In the last regular season match, Örebro had the chance to "choose" opposition.
A victory over Färjestad and the close team would have to face Skellefteå in their quarter final, in case of a loss it would be Leksand.
ÖHK was down 3-2 at the end, chose not to pick out their goalkeeper to achieve a draw and also did not seem to go very hard for it.
After the first match in the quarter-final series against Leksand, you can understand why.
Sylvassa counterattacks
Leksand was certainly the better team during the first period that ended 1-1, but after that it was Örebro for all the money.
They countered the Dala team in an effective way while closing their own zone in an impressive way.
During the middle period, Leksand dominated with two shots against Jhonas Enroth in the guests' goal at the same time as ÖHK went up to a 3-1 lead.
Kristian Näkyvä put 2-1 just 33 seconds into the period before Borna Rendulic extended twelve minutes later.
Shut down the masses
Örebro is a team that is skilled when they get to play on the lead and this match was no exception.
Emil Larsson finished a counterattack until 4-1 and when Leksand took out the goalkeeper and took a chance with a full ten minutes left, also came 5-1.
Rodrigo Abols poked the final score 6-1 in numerical superiority at the end.
- It is a failure on our part, there is not much more to say.
We are behind in everything, we do not win duels and get nowhere.
We are too stagnant and far too weak, says Leksand's team captain, Patrik Zackrisson, to C More.
Tomorrow it's time for match number two.
It also in Leksand before match three and four is waiting in Örebro on Wednesday and Thursday.