All WHA game summaries from April 19, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Winnipeg Jets (52-29-2) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Birmingham Bulls (37-43-3) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | BIR, | Ken Linseman 2 (Dave Hanson), 1:21 |
| BIR, | Jim Turkiewicz 1 (Ken Linseman), 5:35 | |
| 2: | WIN, | Anders Hedberg 3 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Ulf Nilsson), 4:48 |
| WIN, | Bobby Hull 5 (Ulf Nilsson), 5:24 | |
| BIR, | John Stewart 1 (Dave Gorman, Steve Durbano), 16:51 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ken Linseman, BIR 1:53 | |
| Bill Lesuk, WIN 1:53 | ||
| Dale Hoganson, BIR [major] 1:53 | ||
| Lyle Moffat, WIN [major] 1:53 | ||
| Dave Hanson, BIR [major, misconduct] 1:53 | ||
| Mike Amodeo, WIN [major, misconduct] 1:53 | ||
| Frank Beaton, BIR 8:28 | ||
| Frank Beaton, BIR 19:31 | ||
| 2: | Ken Linseman, BIR 10:15 | |
| Bill Lesuk, WIN 10:15 | ||
| Barry Long, WIN 16:21 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: WIN: 26 minutes
BIR: 28 minutes
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulf Nilsson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hull | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anders Hedberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Amodeo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Moffat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lesuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| BIR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Linseman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Turkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hanson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Durbano | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gorman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Hoganson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Beaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: WIN: 5-10- 6-21
BIR: 11-14-10-35
Goalies: WIN: Joe Daley (L, 1-1-0)
BIR: John Garrett (W, 1-2-0)
Attendance: 8,585
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers (46-32-5) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
 Edmonton Oilers (39-41-3) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| New England Whalers lead, 2 games to 1 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | EDM, | Pierre Guite 1 (Mike Zuke, Paul Shmyr), 18:48 |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | EDM, | Mike Zuke 2 (Paul Shmyr, Ray McKay), 1:56 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dave Langevin, EDM 1:34 |
| Randy Rota, EDM 4:58 | |
| Gordie Roberts, NE 4:58 | |
| Pierre Guite, EDM 11:51 | |
| Marty Howe, NE 14:38 | |
| 2: | Ron Busniuk, EDM 5:20 |
| Dave Keon, NE 10:25 | |
| Dennis Sobchuk, EDM 19:11 | |
| John McKenzie, NE 19:11 | |
| 3: | Brad Selwood, NE 0:51 |
| Dennis Sobchuk, EDM 1:27 | |
| Paul Shmyr, EDM 9:31 |
Penalty time: NE : 10 minutes
EDM: 14 minutes
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Selwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Howe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Keon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Zuke | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Guite | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray McKay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sobchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Langevin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Busniuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Rota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: NE : 6- 8- 5-19
EDM: 9-12- 7-28
Goalies: NE : Louis Levasseur (L, 2-1-0)
EDM: Don McLeod (W, 1-2-0)
Attendance: 11,924