The Sting outshot Saginaw 42-30 Sunday afternoon at Progressive Auto Sales Arena, but fell 7-3 to the visiting Spirit.
Tyler Challenger, Mitch Young and Easton Walos all scored for Sarnia in the loss. Beckham Edwards had two assists for the Sting.
Dima Zhilkin scored twice for Saginaw and had three assists.
Tensions ran high in the third period as a total of 19 players were handed misconducts for getting into scrums.
It was the Sting's seventh loss in a row. Sarnia's last win was a 7-4 victory over the Spirit in Saginaw on February 21.
In a pregame ceremony Sunday, the Sting honoured overagers Mitch Young, Ben Pickell and Jordan Bax.
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Sarnia is home to the Erie Otters on Wednesday.
It's their final home game of the season as the Sting will miss the OHL playoffs for the third season in a row.
You can catch the game live on CHOK (103.9FM/1070AM) beginning with the pregame show at 6:30 p.m.
