Jay Gilbert had the overtime winner, as the red-hot Owen Sound Attack escaped the WFCU Centre with a 5-4 win on Saturday night.
Alexander Khokhlachev had a pair of goals and Chris Marchese continued his torrid scoring pace with a goal and an assist, as the Spitfires (25-28-3-2) finished the weekend with three of a possible six points.
Daniel Catenacci, Joseph Blandisi, Cameron Brace and Chris Bigras had the other goals for the Attack (28-21-3-4), who leapfrogged Sarnia to move into fourth place in the Western Conference.
Trailing 4-2, KoKo scored matching power play goals (his first since January 19th). The first came at 16:11 of the second period. The tying goal came just 34 seconds into the third.
Gilbert's winner came 56 seconds into OT, just one second after a Nick Ebert elbowing penalty expired.
Jaroslav Pavelka made 29 saves in a losing cause.
SCORING
1ST PERIOD
OS CATENACCI (29) (BRACE, HALMO) 3:08
OS BLANDISI (17) 3:38
WSR MACQUEEN (15) (CLARKE, MARCHESE) 13:02
2ND PERIOD
OS BRACE (24) (BIGRAS, GILBERT) 7:25 SH
WSR MARCHESE (16) (JOHNSON, BRAITHWAITE) 8:23 PP
OS BIGRAS (2) (HOPE, GAVRUS) 12:35 PP
WSR KOKO (21) (VAIL, HOLDEN) 16:11 PP
3RD PERIOD
WSR KOKO (22) (HOLDEN) 0:34 PP
OVERTIME
OS GILBERT (GAVRUS, HOPE) 0:56
SHOTS
WSR 11 - 15 - 8 - 0 = 34
OS 13 - 11 - 9 - 1 = 34
PPS
WSR 3-FOR-7
OS 1-FOR-4