The score was 3-3 in matches.
And 3-3 also at full time in the seventh match in Umeå.
Overtime had to decide.
Where Jesper Emanuelsson scored the winning goal, just like he did when AIK won in overtime in the previous away game. The goal came in powerplay after Björklöven had six players on the ice – a fatal mistake.
We're not done yet, we're not satisfied, says AIK's matchwinner to TV4 Play.
AIK had previously led the match with both 1-0 and 2-1, but Björklöven came back and took the lead for the first time when Erik Andersson steered in 3-2 with 8.28 minutes left of the third period.
The joy was short-lived, though – Filip Windlert equalized just 22 seconds later.
In the end, AIK got the final say, after managing to turn around a 1-3 deficit in the match series.
There's an incredible morale in this team, the guys never give up, says 68-year-old coach veteran Roger Melin, who returned to "Gnaget" in the middle of the season.
I never believed this when I started in December. But it's fantastically fun.
Djurgården, Karlskoga, and Södertälje had already advanced to the semifinals in the Hockey Allsvenskan playoffs, where the winner gets to play in the SHL next season.
Series winner Djurgården got to choose between Södertälje and AIK – and the choice fell on SSK.
Thus, AIK will face table two Karlskoga in the second semifinal.
