All WHA game summaries from May 5, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Winnipeg Jets (52-35-4) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
 New England Whalers (57-33-2) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| New England Whalers lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | WIN, | Bobby Hull 9 (Christian Bordeleau), 15:50 |
| 2: | NE , | Larry Pleau 9 (Tim Sheehy, Rick Ley), :47 |
| NE , | Mike Byers 4 (Tommy Earl, Jim Dorey), 14:11 | |
| NE , | Tim Sheehy 8 (Brad Selwood, Jim Dorey), 16:17 | |
| 3: | NE , | Mike Byers 5 (Tommy Earl), 7:17 |
| WIN, | Dunc Rousseau 3 (Bob Ash), 19:54 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Bob Ash, WIN 18:05 |
| 2: | Tom Webster, NE 2:33 |
| Bobby Hull, WIN 2:33 | |
| Guy Smith, NE 15:34 | |
| Joe Zanussi, WIN 19:57 | |
| 3: | Bill Sutherland, WIN 8:43 |
| Larry Pleau, NE 9:16 | |
| Guy Smith, NE 13:54 | |
| Steve Cuddie, WIN 16:16 |
Penalty time: WIN: 10 minutes
NE : 8 minutes
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hull | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dunc Rousseau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Ash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Bordeleau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Zanussi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cuddie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Byers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Sheehy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Earl | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorey | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Selwood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Webster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: WIN: 9-11-10-30
NE : 13- 8-11-32
Goalies: WIN: Ernie Wakely (L, 4-3-0)
NE : Al Smith (W, 11-3-0)
Attendance: 13,697