1982–83 Quebec Nordiques season

The 1982–83 Quebec Nordiques season was the team's 4th season in the National Hockey League. The Nordiques finished 4th in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Boston Bruins 3 games to 1.
==Off-season==
During the off-season, the Nordiques announced that they would not have a team captain for the 1982–83 season, as Andre Dupont only had the position as an interim basis for the second half of the 1981–82 season after team captain Robbie Ftorek was dealt to the New York Rangers. Expectations were high for the club after their improbable playoff run, in which the team was only one round away from a berth in the Stanley Cup finals.
==Regular Season==
The Nordiques had a mediocre regular season, as they hovered around the .500 mark for the entire year. Quebec would set a team record for victories, winning 34 games, however, the team finished with two fewer points than the previous season, as they finished the year with a 34-34-12 record, earning 80 points, and their third consecutive playoff appearance, as they finished in fourth place in the Adams Division.
Offensively, the Nordiques were led by Peter Stastny, who led the club with 124 points, and was second in the league scoring race, finishing behind Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers. Michel Goulet had a breakout season, scoring a team record 57 goals, which was the fourth highest total in the league. Goulet added 48 assists, earning 105 points, which was good for eighth in the NHL. Anton Stastny scored 32 goals and 92 points, while Marian Stastny scored 36 goals and 79 points despite missing 20 games due to injuries. On the blueline, Dave Pichette led the scoring, recording 24 points in 53 games, while Normand Rochefort earned 23 points in 62 games. Dale Hunter once again provided the team toughness, recording 206 penalty minutes.
In goal, Dan Bouchard was the number one goalie, winning a team best 20 games, while posting a team low GAA of 4.01, as well as recording the only shutout Quebec had during the season.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record 	Pts
1 	October 6 	Quebec Nordiques 	6–4 	Buffalo Sabres 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 7 	Quebec Nordiques 	5–9 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 9 	Buffalo Sabres 	4–6 	Quebec Nordiques 	2–1–0 	4
4 	October 11 	Montreal Canadiens 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	2–2–0 	4
5 	October 14 	Los Angeles Kings 	4–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	2–2–1 	5
6 	October 16 	Philadelphia Flyers 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	2–3–1 	5
7 	October 20 	Quebec Nordiques 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	3-3–1 	7
8 	October 21 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	4–8 	Quebec Nordiques 	4–3–1 	9
9 	October 23 	Quebec Nordiques 	5–9 	Montreal Canadiens 	4–4–1 	9
10	October 26 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	4–9 	Quebec Nordiques 	5–4–1 	11
11	October 30 	New York Rangers 	4–5 	Quebec Nordiques 	6–4–1 	13
12	November 2 	Vancouver Canucks 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques 	6–5–1 	13
13	November 6 	Minnesota North Stars	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	7–5–1 	15
14	November 8 	Edmonton Oilers 	5–5 	Quebec Nordiques 	7–5–2 	16
15	November 10	Quebec Nordiques 	5–7 	Hartford Whalers 	7–6–2 	16
16	November 11	Quebec Nordiques 	3–2 	Boston Bruins 	8–6–2 	18
17	November 13	New Jersey Devils 	2–7 	Quebec Nordiques 	9–6–2 	20
18	November 16	Boston Bruins 	7–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	9–7–2 	20
19	November 18	Quebec Nordiques 	4–7 	Montreal Canadiens 	9–8–2 	20
20	November 21	Quebec Nordiques 	9–7 	Edmonton Oilers 	10–8–2 	22
21	November 23	Quebec Nordiques 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks 	10–9–2 	22
22	November 25	Quebec Nordiques 	3–2 	Calgary Flames 	11–9–2 	24
23	November 27	Chicago Black Hawks 	3–1 	Quebec Nordiques 	11–10–2 	24
24	November 30	Winnipeg Jets 	6–8 	Quebec Nordiques 	12–10–2 	26
25	December 2 	Quebec Nordiques 	3–3 	Boston Bruins 	12–10-3 	27
26	December 4 	Buffalo Sabres 	2–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	13–10–3 	29
27	December 7 	Boston Bruins 	5–10 	Quebec Nordiques 	14–10–3 	31
28	December 9 	Quebec Nordiques 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers 	14–11–3 	31
29	December 11	Quebec Nordiques 	7–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	15–11–3 	33
30	December 12	Quebec Nordiques 	3–7 	Chicago Black Hawks 	15–12–3 	33
31	December 14	Toronto Maple Leafs 	4–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	15–12–4 	34
32	December 18	Buffalo Sabres 	5–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	15–13–4 	34
33	December 19	Quebec Nordiques 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres 	15–14–4 	34
34	December 21	New York Islanders 	3–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	15–14–5 	35
35	December 23	Montreal Canadiens 	3–6 	Quebec Nordiques 	16–14–5 	37
36	December 26	Quebec Nordiques 	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	16–14–6 	38
37	December 28	Hartford Whalers 	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	17–14–6 	40
38	January 2 	Washington Capitals 	7–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	17–15–6 	40
39	January 4 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	18–15–6 	42
40	January 7 	Quebec Nordiques 	1–5 	New York Rangers 	18–16–6 	42
41	January 8 	Quebec Nordiques 	1–6 	New York Islanders 	18–17–6 	42
42	January 10 	Quebec Nordiques 	2–6 	New Jersey Devils 	18–18–6 	42
43	January 12 	Quebec Nordiques 	1–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	18–19–6 	42
44	January 13 	Quebec Nordiques 	0–2 	Boston Bruins 	18–20–6 	42
45	January 15 	Calgary Flames 	2–7 	Quebec Nordiques 	19–20–6 	44
46	January 18 	St. Louis Blues 	1–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	20-20–6 	46
47	January 21 	Quebec Nordiques 	5–4 	Washington Capitals 	21–20–6 	48
48	January 22 	Quebec Nordiques 	7–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	22–20–6 	50
49	January 25 	Winnipeg Jets 	3–6 	Quebec Nordiques 	23–20–6 	52
50	January 27 	Quebec Nordiques 	2–5 	Hartford Whalers 	23–21–6 	52
51	January 29 	New Jersey Devils 	4–6 	Quebec Nordiques 	24–21–6 	54
52	February 1 	Hartford Whalers 	3–12 	Quebec Nordiques 	25–21–6 	56
53	February 3 	Quebec Nordiques 	3–5 	Boston Bruins 	25–22–6 	56
54	February 5 	Buffalo Sabres 	0–0 	Quebec Nordiques 	25–22–7 	57
55	February 6 	Washington Capitals 	4-4 	Quebec Nordiques 	25–22–8 	58
56	February 10	Quebec Nordiques 	3–3 	Calgary Flames 	25–22–9 	59
57	February 11	Quebec Nordiques 	3–7 	Edmonton Oilers 	25–23–9 	59
58	February 13	Quebec Nordiques 	5–4 	Chicago Black Hawks 	26–23–9 	61
59	February 15	New York Islanders 	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques 	27–23–9 	63
60	February 17	Quebec Nordiques 	3–6 	Minnesota North Stars	27–24–9 	63
61	February 19	Quebec Nordiques 	4–4 	St. Louis Blues 	27–24–10	64
62	February 22	Quebec Nordiques 	1–6 	Montreal Canadiens 	27–25–10	64
63	February 24	Montreal Canadiens 	6–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	27–26–10	64
64	February 26	New York Rangers 	3-6 	Quebec Nordiques 	28–26–10	66
65	March 1 	Detroit Red Wings 	5–5 	Quebec Nordiques 	28–26–11	67
66	March 3 	Quebec Nordiques 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings 	28–27-11	67
67	March 5 	Hartford Whalers 	3–10 	Quebec Nordiques 	29–27–11	69
68	March 6 	Quebec Nordiques 	7–3 	Hartford Whalers 	30–27–11	71
69	March 8 	Boston Bruins 	11–5 	Quebec Nordiques 	30–28–11	71
70	March 13 	Minnesota North Stars	3–6 	Quebec Nordiques 	31–28–11	73
71	March 15 	Quebec Nordiques 	3-5 	St. Louis Blues 	31–29-11	73
72	March 17 	Quebec Nordiques 	3–4 	Los Angeles Kings 	31–30–11	73
73	March 18 	Quebec Nordiques 	3–7 	Vancouver Canucks 	31–31–11	73
74	March 20 	Quebec Nordiques 	2–3 	Winnipeg Jets 	31–32–11	73
75	March 24 	Los Angeles Kings 	3–7 	Quebec Nordiques 	32–32–11	75
76	March 26 	Quebec Nordiques 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	32–33–11	75
77	March 27 	Quebec Nordiques 	6–6 	Buffalo Sabres 	32–33–12	76
78	March 29 	Boston Bruins 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	32–34–12	76
79	April 2 	Quebec Nordiques 	5–4 	Hartford Whalers 	33–34–12	78
80	April 3 	Hartford Whalers 	5–6 	Quebec Nordiques 	34–34–12	80
==Playoffs==
===Boston Bruins 3, Quebec Nordiques 1===
The Nordiques opened the 1983 Stanley Cup playoffs with a best of five Adams Division Semi-final series against the Boston Bruins. The Nordiques eliminated Boston in seven games in the Division finals the previous season. The Bruins had the best record in the Adams Division, posting a record of 50-20-10, earning 110 points, which was 30 more than the Nordiques. The series opened with two games at the Boston Garden, and the Bruins squeaked out an overtime victory in the first game, winning 4-3, then held off the Nordiques in the second game for a 4-2 win to take an early 2-0 series lead. The series moved to Le Colisee for the next two games, and the Nordiques staved off elimination in the third game, defeating the Bruins 2-1 to cut their series lead in half. Quebec and Boston would play another close game in the fourth game, however, it was Boston who would emerge victorious, defeating the Nordiques 2-1 to win the series in four games.
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 5 	Quebec Nordiques	3–4 	Boston Bruins 	0-1
2	April 7 	Quebec Nordiques	2–4 	Boston Bruins 	0-2
3	April 9 	Boston Bruins 	1–2 	Quebec Nordiques	1-2
4	April 10	Boston Bruins 	2–1 	Quebec Nordiques	1-3
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	75	47	77	124	78 	28 	5 	0 	4
 	LW 	80	57	48	105	51 	31 	10 	4 	4
 	LW 	79	32	60	92 	25 	25 	10 	0 	7
 	RW 	60	36	43	79 	32 	20 	13 	0 	3
 	RW 	68	28	39	67 	30 	-4 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	80	26	38	64 	170	-10	6 	0 	2
 	C 	80	17	46	63 	206	10 	1 	2 	1
 	LW 	76	21	31	52 	34 	0 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	79	12	28	40 	45 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	51	14	10	24 	49 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	53	3 	21	24 	49 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	35	9 	14	23 	6 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	62	6 	17	23 	40 	11 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	77	7 	9 	16 	48 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	58	5 	11	16 	135	11 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	46	3 	12	15 	69 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	2 	12	14 	108	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	75	2 	12	14 	145	11 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	52	4 	8 	12 	84 	-4 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	43	2 	9 	11 	59 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	51	2 	7 	9 	38 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1 	6 	7 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	3 	3 	6 	4 	-2 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	13	0 	5 	5 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	50	0 	4 	4 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	2 	3 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	2 	3 	28 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	22	1 	1 	2 	59 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	2 	2 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	4 	3	2	5 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	2	2	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	2	1	3 	24 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	3	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0	1 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	1	1 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards & Records==
*The Nordiques did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Quebec's draft picks from the 1982 NHL Entry Draft which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	13 	David Shaw 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2 	34 	Paul Gillis 	 	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHL)
3 	55 	Mario Gosselin 	 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
4 	76 	Jiri Lala 	 	Dukla Jihlava (Czech.)
5 	97 	Phil Stanger 	 	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
7 	131	Daniel Poudrier	 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
9 	181	Mike Hough 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
10 	202	Vincent Lukac 	 	HC Kosice (Czech.)
11 	223	Andre Martin 	 	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
12 	244	Jozef Lukac 	 	HC Kosice (Czech.)
12 	248	Jan Jasko 	 	Slovan Bratislava (Slovak)
==References==
*SHRP Sports
*The Internet Hockey Database
*Hockey Reference
*Goalies Archive
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