Two semi finals to seven games in Sweden
18 Mar 2011 | Fredrik Pålsson
Mark Owuya's second shutout in a row when Djurgården wins third straight game. Linköping beats Skellefteå 4-2.
Djurgården - Luleå 2-0 (series: 3-3)
Djurgården took their third straight win in front of a sold out Globe Arena (13850). Mathias Tjärnqvist opened the scoring at 52:27 and only 1:19 later he gave Kristofer Ottosson an open net for the second goal. And when Marc Owuya played his second shutout game in a row two goals were enough for Djurgården who now has the chance to be the first team ever in Sweden to come back from 0-3 in a playoff series.
Linköping - Skellefteå 4-2 (series 3-3)
Also the matchup between Linköping and Skellefteå will be decided in a seventh game. Linköping got a tough start to the game when Martin Laumann Ylven was sent of with a game misconduct with after less than two minutes. Skellefteå also took the lead on the power play but after that it was all about Linköping who had 12-3 in shots and managed to tie the game 1-1. The rest of the game was more even, With six minutes left to play Jan Hlavac scored the game winnig 3-2 goal before a late empty net goal was added in the final minute.