The Gillette Wild's penalty kill was superb, as Gillette survived multiple penalties to beat the Great Falls Americans, 6-3.

The Wild bested their season scoring average. Gillette has scored at the pace of 3.7 goals per game during the current campaign.

The Wild were led by Taylor Motsinger, who registered two goals and two assists. Motsinger scored the first of his two goals at 3:01 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Gillette. Connor Hicks assisted on the tally. Motsinger's next tally made the score 3-0 Gillette with 9:36 left in the first period. Tyler Cavan picked up the assist. Gillette additionally got points from Cavan, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Trent Dillinger also scored for Gillette. Other players who recorded assists for Gillette were Andrew Lillard, Matt Kramer, Brandon Miller, Moco Willis, Matt Rose, Tyler Johnson, and Bobby Solari, who contributed one a piece.

Great Falls was led by Daniil Kulikov, who had two goals. Kulikov scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 3:28 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Gillette. The Americans had gotten the advantage when Gillette's Blake Reynolds was sent off for elbowing. Billy Grillo assisted on the tally. Kulikov's next tally on the power play made the score 4-2 Gillette with 3:53 left in the second period. Lucas Stover provided the assist. Great Falls also got a goal from Craig Bufford as well. In addition, Great Falls received assists from Lucas Lomax and Connor Mize, who each chipped in one.

Nick Vittori rejected 21 shots on goal for the Wild. Gillette incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. Evan Hauser recorded 23 saves for Great Falls. The Americans incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.