HOUGHTON, Mich. -- Michigan Tech freshman goaltender Rob Nolan poured in 59 saves, marking his second straight career-high in saves, but No. 3 Wisconsin bested the Huskies 5-0 in Western Collegiate Hockey Association action Friday night at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

Tom Gilbert opened the scoring for the Badgers (21-7-2, 15-6-2 WCHA) with a goal with a man advantage in the final second of the first period.

The UW added two goals in the second frame, as Davis Drewiske struck at the 7:22 mark and Joe Pavelski tallied a power-play marker at 16:39.

Ben Street added the fourth goal of the contest for the visitors just under 2:00 into the third stanza, while Drewiske tacked on his second tally of the evening at the 10:19 mark of the period.

Shane Connelly recorded 20 saves to earn his fifth win in net for the Badgers.

Michigan Tech (7-20-5, 6-13-4 WCHA) finished with 20 shots in the game.

The two teams meet again tomorrow night in the concluding game of the two-game series. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 7:07 p.m.

Notes: Nolan's 59-save effort was the highest total by a Tech goaltender since Dec. 29, 2005, when Michael-Lee Teslak made 57 saves against Michigan State at the Great Lakes Invitational in Detroit, Mich. Six seniors -- Nick Anderson, Chris Conner, Taggart Desmet, Pekka Saittakari, Brandon Schwartz and John Scott -- will be recognized after Saturday's contest for Senior Night.