🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 23-10-0 before this game

2–5

Final

⚜️ Home Nordiques 22-14-0 before this game

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

Canadiens at Nordiques

Nordiques beat Canadiens 5–2 on December 22, 1981.

🗓 Tue, Dec 22, 1981 · 19:00 CST 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Nordiques lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚜️ QUE

Marc Tardif

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +1

2nd star ⚜️ QUE

Anton Stastny

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

3rd star ⚜️ QUE

Jacques Richard

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

⚜️ Anton Stastny Go-ahead 1st · 02:24

Assists: Dave Pichette

0–1

2nd period

🇨🇦 Keith Acton PP Tying 2nd · 09:13

Assists: Mark Hunter, Robert Picard

1–1

⚜️ Peter Stastny Go-ahead 2nd · 17:07

Assists: Anton Stastny, Dave Pichette

1–2

3rd period

⚜️ Jacques Richard 3rd · 05:11

Assists: Marian Stastny, Marc Tardif

1–3

⚜️ Marc Tardif 3rd · 12:14

Assists: Marian Stastny, Jacques Richard

1–4

🇨🇦 Bob Gainey 3rd · 15:46

Assists: Doug Jarvis, Mark Napier

2–4

⚜️ Robbie Ftorek 3rd · 18:30

Assists: Normand Rochefort, Alain Cote

2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL QUE⚜️

29 Shots on goal 27

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

17 Penalty minutes 17

MTL shooting 6.9% (2/29) QUE shooting 18.5% (5/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Richard Sevigny

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚜️Nordiques

Dan Bouchard

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–2

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Nordiques lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ MTL vs QUE, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Nordiques on December 22, 1981?

Nordiques won 5–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Nordiques?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Nordiques 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Bob Gainey, Keith Acton.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Anton Stastny, Jacques Richard, Marc Tardif, Peter Stastny, Robbie Ftorek.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Richard Sevigny made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Dan Bouchard made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Canadiens vs Nordiques season series?

Nordiques lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 19

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Dec 19

Also on December 22, 1981

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