Finland and Sweden met in the last and decisive match of the Karjala Cup. The old rivals approached the face—to-face meeting without losing points, so the tournament situation was as simple as possible - whoever wins the "northern" confrontation wins the first stage of the Euro Tour this season. At the start of the second period, the captain of the Finnish national team, Marko Anttila, threw powerfully into touch on the move, but Lars Johansson managed to move and deflected a dangerous throw. For most of the period, the Finns outperformed the opponent in puck control, speed and number of shots to the side (not on target, there was just equality) - but time after time Johansson turned out to be stronger than the Finnish snipers. At the 15th minute, the Finnish superiority ended — the team was let down by another Jokerit player, Iiro Pakarinen, who received a small penalty. The Swedes have implemented this majority as well. A little chaos on Olkinuora's nickel led to Jesper Olofson's puck. The Finns rushed to escape — and in the next couple of minutes created two one-on-one exits. In the first case, Harry Pesonen was not allowed to throw by the defenders of the Swedish national team, and in the second, Tony Rayala could not do anything with the goalkeeper. As cool as the goalkeeper of SKA and the Swedish national team acted, the Swedes played just as powerfully in the majority. Another removal from the Finns — and five seconds later "Tre Kurnur" again celebrate the goal. This time the captain of the Swedish team Henrik Temmernes distinguished himself. The Finns had to triple their efforts in the third period. In the first five minutes of the decisive segment, and this brought them the desired result. Heikki Liedes scored the first goal for the main Finnish national team. However, this puck was the only consolation for the hosts of the tournament — the remaining 29 shots were reflected by Johansson. 3:1 in favor of the Swedes, "Tre Kurnur" won the Karjala Cup for the first time since 2015.