Finland – Sweden2 3:1 (end)
final
Finland
3:1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:0)
Sweden2
Saturday 10.11.2012, 16:00 • Turkuhalli, Turku, Finland • Karjala Cup
     
    A game that started out slowly ended up becoming fairly spirited as play continued Tre Kronor only scored a total of four goals in going winless in the three games at Karjala. Back to the drawing board.

    By virtue of the regulation win against the Swedes and a shootout win over Russia, Finland finishes second. Russia takes third.

    The undefeated Czechs, with three regulation wins, take first place at the Karjala Cup segment of the 2012-13 Euro Hockey Tour. (18:26:37)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:57
    Rinne steers aside a side angle shot in a last-gasp effort by Sweden.
     
    59:07
    Koivu off for tripping. Sweden to the power play, but it's probably too late to make a difference.
     
    58:49
    Wesslau comes off for an extra attacker.
     
    59:02
    Salminen blows a chance at the empty net from point blank range.
     
    58:30
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is HAATAJA.

    Point blank shot for a power play goal, which will put away the game for the Finns.


     
    58:03
    I was going to say we're in "swallow the whistle" territory, as the referee let a rather obvious (if embellished) tripping penalty on Sweden go. However, a few moments later Fredrik Pettersson got nabbed for high sticking.
     
    56:16
    Swedish D pinching whenever possible now. That was a good pinch by Hedman and some pressure for Tre Kronor. Rinne got a stoppage after gloving a Mårtensson shot.
     
    55:01
    Nummelin and Järnkrok jostled heavily after the whistle. No calls.
     
    54:00
    Play has settled in since the Swedes' two earlier chances -- one was a diving stick save by Rinne, later the puck in the crease.
     
    48:43
    Finland at full strength. Play was ruled no goal (which was obvious) but it should have been a penalty shot for Sweden as the puck was clearly covered in the crease by Jalasvaara. Ref simply missed it, and that part isn't reviewable.
     
    48:39
    Stoppage for a video review. Jalasvaara put his hand down on a puck near the goal line as it slid past Rinne.
     
    47:15
    A flurry of power play chances for Sweden. At least one was partially blocked but Rinne made two very tough stops in close.
     
    46:43
    Interference penalty on Finland's Lehterä in the corner against Landeskog. Sweden to the power play.
     
    45:38
    Good stop by Rinne on a left circle shot by Pettersson.
     
    44:15
    By far, that was Landeskog's most assertive shift of the game. Attacked on the forecheck and later snapped off a shot that Rinne had to fight off .
     
    43:19
    Wesslau carefully handles a Nummelin blast from just over the blueline. The shot had a lot of movement on it, but was unscreened. No rebound.
     
    42:00
    Finland at full strength. Decent offensive zone time for the Swedes but no real good scoring chances except for an early sequence that was blown dead around the net.
     
    40:01
    3rd period began.
    Commentary by

    Bill Meltzer

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Salminen, 38. Nummelin, 59. Haataja (Lehterå) - 32. Söderberg (Gynge)

    Finland: LINE 1: Sakari Salminen (#23) - Mikko Koivu (#9) - Niklas Hagman (#10). LINE 2: Jesse Joensuu (#18) - Petri Kontiola (#27) - Teemu Laine (#29). LINE 3: Juha-Pekka Haataja (#37) - Jori Lehterä (#12) - Jonas Enlund (#26). LINE 4: Antti Pihlström (#41) - Teemu Ramstedt (#43) - Jani Tuppurainen (#21). D- PAIRING 1: Ossi Väänänen (#4) - Petteri Nummelin (#3). D-PAIRING 2: Mikko Kousa (#24) - Ilkka Heikkinen (#49). D-PAIRING 3: Teemu Laakso (#2) - Teemu Eronen (#22). D-PAIRING 4: Juuso Hietanen (#38) - Janne Jalasvaara (#46). GOALIE: Pekka Rinne (#35).
    Sweden2: LINE 1: Mikael Backlund (#60) - Calle Järnkrok (#19) - Richard Gynge (#14). LINE 2: Gabriel Landeskog (#92) - Carl Söderberg (#17) - Patric Hörnqvist (#27). LINE 3: Martin Thörnberg (#67) - Tony Mårtensson (#9) - Per Åslund (#22). LINE 4: Melker Karlsson (#15) - Joel Lundqvist (#20) - Fredrik Pettersson (#12). D-PAIRING 1: Burström, Niclas (#3) - Mattias Karlsson (#25). D-PAIRING 2: Tobias Viklund (#16) - Victor Hedman (#77). D-PAIRING 3: Sebastian Erixon (#50) - Dennis Rasmussen (#24). D-PAIRING 4: Staffan Kronwall (#4) - Oscar Fantenberg (#6). GOALIE: Gustaf Wesslau (#32)
    Referees: Antonin Jerabek, Vladimir Sindler, Sakari Suominen (L)