Timrå, last in the SHL table, received table seven Färjestad with the hope of surviving a negative qualifier.
Even though it was almost ready before the match, there was a theoretical chance to avoid qualifiers.
Linköping or Malmö, however, had to lose their three remaining matches, at the same time as Timrå was whipped to win them.
Hope was extinguished early
The theoretical hope did not last long.
After the first period, it was 3-0 to Färjestad and directly in the second Gustav Rydahl increased to 4-0.
Then the home team changed goalkeeper, out with Jacob Johansson and in with Sami Rajaniemi.
The five, on the other hand, came just minutes through Oscar Lawner, when Timrå timed out.
They managed to get two pucks in, the goals both came from the first chain.
- Overall, it is hollow and disrespectful to our goalkeepers, it is not approved, says Timrås team captain Jacob Blomqvist in C More.
Färjestad increased to 6-2 early in the third period, which was also the end result.
Team captain: "Disaster"
Team captain Jacob Blomqvist was very critical after the match
- Defensively, it is a disaster, he says in C More.
With two matches left of the regular season, Timrå still has something to play for - the home ground advantage in the qualifier against Djurgården.
The best placed of the two teams gets to play the most matches at home.
- Absolutely, we can not start focusing on qualifiers yet, we have two matches where we will try to fix things, today it was not okay,
- Of course we want a home advantage, the audience does a lot, he says.