Quebec Nordiques vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1983 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–2 on Saturday, December 31, 1983 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Nordiques 35–22.
Ryan Walter scored twice. Chris Nilan, Michel Goulet, Peter Stastny and Guy Lafleur also scored.
Richard Sevigny made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Nilan (10)Guy Carbonneau (14), Bob Gainey (16)0–100:33 MTL
Michel Goulet (26)Mario Marois (19), Normand Rochefort (11)1–114:44 QUE
2nd period
Peter Stastny (19)Bo Berglund (16)2–104:07 QUE
Guy Lafleur (16)Larry Robinson (11), Guy Carbonneau (15)2–206:31 MTL · 
Ryan Walter (12)Bobby Smith (20)2–315:23 MTL · - Ryan Walter (13)Guy Lafleur (16), Bobby Smith (21)2–419:19 MTL ·
Team stats
QUEMTL
2235
0%0%
0/52/7
3138
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:52 into the first period
Wilf Paiement · hooking2 min - 10:08 into the first period
Mario Tremblay · high sticking2 min - 10:08 into the first periodMario Tremblay · fighting5 min
- 10:08 into the first periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
- 10:08 into the first periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · cross checking2 min
- 12:42 into the first periodBobby Smith · cross checking2 min
- 6:00 into the second periodRandy Moller · holding2 min
- 7:46 into the second periodRic Nattress · holding2 min
- 10:26 into the second periodPaul Gillis · high sticking2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodBench · abusive language2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · misconduct10 min
- 15:58 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · roughing double minor4 min
- 15:58 into the second periodDale Hunter · cross checking5 min
- 18:34 into the second periodMario Marois · slashing2 min
- 3:40 into the third periodPerry Turnbull · slashing2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodLouis Sleigher · hooking2 min
- 10:28 into the third periodGord Donnelly · hooking2 min
- 14:20 into the third periodMario Tremblay · high sticking2 min
- 14:20 into the third periodMario Tremblay · fighting5 min
- 14:20 into the third periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
- 14:20 into the third periodPat Price · fighting5 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Bo BerglundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 34Brian FordG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Dave AllisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |