Forward Linus Videll, who most recently came from the KHL team Barys Nur-Sultan, struck almost immediately.

A wrist shot in powerplay and 1-0.

But Linköping responded after a bit of Dif negligence.

Max Lindroth completed a game turn and equalized.

At the beginning of the second period, it was a dramatic sequence when Linköping's Daniel Ljungman first did not get hold of the puck as he had an open goal before Djurgården's Ludvig Rensfelt made it 2-1 immediately after.

Then Linköping got a penalty, but goalkeeper Mantas Armalis saved Arvid Costmar's attempt.

Instead, it became a new Djurgårdsmål when Rhett Rakhshani nicely pushed the puck into the crossbar.

In the middle of the last period, the emotions overflowed and there was a big fight on the ice where most of the players were involved.

The victory was Djurgården's first after losing to Skellefteå in the premiere.