Jukurit go top of the Liiga as JYP stay perfect this season with win at KooKoo

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jukurit/vmuCbWr3/"]Jukurit[/a] have played more times than any other side so far, but they also have the most wins after beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ifk-helsinki/Ige43GcN/"]IFK Helsinki[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/ifk-helsinki-Ige43GcN/jukurit-vmuCbWr3/?mid=zJZe4tcD"]7-4[/a] in the Finnish capital. That took them into double figures and onto 12 points for the campaign, while HIFK sit in 14th having lost three in a row since winning their opener against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hameenlinna/zV5a4drH/"]Hameenlinna[/a].[/p][p]The lead changed hands three times over a level first 40 minutes which ended with the visitors' [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hayhurst-jacob/rNbWGsIa/"]Jacob Hayhurst[/a] making it 3-3 on a powerplay, but the final period could not have been more one-sided, [b]as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/korkola-niko/lpyQZHxc/"]Niko Korkola[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chrons-aaro/6PZ5rqvO/"]Aaro Chrons[/a] took the Jukurit unanswered goals to three[/b], and though [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/liukas-eetu/67ROSv6K/"]Eetu Liukas[/a] made it a one-goal game again with over 10 minutes to play, [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olofsson-jesper/URwMyiUG/"]Jesper Olofsson[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/horvath-bence/tGyY8vhJ/"]Bence Horvath[/a] closed out the victory[/b] for the Mikkeli men, who sit three points clear at the top.[/p][embed guid="478217fc-20c1-4e28-b202-4e699da49630" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2100264998362616187" social-type="twitter" /][p]Jukurit may be top, but [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jyp-jyvaskyla/YVjXBEzi/"]JYP[/a] are the only team still on maximum points[/b] after they recorded their third three-point victory in three matches with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/jyp-YVjXBEzi/kookoo-ljjApDE3/?mid=n7tsSqkK"]5-3[/a] win at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kookoo/ljjApDE3/"]KooKoo[/a], who are bottom of the pile with zero points from three matches thus far.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arola-juuso/YDXRaIRk/"]Juuso Arola[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pesonen-harri/f1o0iVHc/"]Harri Pesonen[/a] had the visitors 2-0 up at the end of the first period[/b] and though KooKoo cut the gap to one goal at three times in the match, they never managed to get on level terms before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torgersson-daniel/Kf7ANzU2/"]Daniel Torgersson[/a]'s empty-net strike finally settled the tie.[/p][embed guid="475185af-09d4-4b4c-9eb6-62259e5f9c5c" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2100251838175957190" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves-tampere/Oh5uGzDT/"]Ilves[/a] have made it two wins in a row and three from four this season as they edged [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/karpat-oulu/fPJxL2x2/"]Karpat[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/ilves-Oh5uGzDT/karpat-fPJxL2x2/?mid=rwSCMNCs"]4-3[/a] after overtime on the road, handing the Oulu side a second defeat in a row following their win to start their campaign.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haatanen-aleks/AXLZKyhK/"]Aleks Haatanen[/a] opened the scoring for Ilves but two from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okany-andreas/6sI4NOC4/"]Andreas Okany[/a] - including one shorthanded and one to go 3-2 ahead with less than three minutes to play - looked to have been enough for the home side, [b]only for Haatanen to score his second in the 59th minute, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jasek-lukas/0OkXrem5/"]Lukas Jasek[/a] to secure the two points for the Tampere side in the first minute of overtime.[/b][/p][embed guid="cdde3906-093b-4174-b68a-4053aadb868f" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2100292130644066698" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/finland/liiga/"]Follow the new Liiga season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]