| Sep 27, 1980 Sat | Preseason | Minnesota | Edmonton | McCarthy-Price (Rough) Jackson-Messier |
| Sep 28, 1980 Sun | Preseason | Minnesota | Edmonton | (Cheap) unknown-Fogolin Jackson-Hunter Chicoine-Semenko Jackson-Semenko |
| Sep 29, 1980 Mon | Preseason | Minnesota | Winnipeg | Friest-Cameron |
| Sep 30, 1980 Tue | Preseason | Calgary | Minnesota | Smith-Smith |
| Oct 1, 1980 Wed | Preseason | Minnesota | Calgary | Friest-Hunter |
| Oct 4, 1980 Sat | Preseason | Minnesota | Quebec | MacAdam-Hunter |
| Oct 5, 1980 Sun | Preseason | Minnesota | Quebec | Maxwell-Clackson |
| Oct 11, 1980 Sat | | Hartford | Minnesota | Rowe-Younghans |
| Oct 15, 1980 Wed | | Boston | Minnesota | Miller-Zanussi |
| Oct 17, 1980 Fri | | Minnesota | Colorado | Maxwell-Gillis Sharpley-Unknown |
| Oct 18, 1980 Sat | | Minnesota | Calgary | Add Fight |
| Oct 22, 1980 Wed | | Quebec | Minnesota | Norwood-Zanussi Hunter-McCarthy |
| Oct 24, 1980 Fri | | Minnesota | Edmonton | Hartsburg-Hicks |
| Oct 25, 1980 Sat | | Winnipeg | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Oct 29, 1980 Wed | | St. Louis | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Nov 1, 1980 Sat | | Pittsburgh | Minnesota | Hughes-Shmyr |
| Nov 2, 1980 Sun | | Calgary | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Nov 7, 1980 Fri | | Minnesota | Vancouver | Carlson-Ashton Carlson-Snepsts Smith-Rota |
| Nov 9, 1980 Sun | | Minnesota | Chicago | MacAdam-Robidoux |
| Nov 11, 1980 Tue | | Minnesota | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Nov 12, 1980 Wed | | Minnesota | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Nov 15, 1980 Sat | | Chicago | Minnesota | Robidoux-Smith |
| Nov 17, 1980 Mon | | NY Islanders | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Nov 19, 1980 Wed | | Minnesota | Pittsburgh | Sharpley-Lonsberry |
| Nov 20, 1980 Thu | | Minnesota | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Nov 22, 1980 Sat | | Chicago | Minnesota | Ruskowski-Zanussi Bulley-Shmyr Lecuyer-Carlson |
| Nov 26, 1980 Wed | | Minnesota | Quebec | Add Fight |
| Nov 29, 1980 Sat | | Minnesota | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Dec 1, 1980 Mon | | Minnesota | NY Rangers | Add Fight |
| Dec 3, 1980 Wed | | Minnesota | Washington | Add Fight |
| Dec 6, 1980 Sat | | Buffalo | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Dec 7, 1980 Sun | | Detroit | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Dec 9, 1980 Tue | | Minnesota | St. Louis | Zanussi-Hart |
| Dec 10, 1980 Wed | | Los Angeles | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Dec 13, 1980 Sat | | Winnipeg | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Dec 15, 1980 Mon | | Toronto | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Dec 17, 1980 Wed | | Minnesota | Toronto | Roberts-Sittler |
| Dec 20, 1980 Sat | | NY Rangers | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Dec 23, 1980 Tue | | Minnesota | Detroit | Christoff-Hicks |
| Dec 26, 1980 Fri | | Minnesota | Winnipeg | Younghans-Lecuyer |
| Dec 27, 1980 Sat | | Colorado | Minnesota | Vautour-Hartsburg |
| Dec 30, 1980 Tue | | Philadelphia | Minnesota | Dailey-McCarthy (7) |
| Jan 3, 1981 Sat | | Washington | Minnesota | Maruk-Roberts |
| Jan 4, 1981 Sun | | Minnesota | Buffalo | Add Fight |
| Jan 7, 1981 Wed | | Vancouver | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Jan 9, 1981 Fri | | Minnesota | Colorado | (Rough) Sargent-Vautour |
| Jan 10, 1981 Sat | | Washington | Minnesota | Ribble-Carlson Mulvey-Carlson McTaggart-Younghans |
| Jan 12, 1981 Mon | | Minnesota | Boston | Carlson-McCrimmon (5) Friest-Jonathan (4.5) Roberts-O'Reilly |
| Jan 14, 1981 Wed | | Minnesota | Buffalo | Zanussi-Gare (5.3) |
| Jan 17, 1981 Sat | | Quebec | Minnesota | Paddock-Smith |
| Jan 19, 1981 Mon | | Montreal | Minnesota | Nilan-Smith (7) Shutt-Andersson |
| Jan 21, 1981 Wed | | Minnesota | Washington | McCarthy-McTaggart |
| Jan 22, 1981 Thu | | Minnesota | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Jan 24, 1981 Sat | | Edmonton | Minnesota | (Cheap) Coffey-unknown |
| Jan 26, 1981 Mon | | Calgary | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Jan 28, 1981 Wed | | Minnesota | Pittsburgh | Add Fight |
| Jan 29, 1981 Thu | | Minnesota | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Jan 31, 1981 Sat | | NY Rangers | Minnesota | Laidlaw-Smith (6) (Cheap) Hospodar-Smith Laidlaw-MacAdam (5.5) |
| Feb 4, 1981 Wed | | Minnesota | Quebec | Payne-Pichette |
| Feb 5, 1981 Thu | | Minnesota | Montreal | (Rough) McCarthy-Nilan McCarthy-Nilan Mini-Brawl at 46:09 |
| Feb 7, 1981 Sat | | Minnesota | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Feb 8, 1981 Sun | | Minnesota | NY Rangers | Add Fight |
| Feb 12, 1981 Thu | | Toronto | Minnesota | Vaive-Younghans |
| Feb 14, 1981 Sat | | Hartford | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Feb 15, 1981 Sun | | Vancouver | Minnesota | Line Brawl at 39:11 Butler-Roberts Minor-Ciccarelli McCarthy-Smith Ashton-Payne (Rough) Lanz-Carlson |
| Feb 18, 1981 Wed | | Colorado | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Feb 20, 1981 Fri | | Minnesota | Winnipeg | Add Fight |
| Feb 21, 1981 Sat | | Minnesota | Toronto | Smith-Sedlbauer |
| Feb 23, 1981 Mon | | NY Islanders | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Feb 25, 1981 Wed | | Minnesota | Hartford | Jackson-Brubaker Smith-Nachbaur |
| Feb 26, 1981 Thu | | Minnesota | Boston | Mini-Brawl at 0:07 Smith-Kasper (2.7) Payne-Crowder (2.7) Scrum at 2:53 Carlson-O'Reilly (2.5) Younghans-Milbury (4.5) Hartsburg-Gillis (3.3) Bench-Clearing Brawl at 8:58 (10) MacAdam-Bourque (5) Smith-McCrimmon (5.4) Roberts-McCrimmon (5.2) Smith-Crowder Maxwell-Cashman (7) Zanussi-Middleton (4.7) Shmyr-Kasper (5) (Rough) Young-Lalonde Christoff-Foster (3) Christoff-Lalonde (3) |
| Feb 28, 1981 Sat | | Philadelphia | Minnesota | Mini-Brawl at 32:23 Flockhart-MacAdam (2.5) Busniuk-Maxwell (3.5) |
| Mar 4, 1981 Wed | | Boston | Minnesota | Jonathan-Zanussi (6.8) Milbury-Smith (3.5) Milbury-Carlson (2) |
| Mar 7, 1981 Sat | | Pittsburgh | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Mar 9, 1981 Mon | | Montreal | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Mar 11, 1981 Wed | | Buffalo | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Mar 12, 1981 Thu | | Minnesota | Calgary | Add Fight |
| Mar 14, 1981 Sat | | Minnesota | Los Angeles | Event Friest-Hopkins Polich-Bonar |
| Mar 18, 1981 Wed | | Edmonton | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Mar 20, 1981 Fri | | Minnesota | Edmonton | Add Fight |
| Mar 22, 1981 Sun | | Detroit | Minnesota | Event at 50:03 |
| Mar 24, 1981 Tue | | Los Angeles | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Mar 28, 1981 Sat | | Minnesota | Los Angeles | Hartsburg-Hopkins Maxwell-St. Laurent |
| Mar 29, 1981 Sun | | Minnesota | Vancouver | Beaupre-Williams |
| Mar 31, 1981 Tue | | St. Louis | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Apr 4, 1981 Sat | | Minnesota | St. Louis | (Cheap) Maxwell-Unknown Christoff-Sutter |
| Apr 5, 1981 Sun | | Minnesota | Chicago | Roberts-Kerr |
| Apr 8, 1981 Wed | Round 1 | Game 1 | Minnesota | Boston | Carlson-Milbury (5) |
| Apr 9, 1981 Thu | Round 1 | Game 2 | Minnesota | Boston | Maxwell-Jonathan (8.3) Carlson-Milbury (4.3) Carlson-Crowder (5.7) (Cheap) unknown-O'Reilly Smith-Park (6) |
| Apr 11, 1981 Sat | Round 1 | Game 3 | Boston | Minnesota | Crowder-Carlson (2) Jonathan-Ciccarelli (5) |
| Apr 16, 1981 Thu | QF | Game 1 | Minnesota | Buffalo | Add Fight |
| Apr 17, 1981 Fri | QF | Game 2 | Minnesota | Buffalo | Smith-Van Boxmeer |
| Apr 19, 1981 Sun | QF | Game 3 | Buffalo | Minnesota | (Cheap) unknown-Carlson |
| Apr 20, 1981 Mon | QF | Game 4 | Buffalo | Minnesota | Hajt-Carlson (7) Savard-Young Ruff-Maxwell Playfair-Christoff (6.4) Ruff-Christoff |
| Apr 22, 1981 Wed | QF | Game 5 | Minnesota | Buffalo | Smith-McClanahan Smith-Playfair |
| Apr 28, 1981 Tue | SF | Game 1 | Minnesota | Calgary | Add Fight |
| Apr 30, 1981 Thu | SF | Game 2 | Minnesota | Calgary | Broten-MacMillan |
| May 3, 1981 Sun | SF | Game 3 | Calgary | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| May 5, 1981 Tue | SF | Game 4 | Calgary | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| May 7, 1981 Thu | SF | Game 5 | Minnesota | Calgary | Add Fight |
| May 9, 1981 Sat | SF | Game 6 | Calgary | Minnesota | Holt-Roberts |
| May 12, 1981 Tue | Final | Game 1 | Minnesota | NY Islanders | (Cheap) Maxwell-Bourne |
| May 14, 1981 Thu | Final | Game 2 | Minnesota | NY Islanders | (Refused) Barrett-Bourne Maxwell-Bourne (7) |
| May 17, 1981 Sun | Final | Game 3 | NY Islanders | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| May 19, 1981 Tue | Final | Game 4 | NY Islanders | Minnesota | Lorimer-Ciccarelli Crowd Trouble at 31:30 |
| May 21, 1981 Thu | Final | Game 5 | Minnesota | NY Islanders | Scrum at 24:01 (3) Event at 60:00 |