Traditionally, there's been lots of movement between two countries. In this game, some players will see the team using their company own country. HV71 has two Finnish players in the roster: winger Teemu Laine and defenseman Jere Karalahti. Blues has Swedish goaltender Christian Engstrand.
In the SHL, top scorer of the c's is Mattias Tedenby with 14 points in 16 games. Defenseman Niklas Hansson has 13 points.
HV71 is 11th from the SHL. After bad streak early, they won four straight games before a week ago which didn't go too. Like Blues, HV71 lost its initial couple of games against Djurgårdens IF and Frölunda, prior to two points against Växjö Lakers.
The past week included three tough away games. Having lost to Tappara and HIFK, Blues finally won against TPS in overtime. The team captain Kim Hirschovits scored the game-winner on power play. He is the most notable scorer of they with 11 points. The player primarily goals is his linemate Ville Korhonen, who's put the puck into your net seven times.
Blues has 20 points from 19 games in Finland, but inside the tight league meaning the last place from the standings, even though they are on level with two other teams who may have five regulation victories against four for Blues.
One of three Finland-Sweden matchups will commence in Espoo as Blues will host HV71 from Jönköping. Both teams have struggled at the start of their domestic leagues, so advancing to quarterfinals will be a big achievement at this time.
Game Results
Blues W L L W L L
HV 71 W L L W W W
Scored Goals
Blues 2 2 0 2 2 0
HV 71 2 2 0 4 6 4
Opponent Scores
Blues 1 5 1 1 3 2
HV 71 1 3 2 1 2 2
Balance last 10 Games
Team S U N W (H) W (A) D (H) D (A) L (H) L (A)
Blues 3 0 7 1 2 3 4
HV 71 5 0 5 2 3 2 3
Blues - Last 6 Games
31/10/2015 TPS - Blues 1 : 2 (0 : 0) (0 : 0) (1 : 1) n.V. (W) SM League
29/10/2015 HIFK - Blues 5 : 2 (3 : 1) (1 : 1) (1 : 0) (L) SM League
28/10/2015 Tappara - Blues 1 : 0 (0 : 0) (1 : 0) (0 : 0) (L) SM League
23/10/2015 Blues - Ilves 2 : 1 (1 : 0) (1 : 1) (0 : 0) (W) SM League
21/10/2015 Blues - Pelicans 2 : 3 (1 : 0) (1 : 0) (0 : 2) n.P. (L) SM League
18/10/2015 Blues - KalPa 0 : 2 (0 : 0) (0 : 0) (0 : 2) (L) SM League
HV 71 - Last 6 Games
31/10/2015 Växjö Lakers HC - HV 71 1 : 2 (1 : 1) (0 : 0) (0 : 0) n.P. (W) SHL
29/10/2015 HV 71 - Frölunda HC 2 : 3 (1 : 1) (1 : 1) (0 : 1) (L) SHL
27/10/2015 Djurgårdens IF - HV 71 2 : 0 (1 : 0) (0 : 0) (1 : 0) (L) SHL
24/10/2015 IF Malmö Redhawks - HV 71 1 : 4 (1 : 0) (0 : 1) (0 : 3) (W) SHL
23/10/2015 HV 71 - IF Malmö Redhawks 6 : 2 (2 : 1) (2 : 0) (2 : 1) (W) SHL
21/10/2015 Karlskrona HK - HV 71 2 : 4 (0 : 0) (1 : 4) (1 : 0) (W) SHL
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Champions Hockey League
