Skellefteå scores five in the third period

02 Nov 2012 | Henrik Lundqvist

The Elitserien game between AIK and Skellefteå was tied 0-0 after 40 minutes, but in a strong third period the guests scored five goals to stay top-3 in the standings. Linköping, Brynäs, Färjestad, Växjö and Luleå also win on Thursday night.

AIK

0-5

Skellefteå AIK

Periods:
Shots:

0-0
(2-11)

0-0
(12-13)

0-5
(9-13)

Total: 23-37

AIK's goalie Niklas Lundström and Skelletfeå's goalie Joacim Eriksson had saved all shots to keep the game at 0-0 after 40 minutes. But in the third period Skellefteå exploded. Fredrik Lindgren opened the scoring at 42:12. Martin Sevc and Oscar Möller made sure the lead was 3-0 after half the period. Johan Alm scored 4-0 at 53:32 and with a little more than two minutes remaining Joakim Lindström made it 5-0 for the visitors.

MODO Hockey

0-3

Linköpings HC

Periods:
Shots:

0-1
(15-10)

0-1
(8-4)

0-1
(15-6)

Total: 38-20

Linköping's keeper Christian Engstrand was injured during last game, but today his back-up Andreas Andersson showed that he also is a top goalie. With 38 saves against MODO we earned a shut-out. Linköping won the game 3-0 with goals by Simon Hjalmarrson, Mattias Weinhandl and Pär Arlbrandt.

Timrå IK

2-4

Brynäs IF

Periods:
Shots:

1-2
(6-11)

0-1
(10-12)

1-1
(8-3)

Total: 24-26

Brynäs defeated Timrå 4-2. Christian Söderström opened the scoring for the home team Timrå but goals by Elias Lindholm, Jonas Nordquist and Cody Franson took Brynäs to a 3-1 lead after two periods. In the middle of the last period Timrå's veteran Jonathan Hedström made it 2-3, but Calle Järnkrok secured the win for Brynäs with a goal two minutes before the buzzer.

Färjestads BK

4-0

Rögle BK

Periods:
Shots:

3-0
(9-6)

1-0
(19-2)

0-0
(10-9)

Total: 38-17

Another shut-out by Färjestad's hot goalie Alexander Salak gave the home team a 4-0 win against Rögle. Magnus Nygren, Max Görtz, Marcus Paulsson and Christian Berglund scored the goals.

HV71

3-4 SO

Växjö Lakers

Periods:
Shots:

0-2
(12-9)

1-1
(10-6)

2-0
(10-3)

0-0
(6-0)

0-1
(0-1)

Total: 38-19

Växjö surprised HV 71 in Jönköping. The guests had the lead 2-0 and 3-1 but goals by HV's Oscar Fantenberg and Jason Krog in the second half of the third period took the game to overtime. The game was decided in the shoot-out where Växjö's Tomi Kallio was the only player to score.

Frölunda HC

1-2 SO

Luleå HF

Periods:
Shots:

0-0
(8-6)

0-1
(9-6)

1-0
(7-11)

0-0
(1-5)

0-1
(0-1)

Total: 25-29

Also Luleå got a shoot-out win. 2-1 away to Frölunda.Linus Klasen got the winner. Luleå took the lead in the second period with a short-handed goal by Chris Abbott. Fredrik Sjöström tied it for Frölunda at 42:33.