WHA game summary from April 8, 1973
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota Fighting Saints (39-39-3) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
 Winnipeg Jets (45-31-4) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | WIN, | Christian Bordeleau 2 (Norm Beaudin, Bobby Hull), 5:25 |
| MIN, | George Morrison 1 (Jim Johnson, Bob MacMillan), 6:16 | |
| 2: | WIN, | Danny Johnson 1 (Ab McDonald, Jean-Guy Gratton), 3:28 |
| MIN, | Ted Hampson 1 (Mike McMahon, Bill Klatt), 12:45 | |
| WIN, | Wally Boyer 1 (Ab McDonald, Larry Hornung), 18:04 | |
| 3: | WIN, | Norm Beaudin 1 (Bobby Hull, Joe Zanussi), :57 |
| WIN, | Bobby Hull 3 (Christian Bordeleau, Norm Beaudin), 19:15 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Terry Ball, MIN 3:36 | |
| John Arbour, MIN 8:31 | ||
| Christian Bordeleau, WIN 17:58 | ||
| 2: | Bill Young, MIN 16:20 | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: MIN: 6 minutes
WIN: 2 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Morrison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hampson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob MacMillan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Klatt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McMahon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Arbour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Beaudin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hull | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Bordeleau | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ab McDonald | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Boyer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Zanussi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Guy Gratton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hornung | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 7-11- 9-27
WIN: 17-17-13-47
Goalies: MIN: Jack McCartan (L, 0-2-0)
WIN: Joe Daley (W, 1-0-0)
Attendance: 8,425