Quebec Nordiques vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–3 on Tuesday, March 17, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Nordiques 30–24.
Peter Stastny scored twice and Dale McCourt scored twice. Willie Huber, Marc Tardif and Real Cloutier also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
2nd period
Peter Stastny (31)Anton Stastny (40), Dave Pichette (13)1–008:41 QUE
Dale McCourt (24)Mike Foligno (29), John Ogrodnick (32)1–118:08 DET ·
3rd period
Willie Huber (9)Dale McCourt (49)1–201:03 DET- Dale McCourt (25)Unassisted1–304:07 DET ·
Marc Tardif (19)Peter Stastny (62), Jacques Richard (45)2–304:56 QUE · 
Real Cloutier (11)Michel Goulet (35), Robbie Ftorek (46)3–308:01 QUE- Peter Stastny (32)Anton Stastny (41), Mario Marois (16)4–308:29 QUE
Team stats
QUEDET
2430
0%0%
1/41/5
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:46 into the first period
Real Cloutier · hooking2 min - 8:35 into the first period
Earl Ingarfield · tripping2 min - 10:59 into the first periodVaclav Nedomansky · holding2 min
- 10:59 into the first periodRobbie Ftorek · roughing2 min
- 17:56 into the second periodPierre Lacroix · holding2 min
- 19:50 into the second periodReed Larson · high sticking2 min
- 19:50 into the second periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 19:50 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 19:50 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 1:15 into the third periodDave Pichette · tripping2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodJim Korn · holding2 min
- 10:59 into the third periodWillie Huber · fighting5 min
- 10:59 into the third periodAlain Cote · roughing2 min
- 10:59 into the third periodAlain Cote · fighting5 min
- 14:00 into the third periodReed Larson · tripping2 min
- 17:33 into the third periodMario Marois · cross checking2 min
- 18:18 into the third periodBrent Peterson · holding2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 26Peter StastnyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |