SHL Playoffs: Rogle hammer Vaxjo on the road to take control of semi-final

[p]Their unprecedented series comeback against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/farjestad/4b1TBPb8/"]Farjestad[/a] was backed up by a come-from-behind 5-3 win away in game one of the semi-finals, and they have further strengthened their credentials with a second away victory in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vaxjo/hzXCSnCE/"]Vaxjo[/a] in three nights.[/p][p]In a slow burner of a first period, there had only been nine shots on goal before space opened up in the final minute, [b]allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sjalin-calle/6yJqOly9/"]Calle Sjalin[/a] to shoot, and when his effort was saved, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sundsvik-albin/v1N8I8As/"]Sundsvik[/a] was quickest to react to force home the rebound at put Rogle in front.[/b][/p][p]And the result was all but put to bed in a four-minute spell midway through the game. [b]First, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zaar-daniel/fwouXpYR/"]Daniel Zaar[/a] set up Sundsvik for his second, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-haan-calvin/rDWRjKaj/"]Calvin de Haan[/a]'s strike from the blue line was tipped on its way into the net by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dickinson-josh/IiSJCKLQ/"]Josh Dickinson[/a].[/b][/p][p]Vaxjo's night could be summed up with Sundsvik's hat-trick goal less than two minutes into the final period. [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/goransson-mattias/463KSuSE/"]Mattias Goransson[/a] dumped the puck behind the Lakers' net, but a strange bounce off the boards took it away from goaltender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/persson-ludvig/0hnQywup/"]Ludvig Persson[/a], allowing Sundsvik to tap into the empty net.[/b][/p][embed guid="6eefaba5-a7e2-4a8c-9a61-431808966cf5" url="https://x.com/SHLse/status/2042676662735634842" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Zaar was involved in that move, and he picked up his third assist with a little over eight minutes remaining by teeing up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johansson-filip/0pHTk8E8/"]Filip Johansson[/a] to make it 5-0[/b], before the humiliation for the hosts was complete.[/p][p]After [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/agren-manuel/ADJMZAgQ/"]Manuel Agren[/a] was called for cross-checking, the fourth seeds scored their first powerplay goal of the evening, [b]as Dickinson found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sandin-linus/xj6jrOtB/"]Linus Sandin[/a] to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/rogle-j5ve8f1r/vaxjo-hzXCSnCE/?mid=MBsgCnmg"]6-0[/a] with just over three minutes to play.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holm-arvid/QcJ8IO54/"]Arvid Holm[/a] needed only make 16 saves to complete his shutout, while Persson and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ahman-adam/dnoVvplg/"]Adam Ahman[/a] both conceded three goals and made nine saves, as Rogle scored 25% of their shots on target.[/p][p]Vaxjo must now put this heavy home victory behind them and win one of the next two matches, both to be played in Angelholm, to stop the red-hot Rogle from winning the series with a clean sweep. Game three will be played on 12th April.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/sweden/shl/"]Follow the SHL playoff semi-finals on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]