The hockey round will follow the events of the SM League final in Arena starting at 4:30 pm.
Match pairs: Jukurit-Tappara, JYP-Sport, KalPa-Ilves, Kärpät-HIFK, Lukko-HPK, Pelicans-TPS, SaiPa-Kokoo and Aces-Kiekko-Espoo.
KooKoo is the sixth, Tappara ninth, HPK tenth and Jukurit Series Jumbo-that’s the only sure thing in the hockey league before Saturday’s final round. Otherwise, there is still all the game table in the game.
Here you will find all the scenarios and Sports Expert Topi Nättinen estimates.
Regular season victory: Ilves or Lock?
The regular season victory has a lynx, but the lock is only two points away.
The lynx meets KalPan, who is one of the toughest teams of the rest of the season and fights the straight quarter. The lock plays against HPK at home. HPK has no bet in the game.
If the lynx wins KalPa or Lock loses to HPK, Ilves wins the regular season.
The lock must overcome HPK in regular time. A two -point victory is not enough even if the lynx disappears.
If Lukko wins its own game in the regular game time, Ilves must win.
Topi Nättinen’s prediction:
– KalPa has a tough contribution against Ilves and Niirala’s Monttu is a difficult place to play. “Lynx -like” Ilves’ regular season victory slips out of his hands at the last minute.
Straight semi -finals: SaiPa at a loss of four?
The top four teams in the SM League regular season will be able to find out directly to the quarterfinals. There are two more seats in the final round, which are solved between KalPa, HIFK and SaiPa.
The situation between KalPa and HIFK is simple: a three -point victory is sufficient directly to the quarter -finals. SaiPa has teams behind the point.
SaiPa’s situation is not hopeless: if it ends up with either KalPa or HIFK, it will rise to the top four with three -point winnings.
So SaiPa may have up to one point for a home match against KooKoo if KalPa or HIFK is left without points.
If KalPa and HIFK end up at a level, KalPa is sure to be ahead of HIFK.
Topi Nättinen’s prediction:
– KalPa and SaiPa get to the top four. Lappeenranta people now have a spirit and KooKoo has no bet in the game. HIFK loses points for Kärp. Petri Matikainen Take Oulu people forcibly for the playoffs.
Which one encounters Tappara, Kiekko-Espoo or Aces?
The least bet is in the middle box. Still, the encounter between Ace and Kiekko-Espoo is delicious: a better-ranked team avoids Tappara in the opening round of the playoffs.
Sure, the Tampere residents have played poorly lately, but the potential of the reigning master is, at least for the player material, somewhere other than in these places.
The seventh place will face HPK in the opening round, and the eighth who remains will face Tappara.
Aces will secure seventh place if it does not lose to Espoo in the regular game time. At the points, that is, at a loss, for example in overtime, the aces remain ahead of the puck-Espoo.
Topi Nättinen’s prediction:
– Neither wants to face Tappara. Thanks to the rest and home, Aces dodge the reigning champion. Especially when there is one point for the Pori people.
Pelicans even for the playoffs, TPS Playout Series?
The last round has the last two playoffs in the game. If Sport and Kärpät, who are currently in these positions, win their decision games at the actual game time, other results do not matter.
But TPS, JYP and even Pelicans can still rise to the playoffs. On the other hand, the same clubs may also be in the Playout series against Jukurs.
The Pelicans situation is simple: winning TPS, it will surely go away from the Turks in second place. This would avoid the Lahti residents at the last moment of entering the Playout series. The victory can open up access to the playoffs if the Flyers lose their match in the actual game time and JYP loses to Sport.
The Pelicans can also push the JYP Playout Series with a two-point win from TPS if JYP is left out. JYP’s situation is difficult: even a three -point victory does not bring it to the playoffs if both TPS and Flies do not lose their matches.
Flies, TPS and JYP may end up in a level after the final round. In these cases, JYP can only take precedence over the Flyers if JYP has won the Sport in regular time and the Fly and TPS have taken two points. In all other teams between these teams, there are flies to the playoffs.
Sport’s situation is the best because one point ensures a playoff spot. Sport can only drop from the playoffs if it disappears in the actual playing time and the Fly and TPS will win a three -point win. The teams would then be in a level and Sport would lose this comparison.
TPS will get to the playoffs if it wins the Pelicans in regular time and at the same time the Flyers will lose their own game or if Sport disappears in the actual game time.
If TPS wins the Pelicans, you also need to win HIFK. Otherwise, the Oulu people are out of the playoffs.
Topi Nättinen’s prediction:
– Flies and Sport get into the playoffs. The sport only has to arrive because all other matches are so crossed. The Flyers take a victory at HIFK at home and stick to their last chance.
– TPS drops to play. The rested JYP wins Sport at home and Pelicans is enough for a victory over Turku people. The Lahti people who have gripped the straw in Tampere have a spirit on the home crowd. TPS tendon cannot last.
Does Atro Leppänen win the point exchange?
The final round will also solve the victory of the SM League points exchange. Currently, the victory is historically stuck with a defender when the Sportin Atro at Leppänen There are 20+42 = 62. Fly Michal Kovarcik He is at a level, but he has fewer goals made.
In addition, Kovarcik was not in the Fly Composition on Friday. From Leppänen’s closest challengers Simon Hjalmarsson, Jori Lehterä and kalpan Patrick Curry They would need four points more than Leppa.
The defender has never won the SM League points market.
Topi Nättinen’s prediction:
– In the final round, there are no points and Leppänen remains at the forefront. Only curry has more goals than Sport’s star. Kovarcik is hardly in the rink against HIFK.