A-J Spellacy’s short-handed goal at 8:41 of the third period broke a 3-3 tie and secured a 4-3 victory for the Windsor Spitfires against the visiting London Knights on Sunday at the WFCU Centre.

Ilya Protas scored twice for the West Division-leading Spitfires (34-11-2-1), who staged a remarkable comeback after trailing 3-0 early in the second period. Noah Morneau also added a goal for the hosts, who outshot the Knights 28-25.

Denver Barkey, Kasper Halttunen, and Jesse Nurmi netted goals for the Midwest Division-leading Knights (38-8-1-0). Despite leading 2-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third, the Knights couldn’t hold off the determined Spitfires.