Quebec would snap out of the slump, and end the season with a club record 42 victories and 94 points, finishing in third place in the Adams Division, their highest final standing position in club history, and making the post-season for the fourth straight season.
Newly appointed team captain Mario Marois led the Nordiques blueline, scoring 13 goals and 49 points.
The Nordiques opened the 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs with a best of five Adams Division semi-final series against the Buffalo Sabres.
The Sabres finished the season in second place in the Adams Division, earning a record of 48-25-7 for 103 points.
The fifth game was played back in Quebec City, but it was the Canadiens who took control of the series, shutting out the Nordiques 4–0.
The Canadiens took advantage of the situation, and scored five unanswered goals in the third period, to win the game 5-3 and eliminate the Nordiques from the playoffs.