HIFK Helsinki took a 2-1 decision at Jukurit, settled in regulation. The visitors did their damage in the middle period and then held on after the hosts pushed back in the third.
Scoreless through 20 minutes, with neither side able to convert sustained zone time. HIFK broke through in the second for a 1-0 lead after two periods, and Jukurit answered in the third to level it at 1-1 before the visitors found the winner.
The decisive margin was a single goal, and the second period was where the game turned — the only frame either side won outright on the way to the final 2-1.