WHA game summary from April 6, 1979
| 1: |
EDM, | Joe Micheletti 14 (Wayne Gretzky, Brett Callighen), 1:32 |
| NE , | John McKenzie 18 (Dave Keon), 9:09 |
| EDM, | Bill Flett 26 (Dave Semenko, Ron Chipperfield), 10:45 |
| 2: |
EDM, | Stan Weir 27 (Dennis Sobchuk, Dave Hunter), 1:38 |
| EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 39 (Blair MacDonald, Joe Micheletti), 4:55 |
| NE , | George Lyle 14 (Mike Rogers, Dave Inkpen), 7:35 |
| EDM, | Wayne Gretzky 40 (John Hughes), 7:43 |
| EDM, | Peter Driscoll 18 (Dennis Sobchuk, Steve Carlson), 16:10 |
| 3: | no scoring |
Penalties:
| 1: |
Alan Hangsleben, NE 0:35 |
| Ron Chipperfield, EDM 16:23 |
| Mike Rogers, NE 18:24 |
| 2: |
Paul Shmyr, EDM 10:06 |
| Ron Chipperfield, EDM 12:19 |
| Peter Driscoll, EDM 16:26 |
| 3: |
Dennis Sobchuk, EDM 7:19 |
| Dave Langevin, EDM 7:40 |
| Gordie Howe, NE 8:50 |
| Dave Hunter, EDM 17:15 |
Penalty time: NE : 6 minutes
EDM: 14 minutes
Shots: NE : 11- 5-11-27
EDM: 10-12- 8-30
Goalies: NE : Al Smith (L, 17-16-5)
EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 37-14-2)
Attendance: 13,037
New England Whalers (34-31-9)
Edmonton Oilers (44-28-2)