List of Quebec Nordiques seasons

This is a list of the seasons of the defunct Quebec Nordiques NHL/WHA professional ice hockey club.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals scored for, GA = Goals scored against, PIM = Penalty minutes

WHA era

Season	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1972–73	78	33	40	5	71	276	313	5th in Eastern	Did not qualify
1973–74	78	38	36	4	80	306	280	5th in Eastern	Did not qualify
1974–75	78	46	32	0	92	331	299	1st in Canadian	Won Quarter-final (Phoenix) Won Semi-final (Minnesota) Lost Final (Houston)
1975–76	81	50	27	4	104	371	316	2nd in Canadian	Lost Quarter-final (Calgary)
1976–77	81	47	31	3	97	353	295	1st in Eastern	Won Quarter-final (New England) Won Semi-final (Indianapolis) Won Final (Winnipeg)
1977–78	80	40	37	3	83	349	347	4th in WHA	Won Quarter-final (Houston) Lost Semi-final (New England)
1978–79	80	41	34	5	87	288	271	2nd in WHA	Lost Semi-final (Winnipeg)
WHA Totals	556	295	237	24	614	2,274	2,121

NHL era

Season	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1979–80	80	25	44	11	61	248	313	5th, Adams	Did not qualify
1980–81	80	30	32	18	78	314	318	4th, Adams	Lost Preliminary Round (Philadelphia), 2–3
1981–82	80	33	31	16	82	356	345	4th, Adams	Won Adams Semi-final (Montreal), 3–2 Won Adams Final (Boston), 4–3 Lost Wales Conference Final (NY Islanders), 0–4
1982–83	80	34	34	12	80	343	336	4th, Adams	Lost Adams Semi-final (Boston), 1–3
1983–84	80	42	28	10	94	360	278	3rd, Adams	Won Adams Semi-final (Buffalo), 3–0 Lost Adams Final (Montreal), 2–4
1984–85	80	41	30	9	91	323	275	2nd, Adams	Won Adams Semi-final (Buffalo), 3–2 Won Adams Final (Montreal), 4–3 Lost Wales Conference Final (Philadelphia), 2–4
1985–86	80	43	31	6	92	330	289	1st, Adams	Lost Adams Semi-final (Hartford), 1–3
1986–87	80	31	39	10	72	267	276	4th, Adams	Won Adams Semi-final (Hartford), 4–2 Lost Adams Final (Montreal), 3–4
1987–88	80	32	43	5	69	271	306	5th, Adams	Did not qualify
1988–89	80	27	46	7	61	269	342	5th, Adams	Did not qualify
1989–90	80	12	61	7	31	240	407	5th, Adams	Did not qualify
1990–91	80	16	50	14	46	236	354	5th, Adams	Did not qualify
1991–92	80	20	48	12	52	255	318	5th, Adams	Did not qualify
1992–93	84	47	27	10	104	351	300	2nd, Adams	Lost Adams Semi-final (Montreal), 2–4
1993–94	84	34	42	8	76	277	292	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify
1994–95^1	48	30	13	5	65	185	134	1st, Northeast	Lost Eastern Quarter-final (NY Rangers), 2–4
Relocated to Colorado
NHL totals	1,256	497	599	160	1,154	4,625	4,883
Grand total	1,812	792	836	184	1,768	6,899	7,004

¹Season was shortened due to the 1994–95 NHL lockout.