Quebec Nordiques vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Boston Bruins 7–5 on Thursday, October 8, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Nordiques 27–21.
Mike O'connell scored twice and Marc Tardif scored twice. Terry O'Reilly, Michel Goulet, Pierre Aubry, Peter McNab, Ray Bourque, Jacques Richard, Jean Hamel and Marian Stastny also scored.
Michel Plasse made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 14 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Terry O'Reilly (1)Ray Bourque (1), Tom Fergus (1)0–100:23 BOS
Michel Goulet (3)Dale Hunter (2), Dave Pichette (2)1–106:49 QUE · 
Mike O'connell (1)Terry O'Reilly (1)1–207:01 BOS
2nd period
- Mike O'connell (2)Peter McNab (1), Brad Park (1)1–301:22 BOS
Marc Tardif (2)Michel Goulet (1), Real Cloutier (2)2–303:25 QUE · 
Pierre Aubry (1)Alain Cote (1)3–304:04 QUE
Peter McNab (1)Wayne Cashman (1), Ray Bourque (2)3–411:19 BOS- Marc Tardif (3)Real Cloutier (3), Mario Marois (1)4–414:25 QUE
Ray Bourque (1)Steve Kasper (1)4–515:34 BOS
3rd period
Jacques Richard (1)Dale Hunter (3)5–501:27 QUE · 
Jean Hamel (1)Marian Stastny (2), Peter Stastny (1)6–503:43 QUE
Marian Stastny (1)Anton Stastny (3), Dale Hunter (4)7–505:57 QUE
Team stats
QUEBOS
2127
0%0%
2/30/4
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:13 into the first period
Ray Bourque · cross checking2 min - 7:43 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · hooking2 min
- 9:21 into the first period
Real Cloutier · holding2 min - 11:03 into the first periodAndre Dupont · hooking2 min
- 19:18 into the first periodPeter Stastny · tripping2 min
- 1:44 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · high sticking2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodKeith Crowder · high sticking2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodAndre Dupont · high sticking2 min
- 19:43 into the second periodWally Weir · hooking2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodKeith Crowder · slashing2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodKeith Crowder · fighting5 min
- 11:19 into the third periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | W | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 35Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 21 | 7 | .667 |