Montréal Canadiens vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Monday, November 2, 1981 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 on Monday, November 2, 1981 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Canadiens 40–30.
Marc Tardif scored twice. Guy Lafleur, Mario Tremblay, Anton Stastny, Rejean Houle, Steve Shutt, Marian Stastny and Real Cloutier also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lafleur (8)Keith Acton (12), Steve Shutt (7)1–001:12 MTL
Mario Tremblay (10)Rejean Houle (5), Pierre Mondou (4)2–006:29 MTL
Anton Stastny (2)Peter Stastny (12), Marc Tardif (7)2–115:44 QUE · 
Rejean Houle (2)Mario Tremblay (5)3–117:27 MTL
Steve Shutt (12)Keith Acton (13), Guy Lafleur (14)4–118:16 MTL
2nd period
Marc Tardif (6)Michel Goulet (4)4–212:31 QUE
3rd period
- Marc Tardif (7)Michel Goulet (5)4–300:05 QUE
Marian Stastny (9)Peter Stastny (13), Real Cloutier (14)4–403:55 QUE · 
Real Cloutier (11)Dale Hunter (10), Jacques Richard (13)4–510:02 QUE
Team stats
MTLQUE
3040
0%0%
0/52/3
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Brian Engblom · fighting5 min - 0:52 into the first period
Dale Hunter · fighting5 min - 9:57 into the first periodMiroslav Frycer · slashing2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
- 6:02 into the second periodAnton Stastny · tripping2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodJacques Richard · hooking2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodJacques Richard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodRod Langway · tripping2 min
- 15:32 into the second periodMarian Stastny · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodRod Langway · tripping2 min
- 12:15 into the third periodBrian Engblom · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 8Marc TardifL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |