All WHA game summaries from May 3, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers (56-33-2) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
 Winnipeg Jets (52-34-4) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | WIN, | Bobby Hull 7 (Christian Bordeleau, Norm Beaudin), 15:23 |
| WIN, | Ab McDonald 2 (Norm Beaudin, Larry Hornung), 19:34 | |
| 2: | WIN, | Danny Johnson 3 (Larry Hornung, Bobby Hull), 5:21 |
| NE , | Rick Ley 2 (Mike Byers), 14:44 | |
| 3: | NE , | Ted Green 1 (Rick Ley, Tom Webster), 4:23 |
| NE , | Tim Sheehy 7 (John French, Jim Dorey), 18:19 | |
| WIN, | Bobby Hull 8 (Bob Ash, Norm Beaudin), 18:56 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Joe Zanussi, WIN 0:33 |
| Larry Pleau, NE 6:16 | |
| Wally Boyer, WIN 12:17 | |
| Steve Cuddie, WIN 15:53 | |
| Paul Hurley, NE 19:18 | |
| 2: | Mike Byers, NE 4:34 |
| Brad Selwood, NE 8:13 | |
| 3: | Al Smith, NE 0:48 |
| Steve Cuddie, WIN 6:16 |
Penalty time: NE : 10 minutes
WIN: 8 minutes
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Ley | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Green | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Byers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Webster | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John French | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Selwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Hurley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hull | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Beaudin | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hornung | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ab McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Ash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Bordeleau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cuddie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Zanussi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Boyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: NE : 12- 4-14-30
WIN: 8-14- 5-27
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 10-3-0)
WIN: Joe Daley (W, 5-1-0)
Attendance: 7,200