Urho Suolahti won 3-2 at LeKi Hockey in regulation, and the margin traced back to a two-goal first period the visitors never fully surrendered. The hosts eventually found their offense, but only after the game had already been framed against them.
Suolahti scored twice in the opening period for a 0-2 lead, then the middle 20 passed without a goal by either side, leaving the scoreline untouched at 0-2 after two. The third was the only period LeKi won on the scoresheet, 2-1, but the visitors' goal in that frame was the one that held up for the 2-3 final.
The decisive number is the scoreless second period: 20 minutes in which LeKi failed to cut into the deficit, and a scoreless frame that left them needing three goals in the third instead of two. They got two.