The home arena rocked properly after Ehn's decisive goal – in his 200th SHL match for his team.
The joy was enormous for the secured contract.
Linköping has six points and a 24-goal margin down to Modo (who have two matches left) below the relegation line.
A lead that is almost insurmountable.
It's incredibly nice. It's been like this for two months, basically, but we knew the conditions. It's strong of the group to rise like this, says Ehn about Linköping's third straight win.
He decided on a free shot after 2.44 of overtime.
Lost a two-goal lead
Then Linköping had previously lost a 2–0 lead to 2–2.
It was tough to concede those two goals when we've had a damn good game. But we had chances to close the game at 2–0 lead, says Ehn.
Linköping went ahead to a 2–0 lead after goals by Henrik Törnqvist on a volley in the first period and Johan Johnsson in the second.
In that situation, a new SHL contract was secured.
"Not satisfied"
But two penalties in a short time at the beginning of the third period made it possible for a strong Rögle to both reduce and equalize.
Joachim Blichfeld made it 2–1 in 5-on-3 play and Lubos Horky 2–2 in 5-on-4.
But Christoffer Ehn could fix the home win.
We're not satisfied with this season, we want to get back to playing the important games, says he.
Linköping would have needed a three-pointer to have a chance to reach the playoffs.
Rögle had a six-game winning streak broken and the team must fight to the end to reach a top 6 spot, which means a direct spot in the SM playoff quarterfinals.
Rögle concludes SHL with a derby away against Malmö.
Correction: In an earlier version, the margin down to Modo was incorrectly stated.
