Färjestad decided late and extended the lead in the semifinal series against series winner Rögle to 2-0, in front of a jubilant home crowd.
But perhaps the most striking thing in the match occurred in the first minute of the third period, at the score 1-1.
Missed the puck with an open goal
Because after Rögle won back the puck in the offensive corner, Dennis Eveberg served Adam Tambellini an open goal, just a few meters from the goal line.
But instead of giving Rögle the lead with 2-1, Tambellini missed the puck completely.
Johansson scored 2-1
Tambellini's miss was very costly.
For Rögle never managed to score another goal.
Instead, Färjestad won 2-1, after Michael Lindqvist with two and a half minutes left to play, ran around the goal and passed behind to the hill Albert Johansson who with a rock hard shot pushed the puck past the obscured goalkeeper Christoffer Rifalk and into goal.
- Always fun to score in the semifinals, and when it became the winning goal, you can not do more than enjoy.
I guess it was mostly just to close my eyes and shoot.
I saw that there were a lot of people in front of goal, so it was nice that it went in, says Johansson to C More.
"Dominated"
The victory was, seen over 60 minutes, completely fair.
Färjestad was clearly better in the first two periods, especially in the first where it was basically a game against a goal.
- Even though it is 1-1 before the third, I think we dominated almost the entire match, says Albert Johansson.
In the third period, Rögle played, but did not manage to score more than one goal.