All-Stars 6 4 1 1 9 .750 27 20 Czechoslovakia 6 1 4 1 3 .250 14 33 Finland 1 0 1 0 0 .000 4 8 Home Records Away Records Team gp w l t pts pct gf ga Team gp w l t pts pct gf ga Edmonton 41 29 11 1 59 .720 192 120 Edmonton 39 19 19 1 39 .500 148 146 Québec 41 24 13 4 52 .634 166 132 New England 39 15 15 9 39 .500 137 152 Winnipeg 41 22 15 4 48 .585 163 143 Winnipeg 39 17 20 2 36 .462 144 163 New England 41 22 19 0 44 .537 161 135 Québec 39 17 21 1 35 .449 122 139 Cincinnati 41 21 16 4 46 .561 156 135 Cincinnati 39 12 25 2 26 .333 118 149 Birmingham 41 20 16 5 45 .549 155 140 Birmingham 39 12 26 1 25 .321 131 171 Indianapolis 13 4 8 1 9 .346 50 68 Indianapolis 12 1 10 1 3 .125 28 62 Statistical Leaders Top five in each category. Goals: 75, Real Cloutier (Québec), 65, Morris Lukowich (Winnipeg), 46, Wayne Short-handed Goals: 6, Mark Howe (New England); 4, Blair MacDonald Gretzky (Indianapolis-Edmonton), Peter Sullivan (Winnipeg); 43, Peter Marsh (Edmonton), Andre Lacroix (New England); 3, Steve Carlson (Edmonton), Serge (Cincinnati); Mark Howe (New England). Bernier (Québec), Robbie Ftorek (Cincinnati); 2, shared by many. Assists: 77, Robbie Ftorek (Cincinnati); 68, Kent Nilsson (Winnipeg); 66, Terry Goaltending Minutes: 3531, Dave Dryden (Edmonton); 3181, Mike Liut Ruskowski (Winnipeg); 65, Mark Howe (New England); 64, Wayne Gretzky (Cincinnati); 2990, Markus Mattsson (Winnipeg); 2511, Pat Riggin (Birmingham); (Indianapolis-Edmonton). 2496, John Garrett (New England). Points: 129, Real Cloutier (Québec); 116, Robbie Ftorek (Cincinnati); 110, Wayne Goals Against Average: 2.89, Dave Dryden (Edmonton); 3.11, Richard Brodeur Gretzky (Indianapolis-Edmonton); 107, Mark Howe (New England), Kent Nilsson (Québec); 3.30, Jim Corsi (Québec); 3.31, Al Smith (New England); 3.32, Michel (Winnipeg); 99, Morris Lukowich (Winnipeg). Dion (Cincinnati). Penalty Minutes: 248, Scott Campbell (Winnipeg), Rick Vaive (Birmingham); Wins: 41, Dave Dryden (Edmonton); 25, Richard Brodeur (Québec), Markus 240, Paul Baxter (Québec); 222, Barry Melrose (Cincinnati); 212, Dave Hanson Mattsson (Winnipeg); 23, Mike Liut (Cincinnati); 20, John Garrett (New England); (Birmingham); 211, Terry Ruskowski (Winnipeg). 17, Al Smith (New England). Power-play Goals: 23, Peter Marsh (Cincinnati); 21, Real Cloutier (Québec); 16, Shutouts: 3, Richard Brodeur (Québec), Jim Corsi (Québec), Dave Dryden Morris Lukowich (Winnipeg); 14, Robbie Ftorek (Cincinnati), Richie Leduc (Edmonton), Mike Liut (Cincinnati); 2, John Garrett (New England), Ed Mio (Indianapolis-Québec); 13, Mark Howe (New England). (Indianapolis-Edmonton); 1, Pat Riggin (Birmingham), Al Smith (New England). Year-End All-Star Teams First Team: Goal: Dave Dryden (Edmonton), Defense: Rick Ley (New Second Team: Goal: Richard Brodeur (Québec), Defense: Dave Langevin England) and Rob Ramage (Birmingham), Center: Robbie Ftorek (Cincinnati), (Edmonton) and Paul Shmyr (Edmonton), Center: Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton), Right Wing: Real Cloutier (Québec), Left Wing: Mark Howe (New England). Right Wing: Blair MacDonald (Edmonton), Left Wing: Morris Lukowich (Winnipeg). 373 .