Skellefteå touched Färjestad’s winning streak of 16 straight wins in the SHL, but when the team was about to become sole master of the record, the team fell away against Oskarshamn.
Two days later came the next bang.
Linköping scored three goals on six shots in the first period and 3–0 became 4–0 after barely half the match.
Christoffer Ehn scored his first hat trick in his SHL career.
— It hasn’t happened since the junior days. Nice to get the last one, it’s something you think about from time to time, to get a hat trick, says Ehn to C More.
Linköping’s first chain with Ehn (3+0), Markus Ljungh (1+2) and Patrick Russell (0+4) scored a total of ten points.
After 19-year-old defender Mattias Hävelid’s first SHL goal in his career, 4–0, Linus Söderström was replaced and Alexander Hellnemo stepped in to score the Skellefteå goal.
The Västerbotten team reduced twice, but Christoffer Ehn and Markus Ljungh ensured that LHC pulled away again.
Linköping took the second straight victory and important points in the line battle, the team has five points up to a top 6 place and the same number of points down to the playoff line.
Skellefteå conceded seven goals for the first time this season.
— We concede too many easy goals. We play well from the center line forward, but backwards it is not good, says Skellefteå’s national team defender Jonathan Pudas to C More.