5–3

Final

⚜️ Home Nordiques 19-10-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	1	2	2	5
QUE	2	0	1	3

Bruins at Nordiques

Bruins beat Nordiques 5–3 on December 5, 1981.

🗓 Sat, Dec 5, 1981 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Peter McNab

2 G

2 shots · +1

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Barry Pederson

1 G, 1 A

1 shots

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Rick Middleton

2 A

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

⚜️ Anton Stastny PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:56

Assists: Peter Stastny, Real Cloutier

0–1

⚜️ Anton Stastny PP 1st · 15:10

Assists: Peter Stastny, Real Cloutier

0–2

🐻 Normand Leveille PP 1st · 19:37

Assists: Terry O'Reilly, Barry Pederson

1–2

2nd period

🐻 Peter McNab Tying 2nd · 09:46

Assists: Rick Middleton, Mike O'connell

2–2

🐻 Wayne Cashman Go-ahead 2nd · 16:31

Assists: Mike Milbury

3–2

3rd period

🐻 Peter McNab PP 3rd · 03:30

Assists: Rick Middleton, Ray Bourque

4–2

⚜️ Jacques Richard 3rd · 11:44

Assists: Dale Hunter, Michel Goulet

4–3

🐻 Barry Pederson Empty net 3rd · 19:54

Assists: Brad Park, Steve Kasper

5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS QUE⚜️

24 Shots on goal 22

2/8 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

23 Penalty minutes 27

BOS shooting 20.8% (5/24) QUE shooting 13.6% (3/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Rogie Vachon

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚜️Nordiques

Dan Bouchard

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:36 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–2

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →

❓ BOS vs QUE, answered

Who won Bruins vs Nordiques on December 5, 1981?

Bruins won 5–3.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Nordiques?

The final score was Bruins 5, Nordiques 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Peter McNab (2), Barry Pederson, Normand Leveille, Wayne Cashman.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Anton Stastny (2), Jacques Richard.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Rogie Vachon made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Dan Bouchard made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Bruins vs Nordiques season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Dec 3

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Dec 2

Also on December 5, 1981

Bruins season page Nordiques season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule