Skellefteå and Lugano met in the first CHL round.
That time, the Swiss won 5-1 at home.
There were no really big numbers in Skellefteå on Friday night, but it was a new victory for Lugano.
The guests went to a 2-0 lead in the first period and that also laid the foundation for the victory.
Before the match was over, the numbers had been written to 5-3 and the evening's brightest star was Luca Fazzini who accounted for three goals and one assist.
Monster rescue sniffed Eriksson
Skellefteå was always one step behind and the match was decided in a sequence that began with Joakim Eriksson (see sequence in the player above) missing a clear position in front of goal.
Or should we say that the visitors' goalkeeper, Niklas Schlegel, rather stood for a terrible save?
Anyway, the game turned, the puck up to Fazzini who free with the goalkeeper thundered up a shot in the net to 4-2.
Before the middle period was over, he set his third goal to 5-2, with five seconds left to play.
"A sour cod"
The Swiss then controlled the game in the third period, the final score being written to 5-3, Lugano.
- It was a sour cod.
They got the goals in the right positions and three goals in powerplay, which means that we are punished when we take expulsions, says Skellefteå's coach Robert Ohlsson to SVT after the loss.