WHA game summary from April 23, 1978

Team	1	2	3	F
Edmonton Oilers (39-43-3)	0	0	1	1
New England Whalers (48-32-5)	0	1	3	4
New England Whalers win, 4 games to 1 (best of 7)

1: no scoring
2: NE , Gordie Howe 3 (Rick Ley, Mark Howe), 18:58
3: NE , Mike Antonovich 6 (John McKenzie, Dave Keon), 5:28
   EDM, Paul Shmyr 1 (Randy Rota, Brett Callighen), 7:33
   NE , John McKenzie 3 (Dave Keon, Mike Antonovich), 19:10
   NE , Dave Keon 3 (Mike Antonovich, John McKenzie), 19:35

Penalties:

1: Joe Micheletti, EDM 2:52
   Brett Callighen, EDM 9:51
   John McKenzie, NE 9:51
   Pierre Guite, EDM 12:45
   Mark Howe, NE 14:34
2: Gordie Roberts, NE 1:12
   Ron Busniuk, EDM 6:25
   Gordie Howe, NE [major] 7:24
   Kevin Primeau, EDM 17:46
   Gordie Roberts, NE 17:46
3: Rick Ley, NE 6:59

Penalty time: EDM: 10 minutes
              NE : 15 minutes

EDM Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Paul Shmyr	1	0	1	0
Brett Callighen	0	1	1	2
Randy Rota	0	1	1	0
Ron Busniuk	0	0	0	2
Joe Micheletti	0	0	0	2
Kevin Primeau	0	0	0	2
Pierre Guite	0	0	0	2
TOTAL

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
John McKenzie	1	2	3	2
Dave Keon	1	2	3	0
Mike Antonovich	1	2	3	0
Gordie Howe	1	0	1	5
Mark Howe	0	1	1	2
Rick Ley	0	1	1	2
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	4
TOTAL


Shots: EDM:  5-10-11-26
       NE : 15-13-11-39

Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 0-1-0)
         NE : Louis Levasseur (W, 4-1-0)

Attendance: 6,212