Farjestads BK handled Linkopings HC 8-1 in regulation, and the margin was built on a second period that broke the game open. Once the hosts turned a one-goal edge into a five-goal cushion, the rest was maintenance.
The opening period was the only stretch that resembled a contest: Farjestad took it 2-1, and Linkoping's lone goal of the night came there. The middle frame was 4-0 the other way, pushing it to 6-1, and Farjestad added two more in the third to close at 8-1.
The number that tells it: 6-0 over the final 40 minutes. Linkoping did not score after the first period, and Farjestad scored in every period.