Ilves stay top after goal-fest against Kiekko as TPS hand JYP back-to-back losses

[p]Since losing their second match of the season, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves-tampere/Oh5uGzDT/"]Ilves[/a] have won seven in a row and the last five of those have all come inside 60 minutes, after [b]the leaders won [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/ilves-Oh5uGzDT/kiekko-espoo-IVYOkYeB/?mid=A5FxTvh4"]6-4[/a] at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kiekko-espoo/IVYOkYeB/"]Kiekko-Espoo[/a][/b], who drop to eighth following successive losses.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/looke-jens/vPV6ILAs/"]Jens Looke[/a] was key for the home side in the first two periods as he gave Ilves an early lead and then equalised at 2-2 after a shorthanded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sallinen-jere/4Um77PfT/"]Jere Sallinen[/a] goal and one from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salovaara-eeli/lf4tK2ea/"]Eeli Salovaara[/a] had turned the match around. [b]Ilves then exploded into life early in the third as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henman-luke/ADRnATR0/"]Luke Henman[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/strand-austin/GOueLb40/"]Austin Strand[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jasek-lukas/0OkXrem5/"]Lukas Jasek[/a] scored three in seven minutes[/b] to put the Tampere side 5-2 up.[/p][p]But KE weren't done there, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/from-mathias/vZl33xNa/"]Mathias From[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/corcoran-connor/KSOMwMNu/"]Connor Corcoran[/a] pulled the gap back to one, only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/borg-erik/Odajpn3B/"]Erik Borg[/a] to finally seal the points for Ilves with an empty-netter in the dying seconds.[/p][embed guid="81623ba4-1d14-4ae2-bdab-ceab5f42746a" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Loq6LgJYQU" social-type="youtube" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jyp-jyvaskyla/YVjXBEzi/"]JYP[/a]'s perfect start was ended by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hameenlinna/zV5a4drH/"]Hameenlinna[/a] last time out, and they failed to bounce back this evening by [b]going down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/jyp-YVjXBEzi/tps-turku-Wd5rVrgM/?mid=82dQwd6M"]4-1[/a] to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tps-turku/Wd5rVrgM/"]TPS Turku[/a][/b] - a result that saw the visitors drop to fourth, while TPS are up to ninth having ended a two-game losing streak of their own.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vidgren-aaro/j7cNGauf/"]Aaro Vidgren[/a]'s sixth-minute goal would have had JYP believing again, and their joy lasted until the final five minutes of period two, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/savinainen-veli-matti/rPdgInC0/"]Veli-Matti Savinainen[/a] levelled for the hosts. That goal acted as a catalyst for TPS, and particularly for[b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haudum-lukas/GQUf2639/"]Lukas Haudum[/a], who scored a 10-minute hat-trick to take the points in style for the Turku side.[/b][/p][embed guid="dcb28d58-903b-4d46-9bf2-6d276a498a5a" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2106437323735138805" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jukurit/vmuCbWr3/"]Jukurit[/a]'s winning run was halted by Ilves in their previous outing, and [b]they returned to form with a hard-fought [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/jukurit-vmuCbWr3/kalpa-tMuMK6vi/?mid=IVIpRIMG"]2-1[/a] win in overtime against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kalpa-kuopio/tMuMK6vi/"]KalPa[/a][/b]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vilen-elias/hOcCdQ8S/"]Elias Vilen[/a] put the Kuopio side ahead before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/frilander-jiro/pIktS8Us/"]Jiro Frilander[/a] levelled, then [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hayhurst-jacob/rNbWGsIa/"]Jacob Hayhurst[/a] won it in the fourth minute of OT[/b] to keep Jukurit second - a point behind Ilves - while KalPa continue to follow every win up with a loss this season.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/saipa/Q9sYH4O9/"]SaiPa[/a] took advantage of JYP's loss by going third, doing so [b]thanks to a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/jokerit-fuhTCfLp/saipa-Q9sYH4O9/?mid=SOfAsv7c"]3-2[/a] win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jokerit/fuhTCfLp/"]Jokerit[/a][/b], who slip back to 16th. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/forslund-alexander/tSAJ0vne/"]Alexander Forslund[/a] had the visitors ahead after one, but [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/naukkarinen-janne/l2t1dTkd/"]Janne Naukkarinen[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/palmu-petrus/fi8PSdv6/"]Petrus Palmu[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/intonen-aarne/W03w0sKM/"]Aarne Intonen[/a] gave SaiPa a clear lead[/b] which made [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pulli-valtteri/42k7I4ok/"]Valtteri Pulli[/a]'s goal a mere late consolation.[/p][embed guid="52803d1c-8b1e-499f-976b-24a9eddea5ab" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4KziQNLByM" social-type="youtube" /][p]Dropping out of the top four as quickly as they got there were[b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lukko-rauman/hdqQJQgc/"]Lukko[/a], whose [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/assat-I9wm5xTA/lukko-hdqQJQgc/?mid=MR7OJzFj"]5-2[/a] home defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/assat-pori/I9wm5xTA/"]Assat[/a] in their local derby[/b] ended their five-match winning run and the Pori side's three-game losing streak. Goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjorkqvist-kasper/QcJ1dum9/"]Kasper Bjorkqvist[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pinard-simon/0vdevRlb/"]Simon Pinard[/a] either side of the 20-minute mark put Assat in control before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ikonen-henri/vRScFPFL/"]Henri Ikonen[/a] halved the deficit.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/riihinen-petteri/juTIKy7a/"]Petteri Riihinen[/a]'s restoration of the two-goal cushion was short-lived, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ruohomaa-mikael/r5QZsdpQ/"]Mikael Ruohomaa[/a] made it 3-2 at the end of two, but [b]period three belonged to the Aces, as Pinard slotted his second before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maatta-rami/2kB0vbFe/"]Rami Maatta[/a] found the empty net[/b] to seal the points and take Assat fifth, one place and point above Lukko.[/p][embed guid="8091861d-63d6-4b1f-b100-9de4c6034c49" url="https://x.com/smliiga/status/2106392311504699444" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pelicans-lahti/nJrUIp93/"]Pelicans[/a] have gone 10th thanks to three goals in both the first and third period which saw them beat winless [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kookoo/ljjApDE3/"]KooKoo[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/kookoo-ljjApDE3/pelicans-nJrUIp93/?mid=QeMhPdiT"]6-3[/a], with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dudas-aidan/QiUx6oOP/"]Aidan Dudas[/a] scoring two and assisting one.[b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/karpat-oulu/fPJxL2x2/"]Karpat[/a] failed to crack the top four as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paivarinta-sami/ATSwOrgO/"]Sami Paivarinta[/a] scored an overtime winner in Hameenlinna's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/hameenlinna-zV5a4drH/karpat-fPJxL2x2/?mid=KrLxjVK5"]2-1[/a] victory.[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ifk-helsinki/Ige43GcN/"]IFK Helsinki[/a] were 2-1 down in the final minute away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vaasan-sport/Qqy8aCTd/"]Vaasan Sport[/a], only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/makiaho-daniel/GUAU6y0m/"]Daniel Makiaho[/a] to equalise and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leschyshyn-jake/nXPossdb/"]Jake Leschyshyn[/a] to win it, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/ifk-helsinki-Ige43GcN/vaasan-sport-Qqy8aCTd/?mid=zkbIuIyA"]3-2[/a], in overtime, taking HIFK to within one point of Sport on the other side of the survival line.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/finland/liiga/"]Review the lastest Liiga stats and standings on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]