The last round of the Finnish SM-Liiga has ended with JYP on top. The first six teams qualify for the Quarter Finals. Team 7-10 will play for the remaining Quarter Final spots.
JYP, Ässät, HIFK, Lukko, KalPa and Jokerit finished the SM-Liiga Regular Season in the spots 1-6 and get to rest for a week before the Quarter Finals.
HPK (7) will play Ilves (10) and Kärpät (8) will play Blues (9) in best-of-3 series for the remaining two spots in the Quarter Finals
Tappara, SaiPa, TPS and Pelicans are out of the battle for the Finnish championship.
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