Pelicans hold off Vaasan Sport comeback as KalPa shutout Jukurit in Liiga

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vaasan-sport/Qqy8aCTd/"]Vaasan Sport[/a] lost their final 20 matches of last season en route to finishing rock bottom, but created headlines on opening night on 1st September by winning 5-4 after penalties against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jokerit/fuhTCfLp/"]Jokerit[/a], who returned to the Finnish top flight.[/p][p]Away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pelicans-lahti/nJrUIp93/"]Pelicans[/a], their troubles looked to be returning when they [b]found themselves 4-0 down in 16 minutes, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/myklukha-oleksii/6TWLQRHU/"]Oleksii Myklukha[/a] grabbed two[/b] for the Lahti side. But with two from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heikkinen-lari/S0fZdsIq/"]Lari Heikkinen[/a] and one from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ostman-kalle/d4fJY9Js/"]Kalle Ostman[/a], [b]Sport dominated the second period, and only a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/grainger-luke/jq0mmDYE/"]Luke Grainger[/a] goal disallowed following a review denied them completing the comeback[/b] before the 40-minute mark.[/p][p]In the third period, Pelicans managed to stop the rot, but only made sure of victory in the final minute with a pair of empty-net goals to make the final score [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/pelicans-nJrUIp93/vaasan-sport-Qqy8aCTd/?mid=W4q0jaWo"]6-3[/a].[/p][embed guid="61c8448a-7373-4a16-b3e6-62ec7e6507b8" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQnnU0CzoU" social-type="youtube" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kiekko-espoo/IVYOkYeB/"]Kiekko[/a]-Espoo cruised to a 5-1 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kalpa-kuopio/tMuMK6vi/"]KalPa[/a] on opening night, but the Kuopio side showed they had put that defeat behind them quickly by winning [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/jukurit-vmuCbWr3/kalpa-tMuMK6vi/?mid=EPMhnmKU"]4-0[/a] at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jukurit/vmuCbWr3/"]Jukurit[/a] - the only side so far to lose their first two matches. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kapanen-konsta/Yq9ApiFh/"]Konsta Kapanen[/a] scored twice for KalPa, and while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lekkas-stefanos/6qdaKM5C/"]Stefanos Lekkas[/a] needed only make 17 saves to complete his shutout, that was one more shot on target than his teammates managed.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/riihinen-petteri/juTIKy7a/"]Petteri Riihinen[/a] scored two as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/assat-pori/I9wm5xTA/"]Assat[/a] went 5-0 up at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves-tampere/Oh5uGzDT/"]Ilves[/a] before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henman-luke/ADRnATR0/"]Luke Henman[/a] denied the hosts a shutout with a late consolation and made the final score [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/assat-I9wm5xTA/ilves-Oh5uGzDT/?mid=vVn8lw1b"]5-1[/a], while a brace from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/liukas-eetu/67ROSv6K/"]Eetu Liukas[/a] helped [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ifk-helsinki/Ige43GcN/"]IFK Helsinki[/a] come from 3-2 down with one period to play to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hameenlinna/zV5a4drH/"]Hameenlinna[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/hameenlinna-zV5a4drH/ifk-helsinki-Ige43GcN/?mid=6aJpl9kI"]5-3[/a]. Of the six teams to have played twice so far, not one has managed back-to-back victories.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/finland/liiga/"]Review all the results from the start of the Liiga season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]