Linköping devoted quite a lot of defensive play in the first period and Stephanie Neatby impressed between the posts.

After the first period, the score was 0-0, but a couple of minutes into the second, the home team took the lead.

Carly Bullock found Matilda af Bjur with a fine pass from the right and the lead was a fact.

A couple of minutes later, they then extended the lead.

Bullock first missed a free kick, but she kept the puck and played forward team captain Madelen Haug Hansen who thundered in 2-0.

With just over three minutes left to play, 18-year-old Linnea Johansson then punctured the match with her 3-0 goal.

The goal was the talent's third of the season.

With the victory, Linköping passes HV71 and rises as a new table three, but it is far up to the top duo which consists of Brynäs and Luleå.

Djurgården is five.