Quebec Nordiques vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, December 27, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–3 on Sunday, December 27, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Nordiques 37–32.
Guy Lafleur scored twice. Mark Napier, Mario Marois, Jacques Richard, Pierre Mondou, Keith Acton, Bob Gainey and Marian Stastny also scored.
Denis Herron made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 31 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (15)Larry Robinson (25), Guy Lapointe (12)0–109:18 MTL
Guy Lafleur (15)Keith Acton (26)0–209:28 MTL- Guy Lafleur (16)Steve Shutt (15), Brian Engblom (15)0–316:46 MTL
2nd period
Mario Marois (5)Robbie Ftorek (8)1–301:28 QUE · 
Jacques Richard (12)Real Cloutier (26), Andre Dupont (7)2–302:27 QUE
Pierre Mondou (15)Mario Tremblay (19), Craig Laughlin (4)2–418:41 MTL
3rd period
Keith Acton (20)Brian Engblom (16), Rod Langway (16)2–501:25 MTL
Bob Gainey (9)Doug Jarvis (11)2–608:59 MTL · 
Marian Stastny (19)Anton Stastny (28), Wally Weir (3)3–616:29 QUE
Team stats
QUEMTL
3237
0%0%
1/40/3
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Wally Weir · interference2 min - 4:05 into the first period
Mark Hunter · holding2 min - 9:40 into the first periodKeith Acton · slashing2 min
- 9:40 into the first periodAndre Dupont · hooking2 min
- 19:32 into the first periodGuy Lapointe · hooking2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodAndre Dupont · tripping2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 12:56 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · high sticking2 min
- 12:56 into the second periodReal Cloutier · high sticking2 min
- 15:05 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 7:16 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | L | 37 | 6 | .838 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |