SHL Finals: Skelleftea too strong late on and beat Rogle in game one

[p]Something had to give in the first game in Vasterbotten County, where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/skelleftea/8jdWygW7/"]Skelleftea[/a] had won their last six playoff matches, but they were up against a Rogle side that had won five straight playoff games on their travels.[/p][p]These two teams were also creating a rematch of the 2024 final series, in which Skelleftea won the opening game 1-0, and history had a chance of repeating itself come the end of the first period, by which time the home side held a narrow advantage.[/p][p]With more than double Rogle's shots on goal in the first 20 minutes, Skelleftea were good value for their lead, which they only took in the 19th minute, [b]when a sustained period of attack resulted in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aagaard-mikkel/v57qjaw9/"]Mikkel Aagaard[/a] laying the puck back for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hugg-rickard/UwnzCOS7/"]Rickard Hugg[/a] to hit with a quick shot.[/b][/p][p]But there would be no repeat of the first game result from two years ago, as a hooking call against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lundberg-arvid/rycFwaF6/"]Arvid Lundberg[/a] in the first minute of the second period undid all the home side's positive work - [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sjalin-calle/6yJqOly9/"]Calle Sjalin[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bengtsson-anton/Wrrh9m4S/"]Anton Bengtsson[/a] opened the defence on the powerplay for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bristedt-leon/KQNpzlpH/"]Leon Bristedt[/a] to score the equaliser.[/b][/p][embed guid="84ca8531-8423-458a-aa74-6f26b804a635" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2047383805216915683" social-type="twitter" /][p]From the midpoint of the period until its end, Rogle continually lost their discipline and, after conceding four penalties in nine minutes, were finally made to play by Skelleftea, as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindberg-oscar/IBpaSV2T/"]Oscar Lindberg[/a]'s centre was deflected into the top corner by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okuliar-oliver/SdnRg9M8/"]Oliver Okuliar[/a] with a minute of the period to play.[/b][/p][p]Rogle struck the crossbar in the third period, and having come agonisingly close to an equaliser, they conceded a crucial Skelleftea third in the final three minutes, as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindholm-par/AJK89sPK/"]Par Lindholm[/a] won possession and scored unassisted.[/b][/p][p]Then, once the away side had removed the goaltender, Skelleftea ensured they scored in the 19th minute of all three periods, as [b]Lindberg set up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stjernborg-victor/IksTRyYi/"]Victor Stjernborg[/a] to send the puck into the empty net and win the match [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/rogle-j5ve8f1r/skelleftea-8jdWygW7/?mid=xKw8Lyl4"]4-1[/a].[/b][/p][p]Rogle will be hoping to hit back in game two on Saturday 23rd before the series heads south to Angelholm for game three.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/sweden/shl/"]Stay up-to-date with the SHL finals on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]