WHA game summary from December 19, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Edmonton Oilers (15-13-0) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 Birmingham Bulls (12-14-3) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1: | EDM, | Garnet "Ace" Bailey 4 (Dave Semenko, Claire Alexander), 9:03 |
| 2: | BIR, | Rick Vaive 8 (Rob Ramage), 7:23 |
| EDM, | Blair MacDonald 13, 7:45 | |
| EDM, | Bill Flett 8 (Paul Shmyr, Dennis Sobchuk), 17:03 | |
| BIR, | Dave Gorman 8 (John Stewart, Steve Alley), 19:50 | |
| 3: | EDM, | Peter Driscoll 9 (Blair MacDonald, Stan Weir), 2:37 |
| EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 16 (Al Hamilton, Garnet "Ace" Bailey), 13:10 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Rick Vaive, BIR 4:39 |
| 2: | Bob Stephenson, BIR 8:45 |
| Brent Hughes, BIR 10:13 | |
| Peter Driscoll, EDM 10:13 | |
| Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 11:11 | |
| Ron Chipperfield, EDM 12:18 | |
| Rick Adduono, BIR 15:48 | |
| Dave Semenko, EDM 17:45 | |
| 3: | Peter Driscoll, EDM 10:35 |
Penalty time: EDM: 8 minutes
BIR: 10 minutes
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Driscoll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Gretzky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Flett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Semenko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Weir | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claire Alexander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sobchuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Chipperfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| BIR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Vaive | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gorman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Alley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stewart | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Ramage | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Adduono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Turkiewicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: EDM: 12-14- 6-32
BIR: 4- 7- 8-19
Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 12-6-0)
BIR: Pat Riggin (L, 7-6-3)
Attendance: n/a