1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Quebec Nordiques

Record: 38-36-4, 80 pts
Finish: 5th, East
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Jacques Plante

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 7	New England	4-2	W	1-0-0	2	4-2	40.	Jan 6	Chicago	4-0	W	19-18-3	41	149-130
2.	Oct 9	@ New England	2-3	L	1-1-0	2	6-5	41.	Jan 10	Los Angeles	7-1	W	20-18-3	43	156-131
3.	Oct 11	@ Toronto	4-1	W	2-1-0	4	10-6	42.	Jan 12	@ Houston	1-5	L	20-19-3	43	157-136
4.	Oct 13	@ Cleveland	3-6	L	2-2-0	4	13-12	43.	Jan 15	@ Los Angeles	4-6	L	20-20-3	43	161-142
5.	Oct 18	Toronto	5-2	W	3-2-0	6	18-14	44.	Jan 19	@ Chicago	2-5	L	20-21-3	43	163-147
6.	Oct 20	New York	8-1	W	4-2-0	8	26-15	45.	Jan 20	Minnesota	*5-4	W	21-21-3	45	168-151
7.	Oct 21	@ New York	3-4	L	4-3-0	8	29-19	46.	Jan 24	@ Houston	1-5	L	21-22-3	45	169-156
8.	Oct 25	Chicago	2-4	L	4-4-0	8	31-23	47.	Jan 25	@ Los Angeles	0-2	L	21-23-3	45	169-158
9.	Oct 26	@ Minnesota	5-4	W	5-4-0	10	36-27	48.	Jan 27	Cleveland	4-3	W	22-23-3	47	173-161
10.	Oct 28	@ Houston	3-2	W	6-4-0	12	39-29	49.	Jan 29	Los Angeles	5-0	W	23-23-3	49	178-161
11.	Oct 30	@ Los Angeles	6-4	W	7-4-0	14	45-33	50.	Jan 31	Houston	6-4	W	24-23-3	51	184-165
12.	Oct 31	@ Vancouver	5-1	W	8-4-0	16	50-34	51.	Feb 1	Toronto	2-1	W	25-23-3	53	186-166
13.	Nov 2	@ Edmonton	4-5	L	8-5-0	16	54-39	52.	Feb 3	Jersey	5-3	W	26-23-3	55	191-169
14.	Nov 4	@ Winnipeg	2-8	L	8-6-0	16	56-47	53.	Feb 6	@ New England	3-0	W	27-23-3	57	194-169
15.	Nov 6	Winnipeg	2-2	T	8-6-1	17	58-49	54.	Feb 8	@ Vancouver	3-7	L	27-24-3	57	197-176
16.	Nov 8	Edmonton	3-4	L	8-7-1	17	61-53	55.	Feb 10	@ Edmonton	4-3	W	28-24-3	59	201-179
17.	Nov 10	@ New York	3-4	L	8-8-1	17	64-57	56.	Feb 12	@ Toronto	4-6	L	28-25-3	59	205-185
18.	Nov 11	New England	3-2	W	9-8-1	19	67-59	57.	Feb 14	@ Chicago	5-3	W	29-25-3	61	210-188
19.	Nov 15	New England	3-5	L	9-9-1	19	70-64	58.	Feb 16	@ Cleveland	2-5	L	29-26-3	61	212-193
20.	Nov 17	@ New England	10-4	W	10-9-1	21	80-68	59.	Feb 17	@ Jersey	3-10	L	29-27-3	61	215-203
21.	Nov 18	Houston	8-3	W	11-9-1	23	88-71	60.	Feb 19	Cleveland	*6-5	W	30-27-3	63	221-208
22.	Nov 22	Toronto	2-4	L	11-10-1	23	90-75	61.	Feb 22	Minnesota	4-6	L	30-28-3	63	225-214
23.	Nov 23	@ Cleveland	3-2	W	12-10-1	25	93-77	62.	Feb 24	Jersey	7-4	W	31-28-3	65	232-218
24.	Nov 25	@ Jersey	1-3	L	12-11-1	25	94-80	63.	Feb 26	Winnipeg	7-1	W	32-28-3	67	239-219
25.	Nov 27	@ Toronto	1-3	L	12-12-1	25	95-83	64.	Feb 28	Vancouver	9-4	W	33-28-3	69	248-223
26.	Nov 29	Cleveland	4-4	T	12-12-2	26	99-87	65.	Mar 3	@ Winnipeg	6-8	L	33-29-3	69	254-231
27.	Dec 1	Houston	3-3	T	12-12-3	27	102-90	66.	Mar 7	Chicago	2-3	L	33-30-3	69	256-234
28.	Dec 2	@ Winnipeg	3-5	L	12-13-3	27	105-95	67.	Mar 9	@ Minnesota	5-9	L	33-31-3	69	261-243
29.	Dec 8	@ Minnesota	1-4	L	12-14-3	27	106-99	68.	Mar 10	Jersey	5-2	W	34-31-3	71	266-245
30.	Dec 9	Chicago	6-1	W	13-14-3	29	112-100	69.	Mar 14	@ Toronto	3-2	W	35-31-3	73	269-247
31.	Dec 12	@ Vancouver	*1-2	L	13-15-3	29	113-102	70.	Mar 16	@ Chicago	*3-4	L	35-32-3	73	272-251
32.	Dec 14	@ Edmonton	4-3	W	14-15-3	31	117-105	71.	Mar 17	Minnesota	3-5	L	35-33-3	73	275-256
33.	Dec 16	@ Toronto	*4-3	W	15-15-3	33	121-108	72.	Mar 21	Edmonton	5-5	T	35-33-4	74	280-261
34.	Dec 18	Edmonton	4-2	W	16-15-3	35	125-110	73.	Mar 23	Vancouver	6-2	W	36-33-4	76	286-263
35.	Dec 22	Toronto	4-6	L	16-16-3	35	129-116	74.	Mar 24	New England	4-3	W	37-33-4	78	290-266
36.	Dec 27	Cleveland	4-2	W	17-16-3	37	133-118	75.	Mar 27	@ Cleveland	*4-5	L	37-34-4	78	294-271
37.	Dec 28	@ Chicago	4-6	L	17-17-3	37	137-124	76.	Mar 28	Los Angeles	9-3	W	38-34-4	80	303-274
38.	Dec 29	Winnipeg	3-4	L	17-18-3	37	140-128	77.	Mar 30	Toronto	1-3	L	38-35-4	80	304-277
39.	Jan 5	Vancouver	5-2	W	18-18-3	39	145-130	78.	Mar 31	@ New England	*2-3	L	38-36-4	80	306-280

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
G	1	Aubry, Serge	26	0	1	1	8	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	9	Balon, David	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Beaule, Alain	78	4	36	40	93	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
c	21	Bernier, Serge	74	37	49	86	107	7	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Brodeur, Richard	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	19	Caron, Alain	59	31	15	46	10	9	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	23	Deguise, Michel	32	0	1	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	24	Descoteaux, Norm	35	1	6	7	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	22	Desjardine, Ken	70	2	10	12	44	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	20	Dufour, Guy	74	27	23	50	30	6	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	16	Gaudette, Andre	78	24	44	68	76	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
LW	7	Gendron, Jean-Guy	64	11	8	19	42	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	17	Gilbert, Jeannot	75	17	39	56	20	4	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	18	Giroux, Rejean	12	5	6	11	14	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	25	Guindon, Bob	71	31	39	70	30	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	6	Guite, Pierre	72	14	20	34	106	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	33	Hoganson, Dale	62	8	33	41	27	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	5	Houle, Rejean	69	27	35	62	17	6	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Lacombe, Francois	71	9	26	35	41	4	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	15	Leclerc, Rene	58	17	27	44	84	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	12	Parizeau, Michel	78	26	34	60	39	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	8	Payette, Jean	41	4	11	15	6	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	14	Rouleau, Michel	4	0	4	4	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Roy, Pierre	44	2	7	9	137	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Tremblay, J.C.	68	9	44	53	10	4	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Aubry, Serge	26	1395	90	1	1	11-11-2	3.87	751	0.880	-	-	-	-	-
Brodeur, Richard	30	1607	89	3	1	15-12-1	3.32	900	0.901	-	-	-	-	-
Deguise, Michel	32	1750	96	1	1	12-13-1	3.29	919	0.896	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Dale Hoganson signed to contract, May 1973
• Michel Deguise signed to contract, Jun 1973
• Rejean Houle signed to contract, Jul 1973

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	3-5-0	28-26	2-2-0	14-8	1-3-0	14-18
Cleveland	4-3-1	30-32	3-0-1	18-14	1-3-0	12-18
Edmonton	3-2-1	24-22	1-1-1	12-11	2-1-0	12-11
Houston	3-2-1	22-22	2-0-1	17-10	1-2-0	5-12
Los Angeles	4-2-0	31-16	3-0-0	21-4	1-2-0	10-12
Minnesota	2-4-0	23-32	1-2-0	12-15	1-2-0	11-17
New England	5-3-0	31-22	3-1-0	14-12	2-2-0	17-10
New York-Jersey	4-4-0	35-31	4-0-0	25-10	0-4-0	10-21
Toronto	5-5-0	30-31	2-3-0	14-16	3-2-0	16-15
Vancouver	4-2-0	29-18	3-0-0	20-8	1-2-0	9-10
Winnipeg	1-4-1	23-28	1-1-1	12-7	0-3-0	11-21
October	8-4-0	50-34	3-1-0	19-9	5-3-0	31-25
November	4-8-2	49-53	2-3-2	25-24	2-5-0	24-29
December	5-6-1	41-41	3-2-1	24-18	2-4-0	17-23
January	7-5-0	44-37	7-0-0	36-14	0-5-0	8-23
February	9-5-0	64-58	6-1-0	40-24	3-4-0	24-34
March	5-8-1	58-57	4-3-1	35-26	1-5-0	23-31

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