HIFK Helsinki took a 2-1 decision in Tampere, erasing a one-goal deficit after 40 minutes and finishing it in regulation. Ilves owned the only goal through two periods; HIFK owned the third.
Ilves scored the lone goal of the opening period to lead 1-0, and a scoreless middle frame left that margin intact after 40 minutes. The third period turned it: HIFK got the equalizer to make it 1-1 and added the go-ahead goal to close out the 2-1 final without needing overtime.
The number that matters is the period-by-period split — 1-0 Ilves through two, 0-2 HIFK in the third. Ilves went 40 minutes without adding to a lead they had held since the first, and that cushion was too thin once the visitors found the net.