WHA game summary from December 14, 1977
1: NE , Mike Rogers 11 (Larry Pleau, Jack Carlson), 3:50
SOV, Zinetul Biljaketdinov 1 (Vladimir Semenov), 9:27
NE , Mike Antonovich 13 (Dave Keon, Rick Ley), 13:17
NE , Dave Keon 7 (John McKenzie, Gordie Roberts), 14:15
2: NE , Larry Pleau 10 (Mike Rogers, Jack Carlson), 3:12
NE , Larry Pleau 11 (Mike Rogers), 8:56
NE , George Lyle 11 (Greg Carroll, Jim Mayer), 11:12
3: SOV, Zinetul Biljaketdinov 2 (Valeri Bragin, Vladimir Semenov), 14:25
NE , Mark Howe 5 (Gordie Howe, Alan Hangsleben), 17:48
Penalties:
1: Vladimir Lavrentiev, SOV 16:10
Mike Antonovich, NE 17:13
2: Alan Hangsleben, NE 6:15
Mikhail Shostak, SOV 6:15
Mike Rogers, NE 15:06
3: Greg Carroll, NE 2:29
Brad Selwood, NE 5:21
Mikhail Shostak, SOV 5:21
Penalty time: SOV: 6 minutes
NE : 10 minutes
Shots: SOV: 11- 9-14-34
NE : 17-11- 6-34
Goalies: SOV: M. Vaselinok (L, 0-1-0)
NE : Al Smith (W, 15-2-3)
Attendance: 9,939