Montréal Canadiens vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Thursday, December 23, 1982 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Thursday, December 23, 1982 at Le Colisée. The Canadiens outshot the Nordiques 43–23.
Goals came from Marc Tardif, Bob Gainey, Bill Root, Andre Dupont, Michel Goulet, Guy Lafleur, Marian Stastny, Alain Cote and Wilf Paiement.
Dan Bouchard made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Marc Tardif (12)Michel Goulet (22), Marian Stastny (33)0–111:08 QUE · 
Bob Gainey (7)Larry Robinson (17)1–117:35 MTL
2nd period
Bill Root (1)Guy Lafleur (24)2–100:50 MTL
Andre Dupont (2)Pierre Aubry (4), Anton Stastny (30)2–203:42 QUE
Michel Goulet (22)Mario Marois (11), Pierre Aubry (5)2–311:19 QUE
Guy Lafleur (10)Unassisted3–315:35 MTL
Marian Stastny (27)Michel Goulet (23), Normand Rochefort (9)3–416:18 QUE ·
3rd period
Alain Cote (6)Marc Tardif (16), Real Cloutier (21)3–512:24 QUE
Wilf Paiement (10)Dale Hunter (25), Dan Bouchard (1)3–619:53 QUE ·
Team stats
MTLQUE
4323
0%0%
0/82/5
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:49 into the first period
Normand Rochefort · interference2 min - 6:44 into the first period
Keith Acton · tripping2 min - 7:18 into the first periodGuy Carbonneau · tripping2 min
- 9:42 into the first periodBill Root · holding2 min
- 12:23 into the first periodAlain Cote · tripping2 min
- 13:31 into the first periodMario Marois · hooking2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodJean Hamel · roughing2 min
- 9:32 into the second periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodNormand Rochefort · holding2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodNormand Rochefort · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodMario Marois · cross checking2 min
- 13:43 into the second periodKeith Acton · elbowing2 min
- 13:43 into the second periodBlake Wesley · slashing2 min
- 16:00 into the second periodDoug Wickenheiser · tripping2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodMario Marois · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 4 | 1 | .750 | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 43 | 3 | .930 |