Jokerit beat Pelicans for first win back in Liiga as Tappara shut out Karpat

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jokerit/fuhTCfLp/"]Jokerit[/a] followed an overtime loss on opening night with four successive losses inside 60 minutes, including a couple of heavy defeats, but they ended that difficult start in style with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/jokerit-fuhTCfLp/pelicans-nJrUIp93/?mid=UXMEoVoA"]3-0[/a] win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pelicans-lahti/nJrUIp93/"]Pelicans[/a], who have now lost four on the bounce and dropped to eighth having begun the season with three wins in a row.[/p][p]Powerplay goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/forslund-alexander/tSAJ0vne/"]Alexander Forslund[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/virta-patrik/rLCAvC8E/"]Patrik Virta[/a] had the Helsinki side 2-0 up in just over 15 minutes, before Forslund added his second - also with an extra man - in the second period. [b]Forslund and assist-supplier [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/curry-patrick/dv80108m/"]Patrick Curry[/a] scored three points each, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karhunen-tomi/dfRkDiBK/"]Tomi Karhunen[/a] made 20 saves[/b] to earn his shutout, 10 of which came in the final period.[/p][embed guid="08c10989-09ba-41da-b1d6-f1944e6894aa" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2102424066028167237" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heljanko-christian/46cyipOI/"]Christian Heljanko[/a] kept his first shutout of the season in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tappara/llrWVOwG/"]Tappara[/a]'s thrashing of none other than Jokerit in both side's previous match, and [b]the champions' goaltender was at it again with 22 saves in his side's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/karpat-fPJxL2x2/tappara-llrWVOwG/?mid=xbQMq9GM"]4-0[/a] win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/karpat-oulu/fPJxL2x2/"]Karpat[/a][/b], who have lost three of their last four and sit in 12th place.[/p][p]Tappara are up to sixth having won three of their first five domestic outings, and the points were secured by goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rasanen-aapeli/AVC7CGcF/"]Aapeli Rasanen[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/almari-niclas/thbU8KPl/"]Niclas Almari[/a] in the opening period before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pavel-ondrej/xv8ZkadB/"]Ondrej Pavel[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/blichfeld-joachim/zD6cncwU/"]Joachim Blichfeld[/a] completed the rout.[/p][embed guid="2a6d08f0-2c7b-4aa8-b4b0-043c3e1ba1a5" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2102442077246071102" social-type="twitter" /][p]Following an overtime win in their previous match, [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lukko-rauman/hdqQJQgc/"]Lukko[/a] have made it two wins in a row with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/hameenlinna-zV5a4drH/lukko-hdqQJQgc/?mid=dKO6miHc"]3-1[/a] success at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hameenlinna/zV5a4drH/"]Hameenlinna[/a][/b], who were unable to build on victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tps-turku/Wd5rVrgM/"]TPS Turku[/a] last time out. HPK sit 14th and Lukko 9th, but with just two points separating the sides.[/p][p]After a goalless opener, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/liedes-heikki/6svQY8eF/"]Heikki Liedes[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beaucage-alex/KAed5cE0/"]Alex Beaucage[/a] had the Rauma side 2-0 up in the second, and though [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-jong-ethan/hxkQu9xl/"]Ethan de Jong[/a] closed the deficit soon after, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haapanen-topias/EodzHDXB/"]Topias Haapanen[/a] sealed the win with an empty-net goal with just over a minute to play.[/p][embed guid="f2d30914-3bf4-4fd9-a007-d34e1daf5c16" url="https://x.com/TeamRaumanLukko/status/2102441744268767647" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/finland/liiga/"]Follow the 2026/27 Liiga season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]