A goal from Mikhail Sergachev, (feature photo) his 17th of the season (most by any OHL defenceman), was the eventual winner, for a Windsor (40-21-6-1) club that has now won three straight.

Aaron Luchuk scored twice and Connor Chatham registered four points, as the Spitfires won their 40th game in a 6-3 victory that wrapped 2015-16 regular season Sunday.

After Sarnia (42-19-5-2) scored a pair of power play goals in a 39-second span of the third period, Luchuk (26, 27) and Andrew Burns (2) salted the game away with markers 1:32 apart.

Mario Culina made 35 saves for the winners, while Aidan Hughes made 30 in a losing effort. The fifth-seeded Spitfires will now prepare for their first round playoff series with the fourth seeded Rangers, which begins in Kitchener on Thursday.

Spitfires complete first round OHL playoff schedule HERE.

SCORING
First Period
1. SAR Lindberg (10) (Lajeunesse) 1:50
2. WSR Chatham (17) (Carter, McCool) 3:57

Second Period
3. WSR Luchuk (26) 1:54
4. WSR Chatfield (10) (Chatham, Carter) 3:25

Third Period
5. WSR Sergachev (17) (Chatham, Primeau) 7:19
6. SAR Mistele (33) (Korostelev, Kyrou) 10:16 PP
7. SAR Salinitri (17) (Lajeunesse, Sproviero) 10:55 PP
8. WSR Luchuk (27) (Vilardi) 15:02
9. WSR Burns (2) (McCool, Chatham) 16:34

SHOTS ON GOAL
WSR: 11 – 9 – 16 = 36, SAR: 12 – 9 – 17 = 38

POWER PLAYS
WSR: 0-for-2, SAR: 2-for-4

Feature photo: Tim Jarrold – In Play! magazine

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