Lukko took this one 3-1 in regulation at KalPa, and the work was done early. Three unanswered goals across the first two periods left the hosts chasing a game they never got back.
Lukko opened the scoring in the first and carried a 1-0 lead to the break. Two more in the middle frame pushed it to 3-0 after forty minutes — the turning point, and effectively the game. KalPa found the only goal of the third to make it 3-1, too late to matter.
The number that tells it: 0-3 through two periods. KalPa won the third 1-0 on the scoreboard, but a two-period shutout from the visitors decided the night in regulation.