Luleå had the chance to take a firm grip on the SM final series against Brynäs at home.
Then the team fell into a 0-3 deficit directly.
Tough, of course. The first period is far too poor from our side. It becomes a tough deficit to turn around, says Stridh.
His team caught up to 3-3, only to quickly fall into a deficit again.
We do well to catch up, then comes an unfortunate 4-3 goal for them, says Stridh about Jakob Silfverberg's match-winning goal.
Now the final series is tied at 2-2 ahead of the fifth final in Gävle on Monday.
Luleå also suffered a painful injury when forward David Lilja was forced to leave the game. Lilja has scored four goals and nine points so far in the playoffs.
The home team's defenseman Frédéric Allard, hat-trick shooter in the third final, made history with an assist that meant his 17th point (3 goals + 14 assists) in the playoffs. Thus, he surpassed HV defenseman Johan Åkerman, who held the point record for defensemen from 2008 with 16 points.
