Tappara Tampere host Lausanne HC in the last game for each team in the Champions Hockey League Regular Season. A win either in regulation or overtime will most likely see Tappara through, while Lausanne are in and playing for better Playoff seeding.

Both of these teams enter the game with a goal difference of +6 – Tappara have relied more on their offence, which is tied for second in the CHL with 20 goals for, while Lausanne’s defence is tied for the best with nine goals against.

Puck possession is a big part of Tappara’s game. Their face-off percentage of 57.55% helps with that, as does their 9.8 hits per game average, which is tied for best in the CHL.

Individually for Tappara, Kristian Tanus is tied for third in the CHL with eight points and is one of three players in the competition with two game-winning goals. He also has twice as many points as anyone else on the team. Defenceman Arttu Kärki has 11 blocked shots and is the team’s ice-time leader at 21:50 per game. Juha Metsola has so far played in all of Tappara’s CHL games in goal and has a save percentage of 88.18% and a goals-against average of 2.56.

A strong defensive team, Lausanne’s offence is also very balanced, led by three players with five points each – Antti Suomela, Ken Jäger and Michael Raffl. Suomela and Jäger are the team’s co-leaders with three goals each. Suomela is tied for fourth in the CHL with 17 shots on goal, Jäger leads the team in ice time among forwards at 18:16, and Raffl is the team’s top face-off man at 62.50%.