Brynäs IF defeated MoDo Hockey 5-2 in regulation, taking control with a decisive second period. The home side erased a 2-2 deadlock after 20 minutes and never looked back.
The opening period ended even at 2-2. Brynäs pulled away in the middle frame with two unanswered goals to make it 4-2, then added one more in the third to close out a 5-2 victory.
The most telling number: Brynäs held MoDo off the scoresheet in the second and third periods while scoring three unanswered goals. The final margin was built on that 3-0 run after the first intermission.