WHA game summary from April 28, 1978
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quebec Nordiques (44-40-3) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 New England Whalers (49-32-5) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| New England Whalers lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | NE , | Mark Howe 2 (Ron Plumb, Gordie Howe), 10:30 |
| NE , | Ron Plumb 1 (Steve Carlson, Gordie Howe), 15:13 | |
| 2: | NE , | Mike Rogers 2 (Larry Pleau), 12:15 |
| 3: | NE , | George Lyle 1 (Tim Sheehy), 6:00 |
| NE , | Jack Carlson 1 (Tim Sheehy, Rick Ley), 6:17 | |
| QUE, | Garry Lariviere 2 (Wally Weir, Real Cloutier), 13:24 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mike Antonovich, NE 19:00 |
| 2: | Jim Dorey, QUE 14:41 |
| 3: | Ron Plumb, NE 2:44 |
Penalty time: QUE: 2 minutes
NE : 4 minutes
| QUE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Lariviere | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Real Cloutier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Weir | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Plumb | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Sheehy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lyle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Rogers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Carlson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Carlson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Antonovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: QUE: 6- 7-11-24
NE : 14-14-11-39
Goalies: QUE: Richard Brodeur,
Ken Broderick NE : Louis Levasseur (W, 5-1-0) Attendance: 7,206
Ken Broderick NE : Louis Levasseur (W, 5-1-0) Attendance: 7,206