1991–92 Quebec Nordiques season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1991–92 1991 Quebec Nordiques Wales 11th Adams 5th 20–48–12 18–19–3 2–29–9 255 318 Pierre Page Dave Chambers Pierre Page Mike Hough Steven FinnJoe Sakic Colisée de Québec Owen Nolan (42) Joe Sakic (65) Joe Sakic (94) Steven Finn (194) Mikhail Tatarinov (+8) Stephane Fiset (7) John Tanner (3.47) The 1991–92 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). 2 Off-season Quebec once again had the first overall draft pick heading into the 1991 NHL entry draft, as this marked the third consecutive season the Nordiques had the first overall selection. With the pick, Quebec selected Eric Lindros of the Oshawa Generals. Lindros scored 71 goals and 149 points with the Generals during the 1990–91 season, however, he let the Nordiques know that he was not interested in playing for Quebec. Despite this, the Nordiques drafted him, however, the club was unable to sign Lindros. Rather than playing for Quebec for the 1991–92 season, Lindros played for the Canadian national men's hockey team, and then returned to the Generals for the rest of the season. The Nordiques did make a big signing, as they signed Russian hockey player Valeri Kamensky to a four-year contract to bring him to North America. Kamensky had played with CSKA Moscow since 1985, and had represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal. In 1990–91 with CSKA, Kamensky 20 goals and 46 points in 46 games. Quebec made a couple of free agent signings, as Doug Smail joined the team from the Minnesota North Stars. Smail split the 1990–91 season between the North Stars and Winnipeg Jets, scoring eight goals and 23 points in 72 games. The Nordiques also signed tough guy John Kordic from the Washington Capitals. Kordic appeared in only ten games during the 1990–91 season, splitting time between the Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs, as he had no points, however, he recorded 110 penalty minutes. The team named Mike Hough the captain, replacing Steven Finn and Joe Sakic who were co-captains of the club in the 1990–91 season. Regular season After winning their season opener against the Hartford Whalers, Quebec would endure a nine-game winless streak, and quickly fell into last place in the Adams Division with a 1–8–1 record. The team would eventually fall to 3–14–1, and head coach Dave Chambers was relieved of his duties, as general manager Pierre Page took over the coaching duties. Under Page, the losses would continue to pile up, however, the team did have a five-game unbeaten streak in early December, as they went 4–0–1 during that span. However, the team did go through some very bad losing streaks, as the club went 1–16–2 during a nineteen-game span in January and February, and fell out of the playoff race. The club finished the year with a 20–48–12 record, earning 52 points, which was a six-point improvement from the previous season. The 52 points was the highest total by Quebec since they had 61 points in the 1988–89 season. Also, for the first time since 1987–88, the Nordiques did not finish in last place in the overall standings, as they had 13 more points than the expansion San Jose Sharks. Joe Sakic had another impressive season, scoring 29 goals and 94 points in 69 games, to lead the team in points. Owen Nolan had a breakout season, scoring a team high 42 goals, while earning 73 points. Mats Sundin also saw improvement in point totals, finishing with 33 goals and 76 points in his second NHL season. Greg Paslawski had a surprising season, scoring 28 goals and 45 points for the team. On defence, Mikhail Tatarinov, who came over to the Nordiques from the Washington Capitals in the off-season, led the team with 11 goals and 38 points. Alexei Gusarov was steady on the blueline, earning 23 points, while Curtis Leschyshyn had 17 points despite missing 38 games due to injuries. In goal, Ron Tugnutt played the most, as he appeared in 30 games, earning six wins with a GAA of 4.02. Stephane Fiset led the club with seven victories, and had a 3.76 GAA. Jacques Cloutier had six wins and a 3.93 GAA, while John Tanner had a club best 3.47 GAA, however, he had only one victory in fourteen games. Final standings QUE Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 5px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 5px solid; 1991–92 regular season1991-92 Quebec Nordiques Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/QUE/1992_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 19, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 5, 1991||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1991–92) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 8, 1991||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 10, 1991||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 12, 1991||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) ||1–3–0 |- |5||T||October 13, 1991||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1991–92) ||1–3–1 |- |6||L||October 17, 1991||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) ||1–4–1 |- |7||L||October 19, 1991||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) ||1–5–1 |- |8||L||October 23, 1991||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) ||1–6–1 |- |9||L||October 24, 1991||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) ||1–7–1 |- |10||L||October 26, 1991||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1991–92) ||1–8–1 |- |11||W||October 29, 1991||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) ||2–8–1 |- |12||L||October 31, 1991||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1991–92) ||2–9–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||W||November 2, 1991||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1991–92) ||3–9–1 |- |14||L||November 7, 1991||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) ||3–10–1 |- |15||L||November 10, 1991||3–10 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1991–92) ||3–11–1 |- |16||L||November 12, 1991||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) ||3–12–1 |- |17||L||November 14, 1991||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1991–92) ||3–13–1 |- |18||L||November 16, 1991||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) ||3–14–1 |- |19||L||November 18, 1991||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) ||3–15–1 |- |20||W||November 21, 1991||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) ||4–15–1 |- |21||L||November 23, 1991||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) ||4–16–1 |- |22||W||November 25, 1991||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1991–92) ||5–16–1 |- |23||T||November 27, 1991||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) ||5–16–2 |- |24||L||November 28, 1991||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) ||5–17–2 |- |25||W||November 30, 1991||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) ||6–17–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||W||December 3, 1991||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) ||7–17–2 |- |27||T||December 5, 1991||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1991–92) ||7–17–3 |- |28||W||December 7, 1991||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) ||8–17–3 |- |29||W||December 10, 1991||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1991–92) ||9–17–3 |- |30||L||December 12, 1991||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) ||9–18–3 |- |31||L||December 14, 1991||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1991–92) ||9–19–3 |- |32||L||December 17, 1991||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1991–92) ||9–20–3 |- |33||T||December 19, 1991||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1991–92) ||9–20–4 |- |34||L||December 21, 1991||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) ||9–21–4 |- |35||T||December 22, 1991||6–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) ||9–21–5 |- |36||L||December 26, 1991||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) ||9–22–5 |- |37||W||December 28, 1991||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1991–92) ||10–22–5 |- |38||W||December 30, 1991||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) ||11–22–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||L||January 2, 1992||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) ||11–23–5 |- |40||L||January 4, 1992||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1991–92) ||11–24–5 |- |41||L||January 8, 1992||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) ||11–25–5 |- |42||L||January 9, 1992||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1991–92) ||11–26–5 |- |43||L||January 11, 1992||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1991–92) ||11–27–5 |- |44||L||January 14, 1992||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1991–92) ||11–28–5 |- |45||L||January 21, 1992||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) ||11–29–5 |- |46||L||January 23, 1992||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) ||11–30–5 |- |47||W||January 25, 1992||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) ||12–30–5 |- |48||L||January 28, 1992||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1991–92) ||12–31–5 |- |49||L||January 29, 1992||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) ||12–32–5 |- |50||T||January 31, 1992||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) ||12–32–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |51||L||February 2, 1992||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) ||12–33–6 |- |52||L||February 5, 1992||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1991–92) ||12–34–6 |- |53||L||February 8, 1992||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) ||12–35–6 |- |54||L||February 9, 1992||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1991–92) ||12–36–6 |- |55||L||February 11, 1992||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1991–92) ||12–37–6 |- |56||L||February 13, 1992||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) ||12–38–6 |- |57||T||February 15, 1992||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) ||12–38–7 |- |58||W||February 18, 1992||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) ||13–38–7 |- |59||T||February 20, 1992||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) ||13–38–8 |- |60||L||February 22, 1992||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) ||13–39–8 |- |61||T||February 23, 1992||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) ||13–39–9 |- |62||L||February 26, 1992||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) ||13–40–9 |- |63||L||February 27, 1992||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) ||13–41–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||T||March 3, 1992||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) ||13–41–10 |- |65||W||March 5, 1992||10–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) ||14–41–10 |- |66||T||March 7, 1992||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) ||14–41–11 |- |67||W||March 9, 1992||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1991–92) ||15–41–11 |- |68||W||March 11, 1992||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) ||16–41–11 |- |69||L||March 14, 1992||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1991–92) ||16–42–11 |- |70||L||March 15, 1992||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) ||16–43–11 |- |71||L||March 17, 1992||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) ||16–44–11 |- |72||L||March 19, 1992||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) ||16–45–11 |- |73||W||March 21, 1992||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) ||17–45–11 |- |74||W||March 24, 1992||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1991–92) ||18–45–11 |- |75||L||March 26, 1992||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) ||18–46–11 |- |76||L||March 28, 1992||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) ||18–47–11 |- |77||L||March 31, 1992||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1991–92) ||18–48–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |78||T||April 12, 1992||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1991–92) ||18–48–12 |- |79||W||April 14, 1992||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) ||19–48–12 |- |80||W||April 15, 1992||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) ||20–48–12 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 69 29 65 94 205631 Mats Sundin C 80 33 43 76 103-19822 Owen Nolan RW 75 42 31 73 183-91700 Greg Paslawski RW 80 28 17 45 18-12514 Mike Hough LW 61 16 22 38 77-1621 Mikhail Tatarinov D 66 11 27 38 728501 Claude Lapointe LW/C 78 13 20 33 86-8022 Doug Smail LW 46 10 18 28 47-11011 Alexei Gusarov D 68 5 18 23 22-9301 Valeri Kamensky LW 23 7 14 21 14-1201 Herb Raglan RW 62 6 14 20 120-5000 Jamie Baker Jamie Baker (ice hockey) C 52 7 10 17 32-5301 Curtis Leschyshyn D 42 5 12 17 42-28301 Dan Lambert D 28 6 9 15 22-5200 Kip Miller C 36 5 10 15 12-21102 Bryan Fogarty D 20 3 12 15 16-15000 Marc Fortier C 39 5 9 14 33-7201 Craig Wolanin D 69 2 11 13 80-12000 Steven Finn Steven Finn (ice hockey) D 65 4 7 11 194-9000 Stephane Morin Stéphane Morin C 30 2 8 10 14-2000 Wayne Van Dorp LW 24 3 5 8 1095000 Gino Cavallini LW 18 1 7 8 4-1000 Adam Foote D 46 2 5 7 44-4000 Bill Lindsay RW 23 2 4 6 14-6001 John Tonelli LW 19 2 4 6 14-7200 Randy Velischek D 38 2 3 5 22-3000 Mike McNeill ice hockey RW 26 1 4 5 8-8100 Scott Pearson LW 10 1 2 3 14-5000 Martin Rucinsky Martin Ručinský LW 4 1 1 2 21000 John Kordic RW 18 0 2 2 115-3000 Greg Smyth D 29 0 2 2 138-10000 Mark Vermette RW 10 1 0 1 8-6000 Jon Klemm D 4 0 1 1 02000 Ken McRae C 10 0 1 1 31-5000 Tony Twist LW 44 0 1 1 164-3000 Don Barber W 2 0 0 0 0-1000 Stephane Charbonneau Stéphane Charbonneau RW 2 0 0 0 0-2000 Jacques Cloutier G 26 0 0 0 60000 Stephane Fiset Stéphane Fiset G 23 0 0 0 60000 Kevin Kaminski C 5 0 0 0 45-2000 Dave Karpa D 4 0 0 0 142000 Dave Marcinyshyn D 5 0 0 0 26-1000 Andy Rymsha D 6 0 0 0 23-3000 John Tanner John Tanner (ice hockey) G 14 0 0 0 40000 Ron Tugnutt G 30 0 0 0 00000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Stephane Fiset Stéphane Fiset 1133 23 7 10 2 71 3.76 1646575.890 Jacques Cloutier 1345 26 6 14 3 88 3.93 0712624.876 Ron Tugnutt 1583 30 6 17 3 106 4.02 1782676.864 John Tanner John Tanner (ice hockey) 796 14 1 7 4 46 3.47 1394348.883 Team: 4857 80 20 48 12 311 3.84 325342223.877 hockey-reference.com 2009-09-18 1991-92 Quebec Nordiques Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/QUE/1992.html Transactions The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1991–92 season. Trades September 3, 1991To New York RangersCashTo Quebec NordiquesStephane Guerard September 25, 1991To Chicago BlackhawksRyan McGillTo Quebec NordiquesMike Dagenais October 22, 1991To Winnipeg JetsShawn AndersonTo Quebec NordiquesSergei Kharin February 18, 1992To Chicago BlackhawksFuture ConsiderationsTo Quebec NordiquesJohn Tonelli March 7, 1992To San Jose SharksDon BarberTo Quebec NordiquesMurray Garbutt March 8, 1992To Minnesota North StarsKip MillerTo Quebec NordiquesSteve Maltais March 10, 1992To Edmonton OilersRon Tugnutt Brad ZavishaTo Quebec NordiquesMartin Rucinsky March 10, 1992To Calgary FlamesGreg SmythTo Quebec NordiquesMartin Simard March 10, 1992To Pittsburgh PenguinsBryan FogartyTo Quebec NordiquesScott Young June 15, 1992To Detroit Red WingsCashTo Quebec NordiquesDoug Crossman Dennis Vial June 19, 1992To Tampa Bay LightningMartin SimardTo Quebec NordiquesTim Hunter Waivers November 12, 1991From Winnipeg JetsDon Barber February 27, 1992From St. Louis BluesGino Cavallini Expansion Draft June 18, 1992To Tampa Bay LightningDoug Crossman June 18, 1992To Tampa Bay LightningSteve Maltais Free agents Player Former team Doug Smail Minnesota North Stars John Kordic Washington Capitals Player New team Ken Quinney Detroit Red Wings Jeff Jackson Chicago Blackhawks Draft picks Quebec's draft picks from the 1991 NHL entry draft which was held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)11 Eric Lindros Oshawa Generals (OHL)223 Rene Corbet Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)346 Rich Brennan Tabor Academy (USHS-MA)468 Dave Karpa Ferris State University (WCHA)590 Patrick Labrecque Saint-Jean Lynx (QMJHL)5103 Bill Lindsay Tri-City Americans (WHL)7134 Mikael Johansson Djurgårdens IF (Sweden)8156 Janne Laukkanen Lahti (Finland)8157 Aaron Asp Ferris State University (WCHA)9178 Adam Bartell Niagara Scenic (NAJHL)9188 Brent Brekke Western Michigan University (CCHA)10200 Paul Koch Omaha Lancers (USHL)11222 Doug Friedman Boston University (Hockey East)12244 Eric Meloche Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)S2Dave TrombleyClarkson University (ECAC)S8Chris HynnesColorado College (WCHA) Farm teams Halifax Citadels – American Hockey League References External links Nordiques on Hockey Database Quebec Nordiques season, 1991-92 Category:Quebec Nordiques seasons Que Category:1991 in sports in Quebec Category:1992 in sports in Quebec Category:1990s in Quebec City