All WHA game summaries from April 5, 1978
| 1: |
BIR, | Pete Marrin 28 (Ken Linseman, Rod Langway), 8:49 |
| BIR, | Steve Alley 5 (John Stewart, Pete Marrin), 11:31 |
| CIN, | Jamie Hislop 24 (Craig Norwich, Paul Stewart), 17:50 |
| 2: |
CIN, | Dave Debol 2 (Craig Norwich, Pat Stapleton), 6:56 |
| CIN, | Peter Marsh 23 (Pat Stapleton, Jamie Hislop), 8:18 |
| CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 52 (Jamie Hislop, Craig Norwich), 11:33 |
| BIR, | Dave Gorman 15 (John Stewart), 17:44 |
| 3: |
CIN, | Robbie Ftorek 53 (Rick Dudley, Jamie Hislop), 9:56 |
| BIR, | Pete Marrin 29 (Brent Hughes, Paul Henderson), 18:24 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Phil Roberto, BIR 2:27 |
| Rick Dudley, CIN 2:27 |
| Bob Stephenson, BIR 3:15 |
| Paul Stewart, CIN 3:15 |
| Paul Stewart, CIN [misconduct] 5:18 |
| Dave Gorman, BIR 5:43 |
| Bill Gilligan, CIN 5:43 |
| Steve Alley, BIR 5:58 |
| Dave Gorman, BIR [minor, major] 8:14 |
| Barry Legge, CIN [minor, major] 8:14 |
| 2: |
Steve Alley, BIR 7:35 |
| 3: |
Craig Norwich, CIN 3:11 |
| Frank Beaton, BIR [misconduct] 15:06 |
| John Stewart, BIR [major] 17:43 |
| Paul Stewart, CIN [minor, major] 17:43 |
Penalty time: BIR: 32 minutes
CIN: 32 minutes
Shots: BIR: 9- 5-10-24
CIN: 17-16-16-49
Goalies: BIR: John Garrett (L, 21-26-1)
CIN: Michel Dion (W, 18-11-1)
Attendance: 9,251
| 1: |
EDM, | Pierre Guite 16 (Mike Zuke, Blair MacDonald), 2:05 |
| NE , | Mike Antonovich 30 (Rick Ley, John McKenzie), 4:33 |
| 2: |
NE , | Gordie Roberts 15, 10:20 |
| NE , | Dave Keon 22 (Rick Ley, Alan Hangsleben), 11:20 |
| 3: |
NE , | Dave Keon 23 (Mike Antonovich), :50 |
| EDM, | Ab Demarco 4 (Randy Rota, Joe Micheletti), 12:20 |
| EDM, | Ab Demarco 5 (Cal Sandbeck), 13:45 |
| EDM, | Ab Demarco 6 (Joe Micheletti, Ron Chipperfield), 19:55 |
| 4: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Dave Semenko, EDM [minor, major] 2:16 |
| Jack Carlson, NE [minor, major] 2:16 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE [double minor] 9:06 |
| Mike Zuke, EDM [minor, major] 11:42 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE [minor, major] 11:42 |
| George Lyle, NE 14:41 |
| Cal Sandbeck, EDM 14:41 |
| 2: |
Ron Busniuk, EDM 11:52 |
| Dave Keon, NE 11:52 |
| 3: |
Rick Ley, NE [major] 9:38 |
| Pierre Guite, EDM [major] 9:38 |
| Dan Bolduc, NE [minor, major] 9:38 |
| Mike Zuke, EDM [minor, major] 9:38 |
| Cal Sandbeck, EDM 11:24 |
| Ron Plumb, NE 11:35 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE [double minor] 19:35 |
| 4: |
Brad Selwood, NE [misconduct] 0:57 |
| Bench penalty, NE 3:10 |
Penalty time: NE : 52 minutes
EDM: 32 minutes
Shots: NE : 4-10-12- 4-30
EDM: 9- 7-17- 8-41
Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (T, 12-10-2)
EDM: Don McLeod,
Dave Dryden
Attendance: 10,712
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Edmonton Oilers (37-39-3)