Quebec Nordiques vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on Thursday, December 17, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Nordiques 28–24.
Goals came from Brad Smith, Anton Stastny, John Ogrodnick, Peter Stastny and Michel Goulet.
Dan Bouchard made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Smith (2)John Ogrodnick (10), Vaclav Nedomansky (4)0–107:24 DET
Anton Stastny (13)Peter Stastny (39), Alain Cote (6)1–119:10 QUE
2nd period
John Ogrodnick (14)Mark Osborne (11), Vaclav Nedomansky (5)1–210:37 DET ·
3rd period
Peter Stastny (21)Real Cloutier (24), Marc Tardif (18)2–215:27 QUE · 
Michel Goulet (15)Real Cloutier (25), Dave Pichette (14)3–217:52 QUE
Team stats
QUEDET
2428
0%0%
1/31/3
96
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:00 into the first period
Mark Kirton · slashing2 min - 5:50 into the second periodWillie Huber · elbowing2 min
- 9:16 into the second period
Wally Weir · slashing2 min - 9:16 into the second periodWally Weir · spearing5 min
- 15:27 into the second periodAlain Cote · hooking2 min
- 14:39 into the third periodReed Larson · charging2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |