Spirit 3, Spitfires 2 in a shootout at the WFCU Centre on Thanksgiving Monday
Ethan Garden and Beksultan Makysh scored for Windsor, which outshot Saginaw 36-25. Dima Zhilkin had the only shootout goal. The Spits (3-4-2) host back-to-back games Thursday and Friday.
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The Saginaw Spirit beat the Windsor Spitfires 3-2 in a shootout on Thanksgiving Monday at the WFCU Centre.
Spirit captain Dima Zhilkin opened the scoring at 6:00 of the first period, the Spitfires' game story says. Windsor goalie Michael Newlove kept the Spitfires close through the second period, and captain Ethan Garden tied the game 1-1 in the final seconds of the frame. It was his third goal of the season.
Beksultan Makysh put Windsor ahead 2-1 at 5:43 of the third. Saginaw's Jacob Cloutier tied it at 10:27, and neither team scored again in regulation or overtime.
In the shootout, Bogdan Yakushevsky, Harvey and Michal Svrcek shot for Windsor. Zhilkin scored the only shootout goal to win it for Saginaw.
Windsor outshot Saginaw 36-25, Hockey News Windsor reported. Spirit goalie Stepan Shurygin made 34 saves and Newlove made 23. The point leaves the Spitfires at 3-4-2 after nine games of the 2026-27 OHL season.
The Spitfires return to the WFCU Centre for back-to-back home games on Thursday and Friday.
