WHA game summary from December 15, 1978
  
| 1:  | 
EDM, | Blair MacDonald 12 (Stan Weir, Paul Shmyr), 1:11 | 
 | EDM, | Ron Chipperfield 2 (Dennis Sobchuk, Jim Neilson), 2:10 | 
 | SOV, | Sergei Gimaev 3, 7:53 - PP | 
 | SOV, | Alexander Kabanov 3 (Jrek Gimaev, Victor Tumenev), 16:25 - PP | 
| 2:  | 
EDM, | Garnet "Ace" Bailey 3 (Wayne Gretzky, Dave Semenko), 3:33 | 
| 3:  | 
EDM, | Dennis Sobchuk 13 (Bill Flett, Dave Langevin), :13 | 
 | EDM, | Paul Shmyr 4 (Doug Berry), 7:37 | 
 | SOV, | Vladimir Kovin 2 (Alexander Skvortsov, Alexander Andrevi), 14:13 | 
 
Penalties:
| 1:  | 
Al Hamilton, EDM 7:38 | 
 | Sergei Gimayev, SOV 8:27 | 
 | Dave Hunter, EDM 13:09 | 
 | Dave Semenko, EDM 16:00 | 
 | Paul Shmyr, EDM [major] 16:00 | 
 | Alexander Skvortsov, SOV [major] 16:00 | 
 | Vladimir Popov, SOV 18:32 | 
| 2:  | 
Vladimir Kovin, SOV 6:27 | 
 | Joe Micheletti, EDM 6:27 | 
 | Garnet "Ace" Bailey, EDM 7:20 | 
 | Victor Tumenev, SOV 7:20 | 
 | Sergei Gimayev, SOV 7:58 | 
| 3:  | 
Peter Driscoll, EDM 10:44 | 
 | Peter Driscoll, EDM [major] 13:07 | 
 | Jrek Gimaev, SOV [major] 13:07 | 
 | Joe Micheletti, EDM 19:35 | 
Penalty time: SOV: 20 minutes
              EDM: 24 minutes
Shots: SOV:  7- 3- 7-17
       EDM:  9- 1- 9-19
Goalies: SOV: Vladimir Myshkin (L, 2-1-0)
         EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 11-6-0)
Attendance: 13,856