SHL Playoffs: Game three home wins put Malmo and Lulea through in eighth-finals

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malmo/pO1SCzgR/"]Malmo[/a] successfully completed a series turnaround against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/djurgarden/Q7UY6Hrs/"]Djurgarden[/a], levelling it with a 2-1 home win on Thursday night before finishing the job with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/djurgarden-Q7UY6Hrs/malmo-pO1SCzgR/?mid=d2X0i56C"]3-1[/a] success on home ice.[/p][p]The Redhawks were frustrated by their opponents who managed to kill powerplays either side of the 20-minute mark, [b]but the home side found a way through eight minutes into the second period when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/von-barnekow-lofberg-william/zsDbdfBB/"]William von Barnekow-Lofberg[/a] scored his second goal of the eighth-finals.[/b][/p][p]The penalties kept flowing on both sides, [b]but it wasn't until [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pettersen-mathias-emilio/C4QYLsKb/"]Emilio Pettersen[/a] was called for cross-checking with nine minutes to play that either side could take advantage, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sundberg-axel/jmJpCIji/"]Axel Sundberg[/a] gave Malmo a crucial two-goal cushion.[/b][/p][p]Late on, an empty-netter from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ikonen-joona/SIuqPXs8/"]Joona Ikonen[/a] began the Malmo celebrations, and despite [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rensfeldt-ludvig/E9Klugjp/"]Ludvig Rensfeldt[/a]'s consolation in the dying seconds, there was no stopping Malmo progressing to the quarter-finals, where they will meet regular season title winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/skelleftea/8jdWygW7/"]Skelleftea[/a].[/p][embed guid="b6b9f8c3-cc0a-426a-b925-d754b55c4096" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABglejVknOY" social-type="youtube" /][p][b]Reigning champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lulea/0QhOwF1e/"]Lulea[/a] ensured themselves of a quarter-final place this time around by knocking out lowest seeds [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orebro/Y3RLgQQn/"]Orebro[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/lulea-0QhOwF1e/orebro-Y3RLgQQn/?mid=K2mTx6iJ"]4-2[/a] at home in game three.[/b][/p][p]Orebro bounced back from a heavy home defeat in game one with a shock 3-1 win at Lulea in game two, and a repeat of the trick was on the cards when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kossila-kalle/GzteoiMq/"]Kalle Kossila[/a] broke the deadlock with three minutes gone.[/p][p]But Lulea steadied their nerves with an [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/levtchi-anton/dvVa6x9C/"]Anton Levtvhi[/a] equaliser less than four minutes later, and took the lead in the 18th minute when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/omark-linus/S6wlygb1/"]Linus Omark[/a] struck on a powerplay following high sticking from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/berglund-filip/KvHGjd84/"]Filip Berglund[/a]. However, there was still time for two more goals in the first period.[/p][p]Lulea still had no answer to Kossila, who scored his third goal of the series to equalise, but again their response was quick, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tardif-benjamin/OYQ7zNEF/"]Benjamin Tardif[/a] restored the advantage within seconds of the restart.[/p][p]After five goals in the first 20 minutes, there were none in the second, [b]and then four minutes into period three, Lulea finally got the goal to settle the series, as Tardif struck again to round off the 4-2 victory that sends Lulea into a quarter-final series with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/frolunda/pAG4OqEE/"]Frolunda[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="208a5364-6d6e-4f1a-a392-3f17af7a169a" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq7pDbMq6UI" social-type="youtube" /][p]The Skelleftea vs Malmo and Frolunda vs Lulea quarter-final series begin on Monday 23rd March, with game one of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rogle/j5ve8f1r/"]Rogle[/a] vs [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/farjestad/4b1TBPb8/"]Farjestad[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vaxjo/hzXCSnCE/"]Vaxjo[/a] vs [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brynas/MZgKvenk/"]Brynas[/a] getting underway on Tuesday 24th March.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/sweden/shl/"]Follow every match of the SHL Playoffs on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]