The Portland Winterhawks narrowly avoided losing a 2-0 lead to the Tri-City Americans, but a series of events led to Nathan Brown's tying goal with 3 seconds left. A Brown winner in overtime was eventually overturned, and Ryan Miller won it in overtime. This move helped Portland secure a crucial game, where the Seattle Thunderbirds matched Portland's overtime victory and the Victoria Royals came from 3-0 down to secure a point from a shootout loss. Despite this, the Winterhawks were still in 9th place heading into the season finale. The game was marked by controversy, with officials retroactively calling out a collision with goalie Xavier Wendt that impeded Brown's goal. The winner of this match will likely need to help determine their playoff position.