| World Hockey Association Game Summary | 
| Soviet All-Stars 3 at Edmonton Oilers 5 | 
| Edmonton Coliseum | 
| December 15, 1978 | 
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| First Period - 1. Edmonton, B. MacDonald (S. Weir, P. Shmyr) 1:11. 2. Edmonton, R. Chipperfield (D. Sobchuk, J. Neilson) 2:10. 3. USSR, S. Gimaev pp 7:53. 4. USSR, A. Kabonov (J. Gimaev, V. Tumenev) 16:25. | 
| Penalties: A. Hamilton, Edm 7:38; S. Gimaev, USSR 8:27; D. Hunter, Edm 13:09; A. Skvortsov, USSR (major) 16:00; P. Shmyr, Edm (major) 16:00; D. Semenko, Edm 16:00; V. Popov, USSR 18:32. | 
| Second Period - 5. Edmonton, G. Bailey (W. Gretzky, D. Semenko) 3:33. | 
| Penalties: V. Kovin, USSR 6:27; J. Micheletti, Edm 6:27; V. Tumenev, USSR 7:20; G. Bailey, Edm 7:20; S. Gimaev, USSR 7:58. | 
| Third Period - 6. Edmonton, D. Sobchuk (B. Flett, D. Langevin) 0:13. 7. Edmonton, P. Shmyr (D. Berry) 7:37. 8. USSR, V. Kovin (A. Skvortsov, A. Andrev) 14:13. | 
| Penalties: P. Driscoll, Edm 10:44; J. Gimaev, USSR (major) 13:07; P. Driscoll, Edm (major) 13:07; J. Micheletti, Edm 19:35. | 
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| Goaltending: V. Myshkin, USSR (60:00 19 shots, 14 saves L). D. Dryden, Edm (60:00 17 shots, 14 saves W). | 
| Attendance: 13,856. | 
| USSR Coach: Boris Mayorov. | 
| Edmonton Coach: Glen Sather. |