WHA game summary from February 16, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
Edmonton Oilers (29-21-0)	1	3	0	4
New England Whalers (25-18-7)	1	1	0	2

1:	EDM,	Bill Flett 15 (Ron Chipperfield), 7:53
	NE ,	Dave Keon 16 (George Lyle, John McKenzie), 10:57
2:	EDM,	Paul Shmyr 6 (Stan Weir), 3:42
	EDM,	Wayne Gretzky 31 (Dave Langevin, Dennis Sobchuk), 4:38
	EDM,	Dennis Sobchuk 18 (Bill Flett, Ron Chipperfield), 7:39
	NE ,	Andre Lacroix 26 (Mike Antonovich, Gordie Roberts), 19:57
3:	no scoring

Penalties:

1:	Dave Hunter, EDM 4:02
	Ron Chipperfield, EDM 13:25
2:	Alan Hangsleben, NE 5:48
	Dennis Sobchuk, EDM 11:55
	Andre Lacroix, NE 11:55
	John Hughes, EDM 15:27
	Andre Lacroix, NE 17:20
	Paul Shmyr, EDM 17:20
	John Hughes, EDM 18:48
	Dave Langevin, EDM 19:57
	Mike Antonovich, NE 19:57
	John Hughes, EDM [game misconduct] 19:57
3:	Mark Howe, NE 8:08

Penalty time: EDM: 24 minutes NE : 10 minutes

EDM Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dennis Sobchuk	1	1	2	2	0	0
Bill Flett	1	1	2	0	0	0
Ron Chipperfield	0	2	2	2	0	0
Paul Shmyr	1	0	1	2	0	0
Wayne Gretzky	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Langevin	0	1	1	2	0	0
Stan Weir	0	1	1	0	0	0
John Hughes	0	0	0	14	0	0
Dave Hunter	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Andre Lacroix	1	0	1	4	0	0
Dave Keon	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Antonovich	0	1	1	2	0	0
John McKenzie	0	1	1	0	0	0
George Lyle	0	1	1	0	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Howe	0	0	0	2	0	0
Alan Hangsleben	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: EDM: 1-11- 9-21 NE : 13- 9-11-33 Goalies: EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 25-10-0) NE : Al Smith (L, 15-9-3) Attendance: 7,228