WHA game summary from December 9, 1978
| 1: |
SOV, | Vladimir Kovin 1 (Alexander Skvortsov, Alexander Andrevi), 1:26 |
| SOV, | Sergei Gimaev 1 (Alexander Lobanov, Aleksandr Volchkov), 4:07 |
| NE , | Brad Selwood 4 (John McKenzie), 18:19 |
| 2: |
NE , | Andre Lacroix 14 (Rick Ley, Mark Howe), :14 |
| SOV, | Aleksandr Volchkov 1 (Anatoli Emeljaneko, Alexander Lobanov), 3:45 |
| NE , | Mark Howe 19 (Ron Plumb, Dave Keon), 13:31 |
| SOV, | Sergei Gimaev 2 (Alexander Lobanov), 14:43 |
| 3: |
SOV, | Jrek Gimaev 1 (Vladimir Popov), 6:37 |
| NE , | Mike Rogers 11 (Marty Howe, Warren Miller), 11:31 |
| SOV, | Alexander Andrevi 1 (Alexander Skvortsov), 17:17 |
| SOV, | Alexander Skvortsov 1 (Alexander Andrevi), 17:55 |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Gordie Howe, NE 6:01 |
| John McKenzie, NE 7:39 |
| Vladimir Kovin, SOV 13:19 |
| 2: |
Victor Tumenev, SOV 3:11 |
| Mike Antonovich, NE 7:41 |
| John McKenzie, NE 9:20 |
| Mike Rogers, NE 13:23 |
| Vladimir Kovin, SOV 13:23 |
| 3: |
Alan Hangsleben, NE 8:41 |
Penalty time: SOV: 6 minutes
NE : 12 minutes
Shots: SOV: 11-10- 9-30
NE : 10- 8-10-28
Goalies: SOV: Vladimir Myshkin (W, 1-0-0)
NE : John Garrett (L, 9-5-4)
Attendance: 6,812
Soviet All-Stars (1-0-0)
New England Whalers (13-9-5)