Games sand. Will HV71 ruin John Knuts’ party?
Or will Lexand untie the knot?
This was the last one.
Behind the win was a dream goal.
It was a special afternoon in Leksand on Saturday.
John Knotts played his 722nd match for Leksandsträyan and surpassed Niklas Eriksson on the list of most matches.
It was a nice pre-match tribute and it was clear from the start of the match that Lexand wanted to win the match for Knut.
Full charge and power.
Leksand also took the lead after 9.31 after a goal by Oscar Lange and an assist from Max Verono.
Three goals from three shots
In addition to the focus on John Knut’s own match, Leksand’s goalkeeper, Filip Larsson, was under the microscope. The SHL has started this year in a very skilled manner and has kept two clean sheets in a row, yet to concede a single goal in the SHL. Now he needs an additional 30 scoreless minutes to break Strauss-mann’s record.
But it was broken when Radan Lenk made it 1-1 midway through the first half.
If Filip put in a good effort in the first half, it’s tougher for HV71’s Joni Ortio. He was noted for taking two shots at himself and conceding two goals.
So the conservation percentage is 0.
The second puck was pushed behind Ortio Alsing after the longer Leksand attack. The ball passed a little sloppy between the Finnish goalkeeper’s legs.
This trend continued for Ortio in the second half when Leksand put his third shot of the night past the HV71 cage keeper.
Dream goal in the third period
In the recent period, the home team won with a dream goal. Where four of the five players participated. Lukas Vejdemo moved the ball up the offensive zone, playing it to Peter Cehlarik who gave the ball to Pontus Norén on the blue line. Noren held out – waiting for Lucas Ilvenis and even ended up in a perfect position in the far center of Ortio. With perfect precision, Noren sent the ball to Elvenes, who had about 10 seconds to get the ball into the open box.
Lexand didn’t ruin Jon’s big day.
Rather, they anointed him with victory and the goal of the dream.