All WHA game summaries from May 11, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Winnipeg Jets (44-35-6) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Edmonton Oilers (52-34-2) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Winnipeg Jets lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | WIN, | Rich Preston 5 (Peter Sullivan), 3:29 |
| WIN, | Bill Lesuk 1 (Roland Eriksson, Lyle Moffat), 15:23 | |
| EDM, | Bill Flett 4 (Paul Shmyr), 17:48 | |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | WIN, | Rich Preston 6 (Kent Nilsson), 16:24 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Terry Ruskowski, WIN 19:31 |
| 2: | Dave Langevin, EDM 7:20 |
| Rich Preston, WIN 7:20 | |
| Paul Shmyr, EDM 8:24 | |
| 3: | John Hughes, EDM 0:10 |
| Terry Ruskowski, WIN 4:57 |
Penalty time: WIN: 6 minutes
EDM: 6 minutes
| WIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Preston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lesuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent Nilsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Moffat | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roland Eriksson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ruskowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Flett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Langevin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Shots: WIN: 11- 9- 8-28
EDM: 5- 9-10-24
Goalies: WIN: Gary Smith (W, 5-0-0)
EDM: Dave Dryden (L, 4-3-0)
Attendance: 11,871