The top towards the bottom in Luleå when HV71 was visiting.
Luleå with full points after two rounds, and HV71 with zero points after three.
And it was also visible on the ice.
Luleå was usually one step ahead and after two periods had a comfortable lead of 5-2 and a shot advantage of 24-12.
But the match would still be exciting in a smoother third.
Already 35 seconds into the third, Simon Önerud reduced to 3-5, and with just over eight minutes left, the next reduction came after Linus Fröberg found Anton Wedin in the castle.
But the rapture for the guests from Jönköping would turn out to have come too late. Because even though HV created several goal chances in the end, there was no equalizer, but Luleå held off and won 5-4.