2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs

The 2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs or the 2022 Naisten Liiga playoffs (Finnish: Naisten Liiga pudotuspelit 2022) is the playoff tournament of the 2021–22 season of the Naisten Liiga. The tournament began on 26 March and the Aurora Borealis Cup was awarded to Kiekko-Espoo Naiset on 24 April.

2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs

Naisten Liiga pudotuspelit 2022 (Finnish) 2022 Naisten Liiga playoffs
Tournament details
Venue(s)	9 (in 8 host cities)
Dates	26 March 2022 (2022-03-26)–24 April 2022 (2022-04-24)
Format	Best-of-five
Teams	8
Defending champions	Kiekko-Espoo
Final positions
Champions	Kiekko-Espoo (16th title)
Runner-up	HIFK Helsinki
Third place	Kärpät Oulu
Fourth place	TPS Turku
Tournament statistics
Games played	26
Goals scored	161 (6.19 per game)
Attendance	4,614 (177 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Elisa Holopainen (29 points)
MVP	Nelli Laitinen

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Kiekko-Espoo	3
	8	KalPa Kuopio	1
						1	Kiekko-Espoo	3
						5	TPS Turku	0
	4	Ilves Tampere	0
	5	TPS Turku	3
												Kiekko-Espoo	3
												HIFK Helsinki	2
	2	HIFK Helsinki	3
	7	HPK Hämeenlinna	1
						2	HIFK Helsinki	3			Bronze medal game
						3	Kärpät Oulu	0
	3	Kärpät Oulu	3									Kärpät Oulu	3
	6	Team Kuortane	0								4	TPS Turku	2

Quarterfinals

The best-of-five quarterfinals (Finnish: puolivälierät) began on 26 March. Games were scheduled to be played on 26, 27, and 31 March, and 2 and 3 April. Home ice advantage was granted to the higher seeded teams for the first, third, and potential fifth games.

(1) Kiekko-Espoo vs. (8) KalPa

Kiekko-Espoo claimed the first seed after winning the regular season title with 2.77 points per game, marking the team’s fourth consecutive regular season victory. After a dismal preliminary series in which they finished with just half a point per game, KalPa went on to win eight of ten games in the lower division series – six in regulation, two in overtime – to secure the eighth seed. The teams last met in the 2020–21 Aurora Borealis Cup finals, the first time in team history KalPa played in the Finnish Championship finals, which Kiekko-Espoo won in four games. They faced one another three times during the 2021–22 preliminaries, all three games resulting in decisive victories for Kiekko-Espoo.

Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

26 March 2022 12:45

Kiekko-Espoo

8–0 (0–0, 5–0, 3–0)

KalPa Kuopio

Tapiolan harjoitusareena, Espoo Attendance: 76

Game reference
	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Tiina Ranne	Referee: Petri Uotila Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Jenni Heikkinen
	Holopainen (Rantala, Aro) – 20:31 1–0 Holopainen (Haukijärvi, Rakkolainen) – PP – 25:34 2–0 Haukijärvi (Holopainen, Rakkolainen) – 36:32 3–0 Holopainen – 38:15 4–0 Rakkolainen (Holopainen) – 39:59 5–0 Holopainen – 43:46 6–0 Viitasuo (Yrjänen) – 46:35 7–0 Montonen (Yrjänen, Viitasuo) – PP – 53:16 8–0
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	61	Shots	18

27 March 2022 16:15

KalPa Kuopio

3–6 (2–3, 0–2, 1–1)

Kiekko-Espoo

Niiralan Monttu, Kuopio Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Tiina Ranne	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Sini Kauhanen Linesmen: Joonas Heinonen Lenni Jukola
	0–1 2:13 – Holopainen (Rantala, Valkjärvi) Niskanen (Juutilainen, Koljonen) – 3:47 1–1 1–2 5:16 – Rantala (Holopainen) Juutilainen (Niskanen) – SH – 9:11 2–2 2–3 19:12 – PP – Montonen (Vesa, Villilä) 2–4 21:11 – Yrjänen (Villilä) 2–5 33:22 – PP – Yrjänen (Viitasuo, Montonen) 2–6 55:23 – Montonen (Yrjänen, Vesa) Mäkelä (Juutilainen, Niskanen) – PP, EN – 58:58 3–6
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	59

31 March 2022 18:45

Kiekko-Espoo

2–4 (0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

KalPa Kuopio

Tapiolan harjoitusareena, Espoo Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Minja Drufva	Goalies	Tiina Ranne	Referee: Jenni Jaatinen Linesmen: Elisa Vaittinen Julia Halme
	0–1 02:24 – PP – Nurmi (Pohjala, Lappi) Yrjänen (Montonen, Vesa) – 34:50 1–1 Laitinen (Holopainen, Rakkolainen) – 44:38 2–1 2–2 52:20 – Mäkelä (Niskanen) 2–3 59:21 – Niskanen (Juutilainen) 2–4 59:45 – EN – Juutilainen (Niskanen, Kortelainen)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	73	Shots	15

2 April 2022 16:30

KalPa Kuopio

0–7 (0–1, 0–2, 0–4)

Kiekko-Espoo

Niiralan Monttu, Kuopio Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Tiina Ranne	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Sini Kauhanen Linesmen: Roni Kankkunen Oskari Hentunen
	0–1 14:25 – Rakkolainen (Laitinen, Holopainen) 0–2 35:33 – Haukijärvi 0–3 39:42 – Laitinen (Haukijärvi) 0–4 44:26 – Holopainen (Laitinen, Rantala) 0–5 56:15 – EN – Holopainen (Rakkolainen) 0–6 57:42 – Laitinen (Rantala) 0–7 58:21 – Holopainen (Laitinen)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	56

(2) HIFK vs. (7) HPK

After claiming the 2021 Finnish Championship bronze medal in just their third Naisten Liiga season, HIFK Helsinki continued their incredible upward trajectory to claim the second seed after completing the regular season with 2.69 points per game (78 points in 29 games). They were propelled by the elite production of Matilda Nilsson, the regular season goal scoring champion, who scored 37 goals and 18 assists for 55 points in 29 games; Czech Olympian Michaela Pejzlová, who tallied 42 points from 15 goals and 27 assists despite playing just 21 games; French forward Emmanuelle Passard, who notched 18 goals, 33 points, and an unheard of zero penalty minutes in 28 games; and Finnish Olympian Julia Liikala, who tabbed 15 goals and 33 points in 27 games.

Finally finding their groove after placing a disappointing seventh in the preliminaries, with only 26 points in 20 games for 1.30 points per game, HPK Hämeenlinna went undefeated in the lower division standings to secure the seventh seed with 3.00 points per game. The team’s change in fortune was due in no small part to the exemplary net minding of newly acquired Canadian goaltender Kassidy Sauvé, who maintained a series leading .964 save percentage and 0.88 goals against average across eight games in the lower division.

HIFK won both games of the 2021–22 season series with HPK, which were played in the preliminaries. Prior to this matchup, HIFK and HPK had never met in the Naisten Liiga playoffs.

Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

26 March 2022 16:00

HIFK Helsinki

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

HPK Hämeenlinna

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 161

Game reference
	Iina Kuusela	Goalies	Kassidy Sauvé	Referee: Jasu Raja Linesmen: Johanna Oksanen Helinä Anttila
	Pejzlová (Nilsson, Passard) – PP – 30:22 1–0 Passard (Yrjölä, Parkkonen) – 44:41 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	18

27 March 2022 14:45

HPK Hämeenlinna

3–2 (0–2, 2–0, 1–0)

HIFK Helsinki

Jääliikuntakeskus Hakio, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Kassidy Sauvé	Goalies	Iina Kuusela	Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 6:16 – Locatelli (Pejzlová, Nilsson) 0–2 15:01 – PP – Kemppainen (Yrjöla, Parkkonen) Lehto (K. Seikkula, H. Seikkula) – 26:50 1–2 Matejková (Benoit, K. Seikkula) – 28:11 2–2 Stoltenberg (Mäkivaara) – 45:23 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	46

31 March 2022 18:00

HIFK Helsinki

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

HPK Hämeenlinna

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 134

Game reference
	Iina Kuusela	Goalies	Kassidy Sauvé	Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Johanna Oksanen
	Pejzlová (Rozier, Passard) – 07:26 1–0 Locatelli (Nilsson, Kemppainen) – 39:30 2–0 2–1 54:59 – DP – Mäkivaara (Benoit, H. Seikkula) Liikala – EN – 59:44 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	16 min
	17	Shots	49

2 April 2022 14:00

HPK Hämeenlinna

1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

HIFK Helsinki

Jääliikuntakeskus Hakio, Hämeenlinna Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Kassidy Sauvé	Goalies	Iina Kuusela	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Reetta-Kaisa Lusi
	0–1 33:15 – Locatelli Delay (Stoltenberg, Mäkivaara) – 38:31 1–1 1–2 46:58 – PP – Nilsson (Pejzlová) 1–3 50:42 – PP – Pejzlová (Passard, Parkkonen)
	16 min	Penalties	27 min
	17	Shots	55

(3) Kärpät vs. (6) Kuortane

Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

26 March 2022 17:00

Kärpät Oulu

4–3 (1–1, 0–1, 3–1)

Team Kuortane

Raksilan jäähalli, Oulu Attendance: 212

Game reference
	Kati Asikainen	Goalies	Hannele Tarkiainen	Referee: Johanna Tauriainen Linesmen: Isa Rahunen Krista Palola
	0–1 7:51 – Tervonen (Nurminen, Varjonen) Antti-Roiko (Lindholm, Käyhkö) – PP – 12:27 1–1 1–2 32:36 – PP – Tervonen (Kaila, Täks) Keränen (Havana) – 48:29 2–2 2–3 50:41 – PP – Kaila (Sundelin) Antti-Roiko (Kaijankoski) – 51:50 3–3 Käyhkö (Ukkola, Antti-Roiko) – 59:00 4–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	17

27 March 2022 15:00

Team Kuortane

2–4 (1–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Kärpät Oulu

Kuortaneen jäähalli, Kuortane Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Hannele Tarkiainen	Goalies	Johanna Oksman	Referee: Johanna Tauriainen Linesmen: Isa Rahunen Krista Palola
	0–1 10:52 – PP – Käyhkö (Lindholm, Yli-Mäenpää) 0–2 17:13 – Käyhkö (Lindholm, Kaijankoski) Tervonen (Sundelin, Ojala) – 19:37 1–2 1–3 31:18 – Huttula (Havana, Keränen) Tervonen (Ojala, Krook) – 32:59 2–3 2–4 38:22 – Kaijankoski
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	36

31 March 2022 18:30

Kärpät Oulu

6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Team Kuortane

Raksilan jäähalli, Oulu Attendance: 132

Game reference
	Kati Asikainen	Goalies	Hannele Tarkiainen	Referee: Johanna Tauriainen Linesmen: Isa Rahunen Krista Palola
	Antti-Roiko (Lindholm, Yli-Mäenpää) – 03:01 1–0 Antti-Roiko (Kaijankoski, Yli-Mäenpää) – 22:56 2–0 Harju (Seppänen) – 24:09 3–0 Havana (Yli-Mäenpää, Kaijankoski) – 34:32 4–0 Havana (Huttula, Yli-Mäenpää) – 55:48 5–0 5–1 57:22 – PP – Tervonen (Koukkula, Kaila) Yli-Mäenpää (Käyhkö, Antti-Roiko) – 59:22 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	43	Shots	25

(4) Ilves vs. (5) TPS

Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

26 March 2022 14:30

Ilves Tampere

2–3 (1–0, 1–1, 0–2)

TPS Turku

Tesoman jäähalli, Tampere Attendance: 90

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Mila Houni	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Tiina Saarimäki
	Laitila (Rouhiainen) – 16:46 1–0 Suoranta (Ollikainen) – 32:28 2–0 2–1 35:53 – Lukkarila (Salonen) 2–2 50:59 – PP – Duvin (Otamo, Metsä-Tokila) 2–3 56:04 – SH – Duvin
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	43

27 March 2022 12:30

TPS Turku

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Ilves Tampere

Kupittaan monitoimihalli, Turku Attendance: 63

Game reference
	Mila Houni	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referee: Johanna Oksanen Linesmen: Markus Ketola Julia Halme
	0–1 14:53 – PP – Suoranta (Varpula) Otamo (Berg, Timonen) – 35:06 1–1 Metsä-Tokila (Enström, Välikangas) – 53:54 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	24

31 March 2022 19:15

Ilves Tampere

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

TPS Turku

Tesoman jäähalli, Tampere Attendance: 70

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Mila Houni	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 15:56 – PP – Otamo (Duvin, Metsä-Tokila) 0–2 18:07 – Metsä-Tokila (Otamo, Duvin) Melotindos (Lehtiniemi, Riipinen) – PP, NG – 57:13 1–2 1–3 59:22 – EN – Lukkarila (Duvin)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	33

Semifinals

The best-of-five semifinals (Finnish: välierät) will begin on Wednesday, 6 April and conclude no later than Friday, 15 April.

Kiekko-Espoo vs. TPS

Reigning Finnish Champions Kiekko-Espoo earned placement in the semifinals after defeating eighth-seeded KalPa Kuopio in four quarterfinal games. Elisa Holopainen of Kiekko-Espoo claimed a dominant lead on the playoff scoring tables, notching 8 goals and 13 points in four games to top the charts in both categories, sitting a comfortable three goals and seven points ahead of the second-ranked competitors. Her 5 assists tied with Jonna Yli-Mäenpää of Kärpät for first in the league. Kiekko-Espoo also boasted the highest scoring defenceman in Nelli Laitinen, who scored 3 goals and 3 assists in just two games played. In net, Tiia Pajarinen, the 2021 Aurora Borealis Cup MVP, played three of four games for Kiekko-Espoo and maintained a sublime .946 save percentage, good for third in the league, and a league-leading 1.00 goals against average (GAA).

In the only upset of the quarterfinals, fifth-seed TPS Turku shutout fourth-seed Ilves Tampere in three games to earn the first semifinal berth in team history. Their victory was propelled by the elite scoring of their top-line – centre Estelle Duvin and wingers Maija Otamo and Emmi Metsä-Tokila – each of whom netted 2 goals in the quarterfinals. Duvin tallied 3 assists for 5 points in three games and placed twelfth on the scoring table, while both Otamo and Metsä-Tokila notched 2 assists for 4 points, tying with Oona Havana of Kärpät for sixteenth on the scoring table. Goaltender Mila Houni was a surprise standout for TPS in the quarterfinals, following an unimpressive regular season that culminated in a .892 save percentage and 3.97 goals against average across thirteen games. In the first round of the playoffs, Houni ranked second in the league in save percentage, at .951, and third in goals against average, with 1.33, while playing every minute of the three game series.

Kiekko-Espoo won all four games of the 2021–22 season series with HPK, two of which were played in the preliminaries and two in the regular season.

Kiekko-Espoo and TPS have never met in the Naisten Liiga playoffs prior to this matchup.

Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

6 April 2022 19:05

Kiekko-Espoo

5–1 (1–0, 1–1, 3–0)

TPS Turku

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 71

Game reference
	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Mila Houni	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Johanna Oksanen
	Schalin (Nuutinen, Katajamäki) – 08:19 1–0 Haukijärvi (Holopainen, Valkjärvi) – 25:25 2–0 2–1 30:32 – Duvin (Metsä-Tokila, Otamo) Katajamäki (Rakkolainen, Laitinen) – PP – 40:23 3–1 Yrjänen (Montonen) – EN – 57:33 4–1 Haukijärvi – 58:17 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	19

9 April 2022 17:30

TPS Turku

2–6 (1–3, 1–2, 0–1)

Kiekko-Espoo

Kupittaa, Turku Attendance: 72

Game reference
	Mila Houni	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Johanna Oksanen Julia Halme
	0–1 00:19 – Rakkolainen (Holopainen, Haukijärvi) Duvin (Metsä-Tokila, Otamo) – 02:20 1–1 1–2 04:51 – VR – Holopainen (Rakkolainen, Haukijärvi) 1–3 15:33 – Holopainen (Laitinen, Rakkolainen) Duvin (Metsä-Tokila, Berg) – 25:22 2–3 2–4 31:14 – Valkjärvi (Schalin, Katajamäki) 2–5 39:30 – Holopainen (Haukijärvi) 2–6 52:48 – Holopainen (Laitinen)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	36

10 April 2022 16:35

Kiekko-Espoo

7–1 (1–0, 3–1, 3–0)

TPS Turku

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 95

Game reference
	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Mila Houni	Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Johanna Oksanen Helinä Anttila
	Holopainen (Rantala, Laitinen) – 09:22 1–0 1–1 23:23 – Duvin (Heikkinen) Holopainen (Rakkolainen, Laitinen) – PP – 29:36 2–1 Villilä – DP – 35:06 3–1 Katajamäki (Holopainen, Laitinen) – 36:10 4–1 Rantala (Holopainen, Haukijärvi) – 51:16 5–1 Nuutinen (Vesa, Haukijärvi) – 52:04 6–1 Montonen (Vesa, Nuutinen) – 58:00 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	19

HIFK vs. Kärpät

Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)

6 April 2022 19:30

HIFK Helsinki

4–2 (0–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Kärpät Oulu

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Iina Kuusela	Goalies	Kati Asikainen	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Salla-Maaria Raitala Helinä Anttila
	Virtanen (Passard, Saukkonen) – 22:54 1–0 Pejzlová (Locatelli) – 24:59 2–0 Liikala (Locatelli, Rantamäki) – 30:25 3–0 3–1 36:29 – PP – Kaijankoski (Anttii-Roiko, Yli-Mäenpää) 3–2 54:57 – Männikkö (Antti-Roiko) Pejzlová – 58:11 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	18

9 April 2022 12:30

Kärpät Oulu

4–6 (1–2, 1–3, 2–1)

HIFK Helsinki

Raksila, Oulu Attendance: 203

Game reference
	Kati Asikainen	Goalies	Iina Kuusela	Referee: Johanna Tauriainen Linesmen: Isa Rahunen Krista Palola
	0–1 01:06 – Yrjölä (Nilsson) 0–2 10:34 – PP – Pejzlová (Rozier) Keränen (Yli-Mäenpää, Sarkkinen Mata) – 19:15 1–2 1–3 30:45 – Vihervouri (Heikuri, Rozier) 1–4 34:31 – Virtanen (Nilsson, Pejzlová) 1–5 37:26 – Nilsson (Locatelli, Kemppainen) Anttii-Roiko (Lindholm) – 39:19 2–5 2–6 40:09 – Liikala (Rantamäki, Saukkonen) Ylitalo (Ekoluoma, Wäänänen) – 45:41 3–6 Huttula (Keränen) – PP – 54:20 4–6
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	38

10 April 2022 15:00

HIFK Helsinki

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Kärpät Oulu

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 298

Game reference
	Iina Kuusela	Goalies	Kati Asikainen	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Jenni Heikkinen
	Rantamäki (Pejzlová, Liikala) – 18:47 1–0 Rantamäki (Kemppainen, Locatelli) – PP – 34:57 2–0 Locatelli – 43:13 3–0
	20 min	Penalties	2 min
	31	Shots	30

Bronze medal game

The Aurora Borealis Cup bronze medal was contested in a one-game bronze medal match (Finnish: pronssiottelu) on Sunday, 17 April. Oulun Kärpät bested TPS in overtime to win their eighth Finnish Championship bronze medal.

17 April 2022 15:00

Kärpät Oulu

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

TPS Turku

Raksilan jäähalli, Oulu Attendance: 362

Game reference
	Kati Asikainen	Goalies	Mila Houni	Referee: Johanna Tauriainen Linesmen: Niko Raitoainen Krista Palola
	0–1 13:40 – Duvin (Otamo, Välikangas) 0–2 24:22 – Otamo (Metsä-Tokila, Duvin) Huttula (Käyhkö, Lindholm) – 35:27 1–2 Keränen (Huttula) – 45:12 2–2 Antti-Roiko (Käyhkö) – SH – 69:31 3–2
	20 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	38

Finals

The best-of-five Finnish Championship finals (Finnish: Suomen mestaruus finaalit or SM-finaalit) began on 17 April and concluded on 24 April. After coming back from a two-game deficit to push the series to game five, HIFK were unable to overcome the defending champions and Kiekko-Espoo ultimately claimed their sixteenth Finnish Championship title.

17 April 2022 16:00

Kiekko-Espoo

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

HIFK Helsinki

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 286

Game reference
	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Iina Kuusela	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Johanna Oksanen
	Leinonen (Yrjänen, Viitasuo) – PP – 07:26 1–0 Rakkolainen (Rantala, Laitinen) – PP – 10:36 2–0 Laitinen – 26:26 3–0 Katajamäki (Viitasuo, Yrjänen) – 51:10 4–0 Laitinen (Rakkolainen) – 56:28 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	48	Shots	34

18 April 2022 15:00

HIFK Helsinki

2–6 (0–1, 0–3, 2–2)

Kiekko-Espoo

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 332

Game reference
	Iina Kuusela	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Helinä Anttila
	0–1 10:22 – PP – Yrjänen (Villilä, Leinonen) 0–2 25:14 – Laitinen (Katajamäki) 0–3 28:36 – Vesa (Viitasuo, Nuutinen) 0–4 28:57 – Haukijärvi (Laitinen, Rantala) Yrjölä (Parkkonen) – 45:54 1–4 1–5 48:06 – Holopainen (Laitinen, Rantala) Pejzlová (Rantamäki) – 57:22 2–5 2–6 58:31 – EN – Holopainen (Haukijärvi, Rantala)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	33

20 April 2022 19:15

Kiekko-Espoo

3–6 (0–2, 2–2, 1–2)

HIFK Helsinki

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 383

Game reference
	Tiia Pajarinen Minja Drufva	Goalies	Iina Kuusela	Referee: Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 05:01 – SH – Nilsson (Pejzlová) 0–2 09:40 – Liikala (Rantamäki, Pejzlová) 0–3 25:14 – PP – Parkkonen (Yrjölä, Liikala) Katajamäki (Schalin, Yrjänen) – 29:27 1–3 Holopainen (Rakkolainen) – SH – 32:47 2–3 2–4 36:05 – Liikala (Rantamäki) 2–5 49:35 – Passard (Yrjölä, Rozier) Viitasuo (Yrjänen) – 56:53 3–5 3–6 57:45 – EN – Pejzlová
	33 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	23

23 April 2022 15:00

HIFK Helsinki

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Kiekko-Espoo

Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki Attendance: 483

Game reference
	Iina Kuusela	Goalies	Tiia Pajarinen	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 12:05 – PP – Villilä (Yrjänen, Viitasuo) Nilsson – 18:57 1–1 Liikala (Pejzlová) – 20:25 2–1 Pejzlová (Liikala, Rantamäki) – 46:40 3–1 Pejzlová – EN – 59:17 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	29

24 April 2022 16:00

Kiekko-Espoo

8–3 (1–1, 3–0, 4–2)

HIFK Helsinki

Tapiola 2, Espoo Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Tiia Pajarinen	Goalies	Iina Kuusela	Referee: Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 03:20 – Nilsson Laitinen (Schalin) – 17:36 1–1 Montonen (Yrjänen) – 25:03 2–1 Katajamäki (Zielińska, Viitasuo) – PP – 37:45 3–1 Holopainen (Vesa) – PP – 38:08 4–1 Holopainen (Rakkolainen) – PP – 46:43 5–1 Laitinen (Vesa) – EN – 53:00 6–1 6–2 54:08 – Locatelli (Saukkonen) 6–3 56:36 – Rantamäki (Rozier, Mehtonen) Vesa (Holopainen) – EN – 57:24 7–3 Vesa (Laitinen) – EN – 58:47 8–3
	18 min	Penalties	29 min
	31	Shots	28

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in playoff points at the conclusion of playoffs on 24 April 2022.

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	Elisa Holopainen	K-Espoo	12	19	10	29	14
2	Nelli Laitinen	K-Espoo	10	8	13	21	8
3	Michaela Pejzlová	HIFK	12	10	7	17	2
4	Emmi Rakkolainen	K-Espoo	12	4	11	15	25
5	Kiira Yrjänen	K-Espoo	12	5	9	14	8
6	Tinja-Mariia Haukijärvi	K-Espoo	12	5	7	12	6
7	Estelle Duvin	TPS	7	7	4	11	6
8	Sanni Rantala	K-Espoo	11	2	9	11	0
9	Anna-Kaisa Antti-Roiko	Kärpät	7	6	4	10	16
10	Julia Liikala	HIFK	12	6	4	10	4
11	Matilda Nilsson	HIFK	12	5	5	10	6
12	Emilia Vesa	K-Espoo	12	3	7	10	4
13	Athena Locatelli	HIFK	12	5	4	9	6
14	Karoliina Rantamäki	HIFK	12	3	6	9	27
15	Ella Viitasuo	K-Espoo	12	2	7	9	4

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders had played at least one playoff match at the conclusion of the playoffs on 24 April 2022, sorted by save percentage.

  Team eliminated in quarterfinals

	Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	SA	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
1	Kassidy Sauvé	HPK	4	236:10	1	3	190	9	0	.955	2.29
2	Anni Keisala	Ilves	3	175:33	0	3	105	7	0	.938	2.39
3	Tiia Pajarinen	K-Espoo	11	656:37	9	2	261	20	3	.929	1.83
4	Johanna Oksman	Kärpät	1	60:00	1	0	26	2	0	.929	2.00
5	Tiina Ranne	KalPa	4	235:51	1	3	243	22	0	.917	5.60
6	Iina Kuusela	HIFK	12	713:56	8	4	310	30	2	.912	2.52
7	Kati Asikainen	Kärpät	6	361:39	3	3	186	19	0	.907	3.15
8	Mila Houni	TPS	7	429:26	3	4	212	24	0	.898	3.35
9	Hannele Tarkiainen	Kuortane	3	176:14	0	3	112	14	0	.889	4.77
10	Minja Drufva	K-Espoo	2	60:43	0	1	15	3	0	.833	2.96

External links

• Official statistics from the Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish)