Vastervik edged IF Troja-Ljungby 4-4 after a shootout at home, taking the extra point on the only successful attempt of the skills competition. Sixty-five minutes produced nothing separating the sides; the deciding margin came from the shootout, where the hosts went 1-0.
The home side led 1-0 after twenty minutes, then conceded three in a middle period they lost 1-3 to trail 2-3 going to the third. Vastervik responded with a 2-1 final frame to square it at 4-4, and a scoreless overtime sent it to the shootout.
The numbers point to the second period as the hinge: three goals against in twenty minutes nearly cost Vastervik the night, and the 2-1 third was the correction. With overtime goalless, the shootout score of 1-0 was the only separation the game offered.