However, the big winner in the bottom fight was not one of the teams in Örnsköldsvik.
It was instead Linköping who won over Malmö with 3-0 and extended the lead to the team in qualifying.
– I really think the situation is the same for us as before. It looks heavy, but whether it is enough with 52 rounds or seven matches for us to manage, we must make sure to be prepared, says Blomqvist.
The star injured
HV71 came to the fate match without the points king Henrik Borgström who was injured in training and will be investigated further on Wednesday.
With just over a minute left, Jonathan Ang was able to make 3-1 in Tom Modobur and HV broke a three -match long loss suite.
– I think we come up here and implement our match plan. Awesome to see how we act in boxplay when we get a wrong verdict against us, he says about the situation in the third period.
“Too bad”
Modo coach Mattias Karlin was depressed afterwards.
– I don’t think we get up to any good level of tension. We have no one who grabs it. In five against three we fail. It’s too bad, he says.
Modo was one point after Linköping for Tuesday’s match – now the distance is four points.
Linköping’s distance to HV71 is seven points.
Linköping’s Robin Kovacs, one of the goalkeepers in the 3-0 victory, was asked if he senses the press in the bottom fight.
– We know about the situation, you are no more than human, he tells TV4 Play.
However, the situation was slightly less pressed after the 3-0 victory.