⚜️ Away Nordiques 23-14-0 before this game
3–6
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 23-11-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
QUE 0213
MTL 3126

Nordiques at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Nordiques 6–3 at Bell Centre on December 27, 1981.

🗓 Sun, Dec 27, 1981 · 19:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Nordiques lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Guy Lafleur
2 G
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Keith Acton
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +3
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brian Engblom
2 A
+5

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Mark Napier Go-ahead 1st · 09:18
Assists: Larry Robinson, Guy Lapointe
0–1
🇨🇦 Guy Lafleur 1st · 09:28
Assists: Keith Acton
0–2
🇨🇦 Guy Lafleur 1st · 16:46
Assists: Steve Shutt, Brian Engblom
0–3
2nd period
⚜️ Mario Marois PP 2nd · 01:28
Assists: Robbie Ftorek
1–3
⚜️ Jacques Richard 2nd · 02:27
Assists: Real Cloutier, Andre Dupont
2–3
🇨🇦 Pierre Mondou 2nd · 18:41
Assists: Mario Tremblay, Craig Laughlin
2–4
3rd period
🇨🇦 Keith Acton 3rd · 01:25
Assists: Brian Engblom, Rod Langway
2–5
🇨🇦 Bob Gainey SH 3rd · 08:59
Assists: Doug Jarvis
2–6
⚜️ Marian Stastny 3rd · 16:29
Assists: Anton Stastny, Wally Weir
3–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚜️QUE MTL🇨🇦
32 Shots on goal 37
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
10 Penalty minutes 12
QUE shooting 9.4% (3/32) MTL shooting 16.2% (6/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚜️Nordiques
Dan Bouchard
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Denis Herron
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Nordiques
Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–4
Nordiques
Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Nordiques lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 22, 1981
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
2–5 · Nordiques won
Nov 19, 1981
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 · Nordiques won
Nov 2, 1981
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
4–5 · Nordiques won
Mar 29, 1981
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
0–4 · Nordiques won
Jan 10, 1981
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–5 · Nordiques won

❓ QUE vs MTL, answered

Who won Nordiques vs Canadiens on December 27, 1981?

Canadiens won 6–3.

What was the final score of Nordiques vs Canadiens?

The final score was Nordiques 3, Canadiens 6.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Jacques Richard, Marian Stastny, Mario Marois.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Guy Lafleur (2), Bob Gainey, Keith Acton, Mark Napier, Pierre Mondou.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Dan Bouchard made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Nordiques vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Nordiques vs Canadiens season series?

Nordiques lead the season series 3–1 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
⚜️Nordiques
Previous game · Dec 22
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
2–5 · QUE won
Next game · Dec 29
🪶CHI @ ⚜️QUE
1–8 · QUE won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 22
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
2–5 · QUE won
Next game · Dec 29
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI
5–4 · MTL won
Also on December 27, 1981
🍁TOR @ 🐳HFD
3–7 final
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 final
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
3–5 final
🐙DET @ ✈️WIN
2–2 final
🎵STL @ 🪶CHI
4–3 final
👑LAK @ 🛢️EDM
3–10 final
Nordiques season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule