| Sep 20, 1980 Sat | Preseason | Hartford | Colorado | Brubaker-Hughes |
| Sep 21, 1980 Sun | Preseason | Detroit | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Sep 24, 1980 Wed | Preseason | Chicago | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Sep 26, 1980 Fri | Preseason | Boston | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Sep 27, 1980 Sat | Preseason | Boston | Hartford | MacTavish-Miller |
| Sep 29, 1980 Mon | Preseason | NY Rangers | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Oct 1, 1980 Wed | Preseason | Hartford | Chicago | (Rough) Fotiu-Mulvey Boutette-Fox |
| Oct 2, 1980 Thu | Preseason | Hartford | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Oct 5, 1980 Sun | Preseason | Hartford | Washington | Add Fight |
| Oct 9, 1980 Thu | | Hartford | St. Louis | Add Fight |
| Oct 11, 1980 Sat | | Hartford | Minnesota | Rowe-Younghans |
| Oct 12, 1980 Sun | | Hartford | Buffalo | Add Fight |
| Oct 15, 1980 Wed | | Hartford | Pittsburgh | Neufeld-Anderson |
| Oct 18, 1980 Sat | | Detroit | Hartford | Korn-Alley |
| Oct 19, 1980 Sun | | NY Islanders | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Oct 22, 1980 Wed | | Colorado | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Oct 25, 1980 Sat | | Quebec | Hartford | Hunter-Roberts |
| Oct 26, 1980 Sun | | Hartford | Philadelphia | Fotiu-Holmgren |
| Oct 29, 1980 Wed | | Detroit | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Oct 30, 1980 Thu | | Hartford | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Nov 1, 1980 Sat | | Vancouver | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Nov 5, 1980 Wed | | Hartford | St. Louis | Nachbaur-Lapointe |
| Nov 6, 1980 Thu | | Hartford | Colorado | Nachbaur-Dillon |
| Nov 8, 1980 Sat | | Philadelphia | Hartford | Bathe-Nachbaur (Rough) Holmgren-Fotiu |
| Nov 12, 1980 Wed | | Minnesota | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Nov 15, 1980 Sat | | Washington | Hartford | Veitch-Fotiu |
| Nov 16, 1980 Sun | | Hartford | NY Rangers | Rowe-Maloney (5) |
| Nov 20, 1980 Thu | | Hartford | NY Islanders | Fotiu-Nystrom (4.3) Howe-Bourne |
| Nov 22, 1980 Sat | | Vancouver | Hartford | Williams-Nachbaur |
| Nov 23, 1980 Sun | | Hartford | Chicago | Rowe-Robidoux Rowe-Higgins |
| Nov 26, 1980 Wed | | Winnipeg | Hartford | Mann-McIlhargey Geoffrion-Nachbaur |
| Nov 28, 1980 Fri | | Edmonton | Hartford | Fogolin-Miller Price-Nachbaur Hughes-Galarneau |
| Nov 29, 1980 Sat | | Buffalo | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Dec 2, 1980 Tue | | Hartford | Los Angeles | Nachbaur-Hopkins |
| Dec 3, 1980 Wed | | Hartford | Vancouver | Add Fight |
| Dec 6, 1980 Sat | | Hartford | Calgary | Nachbaur-Wilson |
| Dec 7, 1980 Sun | | Hartford | Edmonton | Boutette-Messier |
| Dec 10, 1980 Wed | | Hartford | Winnipeg | Add Fight |
| Dec 13, 1980 Sat | | Los Angeles | Hartford | (Cheap) unknown-Roberts Korab-Rowe |
| Dec 17, 1980 Wed | | Boston | Hartford | Milbury-Rowe |
| Dec 20, 1980 Sat | | Hartford | Boston | Add Fight |
| Dec 21, 1980 Sun | | Hartford | Quebec | Add Fight |
| Dec 23, 1980 Tue | | Hartford | Toronto | Barnes-Maloney Nachbaur-Paiement |
| Dec 26, 1980 Fri | | Pittsburgh | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Dec 27, 1980 Sat | | NY Islanders | Hartford | Injury |
| Jan 2, 1981 Fri | | Montreal | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Jan 3, 1981 Sat | | Hartford | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Jan 7, 1981 Wed | | Hartford | Los Angeles | Rowe-Hardy Rowe-Hardy (Rough) Fotiu-Goldup |
| Jan 9, 1981 Fri | | Hartford | Edmonton | Add Fight |
| Jan 10, 1981 Sat | | Hartford | Winnipeg | Brubaker-Legge (Cheap) McIlhargey-Smail (Cheap) Boutette-Smail Boutette-Babych McIlhargey-Legge Rowe-Lukowich |
| Jan 12, 1981 Mon | | St. Louis | Hartford | Crombeen-Brubaker (3) |
| Jan 14, 1981 Wed | | Los Angeles | Hartford | Halward-Fotiu |
| Jan 17, 1981 Sat | | Chicago | Hartford | Secord-Nachbaur |
| Jan 18, 1981 Sun | | Hartford | Washington | McIlhargey-Mulvey (5.3) |
| Jan 21, 1981 Wed | | St. Louis | Hartford | Turnbull-Smith |
| Jan 23, 1981 Fri | | Calgary | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Jan 24, 1981 Sat | | Hartford | Toronto | Add Fight |
| Jan 28, 1981 Wed | | Colorado | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Jan 30, 1981 Fri | | Toronto | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Jan 31, 1981 Sat | | Buffalo | Hartford | Ramsey-Neufeld |
| Feb 2, 1981 Mon | | Hartford | Quebec | Boutette-Hoganson Boutette-Ftorek |
| Feb 4, 1981 Wed | | Boston | Hartford | McCrimmon-Douglas (6) O'Reilly-Brubaker |
| Feb 7, 1981 Sat | | Chicago | Hartford | Brown-Boutette |
| Feb 8, 1981 Sun | | Hartford | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Feb 12, 1981 Thu | | Hartford | Detroit | Add Fight |
| Feb 14, 1981 Sat | | Hartford | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Feb 15, 1981 Sun | | Hartford | Chicago | McIlhargey-Secord (3) |
| Feb 18, 1981 Wed | | Winnipeg | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Feb 19, 1981 Thu | | Hartford | Pittsburgh | Smith-Anderson |
| Feb 22, 1981 Sun | | NY Rangers | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Feb 25, 1981 Wed | | Minnesota | Hartford | Jackson-Brubaker Smith-Nachbaur |
| Feb 27, 1981 Fri | | Hartford | Calgary | Brubaker-Peplinski |
| Mar 1, 1981 Sun | | Hartford | Vancouver | Nachbaur-Schmautz Nachbaur-Schmautz |
| Mar 3, 1981 Tue | | Hartford | Colorado | Brubaker-Vautour Rowe-Vautour (4) |
| Mar 6, 1981 Fri | | Hartford | Buffalo | Nachbaur-Hamel Rowe-Seiling |
| Mar 8, 1981 Sun | | Calgary | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Mar 10, 1981 Tue | | Hartford | Detroit | Lupien-Ingarfield |
| Mar 11, 1981 Wed | | Washington | Hartford | Walker-Rowe |
| Mar 14, 1981 Sat | | Hartford | NY Rangers | Barnes-Laidlaw (6) Brubaker-Beck (2.8) Scrum at 57:48 |
| Mar 15, 1981 Sun | | Hartford | Boston | Add Fight |
| Mar 18, 1981 Wed | | Montreal | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Mar 21, 1981 Sat | | NY Rangers | Hartford | Hospodar-McIlhargey (5.6) Line Brawl at 59:29 Maloney-Rowe |
| Mar 22, 1981 Sun | | Toronto | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Mar 25, 1981 Wed | | Edmonton | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Mar 27, 1981 Fri | | Hartford | Washington | Add Fight |
| Mar 29, 1981 Sun | | Philadelphia | Hartford | Busniuk-Boutette Busniuk-Nachbaur (3) |
| Apr 1, 1981 Wed | | Quebec | Hartford | Pichette-Rowe Ftorek-Meagher (6) |
| Apr 3, 1981 Fri | | Hartford | Montreal | Brubaker-Nilan (4) Nachbaur-Risebrough (Rough) Kemp-Nilan Rowe-Picard |
| Apr 5, 1981 Sun | | Pittsburgh | Hartford | Wolf-Rowe |