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First Round · Game 2

Nordiques at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 QUE leads 3–2

Nordiques, First Round Game 2, beat Canadiens 3–2 at Bell Centre on April 8, 1982.

QUE – MTL
17–35
Shots on goal
1/4–1/7
Power play
28–22
Penalty minutes
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First Round — Best of 7

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

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚜️ QUE
Alain Cote
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
2nd star ⚜️ QUE
Marian Stastny
2 A
+2
3rd star ⚜️ QUE
Pierre Aubry
1 G
2 shots · +2

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚜️ Pat Hickey PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:56
Assists: Marian Stastny, Real Cloutier · beat Rick Wamsley
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Guy Lafleur PP Tying 2nd · 00:26
Assists: Mark Napier, Keith Acton · beat Dan Bouchard
1–1
🇨🇦 Chris Nilan Go-ahead 2nd · 07:20
Assists: Craig Laughlin, Rod Langway · beat Dan Bouchard
1–2
⚜️ Alain Cote Tying 2nd · 09:43
Assists: Marian Stastny · beat Rick Wamsley
2–2
3rd period
⚜️ Pierre Aubry Go-ahead 3rd · 02:30
Assists: Alain Cote · beat Rick Wamsley
3–2

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚜️QUE MTL🇨🇦
17 Shots on goal 35
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
28 Penalty minutes 22
QUE shooting 17.6% (3/17) MTL shooting 5.7% (2/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚜️Nordiques
Dan Bouchard
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Rick Wamsley
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:31 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Nordiques
Nordiques — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 12-4 (75% win rate, 16 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-10 (41% win rate, 17 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Nordiques
Nordiques — tied after 2nd: 6-7 (46% win rate, 13 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 7-10 (41% win rate, 17 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 71982 ⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 Mar 271982 ⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 Feb 251982 ⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–4 Feb 231982 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE 3–4 Jan 261982 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE 8–3
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Who won Nordiques vs Canadiens on April 8, 1982?

Nordiques won 3–2. The final score was Nordiques 3, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Alain Cote, Pat Hickey, Pierre Aubry.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Nilan, Guy Lafleur.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

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

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Rick Wamsley made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Nordiques vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚜️ Nordiques
BeforeApr 7 ⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 AfterApr 10 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE 1–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 7 ⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 AfterApr 10 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE 1–2
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