WHA game summary from April 14, 1978
| 1: |
NE , | Dave Keon 1, 2:53 |
| EDM, | Pierre Jarry 1 (Dave Langevin, Ron Chipperfield), 3:07 |
| 2: |
NE , | Mike Antonovich 1 (Ron Plumb, Gordie Roberts), 1:56 |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 1 (Dave Keon, Rick Ley), 10:28 |
| NE , | Larry Pleau 1 (Dan Bolduc), 14:30 |
| 3: |
EDM, | Ron Chipperfield 1 (Joe Micheletti), 3:10 |
| EDM, | Mike Zuke 1 (Blair MacDonald, Pierre Guite), 9:10 |
| NE , | Marty Howe 1 (Mike Antonovich, John McKenzie), 14:46 |
| EDM, | Randy Rota 1 (Brett Callighen), 16:14 |
| NE , | Mike Antonovich 2 (Dave Keon, Ron Plumb), 18:09 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Brad Selwood, NE 1:08 |
| Cal Sandbeck, EDM 4:52 |
| Cal Sandbeck, EDM 13:39 |
| Ron Busniuk, EDM 15:53 |
| John McKenzie, NE 15:53 |
| Joe Micheletti, EDM 18:25 |
| Ron Busniuk, EDM 19:32 |
| Paul Shmyr, EDM 19:46 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 19:46 |
| 2: |
John McKenzie, NE 4:47 |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 4:47 |
| Cal Sandbeck, EDM 4:47 |
| Pierre Guite, EDM 7:23 |
| Ron Busniuk, EDM 8:13 |
| Gordie Howe, NE 8:13 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE 9:50 |
| 3: |
Brett Callighen, EDM [major] 16:24 |
| Alan Hangsleben, NE [major] 16:24 |
Penalty time: EDM: 23 minutes
NE : 19 minutes
Shots: EDM: 6- 4-13-23
NE : 7-15-17-39
Goalies: EDM: Don McLeod (L, 0-1-0)
NE : Louis Levasseur (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 6,530
Edmonton Oilers (38-40-3)
New England Whalers (45-31-5)