WHA game summary from April 7, 1973

Team	1	2	3	F
Ottawa Nationals (35-40-4)	0	1	2	3
New England Whalers (47-30-2)	1	2	3	6
New England Whalers lead, 1 game to 0   (best of 7)

1: NE , Larry Pleau 1 (Tom Webster, Brad Selwood), 15:07
2: OTT, Bob Charlebois 1 (Guy Trottier, Ken Stephanson), 4:30
   NE , Kevin Ahearn 1 (Jim Dorey, Mike Byers), 11:48
   NE , Tommy Williams 1 (Mike Byers, Jim Dorey), 18:32
3: OTT, Jack Gibson 1, 1:29
   NE , Mike Byers 1 (Jim Dorey, Kevin Ahearn), 3:37
   OTT, Rick Cunningham 1 (Guy Trottier, Bob Leduc), 15:14
   NE , Brit Selby 1 (Jim Dorey, Tom Webster), 16:51
   NE , Terry Caffery 1 (Brit Selby, Tom Webster), 19:41

Penalties:

1: Ken Stephanson, OTT 5:17
   Larry Pleau, NE [major] 9:37
   Brian Gibbons, OTT [major] 9:37
   Gavin Kirk, OTT 13:55
   Kevin Ahearn, NE 15:44
2: Brian Conacher, OTT 7:02
   Jim Dorey, NE 7:43
   Rick Ley, NE 12:28
   Jim Dorey, NE 15:33
   Mike Amodeo, OTT 15:33
   Brian Gibbons, OTT 16:23
3: Tom Webster, NE 10:43
   Tim Sheehy, NE 13:56
   Ken Stephanson, OTT 15:51

Penalty time: OTT: 17 minutes
              NE : 17 minutes

Shots: OTT:  7- 5-16-28
       NE : 19-19-20-58

Goalies: OTT: Les Binkley (L, 0-1-0)
         NE : Al Smith (W, 1-0-0)

Attendance: 9,359