Malin Fransson: Djurgården gained important breathing room

In the autumn, there was not much that spoke to Djurgården would have to worry that they would miss to be among the six teams going directly to the quarterfinals.

Rather discussed guldchanserna.

But the odd game, combined with bad luck with injuries, means that no longer is a given. Why was the three points against Linköping so important.

Saturday night's bortmatch had Skellefteå, Rögle, seven and eight in the table, just three points behind.

Now is the chasing teams rather than six points behind, and although there are still 24 points left to play on giving it at least stockholmers with a certain calm.

If it is tight around the line around the sixth place, it is even tighter around the tenth spot.

In Linköping, sweden went pointless from Saturday's match, despite a 2-1 lead and, at times, really good game, it meant that they remain in eleventh place and are still outside the playoffs.

five minutes left of the match after a nice cooperation by Daniel Brodin and Sebastian Strandberg, where the latter was to end.

The one who started målskyttet in Saturday night's match was not entirely unexpected Denmark, Emil Bemström when he is in the middle of the first period gave his team the lead with 1-0.

It was 19-see her bold fashion 20 goals this season.

Theoretically, Emil Bemström to reach Elias's 56 points in the SHL last season.

However, he still has a chance to pass him in number of goals scored.

Elias Pettersson, then in Växjö, made 24 goals. With eight rounds left of the regular season is Emil Bemström only four goals behind.

Emil played 39 matches, it means that he is statistically way make a goal every match. He continues in the same way in the finale, he reaches 24 goals..

It is an okay development for a teen who last season scored eight goals in 33 matches in the league Leksand.

If the junior Emil Bemström was laid for the more boastful way, he would already after Saturday night's match could say that his goal against Linköping meant that he already has made more than the 19 goals Daniel Sedin did during his juniorsäsong 1999-2000.

such tendencies, but, nevertheless, he has reason to pat itself on the shoulder.

The damage has followed Djurgården during large parts of the season.

Against Linköping was missing for the second game in a row goalie Adam Reideborn. The alternate member Robin Jensen said, however, for a really good match.

Missing was also made the captain of the team and the team's best player Jacob Josefson.