WHA standings at the end of December 27, 1978
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers |
32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 144 | 118 | -0.25 | 0.56 | 11-4-0 | 6-5-6 | 6-2-2 | Won 2 | ||||||
 Quebec Nordiques |
33 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 38 | 128 | 115 | 0.08 | 0.48 | 11-6-3 | 6-6-1 | 5-3-2 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
35 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 34 | 125 | 127 | 0.04 | -0.02 | 10-4-3 | 5-12-1 | 1-7-2 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 32 | 119 | 113 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 10-6-0 | 6-9-0 | 4-6-0 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
31 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 133 | 116 | -0.20 | 0.35 | 7-5-3 | 7-8-1 | 5-4-1 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 114 | 123 | 0.06 | -0.22 | 8-7-2 | 5-9-1 | 4-4-2 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Indianapolis Racers |
25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 130 | 0.22 | -1.86 | 4-8-1 | 1-10-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Soviet All Stars |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 0.23 | 1.39 | 0-0-0 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Finland All Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | |||||||
 Czech All Stars |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0.56 | -5.44 | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||