WHA game summary from April 16, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Edmonton Oilers (38-41-3)	0	0	1	1
New England Whalers (46-31-5)	2	0	2	4
New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 0   (best of 7)

1: NE , Mike Rogers 1 (Gordie Roberts), 4:14
   NE , John McKenzie 1 (Mike Antonovich, Mark Howe), 5:35
2: no scoring
3: EDM, Blair MacDonald 1 (Paul Shmyr, Mike Zuke), 9:14
   NE , Mark Howe 1 (Steve Carlson, Rick Ley), 10:54
   NE , Steve Carlson 1 (Rick Ley, Mark Howe), 11:37

Penalties:

1: Cal Sandbeck, EDM 2:41
   Dave Semenko, EDM 4:39
   Pierre Jarry, EDM 4:39
   Ron Busniuk, EDM 7:58
   Mike Rogers, NE 7:58
   Dave Langevin, EDM 8:34
   Mike Rogers, NE 8:34
   Cal Sandbeck, EDM 10:22
   Ron Busniuk, EDM 15:39
   Larry Pleau, NE 15:39
   Dave Langevin, EDM 18:41
   Gordie Howe, NE 18:41
   Alan Hangsleben, NE 19:31
2: Gordie Roberts, NE 3:28
   John McKenzie, NE 4:15
   Pierre Guite, EDM 4:15
   Tim Sheehy, NE 7:58
   Pierre Guite, EDM [minor, misconduct] 9:15
   Dave Langevin, EDM 10:36
   Gordie Roberts, NE 13:45
   Paul Shmyr, EDM [major] 18:12
3: Larry Pleau, NE 1:37
   Mark Howe, NE 7:17
   Dave Langevin, EDM 7:17
   Gordie Roberts, NE 10:44
   Brett Callighen, EDM 13:42
   Randy Rota, EDM 13:42
   Marty Howe, NE 13:42
   Ron Plumb, NE 13:42

Penalty time: EDM: 43 minutes
              NE : 28 minutes

Shots: EDM:  9-10- 7-26
       NE : 12- 9-14-35

Goalies: EDM: Don McLeod (L, 0-2-0)
         NE : Louis Levasseur (W, 2-0-0)

Attendance: n/a