Malmö overwhelmed Linköping 8–2 at home, scoring three times in the first period and four more in the second. Oliwer Kaski scored twice and added an assist, while Janne Kuokkanen had five assists. Robin Hanzl finished with a goal and two assists. Malmö’s win lifted the team in the standings; it had been 11th on 1 October.
Rögle beat Frölunda 5–4 in Gothenburg in a close game. Frölunda opened up a 2–0 lead, but Linus Sandin scored twice to bring Rögle level before the first intermission. The teams traded goals in the second period until Calvin De Haan and Tinus Luc Koblar scored in quick succession to put Rögle 5–3 ahead. Frölunda’s Samuel Johannesson cut the deficit early in the third, but Rögle held on. The win was Rögle’s fourth in its last five games, and the team had moved up four places in the standings since 9 October.