SHL Playoffs: High fives for Skelleftea in game-two cruise past Lulea

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bryggman-lars/boWd01ar/"]Lars Bryggman[/a] broke the deadlock in the third minute in game one, and it took him just a minute longer to do so again tonight - [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stjernborg-victor/IksTRyYi/"]Victor Stjernborg[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johnsson-andreas/043KOsZu/"]Andreas Johnson[/a] were victorious in a scrap for the puck, which fell kindly for Bryggman in space, and he finished in style.[/b][/p][p]That was the only goal of an opening period which saw tempers flare on both sides. In the second, Tripping by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindberg-oscar/IBpaSV2T/"]Oscar Lindberg[/a] and too many men on the ice saw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/skelleftea/8jdWygW7/"]Skelleftea[/a] concede a pair of powerplays [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lulea/0QhOwF1e/"]Lulea[/a] didn't make use of, before the visitors had [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leskinen-otto/6qJnKPs6/"]Otto Leskinen[/a] sent to the box for holding.[/p][p]With under four minutes to play in the period, the home side showed Lulea how it was done on the powerplay, [b]doubling their lead with Johnson involved again, this time combining with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindholm-par/AJK89sPK/"]Par Lindholm[/a] to set up Bryggman for his second.[/b][/p][embed guid="2fa21d8c-bf05-48eb-807c-aa51aecb77e3" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2042306515965472996" social-type="twitter" /][p]The real blow to Lulea in the battle for northern bragging rights came with just four seconds of the period to play, [b]when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krogdahl-max/Uu5QmA17/"]Max Krogdahl[/a] found Johnson on the blue line, and his shot took a deflection and trickled past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ward-matteus/nFQzIIs1/"]Matteus Ward[/a] for 3-0[/b] - Johnson's third point of the evening.[/p][p]The result was all but settled eight minutes into the final period, and where Andreas Johnson left off, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johnson-jonathan/pfjgWWWG/"]Jonathan Johnson[/a] took over -[b] he and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hugg-rickard/UwnzCOS7/"]Rickard Hugg[/a] played their parts before Lindberg scored the fourth on another powerplay following holding by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreasson-pontus/b3kuqqnB/"]Pontus Andreasson[/a].[/b][/p][p]Then, with still over seven minutes left, Skelleftea made it a trio of successive powerplay goals [b]when cross-checking from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gustafsson-erik/dYDXE4Fc/"]Erik Gustafsson[/a] was punished with a goal from Jonathan Johnson[/b], as Lindberg tied with Andreas Johnson on three points thanks to another assist. And [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/lulea-0QhOwF1e/skelleftea-8jdWygW7/?mid=UN9Q9D0n"]5-0[/a] was how it finished.[/p][p]Lulea will be hoping a return home for game three on 11th April and game four on 13th April will bring the change in form needed to keep the series and their season alive.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/sweden/shl/"]Follow the SHL playoff semi-finals on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]