Updated 17.52 | Published 17.40
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How do you show your dissatisfaction with a verdict?
If you ask Lauari Pajuniemi, 26, it is with warm applause.
Malmö equalized late – but fell in the penalty shootout
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Malmö forward Lauri Pajuniemi was elbowed in the face by Frölunda’s Max Lindholm and fell to the ice.
It took a while before it blew off. On the TV pictures, it was seen how blood from his nose dripped onto the ice below him.
The refereeing team chose not to punish Lindholm for the situation, which Pajuniemi showed his clear displeasure with.
The Finn appeared to be applauding the judges ironically and smiled widely as he got bits of tissue up his nostrils.
Malmö coach Tomas Kollar also had difficulty understanding the verdict. He spoke for a long time with the referee Kristoffer Folkstrand before the game started again.
With 44 seconds left, Carl Persson equalized to make it 2–2 and forced the match into overtime and then a penalty shootout. Once there, Frölunda won and the final score was 3–2.
– When it looks like it did after the first… you can’t say you’re happy when you lose but we make a good push in the third. We don’t score any goals so we have ourselves to blame, says Persson on TV4.
Double hits
Frölunda has thus won 10 straight games in the SHL.
Noah Hasa, 22, was a two-goal scorer with a goal in each of the first two periods.
1-0 came after a nice pirouette, before he slammed the puck into the net. The goals were his third and fourth of the season.
In Malmö it was Axel Sundberg and Carl Persson who painted during regular time. Jacob Peterson scored the match-winning penalty.
On Tuesday, Frölunda face Färjestad.
