Hockey: Kalpa moves within one winter of Liiga playoff title by beating Saip 2-0 in the game four
Kalpa will have three occasions to get one victory to become the champions of Finnish for the first time, after they have recorded a victory with the abolition away from home in the game four finals Liiga 2-0 to open a lead by 3-1.
After he was stale five times in the opening of 20 minutes and ramping to victory 8-1 at home in the game three, Kalpa have gone to offensive again but this time he found Sauna The defense is much harder to break.
Kari Piiroinen has been drawn early in the previous match but last night made six savings in the first period including key stops when Saipa was a man after high name Otto Kivenmaki.
But the Defense home eventually left in the seventh moment of the second period, and they were unable to survive the second Kalpa PowerPlay after Samuli Niinisaari was sent in a posture box.
Visitors worked on the puck around the attack zone, before Jesper Mattila found Kasper SimontaivalWho asked to choose a passage, but when nothing is on, the smallest gap between PIiroinen and the upper corner of the goal was chosen.
Approaching the last five minutes of another, Kalpa soaked the pressure of Saip and broke out of their defense zone, finding Andreas Okinyy on the left wing.
Okiny crossed inside in Simontaival, who was on his hand to be able to next to the goalkeeper and finished a well-treated counter attack.
Kalpa had a back on the wall over the third period, facing wave towards the wave of Saip attack while the hosts took a total of 15 shots in the two kalpa.
But the side of Lappeenrant could not find the way through the goalkeeper Stefanos Lekkaswho made nine of their 16 total savings in the third period only Win 2-0.
The Pina drop in Lappeenrannan Jaahalli could be heard when the final horn – the domestic audience knew everything too well, their side must run away twice, and once at home that just made them.
Kalpa was not in the mood to celebrate early; Their first chance to win and start entertainment tomorrow will come to Kuopio.