All WHA game summaries from February 16, 1979
| 1: | no scoring |
| 2: |
WIN, | Rich Preston 18 (Kent Nilsson), 5:31 |
| 3: |
BIR, | John Stewart 12 (Paul Henderson), 4:17 |
| BIR, | Michel Goulet 18 (Wayne Dillon), 7:46 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none |
| 2: |
Louis Sleigher, BIR 4:47 |
| Morris Lukowich, WIN 4:47 |
| Bench penalty, WIN 12:58 |
| 3: | none |
Penalty time: WIN: 4 minutes
BIR: 2 minutes
Shots: WIN: 11-19- 9-39
BIR: 10- 4- 9-23
Goalies: WIN: Markus Mattsson (L, 21-15-3)
BIR: Pat Riggin (W, 12-13-3)
Attendance: 7,353
| 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
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
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