2025–26 Liiga season

2025–26 SM-liiga
2025–26 SM-liiga
League	Liiga
Sport	Ice hockey
Defending champions	KalPa (2024–25)
Duration	September 2025 – May 2026
Games	60
Teams	16
TV partner(s)	Telia; MTV Urheilu; MTV Katsomo
Regular season
Season champions	Tappara
Runners-up	KooKoo
Season MVP	Benjamin Rautiainen (Tappara)
Top scorer	Benjamin Rautiainen (Tappara)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Joni Tuulola (Tappara)
Finals champions	Tappara
Runners-up	KooKoo
Liiga seasons
	← 2024–25

The 2025–26 Liiga season was the 51st season of the Liiga, the top level of Finnish ice hockey since 1975.

Format

The regular season started in September 2025. As in previous seasons, 480 matches were played in the regular season, 60 for each team.

The top two teams in the regular season, excluding the Finnish champion, advanced to the Champions Hockey League, while the best team in the regular season team not qualified for Champions Hockey League advanced to the Spengler Cup.

Teams

2025–26 Liiga season is located in Finland

Location of teams in 2025–26 SM-liiga

Team	City	Head coach	Arena	Capacity	Captain
HIFK	Helsinki	Olli Jokinen^[1]	Helsingin jäähalli	8,200	Iiro Pakarinen^[2]
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Mikko Manner^[3]	Pohjantähti Areena	5,360	Petteri Nikkilä^[2]
Ilves	Tampere	Tommi Niemelä^[4]	Nokia Arena	12,700	Joonas Nättinen^[2]
Jukurit	Mikkeli	Jonne Virtanen^[5]	Ikioma Areena	4,200	Jesper Piitulainen^[2]
JYP	Jyväskylä	Petri Matikainen^[6]	LähiTapiola Areena	4,437	Jere Lassila^[2]
KalPa	Kuopio	Sami Tervonen^[7]	Olvi Areena	5,300	Jaakko Rissanen^[2]
Kiekko-Espoo	Espoo	Jyrki Aho^[8]	Espoo Metro Areena	6,982	Matti Järvinen^[2]
KooKoo	Kouvola	Jouko Myrrä^[9]	Lumon Areena	5,950	Otto Paajanen^[2]
Kärpät	Oulu	Petri Karjalainen^[10]	Oulun Energia Areena	6,300	Atte Ohtamaa^[2]
Lukko	Rauma	Tomi Lämsä^[11]	Kivikylän Areena	4,500	Éric Gélinas^[2]
Pelicans	Lahti	Sami Kapanen^[12]	Isku Areena	4,403	Casimir Jürgens^[2]
SaiPa	Lappeenranta	Raimo Helminen^[13]	Lappeenrannan jäähalli	4,820	Samuli Niinisaari^[2]
Sport	Vaasa	~~Juuso Hahl~~^[14]14 Oct 2025 ~~Doug Shedden~~^[15]10 Dec 2025 Jussi Tapio^[16]	Vaasan Sähkö Areena	5,185	Miika Koivisto^[2]
Tappara	Tampere	Rikard Grönborg^[17]	Nokia Arena	12,700	Otto Rauhala^[2]
TPS	Turku	Toni Söderholm^[18]	Gatorade Center	10,500	Tarmo Reunanen^[2]
Ässät	Pori	Jarno Pikkarainen^[19]	Enersense Areena	6,150	Jan-Mikael Järvinen^[2]

Regular season standings

Top four advance straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 5th and 12th positions play a wild card round for the final four spots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	Tappara	60	35	3	6	16	226	149	+77	117	Qualification to Quarter-finals and Champions Hockey League^[a]
2	KooKoo	60	33	7	2	18	217	155	+62	115
3	SaiPa	60	31	6	7	16	204	162	+42	112
4	Ilves	60	29	8	4	19	186	152	+34	107	Advance to Quarterfinals
5	Lukko	60	28	9	4	19	185	157	+28	106	Advance to Wild-card round
6	JYP	60	26	11	6	17	202	180	+22	106
7	KalPa	60	28	7	6	19	185	179	+6	104
8	Ässät	60	26	6	4	24	170	165	+5	94
9	Kiekko-Espoo	60	23	5	11	21	157	155	+2	90
10	HIFK	60	25	4	5	26	149	183	−34	88
11	Pelicans	60	20	9	7	24	137	156	−19	85
12	HPK	60	16	9	9	26	144	167	−23	75
13	TPS	60	16	7	9	28	141	177	−36	71
14	Kärpät	60	16	6	6	32	175	197	−22	66
15	Jukurit	60	15	6	7	32	131	171	−40	64
16	Sport	60	9	1	11	39	108	212	−104	40

Source:
Notes:

↑ SaiPa qualified regardless of the identity of the play-off winners is yet to be decided, as both play-offs finalist, Tappara and KooKoo, have already qualified via regular season rankings.

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

First round (best-of-5)			Quarter-finals (best-of-7)			Semi-finals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

			1	Tappara	4
5	Lukko	1	12	HPK	1
12	HPK	3				1	Tappara	4
						4	Ilves	2
			2	KooKoo	4	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
6	JYP	0	11	Pelicans	1
11	Pelicans	3							1	Tappara	4
									2	KooKoo	3
			3	SaiPa	4
7	KalPa	3	8	Ässät	3
10	HIFK	2				2	KooKoo	4	Bronze medal game
						3	SaiPa	2
			4	Ilves	4				3	SaiPa	7
8	Ässät	3	7	KalPa	2				4	Ilves	2
9	Kiekko-Espoo	2

First round

(5) Lukko vs. (12) HPK

20 March	Lukko		2–1	HPK	Äijänsuo Ice Hall	Recap
Antti Saarela (1) – 1:45		First period		2:42 – Sami Päivärinta (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Antti Saarela (2) – 3:25		Third period		No scoring
Joni Ortio (24 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Kim Saarinen (31 shots / 29 saves)

21 March	HPK		2–0	Lukko	Hämeenlinna Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Sami Päivärinta (2) – 18:13		Second period		No scoring
Cameron Wright (1; ENG) – 19:58		Third period		No scoring
Kim Saarinen (28 shots / 28 saves)		Goalie stats		Daniel Salonen (13 shots / 12 saves)

23 March	Lukko		1–3	HPK	Äijänsuo Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Topias Haapanen (1) – 5:13		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		3:12 – Cameron Wright (2) 6:55 – Jesse Kiiskinen (1) 19:15 – Kalle Kangas (1; ENG)
Joni Ortio (19 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats		Kim Saarinen (30 shots / 29 saves)

24 March	HPK		4–1	Lukko	Hämeenlinna Ice Hall	Recap
Cameron Wright (3) – 12:38		First period		No scoring
Sami Päivärinta (3; PPG) – 6:16 Thomas Caron (1) – 15:33		Second period		No scoring
Anrei Hakulinen (1; ENG) – 16:37		Third period		14:43 – Jakob Stenqvist (1; PPG)
Kim Saarinen (33 shots / 32 saves)		Goalie stats		Daniel Salonen (28 shots / 25 saves)

HPK win series 3–1

(6) JYP vs. (11) Pelicans

20 March	JYP		1–3	Pelicans	LähiTapiola-areena	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:22 – Eerik Kolehmainen (1)
Pekka Jormakka (1) – 5:03		Second period		8:11 – Oskars Batņa (1) 12:50 – Miro Väänänen (1; SHG)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Oskari Salminen (11 shots / 8 saves)		Goalie stats		Patrik Bartošák (28 shots / 27 saves)

21 March	Pelicans		3–2	JYP	Wemasto Areena	Recap
Roni Karvinen (1) – 8:09 Aidan Dudas (1) – 10:54		First period		14:02 – Juuso Puustinen (1; PPG)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Eerik Kolehmainen (2) – 4:24		Third period		0:55 – Mikko Perttu (1)
Patrik Bartošák (34 shots / 32 saves)		Goalie stats		Oskari Salminen (18 shots / 15 saves)

23 March	JYP		0–1	Pelicans	LähiTapiola-areena	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:27 – Niklas Virtanen (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Oskari Setänen (12 shots / 11 saves)		Goalie stats		Patrik Bartošák (29 shots / 29 saves)

Pelicans win series 3–0

(7) KalPa vs. (10) HIFK

20 March	KalPa		4–1	HIFK	Kuopio Ice Hall	Recap
Aleksis Klemetti (1) – 3:29 Aleksis Klemetti (2) – 10:39		First period		14:33 – Petrus Palmu (1)
Jaakko Lantta (1; SHG) – 18:05		Second period		No scoring
Patrick Curry (1) – 5:29		Third period		No scoring
Talyn Boyko (29 shots / 28 saves)		Goalie stats		Hugo Alnefelt (15 shots / 11 saves)

21 March	KalPa		1–4	HIFK	Kuopio Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period		10:29 – Petteri Lindbohm (1)
Veikka Mononen (1) – 4:42		Second period		15:21 – Tony Sund (1)
No scoring		Third period		11:58 – Vincent Marleau (1) 18:11 – Vincent Marleu (2; ENG)
Talyn Boyko (28 shots / 25 saves)		Goalie stats		Hugo Alnefelt (22 shots / 21 saves)

23 March	HIFK		1–0	OT	KalPa	Helsinki Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Petr Kodÿtek (1) – 7:01		First overtime period			No scoring
Hugo Alnefelt (22 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats			Talyn Boyko (29 shots / 28 saves)

24 March	HIFK		1–4	KalPa	Helsinki Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period		8:45 – Konsta Kapanen (1)
No scoring		Second period		17:18 – Joona Saarelainen (1)
Petr Kodÿtek (2; PPG) – 11:10		Third period		5:20 – Aleksi Klemetti (3) 19:19 – Andreas Okany (1; ENG)
Hugo Alnefelt (25 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats		Talyn Boyko (33 shots / 32 saves)

26 March	KalPa		3–2	OT	HIFK	Kuopio Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period			6:09 – Oliver Larsen (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Patrick Curry (2; PPG) – 3:21 Filip Westerlund (1; PPG) – 5:11		Third period			18:21 – Petrus Palmu (2)
Juuso Könönen (1) – 9:17		First overtime period			No scoring
Talyn Boyko (19 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats			Hugo Alnefelt (28 shots / 25 saves)

KalPa win series 3–2

(8) Ässät vs. (9) Kiekko-Espoo

20 March	Ässät		4–3	OT	Kiekko-Espoo	Isomäki Ice Hall	Recap
Roope Talaja (1) – 2:45		First period			7:20 – Joonas Rask (1)
No scoring		Second period			0:31 – Janne Hämäläinen (1; PPG) 19:53 – Kasper Kulonummi (1; PPG)
Nestor Noiva (1) – 13:26 Jonne Tammela (1) – 17:57		Third period			No scoring
Oskar Nilsson (1) – 4:41		First overtime period			No scoring
Jan Bednář (21 shots / 18 saves)		Goalie stats			Petteri Rimpinen (34 shots / 30 saves)

21 March	Kiekko-Espoo		1–2	OT	Ässät	Espoo Metro Areena	Recap
Iikka Kangasniemi (1; PPG) – 11:41		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			7:10 – Sakari Kostilainen (1; PPG)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			19:00 – Dylan Fabre (1)
Petteri Rimpinen (26 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats			Jan Bednář (45 shots / 44 saves)

23 March	Ässät		2–5	Kiekko-Espoo	Isomäki Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Nestor Noiva (1; PPG) – 11:04		Second period		10:14 – Santeri Virtanen (1) 17:23 – Kasper Kulonummi (2; PPG) 18:08 – Lukas Svejkovsky (1; PPG)
Feetu Knihti (1) – 13:11		Third period		10:59 – Iikka Kangasniemi (2) 19:17 – Ottoville Leppänen (1; ENG)
Jan Bednář (33 shots / 29 saves)		Goalie stats		Petteri Rimpinen (28 shots / 26 saves)

24 March	Kiekko-Espoo		4–1	Ässät	Espoo Metro Areena	Recap
No scoring		First period		1:25 – Jonne Tammela (2)
Cameron Hillis (1; PPG) – 9:59 Santeri Virtanen (2) – 15:35		Second period		No scoring
Cameron Hillis (2) – 9:24 Jere Väisänen (1; ENG) – 17:43		Third period		No scoring
Petteri Rimpinen (16 shots / 15 saves)		Goalie stats		Jan Bednář (28 shots / 25 saves)

26 March	Ässät		5–2	Kiekko-Espoo	Isomäki Ice Hall	Recap
Roope Talaja (2) – 2:19 Nestor Noiva (3) – 3:49 Patrik Juhola (1) – 7:09		First period		No scoring
Sakari Kostilainen (2) – 11:17		Second period		11:37 – Leo Komarov (1) 15:25 – Kristian Näkyvä (1)
Feetu Knihti (2; ENG) – 19:37		Third period		No scoring
Jan Bednář (25 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Petteri Rimpinen (12 shots / 16 saves)

Ässät win series 3–2

Quarter-finals

(1) Tappara vs. (12) HPK

28 March	Tappara		2–1	HPK	Nokia Arena	Recap
Henrik Haapala (1) – 7:55		First period		No scoring
Kasper Simontaival (1; PPG) – 19:53		Second period		15:55 – Elmeri Eronen (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Christian Heljanko (18 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats		Kim Saarinen (30 shots / 28 saves)

30 March	HPK		2–1	Tappara	Hämeenlinna Ice Hall	Recap
Sami Päivärinta (4; PPG) – 7:53		First period		No scoring
Olli Korhonen (1) – 1:13		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		8:09 – Jesper Mattila (1)
Kim Saarinen (30 shots / 29 saves)		Goalie stats		Christian Heljanko (28 shots / 26 saves)

2 April	Tappara		3–1	HPK	Nokia Arena	Recap
Olli Juolevi (1) – 3:31		First period		No scoring
Kristian Tanus (1) – 10:01		Second period		No scoring
Daniel Brickley (1) – 4:22		Third period		14:27 – Vili Toivonen (1)
Christian Heljanko (17 shots / 16 saves)		Goalie stats		Kim Saarinen (27 shots / 24 saves)

4 April	HPK		3–4	OT	Tappara	Hämeenlinna Ice Hall	Recap
Viljami Jokirinne (1; PPG)		First period			0:13 – Eetu Tuulola (1) 3:14 – Joachim Blichfeld (1; PPG) 19:20 – Joachim Blichfeld (2)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Sami Päivärinta (5) – 17:02 Olli Korhonen (2) – 18:06		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			10:27 – Jesper Mattila (2)
Kim Saarinen (24 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Christian Heljanko (28 shots / 25 saves)

7 April	Tappara		1–0	HPK	Nokia Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Emil Sylvegård (1; DP) – 3:47		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Christian Heljanko (16 shots / 16 saves)		Goalie stats		Kim Saarinen (33 shots / 32 saves)

Tappara win series 4–1

(2) KooKoo vs. (11) Pelicans

28 March	KooKoo		0–1	OT	Pelicans	Lumon arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			12:57 – Johannes Johannesen (1)
Eetu Randelin (21 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Patrik Bartošák (28 shots / 28 saves)

30 March	Pelicans		0–5	KooKoo	Wemasto Areena	Recap
No scoring		First period		1:06 – Joonas Oden (1)
No scoring		Second period		1:06 – Vilmos Galló (1) 10:03 – Marcus Davidsson (1; PPG) 15:29 – Marcus Davidsson (2)
No scoring		Third period		17:01 – Veeti Miettinen (1; ENG)
Patrik Bartošák (34 shots / 30 saves)		Goalie stats		Eetu Randelin (20 shots / 20 saves)

2 April	KooKoo		4–1	Pelicans	Lumon arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Joseph Berger (1) – 13:13		Second period		0:50 – Roni Karvinen (2)
Ville Meskanen (1; PPG) – 5:43 Ville Meskanen (2) – 11:51 Robert Rooba (1; ENG) – 16:38		Third period		No scoring
Eetu Randelin (24 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Patrik Bartošák (21 shots / 18 saves)

4 April	Pelicans		1–5	KooKoo	Wemasto Areena	Recap
No scoring		First period		0:32 – Veeti Miettinen (2)
No scoring		Second period		10:11 – Vilmos Galló (2)
Onni Lind (1) – 8:35		Third period		1:54 – Ossi-Petteri Jaakola (1) 4:30 – Veeti Miettinen (3; PP2) 18:40 – Samuel Valkeejärvi (1; ENG)
Patrik Bartošák (29 shots / 25 saves)		Goalie stats		Eetu Randelin (24 shots / 23 saves)

7 April	KooKoo		4–1	Pelicans	Lumon arena	Recap
Jimi Suomi (1; PPG) – 6:12 Ville Puhakka (1) – 12:10		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Marcus Davidsson (3) – 8:39 Joonas Oden (2; ENG) – 19:12		Third period		5:52 – Niklas Virtanen (2)
Eetu Randelin (20 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats		Patrik Bartošák (29 shots / 26 saves)

KooKoo win series 4–1

(3) SaiPa vs. (8) Ässät

28 March	SaiPa		2–3	4OT	Ässät	Kisapuisto	Recap
Juuso Heikkilä (1) – 12:25		First period			No scoring
Antti Kalapudas (1; PPG) – 10:47		Second period			7:07 – Sakari Kostilainen (3) 15:12 – Valtteri Lipiäinen (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Fourth overtime period			4:23 – Sakari Kostilainen (4)
Tomi Karhunen (45 shots / 42 saves)		Goalie stats			Jan Bednář (65 shots / 63 saves)

31 March	Ässät		2–3	2OT	SaiPa	Isomäki Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Otso Ylitalo (1) – 2:39		Second period			9:04 – Otto Kivenmäki (1)
Feetu Knihti (3) – 16:16		Third period			11:45 – Saku Salminen (1)
No scoring		Second overtime period			15:39 – Karri Aho (1)
Jan Bednář (49 shots / 46 saves)		Goalie stats			Tomi Karhunen (34 shots / 32 saves)

3 April	SaiPa		4–1	Ässät	Kisapuisto	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Santeri Airola (1) – 2:11 Eero Klintrup (1; SHG) – 7:05		Second period		No scoring
Henri Nikkanen (1; PPG) – 3:42 Maxime Fortier (1; DP) – 10:51		Third period		17:20 – Valtteri Lipiäinen (2; PPG)
Tomi Karhunen (23 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats		Jan Bednář (24 shots / 20 saves)

6 April	Ässät		4–2	SaiPa	Isomäki Ice Hall	Recap
Peter Tiivola (1) – 12:40		First period		1:15 – Patrik Siikanen (1) 17:39 – Juuso Heikkilä (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Sakari Kostilainen (5) – 0:58 Arttu Alasiurua (1) – 9:15 Roope Talaja (3) – 14:48		Third period		No scoring
Jan Bednář (26 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Tomi Karhunen (27 5shots / 23 saves)

8 April	SaiPa		1–5	Ässät	Kisapuisto	Recap
No scoring		First period		6:00 – Roope Talaja (4)
Brian Kramer (1) – 7:28		Second period		3:30 – Roope Talaja (5) 9:58 – Peter Tiivola (2) 15:18 – Patrik Juhola (2)
No scoring		Third period		12:11 – Jan-Mikael Järvinen (1)
Tomi Karhunen (20 shots / 16 saves) Kari Piiroinen (6 shots / 5 saves)		Goalie stats		Jan Bednář (25 shots / 24 saves)

11 April	Ässät		1–3	SaiPa	Isomäki Ice Hall	Recap
Roope Talaja (6) – 6:19		First period		2:00 – Santeri Airola (2; PPG)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		18:19 – Otto Kivenmäki (2) 19:26 – Janne Naukkarinen (1; ENG)
Jan Bednář (14 shots / 12 saves)		Goalie stats		Kari Piiroinen (22 shots / 21 saves)

13 April	SaiPa		4–2	Ässät	Kisapuisto	Recap
Brian Kramer (2) – 8:24 Henri Nikkanen (2; PPG) – 9:55 Henri Nikkanen (3; PPG) – 15:10		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		8:24 – Roope Talaja (7)
Henri Nikkanen (4; PPG) – 7:38		Third period		8:37 – Jan-Mikael Järvinen (2)
Kari Piiroinen (22 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats		Jan Bednář (15 shots / 11 saves)

SaiPa win series 4–3

(4) Ilves vs. (7) KalPa

29 March	Ilves		3–1	KalPa	Nokia Arena	Recap
Erik Borg (1) – 9:55 Peter Quenneville (1) – 10:32		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		10:44 – Konsta Kapanen (2)
Matias Mäntykivi (1; ENG) – 18:54		Third period		No scoring
Matas Armalis (21 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats		Talyn Boyko (21 shots / 19 saves)

31 March	KalPa		3–4	OT	Ilves	Kuopio Ice Hall	Recap
Jaakko Rissanen (1; PPG) – 17:35		First period			No scoring
Filip Westerlund (2) – 2:14		Second period			11:13 – Carl Klingberg (1) 15:57 – Matic Török (1; PPG)
Cade Borchardt (1) – 1:51		Third period			9:45 – Jens Lööke (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			2:35 – Simon Johansson (1)
Talyn Boyko (33 shots / 29 saves)		Goalie stats			Matas Armalis (20 shots / 17 saves)

3 April	Ilves		3–4	KalPa	Nokia Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Radek Kucerik (1) – 10:56		Second period		9:32 – Lasse Lappalainen (1) 16:08 – Jaakko Lantta (2)
Jens Lööke (2) – 0:46 Luke Henman (1) – 18:42		Third period		13:57 – Andreas Okany (2; PPG) 18:01 – Jaakko Rissanen (2; ENG
Matas Armalis (23 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats		Talyn Boyko (35 shots / 32 saves) Patrik Kerkola (2 shots / 2 saves)

6 April	KalPa		5–3	Ilves	Kuopio Ice Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Cade Borchardt (2) – 13:45 Cade Borchardt (3; PPG) – 16:15		Second period		18:58 – Jens Lööke (3)
Cade Borchardt (4) – 2:05 Cade Borchardt (5; PS) – 10:05 Konsta Kapanen (3) – 10:22		Third period		14:33 – Jens Lööke (4) 15:14 – Jens Lööke (5)
Talyn Boyko (41 shots / 38 saves)		Goalie stats		Matas Armalis (19 shots / 14 saves)

8 April	Ilves		2–1	OT	KalPa	Nokia Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			3:54 – Teemu Hartikainen (1)
Radek Kučeřík (2) – 19:27		Third period			No scoring
Lukáš Jašek (1; SHG) – 18:54		First overtime period			No scoring
Dominik Pavlát (27 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats			Talyn Boyko (52 shots / 50 saves)

11 April	KalPa		3–4	Ilves	Kuopio Ice Hall	Recap
Joona Saarelainen (2) – 19:19		First period		12:48 – Radek Kučeřík (3)
Andreas Okany (3) – 4:09		Second period		8:44 – Kasper Björkqvist (1) 11:23 – Matias Mäntykivi (2; PPG) 13:25 – Matic Török (1)
Teemu Hartikainen (2; PP2) – 19:57		Third period		No scoring
Talyn Boyko (28 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Dominik Pavlát (29 shots / 26 saves)

Ilves win series 4–2

Semi-finals

(1) Tappara vs. (4) Ilves

16 April	Tappara		2–3	Ilves	Nokia Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		2:17 – Peter Quenneville (2) 2:31 – Samuli Ratinen (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Joni Tuulola (1) – 4:11 Joni Tuulola (2) – 9:01		Third period		1:23 – Jens Lööke (6)
Christian Heljanko (22 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats		Mantas Armalis (26 shots / 24 saves)

19 April	Ilves		6–0	Tappara	Nokia Arena	Recap
Luke Henman (2; PPG) – 17:00		First period		No scoring
Samuli Ratinen (2) – 1:42 Matic Török (2; DP) – 11:23 Samuli Ratinen (3; DP) – 16:18		Second period		No scoring
Simon Johansson (2) – 9:11 Matic Török (3; PPG) – 12:44		Third period		No scoring
Dominik Pavlát (17 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats		Christian Heljanko (36 shots / 30 saves) Juha Metsola (3 shots / 3 saves)

21 April	Tappara		3–2	Ilves	Nokia Arena	Recap
Joachim Blichfeld (3; PPG) – 8:10 Benjamin Rautiainen (1; PPG) – 10:48		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		1:23 – Matic Török (4) 14:34 – Carl Klingberg (2)
Kasper Simontaival (2; PPG) – 15:06		Third period		No scoring
Christian Heljanko (21 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats		Dominik Pavlát (22 shots / 19 saves)

23 April	Ilves		1–5	Tappara	Nokia Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		2:30 – Joachim Blichfeld (4) 8:13 – Kasper Simontaival (3) 17:28 – Aapeli Räsänen (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jens Lööke (7) – 7:41		Third period		2:46 – Joni Tuulola (3) 15:12 – Oiva Keskinen (1; ENG)
Mantas Armalis (26 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats		Christian Heljanko (27 shots / 26 saves)

25 April	Tappara		2–1	OT	Ilves	Nokia Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Henrik Haapala (2) – 8:42		Third period			18:23 – Simon Johansson (3; SHG)
Kristian Tanus (2) – 6:00		First overtime period			No scoring
Christian Heljanko (21 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Dominik Pavlát (24 shots / 22 saves)

27 April	Ilves		3–4	Tappara	Nokia Arena	Recap
Lukáš Jašek (2) – 1:43 Teemu Engberg (1) – 5:02 Luke Henman (3) – 11:26		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		4:49 – Kristian Tanus (3; PPG) 8:03 – Kasper Simontaival (4) 9:55 – Jyrki Jokipakka (1)
No scoring		Third period		3:54 – Daniel Brickley (2)
Dominik Pavlát (20 shots / 16 saves)		Goalie stats		Christian Heljanko (31 shots / 28 saves)

Tappara win series 4–2

(2) KooKoo vs. (3) SaiPa

17 April	KooKoo		4–2	SaiPa	Lumon arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:05 – Otto Kivenmäki (3) 14:52 – Juuso Heikkilä (3)
Veeti Miettinen (4) – 7:35		Second period		No scoring
Veeti Miettinen (5) – 6:25 Miska Siikonen (1) – 9:25 Miska Siikonen (2) – 15:53		Third period		No scoring
Eetu Randelin (17 shots / 15 saves)		Goalie stats		Kari Piiroinen (32 shots / 28 saves)

18 April	SaiPa		3–5	KooKoo	Kisapuisto	Recap
No scoring		First period		5:05 – Jimi Suomi (2) 7:19 – Veeti Miettinen (6)
Santeri Airola (3; PP2) – 6:32		Second period		1:52 – Ville Meskanen (3; PPG) 17:52 – Jimi Suomi (3)
Antti Kalapudas (2) – 4:44 Miikka Salomäki (1) – 17:59		Third period		19:30 – Vilmos Galló (3; ENG)
Tomi Karhunen (15 shots / 11 saves)		Goalie stats		Eetu Randelin (35 shots / 32 saves)

21 April	KooKoo		2–4	SaiPa	Lumon arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		8:24 – Miikka Salomäki (2) 15:41 – Santeri Airola (4) 19:18 – Patrik Siikanen (2; PPG)
Oskari Luoto (1; PPG) – 12:06		Second period		3:00 – Henri Nikkanen (5)
Otto Paajanen (1) – 18:51		Third period		No scoring
Eetu Randelin (13 shots / 10 saves) Juha Jatkola (14 shots / 13 saves)		Goalie stats		Kari Piiroinen (35 shots / 33 saves)

24 April	SaiPa		3–0	KooKoo	Kisapuisto	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
0:29 – Patrik Siikanen (3; PPG) 16:09 – Samu Bau (1)		Second period		No scoring
17:48 – Henri Nikkanen (6; ENG)		Third period		No scoring
Kari Piiroinen (22 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats		Eetu Randelin (23 shots / 21 saves)

25 April	KooKoo		4–0	SaiPa	Lumon arena	Recap
Miska Siikonen (3) – 6:52		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jiri Pärssinen (1; PPG) – 5:08 Ossi-Petteri Jaakola (2) – 13:42 Robert Rooba (2; ENG) – 18:47		Third period		No scoring
Eetu Randelin (27 shots / 27 saves)		Goalie stats		Kari Piiroinen (32 shots / 29 saves)

27 April	SaiPa		2–3	OT	KooKoo	Kisapuisto	Recap
Niklas Appelgren (1) – 5:00		First period			13:52 – Miska Siikonen (4)
Maxime Fortier (2; PPG) – 18:53		Second period			14:29 – Veeti Miettinen (7)
No scoring		Third period			4:56 – Oskari Luoto (2)
Kari Piiroinen (30 shots / 27 saves)		Goalie stats			Eetu Randelin (23 shots / 21 saves)

KooKoo win series 4–2

Bronze medal game

30 April	SaiPa		7–2	Ilves	Kisapuisto	Recap
Emil Kuusla (1) – 1:09		First period		8:57 – Jarkko Parikka (1)
Henri Nikkanen (7) – 11:05 Samu Bau (2) – 14:00 Emil Kuusla (2) – 16:39		Second period		No scoring
Antti Kalapusas (3) – 6:03 Niklas Appelgren (2) – 8:42 Miro Tauslahti (1) – 14:34		Third period		2:12 – Matic Török (5; PPG)
Kari Piiroinen (21 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats		Dominik Pavlat (13 shots / 9 saves) Mantas Armalis (11 shots / 8 saves)

SaiPa win the bronze

Finals

2 May	Tappara		2–4	KooKoo	Nokia Arena	Recap
Justin Addamo (1) – 14:08		First period		14:45 – Vilmos Galló (4; DP)
No scoring		Second period		10:09 – Jimi Suomi (4) 13:29 – Marcus Davidsson (4)
Justin Addamo (2) – 14:40		Third period		18:09 – Otto Paajanen (2; ENG)
Christian Heljanko (32 shots / 29 saves)		Goalie stats		Eetu Randelin (22 shots / 20 saves)

4 May	KooKoo		3–2	Tappara	Lumon arena	Recap
Robert Rooba (3; PPG) – 12:05		First period		No scoring
Veeti Miettinen (8) – 8:15		Second period		2:50 – Kasper Simontaival (5) 17:50 – Kristian Tanus (4; DP)
Ville Meskanen (5) – 6:50		Third period		No scoring
Eetu Randelin (33 shots / 31 saves)		Goalie stats		Christian Heljanko (23 shots / 20 saves)

6 May	Tappara		2–0	KooKoo	Nokia Arena	Recap
Oiva Keskinen (2; DP) – 16:08		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jyrki Jokipakka (2; ENG) – 17:23		Third period		No scoring
Christian Heljanko (26 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats		Eetu Randelin (12 shots / 11 saves)

8 May	KooKoo		2–3	4OT	Tappara	Lumon arena	Recap
Manu Mäkelä (1) – 16:31		First period			8:08 – Joni Tuulola (4) 13:13 – Joachim Blichfeld (5)
Joonas Oden (3; DP)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Fourth overtime period			9:54 – Oiva Keskinen (3)
Eetu Randelin (52 shots / 49 saves)		Goalie stats			Christian Heljanko (59 shots / 57 saves)

9 May	Tappara		1–2	KooKoo	Nokia Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Joachim Blichfeld (6; PPG) – 2:14		Second period		11:01 – Kim Nousiainen (1) 14:24 – Miska Siikonen (4)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Christian Heljanko (26 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Eetu Randelin (31 shots / 30 saves)

11 May	KooKoo		1–2	Tappara	Lumon arena	Recap
Ville Puhakka (2) – 15:35		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		2:50 – Joachim Blichfeld (7) 11:25 – Aapeli Räsänen (2)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Eetu Randelin (13 shots / 11 saves)		Goalie stats		Christian Heljanko (32 shots / 31 saves)

13 May	Tappara		2–1	KooKoo	Nokia Arena	Recap
Ondřej Pavel (1) – 3:54 Joachim Blichfeld (8) – 18:31		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		18:33 – Miska Siikonen (5; PP2)
		Third period
Christian Heljanko (25 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Eetu Randelin (31 shots / 29 saves)

Tappara win series 4–3

Final rankings

	Tappara
	KooKoo
	SaiPa
4	Ilves
5	KalPa
6	Ässät
7	Pelicans
8	HPK
9	Lukko
10	JYP
11	Kiekko-Espoo
12	HIFK
13	TPS
14	Kärpät
15	Jukurit
16	Sport

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[table_note_res_CHL0.070135119403775-20] SaiPa qualified regardless of the identity of the play-off winners is yet to be decided, as both play-offs finalist, Tappara and KooKoo, have already qualified via regular season rankings.

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