Quebec Nordiques vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 1992 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Hartford Whalers 6–2 on Thursday, December 31, 1992 at Hartford Civic Center. The Nordiques outshot the Whalers 36–20.
Scott Pearson scored twice. Martin Rucinsky, Mikhail Tatarinov, Mike Ricci, Michael Nylander, Mats Sundin and Patrick Poulin also scored.
Stephane Fiset made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Frank Pietrangelo stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Rucinsky (11)Mats Sundin (35), Gino Cavallini (10)1–000:53 QUE
2nd period
Mikhail Tatarinov (2)Mats Sundin (36), Gino Cavallini (11)2–003:11 QUE
Mike Ricci (14)Steve Duchesne (37)3–004:21 QUE
Scott Pearson (2)Owen Nolan (26), Mike Hough (9)4–018:00 QUE
3rd period
Michael Nylander (3)Joseph Day (1)4–103:39 HFD- Scott Pearson (3)Mike Hough (10), Mikhail Tatarinov (3)5–107:53 QUE
Mats Sundin (25)Joe Sakic (32), Mike Ricci (29)6–111:47 QUE · 
Patrick Poulin (12)Murray Craven (24), Michael Nylander (9)6–215:37 HFD ·
Team stats
QUEHFD
3620
0%0%
1/31/7
4224
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:39 into the first period
Allen Pedersen · hooking2 min - 5:50 into the first period
Tony Twist · interference2 min - 12:38 into the first periodMike Hough · hooking2 min
- 19:59 into the first periodJoseph Day · slashing2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodOwen Nolan · tripping2 min
- 14:55 into the second periodKerry Huffman · interference2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · slashing2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodJim McKenzie · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodAdam Foote · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:20 into the third periodZarley Zalapski · high sticking2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodNick Kypreos · roughing2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodNick Kypreos · roughing2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodTony Twist · roughing2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodTony Twist · game misconduct10 min
- 12:52 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · roughing2 min
- 14:20 into the third periodJim McKenzie · misconduct10 min
- 14:20 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · high sticking2 min
- 14:20 into the third periodScott Pearson · misconduct10 min
- 16:15 into the third periodRobert Petrovicky · roughing2 min
- 16:15 into the third periodMikhail Tatarinov · charging2 min
- 16:15 into the third periodMikhail Tatarinov · roughing2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 13Mats SundinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Scott PearsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 44Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Mikhail TatarinovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 47Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Stephane FisetG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |
Hartford Whalers
| 36Michael NylanderC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Joseph DayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Patrick PoulinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry YakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Robert PetrovickyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mario GosselinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |