In the final round of the Finnish Ice Hockey League, the victory of the regular season and the last playoff team are still to be decided.
The regular season in the regular season of the Finnish Ice Hockey League culminates in seven rounds. There’s still plenty to play from winning the regular season to settling for the last playoff spot.
Tonight’s matches (18:30):
Jukurit – Lock
KalPa – JYP
Flies – Tappara
Pelicans – HPK
SaiPa-TPS
Sport – Ilves
Tappara – Aces
Regular season win
– Poleaxe win the regular season if it wins Aces.
– Lynx win the regular season if it takes two points more than Tappara.
– Jukurit wins the regular season if it wins Luko in regular time, Tappara will be left with points and Ilves will receive a maximum of two points.
Last home benefit
In any case, HIFK and TPS will face in the quarterfinals, but the fate of the home advantage will be decided in the final round of the match between SaiPan and TPS. HIFK is no longer playing in the regular season.
– TPS gets a home advantage if it wins SaiPan.
– HIFK holds its fourth place and home advantage if TPS loses to SaiPa.
Ranking 6th-11th in the regular season
The final playoff place will be decided between Pelicans and KalPa. KalPa can only rise to tenth, but Pelicans can climb to eighth at best. Four teams still have a chance to place in the semi-finals instead of sixth.
– HPK (possible places 6-9) will remain in sixth and straight place in the playoffs if it wins the Pelicans in regular time.
– KooKoo (6-9) rises to sixth if it defeats the Flies and gets more points than HPK Pelicans. The flies will stay behind KooKoo if the people of Kouvola get a point. Instead, the lock can rise to the top if it gets two more points in size.
– Lock (6th-10th) rises to sixth if it beats Jukuri by three points, KooKoo gets two points less and HPK loses to Pelicans in regular time.
– Flies (6th-10th) will rise to sixth if it wins KooKoo in regular time, HPK will not get a point from Pelicans and Lukko will get less points.
– Pelicans (8-11) secures its playoff if it takes a single point from HPK. The playoffs will also be confirmed if the match between KalPa and JYP goes on to extra time. Pelicans can rise to eighth with a three-point win if Lukko doesn’t get a single point from the Jukuri and the Flies lose to KooKoo.
– Sword (10th-11th) go to the playoffs in tenth if it wins the JYP and the Pelicans do not get a point from HPK. Otherwise, KalPa will be left out of the playoffs.