diff --git a/FloodPipeWPF/MVVM/Model/Game/GameField/CellFunctions.cs b/FloodPipeWPF/MVVM/Model/Game/GameField/CellFunctions.cs
index 502d8a8..d0308cf 100644
--- a/FloodPipeWPF/MVVM/Model/Game/GameField/CellFunctions.cs
+++ b/FloodPipeWPF/MVVM/Model/Game/GameField/CellFunctions.cs
@@ -55,5 +55,23 @@ public static bool IsCellEmpty(Cell cell)
         {
             return cell.CellState == CellState.EMPTY;
         }
+
+        public static List<Cell> GetConnectedEmptyCells(Cell cell, List<List<Cell>> cells)
+        {
+            var connectedEmptyCells = new List<Cell>();
+
+            foreach (var connection in cell.RelativeConnections)
+            {
+                var position = cell.Position + connection;
+                var connectedCell = cells[(int)position.X][(int)position.Y];
+                
+                if (IsCellEmpty(connectedCell))
+                {
+                    connectedEmptyCells.Add(connectedCell);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return connectedEmptyCells;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/FloodpipeWPF.UnitTests/CellFunctionsTest.cs b/FloodpipeWPF.UnitTests/CellFunctionsTest.cs
index 095843e..64d00d0 100644
--- a/FloodpipeWPF.UnitTests/CellFunctionsTest.cs
+++ b/FloodpipeWPF.UnitTests/CellFunctionsTest.cs
@@ -250,5 +250,39 @@ public void IsCellEmpty_FilledCell_False()
             var cell = new Cell(CellType.CROSS, new Vector2(0, 0), 0, CellState.FULL);
             Assert.IsFalse(CellFunctions.IsCellEmpty(cell));
         }
+        
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void GetConnectedEmptyCells_EmptyCell_EmptyList()
+        {
+            var cells = new List<List<Cell>>();
+            CellFunctions.CreateField(cells, 2, 2);
+            var connectedEmptyCells = CellFunctions.GetConnectedEmptyCells(cells[0][0], cells);
+            Assert.AreEqual(connectedEmptyCells.Count, 0);
+        }
+        
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void GetConnectedEmptyCells_FilledCell_EmptyList()
+        {
+            var cells = new List<List<Cell>>();
+            CellFunctions.CreateField(cells, 2, 2);
+            cells[0][0].CellState = CellState.FULL;
+            var connectedEmptyCells = CellFunctions.GetConnectedEmptyCells(cells[0][0], cells);
+            Assert.AreEqual(connectedEmptyCells.Count, 0);
+        }
+        
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void GetConnectedEmptyCells_EmptyCellWithConnectedEmptyCells_ConnectedEmptyCells()
+        {
+            var cells = new List<List<Cell>>();
+            CellFunctions.CreateField(cells, 2, 2);
+            cells[0][0].CellState = CellState.EMPTY;
+            cells[0][1].CellState = CellState.EMPTY;
+            cells[1][0].CellState = CellState.EMPTY;
+            var connectedEmptyCells = CellFunctions.GetConnectedEmptyCells(cells[0][0], cells);
+            Assert.AreEqual(connectedEmptyCells.Count, 3);
+            Assert.IsTrue(connectedEmptyCells.Contains(cells[0][1]));
+            Assert.IsTrue(connectedEmptyCells.Contains(cells[1][0]));
+            Assert.IsTrue(connectedEmptyCells.Contains(cells[1][1]));
+        }
     }
 }