1983 – 84 Quebec Nordiques season The 1983 – 84 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques fifth season in the National Hockey League . In the 1982 - 83 season , Quebec won a club record 34 games , and finished fourth in the Adams Division earning 80 points , making the post - season for the third consecutive season . The Nordiques would fall to the Boston Bruins in four games in the Adams Division semi - finals . Off - season . During the off - season , Quebec named defenseman Mario Marois as their new team captain . The club played the 1982 - 83 season with no captain . Marois , an eight year NHL veteran , had been with the Nordiques since the 1980 - 81 season . In early June , the Nordiques and Buffalo Sabres pulled off a blockbuster deal , with Quebec sending Real Cloutier and their first round draft pick in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft to Buffalo in exchange for Tony McKegney , Andre Savard , Jean - Francois Sauve , and the Sabres third round draft pick in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft . Regular season . The Nordiques would get off to a fast start , earning a 7 - 2 - 1 record in their first ten games . The team fell into a slump though , and found themselves under . 500 with a 10 - 11 - 3 record . Quebec would snap out of the slump , and end the season with a club record 42 victories and 94 points , finishing in third place in the Adams Division , their highest final standing position in club history , and making the post - season for the fourth straight season . Quebec scored a club record 360 goals , and allowed a franchise low 278 goals . Offensively , the Nordiques were led by Michel Goulet , who scored a team high 56 goals , which was the second highest total in the NHL , while adding 65 assists , recording 121 points , the third highest total in the league . Peter Stastny was right behind Goulet , as he scored 46 goals and 73 assists for 119 points , finishing fourth in the league scoring race . Dale Hunter had a solid season , scoring 24 goals and 79 points , as he recorded a team high 232 penalty minutes , while Wilf Paiement had 39 goals and 76 points . Newly appointed team captain Mario Marois led the Nordiques blueline , scoring 13 goals and 49 points . In goal , Dan Bouchard had a very solid season , winning a franchise record 29 games , while posting a team low 3 . 20 GAA , and earning a shutout in 57 games . Playoffs . The Nordiques opened the 1984 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a best of five Adams Division quarter - final series against the Buffalo Sabres . The Sabres finished the season in second place in the Adams Division , earning a record of 48 - 25 - 7 for 103 points . The series opened with two games at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium , however , Quebec struck first , holding off the Sabres for a 3 - 2 victory in the first game , followed by a 6 - 2 thrashing in the second game to take a 2 - 0 series lead . The series moved back to Le Colisee , and the Nordiques made short work of the Sabres , defeating them 4 - 1 in the third game , to record their first ever series sweep in team history , advancing to the Adams Division finals . Quebec would face the Montreal Canadiens in the best of seven Division finals . The Canadiens had a 35 - 40 - 5 record in the regular season , earning 75 points and a fourth place finish . Montreal upset the powerful Boston Bruins in their first round series , as the Canadiens swept the Bruins in three games . The series opened with two games at Le Colisee , and the Nordiques took the first game with a 4 - 2 victory , however , the Canadiens evened the series up in the second game , beating Quebec 4 - 1 . The series shifted to the Montreal Forum for the next two games , and the Canadiens took their first series lead , defeating Quebec 2 - 1 in the third game . The Nordiques rebounded in the fourth game with a 4 - 3 overtime victory in the fourth game to even the series up once again . The fifth game was played back in Quebec City , but it was the Canadiens who took control of the series , shutting out the Nordiques 4 - 0 . With the Nordiques on the brink of elimination in the sixth game , back in Montreal , the team stormed out to a 3 - 0 lead before a bench clearing brawl broke out , in which Dale Hunter and Peter Stastny of the Nordiques were ejected from the game . The Canadiens took advantage of the situation , and scored five unanswered goals in the third period , to win the game 5 - 3 and eliminate the Nordiques from the playoffs . Draft picks . Quebec ' s draft picks from the 1983 NHL Entry Draft which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal , Quebec .