WHA teams met their NHL counterparts in exhibition play between 1974 and 1978. Following are the team-by-team results from those games:
| Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA |
| WHA Teams | |||||||
| Birmingham Bulls | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | 14 | 19 |
| Calgary Cowboys | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 7 | 8 |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | 12 | 9 |
| Cleveland Crusaders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 8 | 7 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.364 | 35 | 47 |
| Houston Aeros | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 13 | 22 |
| Indianapolis Racers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.375 | 12 | 12 |
| New England Whalers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0.688 | 67 | 48 |
| Phoenix Roadrunners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 3 | 5 |
| Quebec Nordiques | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.812 | 33 | 22 |
| San Diego Mariners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 3 |
| Toronto Toros | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 3 | 5 |
| Vancouver Blazers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.571 | 49 | 44 |
| Totals | 73 | 35 | 30 | 8 | 0.534 | 260 | 257 |
| NHL Teams | |||||||
| Atlanta Flames | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 34 | 28 |
| Boston Bruins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 |
| California Golden Seals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 9 | 4 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 8 | 11 |
| Cleveland Barons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 2 |
| Colorado Rockies | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | 11 | 12 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.300 | 14 | 17 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.562 | 33 | 29 |
| New York Islanders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 5 |
| New York Rangers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.500 | 28 | 28 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.545 | 42 | 43 |
| St. Louis Blues | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.318 | 27 | 40 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 3 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 7 | 6 |
| Washington Capitals | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 24 | 30 |
| Totals | 73 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 0.466 | 257 | 260 |