WHA game summary from May 3, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Winnipeg Jets (53-37-2) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Houston Aeros (56-28-6) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 3, 10:36 |
| WIN, | Mike Ford 1 (Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg), 13:09 | |
| HOU, | Terry Ruskowski 4 (Larry Hale, Morris Lukowich), 18:59 | |
| 3: | WIN, | Perry Miller 2 (Bobby Guindon, Danny Lawson), 2:24 |
| HOU, | Ted Taylor 4, 6:09 | |
Penalties:
| 1: | John Schella, HOU 2:04 |
| Poul Popiel, HOU 6:42 | |
| Cam Connor, HOU 15:34 | |
| 2: | Cam Connor, HOU 9:26 |
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 13:09 | |
| Rich Preston, HOU 13:09 | |
| 3: | Terry Ruskowski, HOU 12:24 |
| Ulf Nilsson, WIN 12:24 | |
| Morris Lukowich, HOU 19:16 | |
| Anders Hedberg, WIN 19:16 |
Penalty time: WIN: 6 minutes
HOU: 14 minutes
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anders Hedberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Lawson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Ruskowski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morris Lukowich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hale | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Poul Popiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: WIN: 8- 7- 4-19
HOU: 7- 7-10-24
Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (L, 7-5-0)
HOU: Ron Grahame (W, 4-4-0)
Attendance: 10,819