WHA game summary from January 4, 1978
  
| 1:  | 
HOU, | Andre Lacroix 16 (John Gray, Rich Preston), 3:23 | 
 | CIN, | Rich Leduc 23 (Dennis Abgrall), 3:45 | 
 | HOU, | Ted Taylor 2 (John Tonelli, Cam Connor), 6:16 | 
 | CIN, | Dennis Abgrall 4 (Rich Leduc, Barry Legge), 15:12 | 
 | CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 27 (Jamie Hislop, Bryon Baltimore), 17:19 | 
| 2:  | 
CIN, | Hugh Harris 2 (Bill Gilligan, Barry Melrose), 7:16 | 
| 3:  | 
HOU, | John Tonelli 7 (Terry Ruskowski, Morris Lukowich), 8:50 | 
 | CIN, | Hugh Harris 3, 19:54 - EN | 
 
Penalties:
| 1:  | 
Al McLeod, HOU 0:15 | 
 | Ron Plumb, CIN 7:43 | 
 | Scott Campbell, HOU 8:19 | 
| 2:  | 
Morris Lukowich, HOU 12:41 | 
 | Scott Campbell, HOU 14:01 | 
 | Rich Leduc, CIN 14:01 | 
 | Bench penalty, CIN 15:46 | 
 | Peter Marsh, CIN [misconduct, game misconduct] 19:56 | 
| 3:  | 
Jamie Hislop, CIN 0:34 | 
 | Barry Melrose, CIN 8:01 | 
 | Cam Connor, HOU 14:12 | 
Penalty time: HOU: 10 minutes
              CIN: 30 minutes
Shots: HOU: 10- 6-13-29
       CIN: 14- 9-11-34
Goalies: HOU: Ernie Wakely (L, 8-12-3)
         CIN: Michel Dion (W, 8-4-1)
Attendance: 4,048