All WHA game summaries from January 13, 1979
  
| 1:  | 
WIN, | Bill Lesuk 11 (Bobby Guindon), 6:45 | 
 | WIN, | Morris Lukowich 30 (Mike Amodeo, Kent Nilsson), 17:46 | 
| 2:  | no scoring | 
| 3:  | 
BIR, | Michel Goulet 13 (John Stewart, Rob Ramage), 12:57 | 
 | WIN, | Kent Nilsson 17 (Terry Ruskowski), 17:14 | 
 
Penalties:
| 1:  | 
John Stewart, BIR 8:03 | 
 | Kim Clackson, WIN 8:03 | 
| 2:  | 
Scott Campbell, WIN [major] 0:43 | 
 | Dave Hanson, BIR [minor, major] 0:43 | 
 | Barry Long, WIN 1:07 | 
 | Serge Beaudoin, BIR 8:58 | 
 | Kim Clackson, WIN 8:58 | 
 | Scott Campbell, WIN [misconduct] 11:22 | 
 | Dave Hanson, BIR [misconduct] 11:22 | 
 | Morris Lukowich, WIN 15:36 | 
| 3:  | 
Rob Ramage, BIR 0:51 | 
 | John Stewart, BIR 8:18 | 
 | Terry Ruskowski, WIN 8:18 | 
 | Terry Ruskowski, WIN 12:48 | 
 | Rick Vaive, BIR [misconduct] 12:48 | 
Penalty time: WIN: 27 minutes
              BIR: 35 minutes
Shots: WIN: 12-13- 7-32
       BIR:  5- 5-10-20
Goalies: WIN: Markus Mattsson (W, 15-9-2)
         BIR: Ernie Wakely (L, 2-7-0)
Attendance: 6,293
  
| 1:  | no scoring | 
| 2:  | no scoring | 
| 3:  | 
EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 20 (John Hughes, Dave Hunter), 6:55 | 
 | EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 21, 10:23 | 
 | EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 22, 11:35 | 
 
Penalties:
| 1:  | 
Dave Hunter, EDM [minor, major] 8:10 | 
 | Gordie Roberts, NE [minor, major] 8:10 | 
 | Jim Neilson, EDM 17:58 | 
| 2:  | 
Brett Callighen, EDM 7:36 | 
 | John McKenzie, NE 7:36 | 
| 3:  | none | 
Penalty time: EDM: 11 minutes
              NE : 9 minutes
Shots: EDM:  2- 6-13-21
       NE : 15-15- 7-37
Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 15-6-0)
         NE : John Garrett (L, 10-6-4)
Attendance: 7,538