Lulea Hockey host SaiPa Lappeenranta in the second Group I game for both teams. 

Tuesday's clash between Lulea and SaiPa in northern Sweden will be each team's second game in Group I. Both teams played their first games in Berlin, with Lulea falling 2-1 to Die Eisbaren and SaiPa beating them 4-2. After this game, the group will be half finished. A regulation win by Lulea would knot all three teams together with three points each, while a SaiPa regulation win would almost guarantee the Finnish club's advancement and put Lulea in trouble. 

For Lulea, this is their first competitive home game of the season, and they want to get off to a good start in front of their home fans. As a group they aren't happy with their effort in Berlin and known they need to be better against SaiPa. Defenceman Craig Schira said about the last game, “You can't make excuses for something like that. You've gotta find the energy and I don't know why it wasn't there. We have to learn from that and make sure we have it on Tuesday.”

On the other side, SaiPa have three points from their first away game and anything they can take from Lulea will only make their situation better heading into their two home games.