WHA game summary from October 26, 1972
| 1: |
NE , | John French 4 (Rick Ley), :32 |
| NY , | Craig Reichmuth 1 (Kent Douglas, Mike Laughton), 2:15 |
| NE , | Tim Sheehy 2 (John French), 4:41 |
| NY , | Wayne Rivers 3 (Ron Ward), 7:18 |
| NE , | Terry Caffery 4 (Larry Pleau, Jim Dorey), 15:18 - PP |
| 2: |
NY , | Brian Perry 3 (Norm Ferguson, Bobby Sheehan), 1:55 |
| NY , | Wayne Rivers 4 (Ken Block, Ron Ward), 8:15 |
| NE , | Tommy Williams 2 (Mike Hyndman, Tom Webster), 13:16 |
| 3: |
NY , | Norm Ferguson 2 (Bobby Sheehan), 4:38 |
| NY , | Wayne Rivers 5 (Ron Ward), 7:08 |
| NY , | Mike Laughton 4 (Ken Block, Ted Scharf), 8:05 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 6 (Jim Dorey), 19:29 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Rick Ley, NE [major] 1:35 |
| Ted Scharf, NY [major] 1:35 |
| Tom Webster, NE 11:13 |
| Wayne Rivers, NY 13:25 |
| 2: |
Tom Webster, NE 8:42 |
| Bill Speer, NY 17:50 |
| Brad Selwood, NE 20:00 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: NE : 11 minutes
NY : 9 minutes
Shots: NE : 8-10- 7-25
NY : 12- 7-14-33
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 3-3-0)
NY : Gary Kurt (W, 2-2-0)
Attendance: 5,551
New England Whalers (5-3-0)
New York Raiders (4-4-0)