All WHA game summaries from April 23, 1977
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indianapolis Racers (40-38-8) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Quebec Nordiques (52-32-3) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Quebec Nordiques lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | QUE, | Serge Bernier 5 (Norm Dube, Paulin Bordeleau), 4:03 |
| QUE, | Paul Baxter 2 (Marc Tardif, Real Cloutier), 7:10 | |
| IND, | Michel Parizeau 2 (Reg Thomas, Blair MacDonald), 8:16 | |
| QUE, | Serge Bernier 6 (Paulin Bordeleau), 19:36 | |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dave Inkpen, IND 16:32 | |
| 2: | Paulin Bordeleau, QUE 1:26 | |
| Francois Lacombe, QUE 9:26 | ||
| Darryl Maggs, IND 11:32 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: IND: 4 minutes
QUE: 4 minutes
| IND Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Parizeau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reg Thomas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Inkpen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Maggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| QUE Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serge Bernier | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paulin Bordeleau | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Baxter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Real Cloutier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Tardif | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Dube | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Lacombe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: IND: 7-11- 3-21
QUE: 18-12- 7-37
Goalies: IND: Paul Hoganson (L, 2-1-0)
QUE: Richard Brodeur (W, 5-0-0)
Attendance: 7,309