All WHA game summaries from May 8, 1979

Team	1	2	3	F
New England Whalers (42-39-9)	1	0	2	3
Edmonton Oilers (52-33-2)	2	4	0	6
Edmonton Oilers win, 4 games to 3 (best of 7)

1:	EDM,	Blair MacDonald 7 (Joe Micheletti, Al Hamilton), 6:27
	NE ,	Andre Lacroix 4 (George Lyle, Warren Miller), 8:37
	EDM,	Dennis Sobchuk 3 (Ron Chipperfield, Risto Siltanen), 13:27
2:	EDM,	Ron Chipperfield 2 (Dennis Sobchuk), 6:20
	EDM,	Bill Flett 3 (Ron Chipperfield, Dennis Sobchuk), 10:14
	EDM,	Wayne Gretzky 7 (Blair MacDonald, Joe Micheletti), 12:44
	EDM,	Wayne Gretzky 8 (Blair MacDonald, Brett Callighen), 15:51
3:	NE ,	Blaine Stoughton 4 (Ron Plumb, Mike Rogers), 9:09
	NE ,	Mike Antonovich 5, 18:43

Penalties:

1:	Steve Carlson, EDM [minor, major] 1:18
	Jordy Douglas, NE [minor, major] 1:18
	Dave Hunter, EDM 2:59
	Warren Miller, NE [major] 3:04
	Bench penalty, EDM 4:14
	Gordie Roberts, NE 5:22
	Dave Hunter, EDM 10:16
	Wayne Gretzky, EDM 13:45
	Rick Ley, NE 15:00
	Brett Callighen, EDM 19:40
	Dave Inkpen, NE 19:40
2:	Paul Shmyr, EDM 17:12
3:	Brett Callighen, EDM 11:32

Penalty time: NE : 18 minutes EDM: 21 minutes

NE Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Blaine Stoughton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Andre Lacroix	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Antonovich	1	0	1	0	0	0
Warren Miller	0	1	1	5	0	0
George Lyle	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Plumb	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jordy Douglas	0	0	0	7	0	0
Dave Inkpen	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rick Ley	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gordie Roberts	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

EDM Player Data	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Dennis Sobchuk	1	2	3	0	0	0
Ron Chipperfield	1	2	3	0	0	0
Blair MacDonald	1	2	3	0	0	0
Wayne Gretzky	2	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Micheletti	0	2	2	0	0	0
Bill Flett	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brett Callighen	0	1	1	4	0	0
Risto Siltanen	0	1	1	0	0	0
Al Hamilton	0	1	1	0	0	0
Steve Carlson	0	0	0	7	0	0
Dave Hunter	0	0	0	4	0	0
Paul Shmyr	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTAL					0	0
TOTAL			0	0

Shots: NE : 8- 3-14-25 EDM: 11-14- 4-29 Goalies: NE : John Garrett (L, 4-3-0) EDM: Dave Dryden (W, 4-2-0) Attendance: n/a