Rogle thrash Tappara as Vaxjo boost top-16 hopes by beating Salzburg in CHL

[p]Two victories and an overtime loss in the first three rounds was enough for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tappara/llrWVOwG/"]Tappara[/a] to justify their tag as one of the favourites for the competition, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rogle/j5ve8f1r/"]Rogle[/a] had taken time to get going in the competition, losing their first two without scoring before registering a shutout of their own against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/salzburg/GSq0EQUL/"]Salzburg[/a].[/p][p]And for the fourth time in a row, there would be a shutout in a Rogle game, and for the second time running, it would be the Angelholm side who secured it, [b]thanks to 13 saves from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holm-arvid/QcJ8IO54/"]Arvid Holm[/a] and five from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clang-calle/ETML6cq1/"]Calle Clang[/a].[/b][/p][p]At the other end, Rogle got the business done well before the midpoint of the match, as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johansson-filip/0pHTk8E8/"]Filip Johansson[/a] broke the deadlock in the sixth minute and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kellman-joel/IZMvcbBM/"]Joel Kellman[/a] gave his side some breathing space[/b] late in the first period, [b]before two goals in 20 seconds[/b] in the fourth minute of the second period - one from [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/horky-lubos/baD1ldaM/"]Lubos Horky[/a] and another from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jellvik-oskar/pUtiaJla/"]Oskar Jellvik[/a][/b] - took the home side out of sight.[/p][p]Tappara had no answer to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/rogle-j5ve8f1r/tappara-llrWVOwG/?mid=x8JDwP7c"]4-0[/a] scoreline, as they fell to their first defeat in 60 minutes and now sit in 10th place. They are on seven points, one more than Rogle a place behind.[/p][embed guid="f9bad6ae-0eb2-4c56-aa73-4c493fa1756d" url="https://x.com/championshockey/status/2099126954720895179" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vaxjo/hzXCSnCE/"]Vaxjo Lakers[/a] are up to 12th in the standings as their inconsistent campaign struck a positive chapter as they beat Salzburg [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/salzburg-GSq0EQUL/vaxjo-hzXCSnCE/?mid=WhT74hCD"]6-3[/a] at home, leaving the Austrian side on just three points so far.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suomi-eemeli/4bcgigNT/"]Eemeli Suomi[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suomi-jimi/lnR8RGW8/"]Jimi Suomi[/a] both struck early on before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gustafsson-hugo/vubXQTsn/"]Hugo Gustafsson[/a] added a third before the first period was over[/b], and the match was all but over seven minutes into period two after [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rasmussen-dennis/jmVyoXQF/"]Dennis Rasmussen[/a] added his name[/b] to the scoresheet and [b]Eemeli notched his second to make it 5-0.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-dennis/jui74T7j/"]Dennis Robertson[/a] got Salzburg on the board midway through the match, and the visitors threatened a brilliant comeback in period three as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nissner-benjamin/nJxX4uBU/"]Benjamin Nissner[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/poisson-nicholas/4QuOrHR5/"]Nicholas Poisson[/a] cut the deficit to two[/b] with over 15 minutes to play. [/p][embed guid="d889fc6a-306b-469c-8d6c-e1a4be52ff45" url="https://x.com/championshockey/status/2099155174304469285" social-type="twitter" /][p]However, Vaxjo held off the challenge, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/elvenes-lukas/z7Fx3maq/"]Lukas Elvenes[/a] found the empty net in the last minute to close out the Lakers' second win of the CHL season.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/europe/champions-league/"]Review all the latest CHL results and standings on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]