WHA game summary from December 18, 1977
| 1: |
WIN, | Anders Hedberg 22 (Bobby Hull, Kent Nilsson), 3:07 |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 8 (Mark Howe, Rick Ley), 9:33 |
| 2: |
WIN, | Dave Dunn 3 (Anders Hedberg, Bobby Guindon), 2:56 |
| NE , | Mike Antonovich 14 (Brad Selwood, John McKenzie), 6:11 |
| WIN, | Bobby Hull 23 (Anders Hedberg, Kent Nilsson), 12:39 |
| WIN, | Ted Green 1 (Dave Kryskow, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 19:42 |
| 3: |
WIN, | Anders Hedberg 23 (Bobby Hull, Dave Dunn), 7:12 |
| NE , | Mike Antonovich 15 (Mike Rogers, Brad Selwood), 10:19 |
| WIN, | Bobby Guindon 4 (Thommie Bergman, Barry Long), 14:39 |
| WIN, | Ken Baird 6 (Peter Sullivan, Willy Lindstrom), 17:09 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Gordie Roberts, NE 2:17 |
| Bryan Maxwell, NE 14:29 |
| Bench penalty, WIN 19:13 |
| 2: |
Peter Sullivan, WIN 4:30 |
| John McKenzie, NE 9:06 |
| Dan Labraaten, WIN 9:06 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 11:19 |
| Bill Lesuk, WIN 13:18 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE 18:59 |
| 3: |
Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 8:28 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 9:27 |
| Larry Pleau, NE 13:21 |
| Dan Labraaten, WIN 13:21 |
Penalty time: NE : 14 minutes
WIN: 12 minutes
Shots: NE : 12-10-12-34
WIN: 6- 8-12-26
Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (L, 4-4-0)
WIN: Joe Daley (W, 7-7-0)
Attendance: 10,303
New England Whalers (20-8-3)
Winnipeg Jets (17-12-1)