1991–92 Quebec Nordiques season

1991–92 Quebec Nordiques
Division	5th Adams
Conference	11th Prince of Wales
1991–92 record	20–48–12
Home record	18–19–3
Road record	2–29–9
Goals for	255
Goals against	318
Team information
General manager	Pierre Page
Coach	Pierre Page
Captain	Mike Hough
Alternate captains	Steven Finn Joe Sakic
Arena	Le Colisée
Team leaders
Goals	Owen Nolan (42)
Assists	Joe Sakic (65)
Points	Joe Sakic (94)
Penalty minutes	Steven Finn (194)
Wins	Stephane Fiset (7)
Goals against average	John Tanner (3.47)

The 1990–91 Quebec Nordiques season was the team's 13th season in the National Hockey League. The Nordiques finished 5th in the Adams Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

= NHL All-Star

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1.	Eric Lindros	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)

Regular Season

Final Standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	28	11	267	207	93
Boston Bruins	80	36	32	12	270	275	84
Buffalo Sabres	80	31	37	12	289	299	74
Hartford Whalers	80	26	41	13	247	283	65
Quebec Nordiques	80	20	48	12	255	318	52

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1991	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1991	5–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	1–1–0
3	L	October 10, 1991	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	1–2–0
4	L	October 12, 1991	4–5	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	1–3–0
5	T	October 13, 1991	1–1 OT	New York Islanders (1991–92)	1–3–1
6	L	October 17, 1991	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	1–4–1
7	L	October 19, 1991	1–6	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	1–5–1
8	L	October 23, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	1–6–1
9	L	October 24, 1991	0–5	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	1–7–1
10	L	October 26, 1991	3–5	New York Rangers (1991–92)	1–8–1
11	W	October 29, 1991	7–2	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	2–8–1
12	L	October 31, 1991	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	2–9–1
13	W	November 2, 1991	6–3	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	3–9–1
14	L	November 7, 1991	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	3–10–1
15	L	November 10, 1991	3–10	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	3–11–1
16	L	November 12, 1991	4–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	3–12–1
17	L	November 14, 1991	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	3–13–1
18	L	November 16, 1991	2–6	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	3–14–1
19	L	November 18, 1991	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	3–15–1
20	W	November 21, 1991	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	4–15–1
21	L	November 23, 1991	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	4–16–1
22	W	November 25, 1991	5–2	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	5–16–1
23	T	November 27, 1991	4–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	5–16–2
24	L	November 28, 1991	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	5–17–2
25	W	November 30, 1991	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	6–17–2
26	W	December 3, 1991	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	7–17–2
27	T	December 5, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	7–17–3
28	W	December 7, 1991	7–5	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	8–17–3
29	W	December 10, 1991	5–2	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	9–17–3
30	L	December 12, 1991	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	9–18–3
31	L	December 14, 1991	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	9–19–3
32	L	December 17, 1991	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	9–20–3
33	T	December 19, 1991	5–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	9–20–4
34	L	December 21, 1991	1–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	9–21–4
35	T	December 22, 1991	6–6 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	9–21–5
36	L	December 26, 1991	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	9–22–5
37	W	December 28, 1991	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	10–22–5
38	W	December 30, 1991	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	11–22–5
39	L	January 2, 1992	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	11–23–5
40	L	January 4, 1992	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1991–92)	11–24–5
41	L	January 8, 1992	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	11–25–5
42	L	January 9, 1992	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	11–26–5
43	L	January 11, 1992	2–7	New York Rangers (1991–92)	11–27–5
44	L	January 14, 1992	3–5	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	11–28–5
45	L	January 21, 1992	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	11–29–5
46	L	January 23, 1992	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	11–30–5
47	W	January 25, 1992	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	12–30–5
48	L	January 28, 1992	2–4	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	12–31–5
49	L	January 29, 1992	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	12–32–5
50	T	January 31, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	12–32–6
51	L	February 2, 1992	2–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	12–33–6
52	L	February 5, 1992	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	12–34–6
53	L	February 8, 1992	0–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	12–35–6
54	L	February 9, 1992	1–2	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	12–36–6
55	L	February 11, 1992	3–4	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	12–37–6
56	L	February 13, 1992	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	12–38–6
57	T	February 15, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	12–38–7
58	W	February 18, 1992	4–0	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	13–38–7
59	T	February 20, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	13–38–8
60	L	February 22, 1992	0–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	13–39–8
61	T	February 23, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	13–39–9
62	L	February 26, 1992	4–7	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	13–40–9
63	L	February 27, 1992	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	13–41–9
64	T	March 3, 1992	4–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	13–41–10
65	W	March 5, 1992	10–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	14–41–10
66	T	March 7, 1992	4–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	14–41–11
67	W	March 9, 1992	2–0	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	15–41–11
68	W	March 11, 1992	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	16–41–11
69	L	March 14, 1992	4–5 OT	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	16–42–11
70	L	March 15, 1992	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	16–43–11
71	L	March 17, 1992	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	16–44–11
72	L	March 19, 1992	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	16–45–11
73	W	March 21, 1992	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	17–45–11
74	W	March 24, 1992	5–2	New York Islanders (1991–92)	18–45–11
75	L	March 26, 1992	4–5 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	18–46–11
76	L	March 28, 1992	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	18–47–11
77	L	March 31, 1992	4–5 OT	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	18–48–11
78	T	April 12, 1992	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	18–48–12
79	W	April 14, 1992	7–3	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	19–48–12
80	W	April 15, 1992	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	20–48–12

Playoffs

• The Nordiques did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 69 29 65 94 20 5 6 3 1 Sundin, MatsMats Sundin C 80 33 43 76 103 -19 8 2 2 Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 75 42 31 73 183 -9 17 0 0 Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski RW 80 28 17 45 18 -12 5 1 4 Hough, MikeMike Hough LW 61 16 22 38 77 -1 6 2 1 Tatarinov, MikhailMikhail Tatarinov D 66 11 27 38 72 8 5 0 1 Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe LW/C 78 13 20 33 86 -8 0 2 2 Smail, DougDoug Smail LW 46 10 18 28 47 -11 0 1 1 Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov D 68 5 18 23 22 -9 3 0 1 Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky LW 23 7 14 21 14 -1 2 0 1 Raglan, HerbHerb Raglan RW 62 6 14 20 120 -5 0 0 0 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 52 7 10 17 32 -5 3 0 1 Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn D 42 5 12 17 42 -28 3 0 1 Lambert, DanDan Lambert D 28 6 9 15 22 -5 2 0 0 Miller, KipKip Miller C 36 5 10 15 12 -21 1 0 2 Fogarty, BryanBryan Fogarty D 20 3 12 15 16 -15 0 0 0 Fortier, MarcMarc Fortier C 39 5 9 14 33 -7 2 0 1 Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin D 69 2 11 13 80 -12 0 0 0 Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 65 4 7 11 194 -9 0 0 0 Morin, StephaneStephane Morin C 30 2 8 10 14 -2 0 0 0 Van Dorp, WayneWayne Van Dorp LW 24 3 5 8 109 5 0 0 0 Cavallini, GinoGino Cavallini LW 18 1 7 8 4 -1 0 0 0 Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 46 2 5 7 44 -4 0 0 0 Lindsay, BillBill Lindsay RW 23 2 4 6 14 -6 0 0 1 Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 19 2 4 6 14 -7 2 0 0 Velischek, RandyRandy Velischek D 38 2 3 5 22 -3 0 0 0 McNeill, MikeMike McNeill RW 26 1 4 5 8 -8 1 0 0 Pearson, ScottScott Pearson LW 10 1 2 3 14 -5 0 0 0 Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky LW 4 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic RW 18 0 2 2 115 -3 0 0 0 Smyth, GregGreg Smyth D 29 0 2 2 138 -10 0 0 0 Vermette, MarkMark Vermette RW 10 1 0 1 8 -6 0 0 0 Klemm, JonJon Klemm D 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 McRae, KenKen McRae C 10 0 1 1 31 -5 0 0 0 Twist, TonyTony Twist LW 44 0 1 1 164 -3 0 0 0 Barber, DonDon Barber W 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Charbonneau, StephaneStephane Charbonneau RW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Karpa, DaveDave Karpa D 4 0 0 0 14 2 0 0 0 Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski C 5 0 0 0 45 -2 0 0 0 Marcinyshyn, DaveDave Marcinyshyn D 5 0 0 0 26 -1 0 0 0 Rymsha, AndyAndy Rymsha D 6 0 0 0 23 -3 0 0 0 Tanner, JohnJohn Tanner G 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset G 23 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier G 26 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt G 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset 1133 23 7 10 2 71 3.76 1 646 575 .890 Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier 1345 26 6 14 3 88 3.93 0 712 624 .876 Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt 1583 30 6 17 3 106 4.02 1 782 676 .864 Tanner, JohnJohn Tanner 796 14 1 7 4 46 3.47 1 394 348 .883 Team: 4857 80 20 48 12 311 3.84 3 2534 2223 .877

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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage

Awards and Records

• The Nordiques did not win any awards this season.

References

• Nordiques on Hockey Database