WHA game summary from January 25, 1978
| 1: |
CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 32 (Pat Stapleton, Rick Dudley), 1:29 |
| CIN, | Hugh Harris 6, 8:24 |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 19 (Marty Howe, Mike Rogers), 10:29 |
| 2: |
CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 33 (Ron Plumb, Jamie Hislop), 3:25 |
| CIN, | Butch Deadmarsh 3, 7:33 |
| NE , | Mark Howe 12 (Gordie Howe), 7:51 |
| NE , | Dave Keon 9 (Bill Butters), 8:21 |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 20 (George Lyle, Mark Howe), 12:16 |
| 3: |
NE , | Dave Keon 10 (Alan Hangsleben, Jim Mayer), 1:01 |
| CIN, | Rick Dudley 11 (Robbie Ftorek, Ron Plumb), 5:34 |
| CIN, | Bryon Baltimore 2, 8:20 |
| CIN, | Dennis Abgrall 8 (Rich Leduc), 10:37 |
| NE , | Mark Howe 13 (Marty Howe), 14:55 |
| NE , | George Lyle 20 (Mark Howe, Marty Howe), 15:04 |
| 4: |
CIN, | Barry Legge 4 (Jamie Hislop, Robbie Ftorek), 6:11 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Bruce Greig, CIN 9:06 |
| Rick Dudley, CIN [major] 18:12 |
| Marty Howe, NE [minor, major] 18:12 |
| 2: |
Jim Mayer, NE 2:48 |
| Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 11:57 |
| Rick Dudley, CIN 12:42 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 18:18 |
| 3: |
Butch Deadmarsh, CIN 1:56 |
| George Lyle, NE 3:21 |
| 4: | none |
Penalty time: NE : 13 minutes
CIN: 13 minutes
Shots: NE : 5- 8-11- 4-28
CIN: 20- 9-13- 3-45
Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (L, 7-7-1)
CIN: Normand Lapointe (W, 5-3-1)
Attendance: 5,231
New England Whalers (27-15-4)
Cincinnati Stingers (18-26-2)