RANGERS TOP SPITS IN SHOOTOUT

Radek Faksa scored in the sixth round of a shootout as the Kitchener Rangers escaped the WFCU Centre with a 4-3 win over the Windsor Spitfires on Thursday night.

Goals by Brady Vail, Zack MacQueen staked the Spits to a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. Nick Czinder's fifth of the season put Windsor up with a 3-1 lead after 40 minutes. But a string of third-period penalties resulted in a pair of powerplay goals for the visitors and yet another overtime game; Windsor's sixth of the season and third in the last four games.

Jack Campbell made 34 saves in regulation and 3 more in OT, but took the loss for just the second time in eight starts.

Brady Vail's goal set a modern-day Spitfires record for the fastest goal to open a game. The previous record was held by Conor O'Donnell, who scored 8 seconds into a 5-4 SO win over the Ottawa 67s back on November 6, 2008.

The Spits are right back at it on Friday night, as they visit the Guelph Storm. Stay with windsorspitfires.com for all the action live from Guelph, starting with our Rockhead Game Blog lineups around 6:30.

SCORING

FIRST PERIOD

WIN VAIL (5) 0:07

WIN MACQUEEN (5) (KOKO, RYCHEL) 9:10

KIT THOMSON (3) (JASPER, SOL) 14:49

SECOND PERIOD

WIN CZINDER (5) (MCCANN, DUININCK) 18:11

THIRD PERIOD

KIT MARCANTUONI (2) (CRESCENZI, RIEDER) 4:07 PP

KIT CRESCENZI (5) (MELCHIORI) 9:30 PP

OVERTIME

No Scoring

SHOOTOUT WINNER

Radek Faksa

SHOTS

WINDSOR 16 - 5 - 9 - 2 = 32

KITCHENER 15 - 15 - 7 - 3 = 40

POWER PLAYS

WINDSOR 1-FOR-4

KITCHENER 2-FOR-6

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