Spitfires rookie Kari Piiroinen stopped 37 of the 42 shots he faced in the loss.
The Windsor Spitfires came out on the wrong end in the first game of the post Michael DiPietro era — losing to the Sarnia Sting in overtime at the WFCU Centre Thursday night.
Jacob Perreault put Sarnia on the board first two-minutes into the game, staking the Sting to a 1-0 lead heading into the second period.
Windsor clawed back with back-to-back goals from Daniel D'Amico in the second, but Sarnia answered with back to back goals of their own from Adam Ruzicka and Ryan McGregor to make it 3-2.
Will Cuylle's powerplay-goal to start the third tied things up 3-3 before the Sting answered yet again on Perreault's second of the game for a 4-3 lead.
Cuylle tied things up at 4-4 on his second powerplay-goal of the game with just minutes left to force overtime.
Sarnia would strike last for the win on Kelton Hatcher's fifth goal of the season for a 5-4 finish.
Spitfires' rookie Kari Piiroinen stopped 37 of the 42 shots he faced in the loss.
Windsor heads to Sarnia for a rubber-match Friday night — puck drops at 7:05pm.
Tune into AM800 for all the action.