There were two teams that had problems with the goalscorer even before the match and the efficiency proved to be poor today. Especially for the away team Linköping.
Leksand showed the front feet first and after just over ten minutes Mattias Ritola let the anxiety release something from the white-clad shoulders of the Dalmatians as he hung there 1-0. A tough supervisor sat in the net roof but got video assessed.
The Oskarshamn goalkeeper got a play in his lap which the referees chose to review but then concluded that he was assisted there by a Linköping player.
After the 1-0 goal, however, the away team came to life and began to create more and more towards the Leksands goal.
However, it took a long time for 1-1 to come.
- After the first ten minutes we become quite stable and own the match. Creates many goals but makes too few goals. We play good boxplay and score goals in powerplay. That's the analysis, Linköping's coach Bert Robertsson thought after the meeting, which summarized everything.
Five minutes into the third period, however, it was Sam Lofquist who sprinkled 1-0 and a few minutes later it was time again when Broc Little started up.
The America import went past a row of white cloths and served Joe Whitney, who only put the club at 1-2.
Linköping also offered more, but thanks to the classic bottom team syndrome, difficult to score, it was acknowledged instead.
- Really dramatic! The match is not over until the end signal sounds. We were at a disadvantage, shit hands, but it's just going to go to war. Now we come out with two sticks so it is nice to get to it, says the receipt shooter in Leksand, Jonas Arnelöv.
Because it was.
The bonus points went to the home team after Spencer Abbot settled the penalty in the sixth inning.