SHL roundup: Leksand beat Frolunda to aid survival bid as Orebro edge out Timra

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orebro/Y3RLgQQn/"]Orebro[/a]'s result going against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leksand/6X2ODGwL/"]Leksand[/a] means the gap to guaranteed safety is still three points with only two rounds of matches to play[/b], yet thanks to the same result they are still not out of the playoff race despite being cut adrift eight rounds ago.[/p][p]A powerplay carried over from late in the first period allowed Leksand to take the lead 34 seconds after the restart through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vejdemo-lukas/ry7IiKR5/"]Lukas Vejdemo[/a], only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cederqvist-filip/CjBXtJEl/"]Filip Cederqvist[/a] to level for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/frolunda/pAG4OqEE/"]Frolunda[/a] less than a minute later.[/p][p]A diving call against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/peterson-jacob/GxHzqgMQ/"]Jacob Peterson[/a] resulted in Leksand again establishing a lead, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/veronneau-max/IPDFDbCm/"]Max Veronneau[/a] found the net this time, but again the advantage didn't last, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindholm-max/6PM6SPFQ/"]Max Lindholm[/a] struck for 2-2 with eight seconds of period two to play.[/p][p][b]However, when Vejdemo registered his second of the game seven minutes into the third, there was no response from the European champions, whose [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/frolunda-pAG4OqEE/leksand-6X2ODGwL/?mid=b36OeaId"]4-2[/a] defeat - their seventh SHL loss in nine - was confirmed late on when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindqvist-michael/f3QpbFzd/"]Michael Lindqvist[/a] found the empty net.[/b][/p][embed guid="d4fcdc40-d43e-471b-a903-ce71b89955d2" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2031444310927769654" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]The bad news for Leksand was a six-pointer in the race for the 10th and final playoff place went the way of Orebro, who moved within a point of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/timra/KC8bDdOE/"]Timra[/a] in the standings with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/orebro-Y3RLgQQn/timra-KC8bDdOE/?mid=AsnLesY2"]5-4[/a] home win, their fifth victory in seven, as the visitors fell to a fifth successive loss.[/b][/p][p]Timra's slide down the table looked set to continue after just 10 minutes this evening, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oscarson-milton/AyRM2l4P/"]Milton Oscarson[/a] broke the deadlock before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karlkvist-patrik/Y7fL73An/"]Patrik Karlkvist[/a] doubled the advantage, and things got worse in period two when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sundin-albin/4UjR3A3G/"]Albin Sundin[/a] was penalised and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/polin-egor/S4XdGtW6/"]Egor Polin[/a] added a third on the powerplay.[/p][p]A powerplay of their own allowed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dahlen-jonathan/6ZezDv33/"]Jonathan Dahlen[/a] to pull one back 13 minutes into the second, and though it took less than two minutes for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/steen-noah/8MPiP3rN/"]Noah Steen[/a] to restore the three-goal cushion, Timra kept pushing and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/freij-alfons/OpSLJxAA/"]Alfons Freij[/a] notched another powerplay goal to make it 4-2 with 20 minutes to go.[/p][p]But three minutes into the third, Steen grabbed his second of the game to quash hopes of a comeback, not that Timra wouldn't keep fighting, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pettersson-emil/0tLkwQ6b/"]Emil Pettersson[/a] reduced the deficit before Dahlen scored his second, but with only three seconds to play.[/p][embed guid="0f446977-12cd-4c34-8761-40f3ae127058" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2031450666430800171" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hv-71/CG08m2ie/"]HV 71[/a] stayed bottom of the standings and are now guaranteed to play in the relegation play-out[/b] after their comeback hopes were put to bed in the final 20 minutes by [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/farjestad/4b1TBPb8/"]Farjestad[/a], who ran out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/farjestad-4b1TBPb8/hv-71-CG08m2ie/?mid=MwH0yDnl"]7-3[/a] winners[/b] and moved up to seventh, just three points shy of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lulea/0QhOwF1e/"]Lulea[/a].[/p][p]That gap hasn't changed, as [b]Lulea came from behind to win [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/linkoping-8njZmM61/lulea-0QhOwF1e/?mid=Qk8GcLmp"]2-1[/a] on the road at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/linkoping/8njZmM61/"]Linkoping[/a][/b] for their first victory in four matches. Despite a first loss in four, Linkoping are still just three points from safety, yet one outside the playoffs. [/p][embed guid="5b8d5b08-af49-44bd-ae62-711ef94d8f48" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2031465709729984706" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Confirming their place in the postseason are [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/djurgarden/Q7UY6Hrs/"]Djurgarden[/a][/b], who can finish no lower than the ninth place they currently occupy, going seven points clear of Timra [b]after a terrific third-period display saw them come from 4-2 down to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vaxjo/hzXCSnCE/"]Vaxjo[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/djurgarden-Q7UY6Hrs/vaxjo-hzXCSnCE/?mid=KlTy53eA"]6-4[/a].[/b][/p][p]A Felix Robert hat-trick had put the Lakers in control, but four goals in the final 13 minutes - with two from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salsten-havard/MRPIiH18/"]Havard Salsten[/a] - earned the Stockholm side a second win in a row and a guaranteed spot in the eighth finals.[/p][embed guid="2705daca-edaf-4497-a857-c3101429ebd2" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2031455912590799019" social-type="twitter" /][p]With Frolunda's loss, [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/skelleftea/8jdWygW7/"]Skelleftea[/a] had the chance to seal first place in the regular season, but they fell to a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/rogle-j5ve8f1r/skelleftea-8jdWygW7/?mid=2k4SgL2F"]5-3[/a] defeat at home at the hands of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rogle/j5ve8f1r/"]Rogle[/a][/b], who picked up a first three-point haul in over a month and inflicted a second loss in three on the leaders, who remain four points clear.[/p][p]Finally, fifth-placed [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brynas/MZgKvenk/"]Brynas[/a] failed to put distance between themselves and the sides outside the top six as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malmo/pO1SCzgR/"]Malmo[/a] beat them [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/brynas-MZgKvenk/malmo-pO1SCzgR/?mid=65Rq3sQM"]2-1[/a] at home after a shootout[/b]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kuokkanen-janne/dr78kgj2/"]Janne Kuokkanen[/a] struck the winning penalty for the Redhawks, who drop to eighth but are still three points shy of sixth.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/sweden/shl/"]Follow the SHL regular season finale on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]