WHA game summary from January 19, 1979
| 1: |
EDM, | Joe Micheletti 7 (Wayne Gretzky), 3:30 |
| EDM, | Bill Flett 11 (Ron Chipperfield, Dave Langevin), 16:12 |
| 2: |
BIR, | John Stewart 7, 1:27 - PP |
| EDM, | Claire Alexander 7 (Steve Carlson), 5:24 |
| EDM, | Brett Callighen 7 (Al Hamilton, Blair MacDonald), 6:42 |
| BIR, | Dave Hanson 2 (Rob Ramage, Bob Stephenson), 8:25 |
| EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 23, 9:48 |
| EDM, | Paul Shmyr 5 (Dave Langevin, Dave Hunter), 11:02 |
| 3: |
EDM, | John Hughes 4 (Steve Carlson, Brett Callighen), 3:57 |
| EDM, | Stan Weir 12 (Paul Shmyr), 5:45 |
| BIR, | Gaston Gingras 10 (Bob Stephenson), 7:26 |
| EDM, | Dave Semenko 4 (Stan Weir, Al Hamilton), 10:54 |
| EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 24 (Al Hamilton, John Hughes), 14:59 |
| EDM, | Joe Micheletti 8 (Wayne Gretzky, Paul Shmyr), 18:58 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none |
| 2: |
John Hughes, EDM 0:58 |
| Bob Stephenson, BIR 3:19 |
| Craig Hartsburg, BIR [major] 11:02 |
| Joe Micheletti, EDM [major] 11:02 |
| Wayne Dillon, BIR 15:21 |
| Brett Callighen, EDM 17:43 |
| Ron Chipperfield, EDM 19:37 |
| Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 19:37 |
| 3: |
Rick Vaive, BIR 0:33 |
| John Hughes, EDM 0:33 |
| Jim Turkiewicz, BIR 5:57 |
| Rob Ramage, BIR 7:07 |
| Peter Driscoll, EDM 7:07 |
Penalty time: BIR: 17 minutes
EDM: 15 minutes
Shots: BIR: 11-12- 6-29
EDM: 11-14-16-41
Goalies: BIR: Ernie Wakely (L, 2-8-0)
EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 18-6-0)
Attendance: 9,485
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