WHA game summary from December 23, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet All-Stars (3-3-0) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 Houston Aeros (13-15-2) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1: | SOV, | Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 4 (Viacheslav Nazarov, Anatoli Emeljaneko), 10:48 |
| SOV, | Igor Romashin 2 (Gimaev, Nicolai Makarov), 18:18 | |
| 2: | SOV, | Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 5 (Viacheslav Nazarov, Vladimir Laurentiev), 4:35 |
| SOV, | Alexei Volchenkov 3 (Alexsandr Volchkov, Nicolai Makarov), 9:49 | |
| 3: | SOV, | Vladimir Gulobovich 1 (Zinetula Bilyaletdinov), 2:09 |
| HOU, | Rich Preston 9 (Andre Lacroix, John Gray), 5:39 | |
| HOU, | Ron Hansis 4 (Terry Ruskowski), 7:37 | |
| SOV, | Mikhail Shostak 1, 12:42 |
Penalties:
Penalty time: SOV: 0 minutes
HOU: 0 minutes
| SOV Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinetula Bilyaletdinov | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Viacheslav Nazarov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicolai Makarov | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexei Volchenkov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mikhail Shostak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Igor Romashin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vladimir Gulobovich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexsandr Volchkov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anatoli Emeljaneko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gimaev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vladimir Laurentiev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| HOU Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Preston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hansis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ruskowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Lacroix | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: SOV: 5-13-11-29
HOU: 12- 1-11-24
Goalies: SOV: Sergei Babariko (W, 3-1-0)
HOU: Ernie Wakely (L, 7-11-2)
Attendance: n/a