HV71 won the anxiety meeting with rival Linköping

Linköping and HV71 have done well in the SHL so far and are both in qualifying.

The rivals therefore had important points to play for in the anxious battle at the bottom.

HV71, who came from two losses, pulled the longest straw after Anton Wedin scored the only goal of the match after just under three minutes of play.

- It was really nice.

Nice to get a good start.

It is probably the challenge for both of us to be able to play and not have our shoulders up to our ears, Wedin said in C More.

For HV goalkeeper Jonas Gunnarsson, the kept zero was the first for the season.

For the Jönköping team, which recently fired coach Nicklas Rahm, it was the first victory under new-old head coach Stephan "Lillis" Lundh.

The text is updated.