The 5th-seeded ’94-’95 Quebec Nordiques, despite losing out in five games, appeared to be the better side in terms of puck possession and scoring opportunities. They outshot the 4th-seeded ’86-’87 Quebec Nordiques in all five games. The ’86-’87 Nordiques opened the series with a 6-4 win in Game 1 thanks to 47 saves by Clint Malarchuk and three poitns from Michel Goulet. In Game 2, the two teams combined for six goals in the opening period and Goulet recorded a hat trick in the first period alone. The ’94-’95 Nordiques trailed 5-2 going into the third period. After goals from Owen Nolan and Sylvain Lefebvre, they came back to within one with 10+ minutes to go, but they could never equalize.
The ’86-’87 Nordiques were outshot 40-29 in Game 3, but thanks to a power play goal from Brent Ashton and an even strength goal from Peter Stastny gave them a 4-2 win. In Game 4, the ’94-’95 Nordiques finished with 70 shots on goal and the ’86-’87 Nordiques finished with 40 shots on goal. It was the ’94-’95 Nordiques’ first win in the series, avoiding the sweep, thanks to an overtime winner from Nolan with three plus minutes left in the overtime period. Malarchuk’s 67 saves were a series high in Game 4. It was Nolan’s second goal and third point of the game and Joe Sakic also posted three points in the game. Game 5 turned out to be the series-deciding game as the ’86-’87 Nordiques won 5-3. Goulet put up another three point performance and Peter Stastny potted two goals.
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’94-’95 Nordiques | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
| ’86-’87 Nordiques | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 6 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’86-’87 QUE – 6 ’94-’95 QUE – 4 (1-0 ’86-’87 QUE)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Michel Goulet (’86-’87 QUE) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +1 10 S
2nd Star: G – Clint Malarchuk (’86-’87 QUE) – W 4.00 GAA .922 SV% (47 SV’s)
3rd Star: LW – John Ogrodnick (’86-’87 QUE) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 4 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’94-’95 Nordiques | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | 4 |
| ’86-’87 Nordiques | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’86-’87 QUE – 5 ’94-’95 QUE – 4 (2-0 ’86-’87 QUE)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Michel Goulet (’86-’87 QUE) – 3 G 2 A 5 P +4 8 S
2nd Star: RW – Lane Lambert (’86-’87 QUE) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +3 1 S
3rd Star: RW – Owen Nolan (’94-’95 QUE) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +1 9 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’86-’87 Nordiques | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| ’94-’95 Nordiques | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’86-’87 QUE – 4 ’94-’95 QUE – 2 (3-0 ’86-’87 QUE)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Michel Goulet (’86-’87 QUE) – 2 G 1 A 3 P Even 9 S
2nd Star: C – Peter Stastny (’86-’87 QUE) – 1 G 2 A 3 P Even 5 S
3rd Star: G – Clint Malarchuk (’86-’87 QUE) – W 2.00 GAA .950 SV% (38 SV’s)
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’86-’87 Nordiques | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ’94-’95 Nordiques | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’94-’95 QUE – 3 ’86-’87 QUE – 2 (OT) (3-1 ’86-’87 QUE)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: RW – Owen Nolan (’94-’95 QUE) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +2 10 S
2nd Star: G – Clint Malarchuk (’86-’87 QUE) – L 3.00 GAA .957 SV% (67 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Joe Sakic (’94-’95 QUE) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +2 11 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’94-’95 Nordiques | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | 3 |
| ’86-’87 Nordiques | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’86-’87 QUE – 5 ’94-’95 QUE – 3 (4-1 ’86-’87 QUE)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Michel Goulet (’86-’87 QUE) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +3 7 S
2nd Star: C – Peter Stastny (’86-’87 QUE) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +3 5 S
3rd Star: LW – Brent Ashton (’86-’87 QUE) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +1 3 S
1st Round of the 2015 Quebec Nordiques Qualifying Tournament is half way over. Up next, tomorrow is the 2-7 matchup between the ’81-’82 Quebec Nordiques and the ’92-’93 Quebec Nordiques!
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