All WHA game summaries from January 23, 1979
  
| 1:  | 
QUE, | J.C. Tremblay 4 (Curt Brackenbury), :44 | 
 | BIR, | Rick Vaive 15 (Michel Goulet, Wayne Dillon), 2:16 | 
 | QUE, | Serge Bernier 21 (Marc Tardif, J.C. Tremblay), 4:04 | 
 | QUE, | Alain Cote 7 (Rich Leduc), 7:00 | 
 | QUE, | Marc Tardif 26 (Danny Geoffrion, Francois Lacombe), 17:35 | 
| 2:  | 
QUE, | Danny Geoffrion 11 (Rich Leduc), 3:24 | 
 | BIR, | Rick Adduono 11 (Jim Turkiewicz), 12:36 | 
| 3:  | 
QUE, | Serge Bernier 22 (Francois Lacombe, Real Cloutier), 2:35 | 
 | BIR, | Gaston Gingras 11 (Rob Ramage, Rick Adduono), 4:34 | 
 | BIR, | Wayne Dillon 7 (Greg Tebbutt, Rick Vaive), 14:31 | 
 | QUE, | Real Cloutier 40, 16:44 | 
 | BIR, | Michel Goulet 15 (Wayne Dillon), 19:31 | 
 
Penalties:
| 1:  | 
Wayne Dillon, BIR 2:23 | 
 | Alain Cote, QUE 4:35 | 
 | Wally Weir, QUE 14:41 | 
| 2:  | 
Marc Tardif, QUE 0:52 | 
 | Bench penalty, BIR 15:50 | 
| 3:  | 
Louis Sleigher, BIR [major] 5:23 | 
 | Wally Weir, QUE [major] 5:23 | 
 | Rick Vaive, BIR [minor, major] 6:02 | 
 | Paul Baxter, QUE [minor, major] 6:02 | 
Penalty time: QUE: 18 minutes
              BIR: 16 minutes
Shots: QUE: 12- 7- 8-27
       BIR: 12-11-11-34
Goalies: QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 12-4-2)
         BIR: Pat Riggin,
              Ernie Wakely
Attendance: 5,136
  
| 1:  | no scoring | 
| 2:  | 
EDM, | Bill Flett 12 (Wayne Gretzky, Claire Alexander), 3:16 | 
 | EDM, | Blair MacDonald 17 (Brett Callighen, Ron Chipperfield), 15:02 | 
 | EDM, | Ron Chipperfield 14 (Bill Flett), 16:05 | 
| 3:  | 
EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 25 (Paul Shmyr, Dave Langevin), 4:04 | 
 | EDM, | Stan Weir 13 (Steve Carlson, Brett Callighen), 12:11 | 
 | NE , | Rick Ley 3 (Andre Lacroix, Brad Selwood), 13:45 | 
 
Penalties:
| 1:  | 
Dave Langevin, EDM 1:14 | 
 | Peter Driscoll, EDM 11:11 | 
 | Gordie Howe, NE 12:08 | 
 | Gordie Roberts, NE 15:00 | 
 | Dave Langevin, EDM 18:23 | 
| 2:  | 
Rick Ley, NE 3:09 | 
 | Paul Shmyr, EDM 3:30 | 
 | Blair MacDonald, EDM 19:09 | 
| 3:  | 
Mike Antonovich, NE 3:40 | 
 | Peter Driscoll, EDM 6:38 | 
 | John McKenzie, NE 7:17 | 
Penalty time: NE : 10 minutes
              EDM: 12 minutes
Shots: NE :  5-12- 7-24
       EDM:  6-12- 8-26
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 10-7-2)
         EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 19-7-0)
Attendance: 9,647