WHA game summary from April 13, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (41-37-4) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
 Los Angeles Sharks (39-37-6) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Series tied, 2-2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | HOU, | Larry Lund 2 (Dunc McCallum), 6:49 |
| LA , | Ted McCaskill 2 (Mike Hyndman, Tom Gilmore), 14:45 | |
| 3: | LA , | Fred Speck 2 (Steve Sutherland, Jim Watson), 5:18 |
| HOU, | Poul Popiel 1 (Frank Hughes, Gord Labossiere), 6:33 | |
| 4: | HOU, | Murray Hall 2, 3:38 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Gord Kannegiesser, HOU 5:12 | |
| Ted McCaskill, LA 11:12 | ||
| Gord Kannegiesser, HOU 11:40 | ||
| Dunc McCallum, HOU 16:03 | ||
| 2: | John Schella, HOU 7:02 | |
| 3: | Jim Watson, LA 6:01 | |
| Bench penalty, HOU 9:01 | ||
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: HOU: 10 minutes
LA : 4 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Lund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murray Hall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dunc McCallum | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Labossiere | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hughes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Kannegiesser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LA Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted McCaskill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Speck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Watson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Gilmore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sutherland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hyndman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 6-10- 5- 3-24
LA : 14-12-10- 1-37
Goalies: HOU: Wayne Rutledge (W, 2-1-0)
LA : Russ Gillow (L, 1-1-0)
Attendance: 6,849