Linköping also got a nightmare start on the away game when Jack Connolly put 1–0 with an angle shot from the right only just 01.06 played. At the beginning of the second period, Robin Kovac's lead expanded to 2-0 after passes from Oscar Engsund and Pontus Själin. But just two minutes after the 2-0 goal, Kovacs drew on an expulsion for roughing. Linköping took advantage of this when Broc Little overcame David Rautio in the Luleå goal and reduced to 2-1.

New heavy loss

The result was up to five minutes into the third period when Olle Lycksell acknowledged 2–2 after winning a duel against Pontus Själin. In the situation before, Jack Connolly had a puck in the bar.

The match went to extension, but there Luleå decided through Einar Emanuelsson who slalom between the Linköpings players and set the decisive 3-2 goal. The goal was Emanuelsson's eighth for the season where four have been directly crucial.

Linköping now has six straight losses and the team ropes in the table at a twelfth place in the table.