Kärpät is continuing the streak of league jumbo SaiPa.
Ville Koivunen is feasting on power points. Tomi Natri / AOP
The people of Oulu had a crushing 8-0 lead in Lappeenranta after two sets.
With a high probability, the upcoming loss would be SaiPa’s sixth in a row. The team clearly hasn’t had time to recover from Wednesday’s 0–5 loss away to Ilves.
Kärpät immediately took a three-goal lead in the opening set. Marko Anttilan took the pace after the opening goal Ville Koivunenwhose two handsome individual performances on either side of the middle of the set practically already decided the match.
The 19-year-old savant completed his hat-trick in the second set with an old-fashioned one, and in total he has already collected 3+1 points.
Carl Jakobsson has scored two goals.
Kärpät is overtaking KalPa and getting back into the top six.
In the HIFK–KooKoo match in Helsinki, the numbers were 1–1 after two sets.
The first goals were seen after the middle of the opening set. Defender Kalle Loponen took away the blanks and put the guests in the lead with superior strength, but Alexander Kaskimäki hit a quick equalizer.
Iltalehti follows the progress of the matches in this story.