WHA game summary from April 22, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Houston Aeros (43-38-4) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Winnipeg Jets (48-32-4) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | WIN, | Dunc Rousseau 2 (Larry Hornung, Milt Black), 15:29 |
| WIN, | Norm Beaudin 6 (Christian Bordeleau), 19:22 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ted Taylor, HOU 1:02 |
| Brian McDonald, HOU [minor, misconduct] 4:26 | |
| Poul Popiel, HOU 4:40 | |
| Dunc Rousseau, WIN 5:33 | |
| Keke Mortson, HOU 6:58 | |
| Bob Ash, WIN 11:01 | |
| Keke Mortson, HOU 11:01 | |
| Dunc McCallum, HOU 15:35 | |
| 2: | Larry Lund, HOU 9:13 |
| Bobby Hull, WIN 9:13 | |
| Joe Zanussi, WIN 9:13 | |
| Bench penalty, WIN 18:05 | |
| 3: | Duke Harris, HOU 4:23 |
Penalty time: HOU: 26 minutes
WIN: 10 minutes
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keke Mortson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duke Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dunc McCallum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunc Rousseau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Beaudin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hornung | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Black | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Bordeleau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Ash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Zanussi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: HOU: 4-13-11-28
WIN: 10- 7-10-27
Goalies: HOU: Don McLeod (L, 0-2-0)
WIN: Ernie Wakely (W, 3-1-0)
Attendance: 5,029