At the position 6-6 with a few minutes left of the third period, Rögle's Leon Bristedt got the puck.
Shortly afterwards, he was on the ice after a duel with Linus Fröberg in HV71.
Judge Johan Magnusson raised his arm and signaled for expulsion, two minutes tripping.
But shortly afterwards, Fröberg left the bench.
He escaped deportation - after Bristedt's confession.
"It does not happen often"
- What happens is that I pull up my arm and have to report deportation.
Then Leon Bristedt comes to me and tells me that there is no expulsion.
He falls and creates the situation himself, hence it is a technically incorrect expulsion and then I remove it, says Magnusson to C More.
An extremely rare thing.
- It does not happen often.
We really take the opportunity to pay tribute to him for that.
It's sportsmanship at a really, really high level.
A role model, I would like to say.
To arrive in that position of the match, be honest and give me the conditions.
We will pay tribute to him for that, it's big, says Magnusson.
Abbott was annoyed
Rögle's coach Cam Abbott was not happy, he stood at the bench and shouted.
- I think it is amazing to withdraw an expulsion.
But I will not stand here and complain.
They are judges and have a job to do, they are also two of the best, he says afterwards.
HV71's coach Stephan "Lillis" Lundh:
- At first I thought there would be two expulsions.
"Diving" on their old man and an expulsion for our old man.
But it was good that they did not expel any player.
HV71 won the match 7-6.