Belt game 4,342 · February 1, 1983
Quebec Nordiques take the belt
Quebec Nordiques beat Hartford Whalers 12–3 at home to start reign 1,617 of the NHL belt, the 10th for the franchise.
Hartford Whalers had held it since January 27, 1983, with 1 defense over 5 days.
Quebec Nordiques held it for 2 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Boston Bruins on February 3, 1983.
1,617Reign number
10Team's reign
0Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Quebec Nordiques
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Stastny | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Louis Sleigher | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Michel Goulet | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Alain Cote | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Anton Stastny | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Wilf Paiement | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Marc Tardif | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Real Cloutier | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Aubry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Tim Tookey | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Dale Hunter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Wally Weir | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Marian Stastny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Normand Rochefort | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Moller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Blake Wesley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean Hamel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rick Lapointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Garrett | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Bouchard | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 21 | 24 |
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Stoughton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Francis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Lawless | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dan Fridgen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike McDougall | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Renaud | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Neufeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Merlin Malinowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Sulliman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Stuart Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mickey Volcan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Risto Siltanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Hospodar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Millen | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 30 |
| Mike Veisor | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 11 | 17 |
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