Finnish Liiga · Tuesday 1 September · Vaasa Arena
Vaasan Sport – Jokerit 5:4 (after a shoot-out): Finnish Liiga, 01/09/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
Finnish Liiga: Vaasan Sport – Jokerit 5:4 (1 September). Vaasan Sport won after a shoot-out. Venue: Vaasa Arena.
By period: 2:2, 1:2, 1:0, 0:0, 2:1.
Goals: E. Tuulola (Jokerit); G. Diaco (Vaasan Sport) ×2; K. Miketinac (Vaasan Sport); K. Pitkanen (Jokerit); E. Kuusla (Jokerit); H. Nikkanen (Jokerit); V. Nieminen (Vaasan Sport).
Table now: Vaasan Sport — 15th, 19 points from 18 matches; Jokerit — 16th, 15 points from 18 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaasan Sport | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Jokerit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 01'pen.
High sticking
- 03'
🏒 E. Tuulola0:1
assist: T. Turunen, E. Kuusla
- 04'
🏒 G. Diaco1:1
- 04'
🏒 K. Miketinac2:1
assist: P. Granath, K. Ervasti
- 12'
🏒 K. Pitkanen2:2
assist: A. Elorinne, E. Kuusla
2nd period
- 05'
- 09'pen.
Tripping
- 10'pen.
Penalties
Delay of game
- 13'
- 15'pen.
Holding the stick
- 16'
🏒 H. Nikkanen3:4
assist: M. Fortier, P. Curry · Power-play
3rd period
- 00'pen.
Kneeing
- 02'pen.
Holding the stick
- 05'pen.
Roughing
- 05'pen.
Roughing
- 10'
🏒 V. Nieminen4:4
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Vaasan Sport
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Diaco | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Miketinac | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| V. Nieminen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Burger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Ervasti | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Ostman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Granath | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Pietila | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Grainger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Heikkinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jokerit
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Kuusla | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| E. Tuulola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| H. Nikkanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Pitkanen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Elorinne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Kallio | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Fortier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Curry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Turunen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| O. Manninen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Vaasan Sport
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Ortio(W) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 81.8% |
Jokerit
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Vehvilainen | 24 | 19 | 5 | 79.2% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 23Shots on goal22
- 18Saves19
- 81%Save %82%
- 31Faceoffs won30
- 10Penalty minutes6
- 5Penalties3
- 0Power-play goals1
- 0%Power play %20%
- 80%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 19 | LLLLL | |
| 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | WLWLL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions