Vancouver Canucks vs. Quebec Nordiques

The Quebec Nordiques joined the NHL along with three other teams from the WHA in 1979-80. The Canucks held a slight edge in games between the two teams. After the 1994-95 season (in which the Canucks did not meet the Nordiques), the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche. The Canucks and Nordiques never met in the playoffs.

Historical Notes: Ron Sedlbauer was the first Canuck to score against the Nordiques ... One of the most famous incidents in Canuck history took place in Quebec City. In March of 1982, coach Harry Neale and several Canuck players got into a fight with the crowd behind the bench. Some credit this event with uniting the team and spurring them on to their fine playoff performance that year ... Trevor Linden was the last Canuck to score against the Nordiques

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A SEASON  SCORE OT  GP  W  L  T  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES         
DEC  2  A  1979-80 1-3 L      1  0  1  0   1   3   0 0.000 Sedlbauer gets the only goal   
DEC 29  H          6-2 W      2  1  1  0   7   5   2 0.500 Blight out for the season      
MAR 16  A          3-2 W      3  2  1  0  10   7   4 0.667 Nordiques up 2-0 in first      
MAR 23  H          2-6 L      4  2  2  0  12  13   4 0.500 Smyl, Rota get the goals       
OCT 12  H  1980-81 8-2 W      5  3  2  0  20  15   6 0.600 Stan Smyl records the hat trick
OCT 29  A          3-3 T      6  3  2  1  23  18   7 0.583 Williams scores a pair         
FEB 20  H          3-9 L      7  3  3  1  26  27   7 0.500 Two Stastnys get hat tricks    
MAR 23  A          3-3 T      8  3  3  2  29  30   8 0.500 McDonald, Minor, Smyl score    
OCT 19  A  1981-82 3-6 L      9  3  4  2  32  36   8 0.444 Fraser has a two point game    
NOV 11  H          6-5 W     10  4  4  2  38  41  10 0.500 Brasar has a four point night  
MAR 20  A          3-3 T     11  4  4  3  41  44  11 0.500 Canucks brawl with spectators  
NOV  2  A  1982-83 5-2 W     12  5  4  3  46  46  13 0.542 Boldirev records three assists 
NOV 23  H          5-2 W     13  6  4  3  51  48  15 0.577 Brodeur outduels Garrett       
MAR 18  H          7-3 W     14  7  4  3  58  51  17 0.607 First NHL goal for Butcher     
DEC 13  H  1983-84 6-2 W     15  8  4  3  64  53  19 0.633 Gradin records three points    
DEC 20  A          4-6 L     16  8  5  3  68  59  19 0.594 Canucks up 2-1 after first     
FEB  7  A          4-2 W     17  9  5  3  72  61  21 0.618 Smyl records three assists     
OCT 11  H  1984-85 2-5 L     18  9  6  3  74  66  21 0.583 Craig Coxe makes his NHL debut 
DEC 11  A          4-3 W     19 10  6  3  78  69  23 0.605 Canucks down 3-1 in third      
FEB 23  H          5-7 L     20 10  7  3  83  76  23 0.575 Game tied at two after two     
DEC  4  A  1985-86 4-5 L     21 10  8  3  87  81  23 0.548 Smyl records three points      
MAR 11  A          1-1 T OT  22 10  8  4  88  82  24 0.545 Wendell Young makes 31 saves   
MAR 26  H          7-6 W     23 11  8  4  95  88  26 0.565 Tanti records three assists    
OCT 13  H  1986-87 1-7 L     24 11  9  4  96  95  26 0.542 Skriko opens the scoring       
JAN  6  A          2-3 L     25 11 10  4  98  98  26 0.520 Hodgson, Lemay score           
MAR 17  H          4-2 W     26 12 10  4 102 100  28 0.538 Skriko 2 goals, 2 assists      
NOV 13  H  1987-88 6-4 W     27 13 10  4 108 104  30 0.556 Tanti, Adams three points each 
DEC  1  A          3-1 W     28 14 10  4 111 105  32 0.571 Smyl records 600th point       
JAN  9  A          3-2 W     29 15 10  4 114 107  34 0.586 Tambellini scores twice        
DEC  9  H  1988-89 2-4 L     30 15 11  4 116 111  34 0.567 Linden, Bozek score            
FEB 16  H          3-2 W     31 16 11  4 119 113  36 0.581 McLean makes 28 saves          
FEB 28  A          3-2 W     32 17 11  4 122 115  38 0.594 Bridgman makes Canuck debut    
NOV 11  A  1989-90 2-3 L     33 17 12  4 124 118  38 0.576 Krutov, Adams score            
DEC 17  H          2-2 T OT  34 17 12  5 126 120  39 0.574 Tanti scores both goals        
FEB 13  A          3-5 L     35 17 13  5 129 125  39 0.557 Reinhart records two points    
OCT 21  A  1990-91 3-2 W     36 18 13  5 132 127  41 0.569 Bozek scores twice in third    
DEC 10  H          2-3 L OT  37 18 14  5 134 130  41 0.554 Bozek in on both goals         
FEB 18  H          3-3 T OT  38 18 14  6 137 133  42 0.553 Teams swap goals each period   
DEC  3  A  1991-92 0-3 L     39 18 15  6 137 136  42 0.538 Nordique Tugnutt gets shutout  
DEC 22  H          6-6 T OT  40 18 15  7 143 142  43 0.538 Courtnall records five points  
JAN 21  A          5-3 W     41 19 15  7 148 145  45 0.549 Larionov records four points   
DEC 13  H  1992-93 3-3 T OT  42 19 15  8 151 148  46 0.548 Canucks lead 3-1 in third      
FEB  9  A          5-1 W     43 20 15  8 156 149  48 0.558 Bure scores goals 45 and 46    
DEC  4  A  1993-94 1-3 L     44 20 16  8 157 152  48 0.545 Ronning scores lone marker     
JAN 12  H          4-3 W     45 21 16  8 161 155  50 0.556 Linden gets winner shorthanded