- I think we have the better melee matches today.
It feels good today and a lot happened to me today.
Hope that the next match will be down to normal, says Luleå's Juhani Tyrväinen to C More.
With a full 4.30 left, Frölunda's coach Roger Rönnberg picked out goalkeeper Matt Tomkins to try to catch up with the two-goal deficit but never got the right pressure.
When Frölunda chased a draw at the beginning of the third period, the team suffered a significant expulsion.
Jan Mursak gave again and put the club in the face of Oscar Engsund who went to his own booth in pain.
The referees videotaped the incident and gave Mursak a five-minute suspension and match penalty.
Already after 1.05 in the powerplay, Luleå made 4-2.
Juhani Tyrväinen appeared on cue near the post, and steered it past the goalie.
- I got a nice pass and found the side, says Tyrväinen.
Rönnberg: "A bad effort on our part"
Since it was a five-minute suspension, Frölunda was not allowed to replace any player, but the powerplay for Luleå continued for almost four more minutes and stopped Frölunda's offensive ambitions.
- We had to chase the whole match, well a bad effort on our part.
We work in frustration throughout the match and do not get the wheel to spin on our side instead of playing together, says Frölunda's coach Roger Rönnberg.
Already after 41 seconds in the second period, Erik Gustafsson gave Luleå the lead with 3-1.
He pushed on goal and dropped the puck that slid in because Matt Tomkins slid to the side in Frölunda's goal and saw it go under the leg protection.
With two minutes left of the period, Filip Johansson reduced to 2-3, a shot from a narrow angle when Luleå had just managed a numerical disadvantage
The match got off to a flying start with three goals at 1.43 when Luleå went up to 2-1.
All the goals reminded each other with pucks sideways where the goalkeepers did not have time for the transfers.
The first period stood out.