Table runner-up Växjö was the strongest in the SHL with 21 points - if you look at the last ten matches.
HV71, on the other hand, had only taken nine points in the same number of matches.
- I have never won this much in my entire career.
It's not always beautiful, says Ilari Melart to C More.
It was only in the middle of the second period that the first goal came.
And it was the away team HV71 that would take the lead.
Axel Holmström scored his fourth goal of the season when he scored a return on Fredrik Forsberg's shot.
At the beginning of the third period, Växjö's Joel Persson snapped off a wrist shot - which meant a draw for the home team.
Växjö would decide the match at the end of the third period.
With one minute and 19 seconds left, Ilari Melart decided for the home team.
2-1 was also the end result.
The text is updated.