Karpat beat Kiekko-Espoo in 15-goal extravaganza as leaders Ilves beaten in Vaasa

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karpati-levente/nRffZdwt/"]Karpat[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/karpat-fPJxL2x2/kiekko-espoo-IVYOkYeB/?mid=Wh53WDbd"]8-7[/a] win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kiekko-espoo/IVYOkYeB/"]Kiekko-Espoo[/a] is not only the highest-scoring match of the season by far but saw the home side go fifth having bounced back from a rare loss last time out, while eighth-placed KE have to make do with a first point in three matches despite a storming comeback.[/p][p]The hosts looked to be cruising to victory when they were [b]3-0 up inside 17 minutes through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tikka-tommi/Wj8cXz3o/"]Tommi Tikka[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rissanen-rasmus/pfhRpBqD/"]Rasmus Rissanen[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okany-andreas/6sI4NOC4/"]Andreas Okany[/a][/b] when shorthanded, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/from-mathias/vZl33xNa/"]Mathias From[/a] ensured the visitors would have something to show for their efforts.[/p][p]The second period was almost a carbon copy of the first, as From again scored for Kiekko, but that bisected [b]two [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matinmikko-aleksi/j7cwkcxi/"]Aleksi Matinmikko[/a] strikes[/b], then Rissanen became the third player that period to complete a brace to make it 6-2 to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/karpat-oulu/fPJxL2x2/"]Karpat[/a].[/p][embed guid="397437c7-0d51-4b7c-8f20-19445fb77dbc" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2107889820425126131" social-type="twitter" /][p]But the away side looked a different side in the third, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lajunen-ville/KU9WHxSP/"]Ville Lajunen[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/svejkovsky-lukas/Mq3p6sE4/"]Lukas Svejkovsky[/a] got them back in the match before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/king-carter/xdOjnqef/"]Carter King[/a] made it a one-goal game with 10 minutes left, and with three minutes to go,[b] Lajunen scored his second to tie the match at 6-6.[/b][/p][p]All Kiekko-Espoo's hard work looked to have come undone with 58:20 on the clock when [b]Okany struck again to put Karpat back in front, only for Svejkovsky to score once more with a minute left[/b] to send the game to overtime.[/p][p]Again, KE couldn't find the go-ahead goal after levelling, and with 04:38 played in the extra period, [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tichacek-jiri/GfG3SPxI/"]Jiri Tichacek[/a] buried the 15th and final goal[/b] of the game to win it for Karpat. Svejkovsky and Lajunen let the match with four points each, while Matinmikko was Karpat's top scorer with three points.[/p][embed guid="4ea0bf8a-af81-4acd-a7a3-c2901263e1c4" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2107899129850732645" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves-tampere/Oh5uGzDT/"]Ilves[/a]' seven-game winning run came to a halt as they were beaten [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/ilves-Oh5uGzDT/vaasan-sport-Qqy8aCTd/?mid=WCecheLF"]2-1[/a] by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vaasan-sport/Qqy8aCTd/"]Vaasan Sport[/a][/b], who move four points clear of the bottom three by ending a four-match losing run. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harrison-brett/EchIdVO3/"]Brett Harrison[/a] scored twice in the first 13 minutes, and though [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/borg-erik/Odajpn3B/"]Erik Borg[/a] pulled one back in the 16th, Ilves were unable to find another goal despite more than two period to find one.[/p][p]The Tampere side remain a point clear in first place as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jukurit/vmuCbWr3/"]Jukurit[/a] fell to a second defeat in three, going down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/assat-I9wm5xTA/jukurit-vmuCbWr3/?mid=OnhkfHj3"]1-0[/a] to an [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/assat-pori/I9wm5xTA/"]Assat[/a][/b] side who are back up to third following successive wins. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hillis-cameron/tYFp2qP5/"]Cameron Hillis[/a] scored the only goal just past the midway point in the match, as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/taponen-roope/KpGm6d2g/"]Roope Taponen[/a] made 26 saves[/b] for the Pori side.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/finland/liiga/"]Follow the Liiga season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]