| Sep 20, 1980 Sat | Preseason | Toronto | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Sep 21, 1980 Sun | Preseason | Buffalo | Montreal | (Rough) Playfair-Nilan |
| Sep 22, 1980 Mon | Preseason | Buffalo | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Sep 24, 1980 Wed | Preseason | Montreal | Toronto | Gingras-Saganiuk
Mini-Brawl at 17:38
Nilan-Boschman
Chartraw-Saganiuk |
| Sep 27, 1980 Sat | Preseason | Montreal | Philadelphia | Nilan-Wilson
Nilan-Wilson
Scrum at 35:20 |
| Sep 28, 1980 Sun | Preseason | Montreal | Chicago | (Cheap) unknown-Hutchison
Nilan-Hutchison
Risebrough-Preston |
| Sep 30, 1980 Tue | Preseason | Boston | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Oct 2, 1980 Thu | Preseason | Montreal | Chicago | Add Fight |
| Oct 3, 1980 Fri | Preseason | Boston | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Oct 6, 1980 Mon | Preseason | Montreal | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Oct 11, 1980 Sat | | Chicago | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Oct 12, 1980 Sun | | Montreal | Boston | Add Fight |
| Oct 15, 1980 Wed | | Montreal | Washington | Add Fight |
| Oct 18, 1980 Sat | | Vancouver | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Oct 19, 1980 Sun | | Montreal | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Oct 21, 1980 Tue | | Montreal | St. Louis | Add Fight |
| Oct 23, 1980 Thu | | Montreal | Chicago | Event at 13:52 |
| Oct 25, 1980 Sat | | Buffalo | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Oct 28, 1980 Tue | | Montreal | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Oct 30, 1980 Thu | | Hartford | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Nov 1, 1980 Sat | | NY Rangers | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Nov 4, 1980 Tue | | Quebec | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Nov 6, 1980 Thu | | Montreal | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Nov 8, 1980 Sat | | Los Angeles | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Nov 11, 1980 Tue | | Montreal | Colorado | Add Fight |
| Nov 12, 1980 Wed | | Montreal | Los Angeles | Add Fight |
| Nov 14, 1980 Fri | | Montreal | Vancouver | Add Fight |
| Nov 16, 1980 Sun | | Montreal | Winnipeg | Houle-Manery |
| Nov 19, 1980 Wed | | Montreal | Toronto | Add Fight |
| Nov 20, 1980 Thu | | Detroit | Montreal | Hamel-Nilan
Polonich-Langway |
| Nov 22, 1980 Sat | | Philadelphia | Montreal | Kerr-Baker
Busniuk-Baker (3)
Busniuk-Langway
Bridgman-Langway (1.5)
Kerr-Baker |
| Nov 25, 1980 Tue | | Calgary | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Nov 27, 1980 Thu | | NY Islanders | Montreal | (Rough) Langevin-Shutt |
| Nov 29, 1980 Sat | | Minnesota | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Dec 3, 1980 Wed | | Montreal | Buffalo | Add Fight |
| Dec 4, 1980 Thu | | Pittsburgh | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Dec 6, 1980 Sat | | Boston | Montreal | Secord-Nilan (6.3) |
| Dec 10, 1980 Wed | | Montreal | Pittsburgh | Add Fight |
| Dec 11, 1980 Thu | | Toronto | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Dec 13, 1980 Sat | | Edmonton | Montreal | (Rough) Price-Napier
(Rough) Price-Tremblay |
| Dec 17, 1980 Wed | | Montreal | Vancouver | Nilan-Williams |
| Dec 18, 1980 Thu | | Montreal | Calgary | (Cheap) Tremblay-Plett |
| Dec 20, 1980 Sat | | Montreal | Edmonton | Add Fight |
| Dec 23, 1980 Tue | | Montreal | Quebec | Add Fight |
| Dec 27, 1980 Sat | | Washington | Montreal | Mulvey-Langway (3.5)
McTaggart-Tremblay (6) |
| Dec 28, 1980 Sun | | Montreal | NY Rangers | Add Fight |
| Dec 30, 1980 Tue | | Los Angeles | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Jan 2, 1981 Fri | | Montreal | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Jan 3, 1981 Sat | | Chicago | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Jan 6, 1981 Tue | | Montreal | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Jan 8, 1981 Thu | | Pittsburgh | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Jan 10, 1981 Sat | | Quebec | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Jan 12, 1981 Mon | | Edmonton | Montreal | Brackenbury-Tremblay |
| Jan 15, 1981 Thu | | Winnipeg | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Jan 17, 1981 Sat | | Montreal | Toronto | Nilan-Maloney (3) |
| Jan 19, 1981 Mon | | Montreal | Minnesota | Nilan-Smith (7)
Shutt-Andersson |
| Jan 21, 1981 Wed | | Montreal | Chicago | Risebrough-Murray
Nilan-Higgins
Risebrough-Sutter
Nilan-Secord |
| Jan 24, 1981 Sat | | Philadelphia | Montreal | Busniuk-Nilan (5.2)
Cochrane-Nilan (7) |
| Jan 28, 1981 Wed | | Montreal | Edmonton | (Rough) Mondou-Hicks
Langway-Sommer
Risebrough-Messier |
| Jan 29, 1981 Thu | | Montreal | Calgary | Add Fight |
| Jan 31, 1981 Sat | | Montreal | Los Angeles | Add Fight |
| Feb 3, 1981 Tue | | Montreal | Colorado | Add Fight |
| Feb 5, 1981 Thu | | Minnesota | Montreal | (Rough) McCarthy-Nilan
McCarthy-Nilan
Mini-Brawl at 46:09 |
| Feb 7, 1981 Sat | | Boston | Montreal | (Cheap) Redmond-Lambert |
| Feb 12, 1981 Thu | | St. Louis | Montreal | (Rough) Patey-Tremblay
Scrum at 1:24
(Cheap) Zuke-Houle
Lapointe-Nilan (6)
(Rough) Sutter-Risebrough
Lapointe-Nilan (4) |
| Feb 14, 1981 Sat | | Washington | Montreal | Line Brawl at 45:45
Hangsleben-Robinson (3.5)
(Cheap) Hangsleben-Nilan
McTaggart-Tremblay
Mulvey-Nilan |
| Feb 15, 1981 Sun | | Montreal | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Feb 19, 1981 Thu | | Buffalo | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Feb 21, 1981 Sat | | Detroit | Montreal | Foligno-Nilan (5.5) |
| Feb 22, 1981 Sun | | Montreal | Buffalo | Add Fight |
| Feb 24, 1981 Tue | | Montreal | St. Louis | Add Fight |
| Feb 26, 1981 Thu | | Colorado | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Feb 28, 1981 Sat | | Toronto | Montreal | Picard-Nilan |
| Mar 1, 1981 Sun | | Montreal | NY Rangers | Nilan-Beck (5) |
| Mar 4, 1981 Wed | | Winnipeg | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Mar 7, 1981 Sat | | Montreal | Winnipeg | Add Fight |
| Mar 9, 1981 Mon | | Montreal | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Mar 11, 1981 Wed | | Montreal | Pittsburgh | (Rough) Risebrough-Rissling
Risebrough-Rissling
(Cheap) Lafleur-Sheppard
Abuse at 51:36 |
| Mar 12, 1981 Thu | | St. Louis | Montreal | Maxwell-Risebrough (4)
Sutter-Lapointe
Brawl at 30:43
Kea-Risebrough
Maxwell-Lapointe |
| Mar 14, 1981 Sat | | Colorado | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Mar 17, 1981 Tue | | Montreal | NY Islanders | Langway-Nystrom |
| Mar 18, 1981 Wed | | Montreal | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Mar 21, 1981 Sat | | Vancouver | Montreal | Line Brawl at 9:20
Williams-Lapointe (6)
(Rough) Williams-Tremblay
(Rough) Snepsts-Lapointe (4) |
| Mar 22, 1981 Sun | | Montreal | Washington | Nilan-Walter |
| Mar 26, 1981 Thu | | Calgary | Montreal | Plett-Nilan |
| Mar 28, 1981 Sat | | NY Rangers | Montreal | Maloney-Nilan (3.5) |
| Mar 29, 1981 Sun | | Montreal | Quebec | Add Fight |
| Mar 31, 1981 Tue | | NY Islanders | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Apr 3, 1981 Fri | | Hartford | Montreal | Brubaker-Nilan (4)
Nachbaur-Risebrough
(Rough) Kemp-Nilan
Rowe-Picard |
| Apr 5, 1981 Sun | | Montreal | Boston | Nilan-Jonathan (3)
Nilan-Jonathan (5.6) |
| Apr 8, 1981 Wed | Round 1 | Game 1 | Edmonton | Montreal | Hunter-Lapointe
(Rough) Messier-Robinson |
| Apr 9, 1981 Thu | Round 1 | Game 2 | Edmonton | Montreal | Lowe-Tremblay |
| Apr 11, 1981 Sat | Round 1 | Game 3 | Montreal | Edmonton | Add Fight |