WHA game summary from April 8, 1973
| 1: |
OTT, | Brian Conacher 1 (Tom Martin), 5:37 |
| OTT, | Gavin Kirk 1, 15:59 |
| 2: |
NE , | Tom Webster 1 (Terry Caffery, Al Smith), 5:41 |
| NE , | Tom Webster 2, 18:49 |
| 3: |
NE , | Brad Selwood 1 (Brit Selby, Terry Caffery), 13:47 |
| OTT, | Ron Climie 1 (Tom Martin, Brian Gibbons), 19:06 |
| 4: |
NE , | Brit Selby 2 (Rick Ley, Tom Webster), 3:37 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Brian Gibbons, OTT 1:33 |
| Bob Charlebois, OTT 3:15 |
| Rick Ley, NE 6:27 |
| Rick Sentes, OTT 6:27 |
| Brad Selwood, NE 6:53 |
| Ken Stephanson, OTT 10:02 |
| Rick Cunningham, OTT 17:44 |
| Larry Pleau, NE 17:44 |
| Bob Leduc, OTT 19:01 |
| 2: |
Brian Gibbons, OTT 6:26 |
| Bob Charlebois, OTT 10:12 |
| 3: |
Rick Ley, NE 0:18 |
| Brian Gibbons, OTT 2:25 |
| Larry Pleau, NE 9:53 |
| Jim Dorey, NE 17:30 |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: OTT: 18 minutes
NE : 12 minutes
Shots: OTT: 15- 6- 6- 2-29
NE : 16-22-15- 4-57
Goalies: OTT: Gilles Gratton (L, 0-1-0)
NE : Al Smith (W, 2-0-0)
Attendance: 6,156
Ottawa Nationals (35-41-4)
New England Whalers (48-30-2)