Following a 5-3 away win in the First Game of the Round of 16, Färjestad Karlstad were in good shape on home ice and beat EHC Biel-Bienne a second time, 6-4. The 11-7 aggregate win puts Färjestad into the Champions Hockey League Quarter-Finals for the very first time.

Entering the game with a two-goal lead on aggregate, Färjestad doubled it to four in the first period of the Return Game to take firm control. Just past the seven-minute mark, Lucas Forsell capitalised on a rebound to open the scoring. Four minutes later, Michael Lindqvist made it 2-0, putting a nice re-direction on a feed from Axel Bergkvist.

Färjestad were happy to maintain the status quo in the middle frame as each team scored twice. Biel-Bienne were able to cut the deficit to three on a couple of occasions, but the home side quickly answered both times.

Jere Sallinen got the visitors on the board on the powerplay, converting a nice relay pass from Rihards Bukarts. But just 1:24 later, Färjestad got that back on a powerplay of their own when the puck came to Joel Kellman at the point and he made no mistake picking the top corner.

On another Biel-Bienne powerplay late in the second period, Tino Kessler scored on a brilliant individual rush starting from his own end and finishing by snapping a shot over Maxime Lagacé’s glove. But this time Färjestad answered shorthanded on the same penalty, with Linus Johansson beating Joren van Pottelberghe on a forehand deke.

Biel-Bienne continued to hang around in the third period as Ville Pokka converted a pass from Sallinen to once again cut the deficit to three. But with just 5:50 to play, Carl Dahlström one-timed a cross-point pass from Joakim Nygård to seemingly put things out of reach.

Nygård then briefly gave Färjestad a five-goal lead on aggregate with a shorthanded empty-netter before Yanik Burren got a late one back for Biel-Bienne, but that’s as close as it would get.