WHA game summary from March 3, 1973
| 1: |
NY , | Bobby Sheehan 29 (Wayne Rivers, Ron Ward), 5:44 |
| CLE, | Grant Erickson 13 (Wayne Muloin, Jim Wiste), 10:07 |
| 2: |
CLE, | Joe Hardy 17 (Ted Hodgson, Jim McMasters), 4:50 |
| CLE, | Grant Erickson 14 (Bill Horton), 5:18 |
| NY , | Ron Ward 44 (Wayne Rivers, Gene Peacosh), 10:16 |
| 3: |
NY , | Wayne Rivers 30 (Brian Bradley, Ron Ward), :32 |
| CLE, | Gerry Pinder 24 (Ron Buchanan, Paul Shmyr), 11:47 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Bench penalty, CLE 5:13 |
| Gerry Pinder, CLE 7:24 |
| Brian Bradley, NY 7:24 |
| Wally Olds, NY 13:36 |
| Gary Jarrett, CLE 16:02 |
| 2: |
Joe Hardy, CLE 8:33 |
| Hal Willis, NY 13:06 |
| Rich Pumple, CLE 14:39 |
| Bench penalty, NY 15:23 |
| Paul Shmyr, CLE [minor, major] 18:04 |
| Ted Scharf, NY [minor, major] 18:04 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: CLE: 17 minutes
NY : 15 minutes
Shots: CLE: 6- 7-11-24
NY : 10-11-13-34
Goalies: CLE: Bob Whidden (W, 9-8-2)
NY : Gary Kurt (L, 8-14-0)
Attendance: 7,141
Cleveland Crusaders (37-25-2)
New York Raiders (29-35-1)