The home team Luleå won 5–4 after Anton Levtchi was the only one to score in the decisive penalty shootout.
It's a shame not to win when we score five goals, said Leksand coach Charles Berglund to TV4 Play after the goal.
Yes, Jon did one too, continued Berglund.
He was referring to Jon Knuts, who became an unlucky guy at Luleå's 3–1 goal. Linus Omark was credited with the goal, but can hardly take the credit. In a power play, Omark sought out teammate Brendan Shinnimin in front of the goal, but Knuts intervened.
Swinging match
However, Knuts' break was not successful. Knuts tried to knock the puck away but instead sent it up into the own goalkeeper's nearest corner.
A equally clumsy as heavy own goal for the away team, which lost a 1–0 lead to 1–3 during the first period.
We have to sharpen up to hell, said Leksand captain Patrik Zackrisson to TV4 Play before the middle period.
After the break, the roles were reversed.
Kalle Östman reduced for Leksand 3.35 into the period. 49 seconds later, it was tied, when Justin Kloos scored 3–3 after a counterattack. And more than halfway through the period, the turnaround was complete: Patrick Zackrisson shot and Marcus Karlberg sent in the rebound to 4–3.
We get a goal explosion there and go up to 4–3. It was damn strong by the guys after the slap in the face we gave ourselves in the first, with the defensive mistakes we made, said Charles Berglund about the turnaround.
Top teams won
Before the period was over, Jonas Berglund had equalized for Luleå by forcing in 4–4 past Leksand goalkeeper Jakob Hellsten, and in the third period, the match shifted profile again.
The goal fest stopped and after 20 goalless minutes, the match went on to overtime. Even that ended 0–0 and penalties had to decide. There, Anton Levtchi secured the bonus points for table four Luleå.
Four goals are a bit too much for our taste, but we are strong on penalties this year and Levtchi makes a nice penalty. So we'll take that, says Luleå's Jonas Berglund to TV4 Play after the win.
Even the other top teams won. Series-leading Brynäs turned a deficit into a win away against Linköping (5–4 after overtime), Färjestad beat Malmö 5–4 at home – Viktor Lodin scored a hat-trick for FBK – and Frölunda defeated HV71 3–2 away after overtime.
