TPS Turku shut out Lorenskog IK 6-0 to close Group H. Read more in Gamecentre.

In a game where each team knew they were going to finish in the group – TPS Turku first and Lorenskog IK last – the Finnish club was dominant, winning 6-0. Patrik Virta led the offence with a goal and three helpers, while Oskari Setanen made 22 saves for the shutout. At the other end, Jeff Jakaitis was busy as usual in the Lorenskog net, and made 28 saves.

Virta scored his goal at 5:36 of the first period to open the scoring, skating in on Jakaitis and beating him with a wrister that the goalie got a piece of, but not enough to prevent it from trickling into the net. As was so often the case for them throughout their CHL adventure, though, Lorenskog hung in the game for a while. They even nearly tied it late in the opening period when former NHLer Jason Krog got a breakaway but Setanen stopped him, then stopped Joacim Sundelius on the rebound. In the 27th minute, they had another chance to score but Robin Dahlstrom couldn't get the puck over a fallen Setanen.

In the 33rd minute, Toni Kallio scored when Jakaitis again got a piece of a shot but couldn't keep it from going over the goal line – this one was so close that video replay was needed to confirm it. It was now 2-0 but the floodgates opened after that, and it was 5-0 by the end of the second period. 

"We started slow in the first period, but lucky for us our goalie played very well," though TPS head coach Ari-Pekka Selin. "If Lorenskog had found the way to the net early in the game, it would have been a much tougher for us. We came out stronger in the second period, and we put the game away with three fast goals. Most important for the team was the win, and now we have 11 points and we can start focus on the next round."

The final score was 6-0, as TPS finish the group stage nearly perfect and enter the Playoff Draw as a group winner. Lorenskog got one point from an overtime loss in Liberec, and their CHL adventure is now over.

"They found the way to the net today, but we didn’t," sighed Lorenskog coach Kenneth Larsen. "That’s one thing, but more disturbing is the lack of will to stand up and fight that we showed in the last 10 minutes of second period. On the other hand, I’m satisfied with the last period where we stood up and fought back."