Engstrand saves Linköping

24 Oct 2012 | Henrik Lundqvist

With 31 saves Linköping's goalie Christian Engstrand wins the game against Växjö. Linköping now climbs to the second place in the Elitserien standings. Timrå and Skellefteå also win on Wednesday night.

Christian Engstrand made 31 saves and Simon Hjalmarsson scored both goals when Linköping beat Växjö Lakers 2-1 in VIDA Arena to climb to the second place in Elitserien. Växjö outshot Linköping 32-9 but they only managed to beat Engstrand once. On a 2-man advantage late in the second period Tomi Kallio scored. By then Linköping's Simon Hjalmarsson had already scored twice. Växjö's goalie Fredrik Norrena who played for Linköping last season only made 7 saves tonight, but he saved a penalty shot from the league's top goal scorer Carl Söderberg after 3 minutes of play.

Timrå beat Rögle 3-2 at home and is now only 4 points from a playoff spot. Alexander Larsson, Yared Hagos and Robin Persson scored for the home team. Mike Iggulden and Ted Brithén for the visitors.

Oscar Lindberg of Skellefteå continues to impress. today he scored twice when his team beat Frölunda. Pontus Petterström scored 1-0 for Skellefteå but then Fredrik Sjöström scored twice for Frölunda before the first period was over. Lindberg scored his two goals late in the second period to take the home team to a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes. With 29 seconds remaining Jimmie Ericsson made it 4-2 in the open net.