| World Hockey Association Game Summary |
| Soviet National Team 9 at Cincinnati Stingers 2 |
| Riverfront Coliseum |
| January 8, 1978 |
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| First Period - 1. Cincinnati, R. Ftorek (F. Lahache, J. Hislop) 3:04. 2. USSR, S. Kapustin (H. Balderis, V. Pervukhin) 5:44. |
| Penalties: B. Deadmarsh, Cin (cross-checking) 8:19. |
| Second Period - 3. USSR, B. Mikhailov (V. Kharlamov, S. Babinov) 0:46. 4. USSR, V. Anisin (S. Kapustin) 1:18. 5. USSR, A. Gusev (V. Kharlamov) 6:09. 6. USSR, A. Maltsev (B. Mikhailov, V. Kharlamov) 6:20. 7. Cincinnati, B. Legge (J. Hislop, B. Coates) 8:09. |
| Penalties: R. Leduc, Cin (roughing) 2:11; R. Leduc, Cin (hooking) 10:08. |
| Third Period - 8. USSR, H. Balderis (V. Anisin, B. Alexandrov) 1:21. 9. USSR, V. Vikulov (A. Lovanov) 3:08. 10. USSR, S. Babinov (S. Kapustin, A. Lovanov) 3:58. 11. USSR, A. Lovanov (V. Kovin, A. Golikov) 6:54. |
| Penalties: B. Melrose, Cin (roughing) 3:58; A. Lovanov, USSR (roughing) 3:58; V. Shalimov, USSR (hooking) 5:23; R. Plumb, Cin (tripping) 8:15; G. Tsygankov, USSR (holding) 16:08; R. Leduc, Cin (cross-checking) 16:57; P. Marsh, Cin (tripping) 17:23. |
| Shots: |
| USSR | 8 | 13 | 12 | - | 33 | | Cincinnati | 8 | 5 | 7 | - | 20 |
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| Goaltending: S. Babariko, USSR, V. Tretiak, USSR. M. Dion, Cin, N. Lapointe, Cin. |
| Attendance: 2,571. |
| Referee: Viktor Dombrowski. |
