WHA game summary from April 12, 1974
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota Fighting Saints (47-33-2) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Edmonton Oilers (39-40-3) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Minnesota Fighting Saints lead, 3 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | EDM, | Val Fonteyne 1 (Jim Schraefel), 7:53 |
| 3: | EDM, | Eddie Joyal 1 (Tom Gilmore, Blair MacDonald), 7:06 |
| MIN, | Wayne Connelly 2 (George Morrison, Mike Walton), 19:22 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Tom Gilmore, EDM 3:47 |
| Doug Barrie, EDM 11:33 | |
| Bill Klatt, MIN 14:03 | |
| 2: | Doug Barrie, EDM 1:24 |
| Ted Hampson, MIN 1:45 | |
| Gord Gallant, MIN 4:10 | |
| Eddie Joyal, EDM 7:36 | |
| Ted Hampson, MIN 12:41 | |
| Doug Barrie, EDM 12:41 | |
| Rick Smith, MIN 14:16 | |
| Terry Ball, MIN 16:15 | |
| Blair MacDonald, EDM 19:15 | |
| 3: | Eddie Joyal, EDM 17:37 |
| Ken Baird, EDM 17:37 |
Penalty time: MIN: 12 minutes
EDM: 16 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Connelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Walton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hampson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Klatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Gallant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Joyal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Val Fonteyne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Gilmore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Schraefel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Barrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Baird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 8- 5-12-25
EDM: 10-12-14-36
Goalies: MIN: Mike Curran (L, 1-1-0)
EDM: Chris Worthy (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 5,200