WHA game summary from December 17, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers (15-9-6) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 Quebec Nordiques (16-11-4) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1: | NE , | Andre Lacroix 18 (Jack Carlson, Gordie Howe), 6:50 |
| NE , | Dave Keon 7 (Ron Plumb, John McKenzie), 12:49 | |
| QUE, | Wally Weir 1, 15:25 | |
| 2: | QUE, | Francois Lacombe 2 (Serge Bernier, Norm Dube), 14:03 |
| QUE, | Real Cloutier 32 (Marc Tardif, Garry Lariviere), 18:27 | |
| 3: | QUE, | Rich Leduc 9 (Kevin Morrison), 1:24 |
| NE , | John McKenzie 10 (Mike Antonovich, Ron Plumb), 2:29 | |
| NE , | Gordie Howe 13 (Andre Lacroix), 4:23 | |
| 4: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Alan Hangsleben, NE 9:36 | |
| 2: | Gordie Roberts, NE 15:09 | |
| Andre Lacroix, NE 16:12 | ||
| 3: | none | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes
QUE: 0 minutes
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Lacroix | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McKenzie | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Plumb | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Keon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Carlson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Antonovich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Hangsleben | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| QUE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Cloutier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Lacombe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Leduc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Weir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Lariviere | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Serge Bernier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Morrison | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Dube | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Tardif | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: NE : 10-10-15-11-46
QUE: 7-17- 6- 3-33
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (T, 6-4-2)
QUE: Jim Corsi (T, 10-6-1)
Attendance: 7,764