Brendan Shinnimin scored in the eighth round of the shootout as Luleå Hockey toppled Frölunda Gothenburg 4-3 and 5-4 on aggregate to earn their chance to play in the Champions Hockey League Final in February. Matteus Ward made 34 saves and stopped six shots in the shootout to help his team claim their 11th victory of the season.

The opening frame saw Luleå's 7th-ranked PK tested multiple times as Frölunda were awarded a pair of powerplays midway through the period and one more with less than five minutes to play. The visitors were unable to solve Ward, however, who was stellar in net, denying all nine shots to keep the game 0-0.

A scoreless first period gave way to a five-goal second period as Frölunda netted a pair of tallies and Luleå found twine three times to close out 40 minutes of action.

Scoring began with the hosts making the most of their man-advantage debut when Erik Gustafsson rifled the puck past Lars Johansson 30 seconds into the middle stanza. Juhani Tyrväinen won the faceoff clean to Gustafsson who took his time along the blue line before firing it over the glove of the Swedish netminder.

Frölunda answered with their first of the night courtesy of Filip Johansson's shot through traffic. Three minutes later, the visitors rallied their second when Patrik Carlsson's point shot breezed through bodies in front with Joel Lundqvist parked atop the blue paint able to tip it home.

But the hosts didn't chase the lead for long as another point shot sailed into the net with less than eight minutes to play. Jesper Sellgren skated along the far boards before directing it towards the net from the blue line and beating the Swedish goalie to even things at two.

Luleå would close out the second period with their third goal as Isac Brännström secured his sixth of the season on a backhander down low at 39:19 to give his team a one-goal advantage heading into the third.

As the sides entered the sixth period of their Semi-Finals series, Frölunda's urgency picked up and the visitors were rewarded with the tying goal off another shot from the point. Defenceman Petteri Lindbohm let one rip from the top of the zone to earn his second of the season and tie the game three minutes into the third.

Lindbohm's would be the only tally of the third, however, and with the score still knotted at 5-5 on aggregate after 60 minutes, the clubs headed to 3-on-3 overtime and eventually a shootout as both netminders remained solid in the extra session.

Eight rounds later, Shinnimin sent the crowd into a frenzy when he buried the game-winner on a beautiful backhand forehand deke to propel his club to their second CHL Final appearance and first since the 2014/15 season.