SHL Finals: Skelleftea put one hand on Le Mat Trophy with away win at Rogle

[p]An overtime win in game three ensured [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rogle/j5ve8f1r/"]Rogle[/a] would not suffer a whitewash, and another home win would see them level the series before travelling back north.[/p][p]But a confident first 15 minutes from the visitors put killed off much of Rogle's momentum - in the ninth minute, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/skelleftea/8jdWygW7/"]Skelleftea[/a] broke out of their own zone with [b]a nice pass from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davidsson-jonathan/WGoq7bVB/"]Jonathan Davidsson[/a] which sent [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djuse-emil/fqv8tCod/"]Emil Djuse[/a] away down the right side before he buried his strike [/b]to give his side the lead.[/p][p]Rogle had chances to equalise, only to find themselves 2-0 down soon after, when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pudas-jonathan/6NybQmEC/"]Jonathan Pudas[/a] squared the puck along the blue line to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/grahn-viktor/hnUwYDvM/"]Viktor Grahn[/a], who fired the puck through traffic.[/b][/p][p]The home side were back in it in the final two minutes of the period - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bristedt-leon/KQNpzlpH/"]Leon Bristedt[/a] used his strength in the attacking zone to knock the puck loose, and [b]it fell kindly for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olofsson-fredrik/EaoM2Dbt/"]Fredrik Olofsson[/a] to strike from in front of the net.[/b][/p][p]The Angelholm side had a great chance to equalise eight minutes into period two when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/horky-lubos/baD1ldaM/"]Lubos Horky[/a] was fouled and the officials awarded a penalty, only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sandin-linus/xj6jrOtB/"]Linus Sandin[/a] to fire wide when up against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mann-strauss/GrPMFgFm/"]Strauss Mann[/a]. The visitors were then on top for much of the rest of the second period but couldn't find a way through.[/p][embed guid="08eda011-0547-4bec-928d-07ff04804af0" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFbQmOgSn0" social-type="youtube" /][p]However, Skelleftea needed less than four minutes to open their two-goal lead again in the third, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okuliar-oliver/SdnRg9M8/"]Oliver Okuliar[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindholm-par/AJK89sPK/"]Par Lindholm[/a] opened a two-on-one. [b]Lindholm squared to Okuliar, who drew the goaltender before passing back across for Lindholm to tap into the empty net.[/b][/p][p]SAIK's hard work almost came undone in the latter stages after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krogdahl-max/Uu5QmA17/"]Max Krogdahl[/a] was called for holding and this time [b]Sandin made no mistake with a ferocious finish to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/rogle-j5ve8f1r/skelleftea-8jdWygW7/?mid=Od7eaoX1"]3-2[/a] on the powerplay[/b], but the number one seeds held on to take a precious away win.[/p][p]Skelleftea will have the chance to win the SHL title for the second time in three years back on home ice in game five on Saturday 2nd May.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/sweden/shl-2025-2026/"]Follow the SHL Finals on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]