The 2008–09 SM-liiga season was the 34th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland . 14 teams participated in the league, and JYP Jyvaskyla won the championship.
Kärpät against TPS in February 2009
Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Diff
Pts
1
JYP 58
31
4
5
18
168
112
+56
106
2
Blues 58
28
4
8
18
159
135
+24
100
3
HPK 58
27
6
6
19
166
151
+15
99
4
Jokerit 58
28
4
6
20
134
132
+2
98
5
Kärpät 58
28
5
3
22
185
149
+35
97
6
KalPa 58
28
3
7
20
153
138
+15
97
7
HIFK 58
25
5
5
23
169
167
+2
90
8
Ilves 58
22
7
2
27
150
166
-16
82
9
Pelicans 58
22
5
4
27
149
145
+4
80
10
TPS 58
21
7
3
27
133
159
-26
80
11
Lukko 58
21
6
3
28
144
150
-6
78
12
Ässät 58
21
4
4
29
131
188
-57
75
13
Tappara 58
21
2
7
28
141
152
-11
74
14
SaiPa 58
17
4
3
34
136
174
-38
62
Jokerit - Kärpät in March 13, 2009 JYP TPS 4:2 (1:3, 2:1 P, 3:2, 1:2 P, 3:1, 4:2)Blues Pelicans 4:3 (0:1, 4:3, 2:3, 4:3, 1:2 P, 7:2, 8:2)HPK - KalPa 2:4 (0:3, 3:1, 0:4, 1:2 P, 2:1, 2:3 P)Jokerit - Kärpät 1:4 (1:4, 2:3 P, 4:1, 1:6, 2:3 P)JYP KalPa 4:1 (3:0, 4:1, 1:2, 2:1, 4:1)Blues - Kärpät 2:4 (3:2 P, 2:3, 2:3 P, 4:1, 5:7, 3:4 P)
Sport - Ässät 3:4 (3:2, 1:3, 0:5, 2:1 P, 4:3, 2:3 P, 0:3)
