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First Round · Game 2

Nordiques at Flyers

🗓 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🏒 PHI leads 3–2

Flyers, First Round Game 2, beat Nordiques 8–5 at Wells Fargo Center on April 9, 1981.

QUE – PHI
25–31
Shots on goal
2/7–1/3
Power play
75–73
Penalty minutes
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The game

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First Round — Best of 7

QUE vs PHI · PHI leads 3–2 Full series →
Game 1
4–6
Final · PHI
Game 2
5–8
Final · PHI
Game 3
0–2
Final · QUE
Game 4
3–4
OT · QUE
Game 5
2–5
Final · PHI

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
Bill Barber
3 G
7 shots · +2
2nd star 🔔 PHI
Mel Bridgman
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · +3
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Al Hill
3 A
2 shots · +1

Scoring

13 goals · in order
1st period
🔔 Bill Barber Go-ahead 1st · 02:07
Assists: Rick MacLeish · beat Dan Bouchard
0–1
🔔 Mel Bridgman 1st · 14:56
Assists: Tom Gorence, Al Hill · beat Dan Bouchard
0–2
⚜️ Peter Stastny PP 1st · 16:50
Unassisted · beat Pete Peeters
1–2
🔔 Bill Barber PP 1st · 18:31
Assists: Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman · beat Dan Bouchard
1–3
2nd period
⚜️ Anton Stastny 2nd · 02:31
Assists: Peter Stastny, Dale Hoganson · beat Pete Peeters
2–3
🔔 Bill Barber SH 2nd · 05:55
Unassisted · beat Dan Bouchard
2–4
🔔 Tom Gorence 2nd · 09:47
Assists: Al Hill, Behn Wilson · beat Dan Bouchard
2–5
⚜️ Jacques Richard PP 2nd · 19:29
Assists: Robbie Ftorek, Dale Hunter · beat Pete Peeters
3–5
3rd period
🔔 Ken Linseman 3rd · 03:25
Unassisted · beat Dan Bouchard
3–6
⚜️ Dale Hunter 3rd · 10:36
Assists: Dale Hoganson, Michel Goulet · beat Pete Peeters
4–6
⚜️ Marc Tardif 3rd · 13:25
Assists: Jacques Richard, Mario Marois · beat Pete Peeters
5–6
🔔 Mel Bridgman 3rd · 15:21
Assists: Al Hill · beat Michel Plasse
5–7
🔔 Bobby Clarke SH Empty net 3rd · 18:46
Assists: Mel Bridgman, Frank Bathe
5–8

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚜️QUE PHI🔔
25 Shots on goal 31
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
75 Penalty minutes 73
QUE shooting 20.0% (5/25) PHI shooting 25.8% (8/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚜️Nordiques
Michel Plasse
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 14:18 TOI
Dan Bouchard
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 45:11 TOI
🔔Flyers
Pete Peeters
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Nordiques
Nordiques — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 3-7 (30% win rate, 10 games)
Flyers
Flyers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 14-0 (100% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 3–5
Nordiques
Nordiques — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)
Flyers
Flyers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 9-0 (100% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 81981 ⚜️QUE @ 🔔PHI 4–6 Feb 71981 🔔PHI @ ⚜️QUE 3–5 Jan 151981 ⚜️QUE @ 🔔PHI 4–1 Nov 91980 ⚜️QUE @ 🔔PHI 1–3 Nov 11980 🔔PHI @ ⚜️QUE 3–3
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QUE vs PHI, answered

Who won Nordiques vs Flyers on April 9, 1981?

Flyers won 8–5. The final score was Nordiques 5, Flyers 8.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Anton Stastny, Dale Hunter, Jacques Richard, Marc Tardif, Peter Stastny.

Who scored for Flyers?

Bill Barber (3), Mel Bridgman (2), Bobby Clarke, Ken Linseman, Tom Gorence.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Michel Plasse made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Nordiques vs Flyers played?

At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Flyers home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚜️ Nordiques
BeforeApr 8 ⚜️QUE @ 🔔PHI 4–6 AfterApr 11 🔔PHI @ ⚜️QUE 0–2
🔔 Flyers
BeforeApr 8 ⚜️QUE @ 🔔PHI 4–6 AfterApr 11 🔔PHI @ ⚜️QUE 0–2
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