2007–08 SM-liiga season

2007–08 SM-liiga season
Finals champions	Oulun Kärpät
Runners-up	Espoo Blues

The 2007–08 SM-liiga season was the 33rd season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 14 teams participated in the league, and Karpat Oulu won the championship.

Regular season

Tappara warms up before the HIFK match in February 2008

	Club	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	Kärpät	56	32	10	5	9	205	129	+76	121
2	Blues	56	33	5	6	12	165	114	+51	115
3	Jokerit	56	29	5	8	14	179	152	+27	105
4	Tappara	56	28	8	4	16	185	136	+49	104
5	JYP	56	27	7	6	16	174	129	+45	101
6	Pelicans	56	28	5	4	19	176	142	+34	98
7	HIFK	56	23	11	6	16	167	145	+22	97
8	Ilves	56	24	8	2	22	161	164	-3	90
9	Lukko	56	18	4	6	28	137	156	-19	68
10	TPS	56	18	2	9	27	130	164	-34	67
11	SaiPa	56	15	5	7	29	115	155	-40	62
12	HPK	56	16	1	6	33	123	183	-60	56
13	KalPa	56	13	5	3	35	128	179	-51	52
14	Ässät	56	10	2	6	38	111	208	-97	40

Playoffs

Preliminary round

• HIFK - TPS 2:0 (5:4 P, 1:0)
• Ilves - Lukko 2:1 (4:2, 3:4 P, 1:0)

Quarterfinalss

• Kärpät - Ilves 4:2 (7:1, 2:3, 7:5, 0:3, 6:3, 2:1 P)
• Blues - HIFK 4:1 (1:2, 6:3, 6:1, 3:0, 4:1)
• Jokerit - Pelicans 4:2 (8:4, 1:3, 3:2 P, 5:4, 4:5 P, 5:4 P)
• Tappara - JYP 4:2 (2:1, 4:5 P, 4:2, 0:3, 4:1, 6:2)

Semifinal

• Kärpät - Tappara 4:0 (4:3, 4:2, 3:2, 7:3)
• Blues - Jokerit 4:3 (2:3 P, 4:3 P, 2:3 P, 0:4, 5:1, 2:1 P, 5:3)

3rd place

• Jokerit - Tappara 3:4

Final

• Kärpät - Espoo Blues 4:1 (3:1, 2:1 P, 2:3 P, 4:0, 5:1)

External links

• SM-liiga official website