WHA game summary from April 23, 1976
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Calgary Cowboys (45-37-4) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Winnipeg Jets (57-27-2) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | WIN, | Willy Lindstrom 2 (Peter Sullivan, Joe Daley), 4:50 |
| WIN, | Ulf Nilsson 3 (Willy Lindstrom, Larry Hornung), 11:51 | |
| WIN, | Peter Sullivan 3 (Veli-Pekka Ketola, Thommie Bergman), 15:41 | |
| 2: | WIN, | Bobby Hull 6 (Ulf Nilsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg), 2:42 |
| WIN, | Bobby Guindon 2 (Bill Lesuk, Ted Green), 7:06 | |
| WIN, | Veli-Pekka Ketola 3 (Willy Lindstrom), 13:04 | |
| 3: | CAL, | Chris Evans 5 (Wally Olds), 2:20 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ulf Nilsson, WIN 1:42 |
| Peter Driscoll, CAL 8:16 | |
| Butch Deadmarsh, CAL 14:56 | |
| 2: | Bernie Lukowich, CAL 3:06 |
| Francois Lacombe, CAL 4:55 | |
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg, WIN 7:37 | |
| Larry Hornung, WIN 10:57 | |
| Rick Sentes, CAL 18:44 | |
| 3: | Mike Ford, WIN 0:19 |
| Norm Beaudin, WIN 8:40 | |
| Don Tannahill, CAL 12:16 | |
| John Miszuk, CAL 12:43 | |
| Mike Ford, WIN 13:14 |
Penalty time: CAL: 14 minutes
WIN: 12 minutes
| CAL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Evans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Olds | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Miszuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Lacombe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Driscoll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Tannahill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Lukowich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Sentes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Deadmarsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willy Lindstrom | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Veli-Pekka Ketola | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hull | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hornung | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Daley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thommie Bergman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Green | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lesuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Beaudin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: CAL: 4- 8- 5-17
WIN: 9-11- 9-29
Goalies: CAL: Don McLeod (L, 4-2-0),
Ed Humphreys WIN: Joe Daley (W, 3-0-0) Attendance: 10,069
Ed Humphreys WIN: Joe Daley (W, 3-0-0) Attendance: 10,069