SHL Play-out: HV 71 halfway to survival after Pettersson double downs Leksand

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leksand/6X2ODGwL/"]Leksand[/a] must take at least one away win to stand any chance of staying in the SHL, and their hopes of doing that were raised in the ninth minute, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lang-oskar/bimNKgKo/"]Oskar Lang[/a] broke the deadlock.[/p][p]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pettersson-hugo/tnd2VOeT/"]Pettersson[/a] made his mark on the game in the final three minutes of the opening period - [b]first, he was perfectly place on the left wing to fire home following patient build-up on a powerplay, before turning the match around with another in the final minute.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hv-71/CG08m2ie/"]HV[/a] had the better of the second period, but had to wait until four minutes into the third to open up a two-goal lead, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/borgman-andreas/nZj5zP18/"]Andreas Borgman[/a] scored his first goal since the sides met at Leksand two weeks ago in the regular season.[/p][embed guid="ee60d8f3-e520-4c85-87d1-e7d10c21f663" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2035071752443666643" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vejdemo-lukas/ry7IiKR5/"]Lukas Vejdemo[/a] pulled one back for the visitors with five minutes to play, but that wasn't enough to stop Leksand from falling to a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/hv-71-CG08m2ie/leksand-6X2ODGwL/?mid=CMLGYCEM"]3-2[/a] defeat, their fourth loss in a row, as the Jonkoping side moved onto as many victories in succession.[/p][p]The series now moves to the Tegera Arena, where Leksand must win at least one of their two home games. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/hv-71-CG08m2ie/leksand-6X2ODGwL/?mid=r5CnTjxp"]Game three[/a] takes place at 18:30 CET on Sunday 22nd March.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/sweden/shl/"]Follow the SHL postseason on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]