After an even first period, the Norwegian Ingrid Morset broke to the deadlock when she scored the second match in a row. The assistant stood for Haruka Toko and we would see more of the Japanese in the match.
In the final period of the match, the away team gassed away from the Stockholmers. Saana Valkama came with fine speed from the offensive blue and when the entire SDE defense expected the Finnish to shoot, she instead played the puck to Haruka Toko who could completely pull in 2-0.
The Japanese would also kill the match when on the counter, she sent away a shot on goal. The puck looked to flutter slightly in the air before looking past Sofia Reideborn in the SDE box, a shot that Reideborn probably should have saved.
Three safe points for LHC, which means taking a big step towards securing one of the eight playoffs. With six games left, Linköping now has nine points down to the closest chasing Modo.