The Sarnia Sting fell to the Firebirds in Flint, 3-2 in a shootout Wednesday night.
Ruslan Karimov scored a pair for the Sting (8-13-5) to send the game to overtime, and eventually a shootout.
Nathan Aspinall secured victory for Flint (10-13-0-1) with a shootout goal.
Sting netminder Nick Surzycia stopped 28 of 30 shots.
The Sting are home Brampton on Friday at 7:05 p.m., ahead of the Teddy Bear Toss game Sunday afternoon against Saginaw.
You can catch all of the action live on CHOK (103.9FM/1070AM).