All WHA game summaries from May 5, 1976
| 1: | no scoring |
| 2: |
NE , | Tom Webster 4 (Rick Ley, Brad Selwood), 6:23 |
| NE , | Tom Webster 5 (Rosaire Paiement, Larry Pleau), 12:07 |
| HOU, | Marty Howe 3 (Rich Preston, Gord Labossiere), 13:40 |
| HOU, | Larry Lund 1 (Andre Hinse, Mark Howe), 15:07 |
| NE , | Rosaire Paiement 3 (Gordie Roberts, Thommy Abrahamsson), 19:11 |
| 3: |
NE , | Tom Webster 6 (Rick Ley), 15:03 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Alan Hangsleben, NE 4:29 |
| Doug Roberts, NE 7:43 |
| Rich Preston, HOU 14:39 |
| Gordie Howe, HOU 15:51 |
| Rick Ley, NE 15:51 |
| 2: |
Poul Popiel, HOU 6:43 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 14:06 |
| Brad Selwood, NE 14:48 |
| Gord Labossiere, HOU 17:01 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 17:01 |
| 3: |
Bill Butters, HOU 7:11 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 11:41 |
Penalty time: NE : 14 minutes
HOU: 10 minutes
Shots: NE : 5-10- 3-18
HOU: 9-10-11-30
Goalies: NE : Cap Raeder (W, 4-3-0)
HOU: Ron Grahame (L, 3-3-0)
Attendance: 9,331
New England Whalers (41-43-7)
Houston Aeros (57-30-0)