Twelve points up to safe ground with 16 rounds to go, and four straight losses.
The situation did not look very good for Malmö before the meeting with the reigning champion Färjestad.
But then came an incredibly important victory for the Skåne team.
Malmö's Carl Persson opened the scoring after twelve minutes of play, and a couple of minutes later it rang again for Malmö when Carl Söderberg scored 2-0 on the power play.
Söderberg would not settle there.
In the second period, 3-0 also came from Söderberg's club when he finished himself in a quick turn of the game.
Malmö won in the end with a full 4-0 where Adam Ollas Mattsson established the final result in the third period where he from the shooting sector pinpointed 4-0 in the right cross.
The victory was only the second in regular time for Malmö at home this season.
- No one can question the character of this team.
I think I talked about that we have a good energy, today I think we show it, says Malmö's head coach Tomas Kollar to C More.
On Saturday, an incredibly important match awaits for Malmö when they face Brynäs, who are the closest team on safe ground in the table.
Victory there, and Malmö can suddenly be only six points from safe ground.
- The next match will be a fun match.
If we repeat this effort, we have a good chance of winning, says Kollar.