It can not be directly claimed that Hammarby was responsible for a smooth effort in Tuesday night's anxiety meeting with Bollnäs.
Bajen started the match at a high pace and shook off one goal chance after another, but the ball did not want to get in behind Oswald Gustavsson in the Bollnäs goal.
At least not at first.
Instead, they were forced to witness when the guests from Hälsingland took a goal-oriented command in the match via goals from Philip Flodstam and Riku Hämiläinen.
2-0 already after a quarter of a game, a result that stood up to the halftime break despite Hammarby pouring on to get a reduction.
Hattrick by Milerud
At the beginning of the second half, Bollnäs extended the lead to 3-0 through Tim Stjernström and good advice began to become expensive for Hammarby.
They reduced through goal king David Jansson, but with half an hour left to play, the guests' Saku Hämiläinen made it 4-1.
Driven?
Not really.
A quarter later, it was equalized after Kasper Milerud scored a hat trick in just five minutes.
The end of the match was a real thriller that was not decided until the last minute when David Jansson saved the 1,363 home supporters on Zinkensdamm's IP with his second goal of the evening.
Tellus is waiting for Thursday
The loss means that it will most likely be a negative qualifier for Bollnäs.
Hammarby still has the chance to reach the playoffs, but then it is likely that they will win their last two matches with many, many goals.
Thursday's meeting with the sawn-off bottom gang Tellus, they should be able to take home comfortably.
Saturday's battle with Sandviken, who are still fighting for a direct place in the quarterfinals, will be all the more tricky, but hope lives on anyway.