Detroit Red Wings vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1981 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Detroit Red Wings 8–3 on Saturday, October 24, 1981 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Red Wings 32–28.
Real Cloutier scored a hat trick and Peter Stastny scored twice. Reed Larson, Willie Huber, Mark Osborne, Marian Stastny, Michel Goulet and Jacques Richard also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 24 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Real Cloutier (5)Gaston Therrien (1), Jacques Richard (10)0–107:56 QUE · 
Reed Larson (4)Paul Woods (2), Mark Kirton (2)1–113:48 DET · 
Willie Huber (2)Mike Blaisdell (5), Paul Woods (3)2–114:40 DET- Real Cloutier (6)Dale Hunter (6), Jacques Richard (11)2–216:23 QUE
- Real Cloutier (7)Dale Hunter (7), Pierre Lacroix (2)2–319:05 QUE
2nd period
Mark Osborne (2)Mike Foligno (4), Walt McKechnie (4)3–304:13 DET
Peter Stastny (5)Jacques Richard (12), Dan Bouchard (1)3–410:50 QUE ·
3rd period
Marian Stastny (6)Peter Stastny (7), Real Cloutier (11)3–503:55 QUE · 
Michel Goulet (4)Unassisted3–615:18 QUE- Peter Stastny (6)Unassisted3–716:54 QUE
Jacques Richard (4)Mario Marois (4), Real Cloutier (12)3–817:31 QUE
Team stats
DETQUE
2832
0%0%
1/23/5
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Mike Foligno · hooking2 min - 6:14 into the first periodGreg Joly · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the first period
Dale Hunter · roughing2 min - 7:27 into the first periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 12:30 into the first periodJean Hamel · holding2 min
- 12:39 into the first periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 12:39 into the first periodAlain Cote · roughing2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodGilles Gilbert · roughing2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodPeter Stastny · roughing2 min
- 10:26 into the second periodMark Kirton · hooking2 min
- 3:02 into the third periodWalt McKechnie · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 32 | 8 | .750 |
| 30Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 9Real CloutierR | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Gaston TherrienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |