HPK Hämeenlinna won 9-2 at Lahti in regulation, a result built on scoring in every period and a middle frame that removed any doubt. The visitors put up four goals in the second and three more in the third.
Lahti stayed within range early, trailing 1-2 after twenty minutes. The second period was the turn: HPK's 4-1 edge in the frame pushed the score to 6-2, and the third added three unanswered for the 9-2 final.
The number that frames it is nine: HPK scored in all three periods and outscored the Pelicans in each, including 3-0 down the stretch. Lahti's only production came in the first two periods, one goal apiece.