Lulea Hockey took it 2-0 in Linkoping, and the margin owed as much to the clean sheet at the other end as to anything the visitors did with the puck. One goal in the first, one in the last minute of the third, and a scoreless middle period in between was enough.
Filip Eriksson opened it at 19 minutes, set up by Oliwer Sjostrom, and that 0-1 line held through a second period in which neither side found the net. Linkoping were still within a goal entering the third and stayed there until the 60th minute, when Lulea's second finally closed it out.
The number that frames the night is zero: Linkoping did not score across three periods, and Lulea's goaltender kept the shutout intact even with the game at one goal for more than 40 minutes. Eriksson's early strike was the only goal on the scoresheet with a name attached, and it ended up being the game-winner.