SAGINAW, Mich. (Interstat) — Dmitry Savin had one goal, one assist and five shots and was named the top star as the Saginaw Spirit defeated the Niagara IceDogs 5-3 in an Ontario Hockey League game Friday at Dow Event Center. Attendance was 3,339. Braidy Wassilyn added one goal, one assist and three shots for the Spirit, who improved to 1-2. Jacob Cloutier, Sawyer Schmidt and Dima Zhilkin also scored. Reyth Smith had one goal, one assist and two shots for Niagara, which fell to 1-2. Callum Cheynowski and Jared Langdon also scored. Saginaw led 2-0 after the first period and 4-1 in the second. Wassilyn opened scoring at 3:54, Cloutier made it 2-0, and Schmidt and Savin pushed the lead to 4-0 before Smith answered. Zhilkin restored a four-goal cushion. Cheynowski scored early in the third, and Langdon scored late. Pepoy added an assist and four shots. Barnes had an assist and two penalty minutes. Edgar recorded three shots for Niagara.