This image shows Peter Šťastný and Mario Gosselin of the Nordiques, and Chris Nilan of the Canadiens, during a game at the Colisée de Québec. A great rivalry was born between the two teams as soon as the Nordiques joined the NHL in 1979. They met five times in the playoffs: in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1993.