Each team had to play four times against every other team in the league and four times against local teams. Each game consisted of three thirds of 20 minutes each. If no winner was found after the regular time, the game was counted as a draw.
One team won 2 points. A draw was rewarded with one point. There were no points for defeat.
Closing table
Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, TD = goal difference
Places 1-8 were qualified for the play-offs. The teams that had won the most of five games in the quarter-finals against their opponents qualified for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the best-of-5 mode was also played. The winners of the semi-finals made it to the final while the losers played for third place in the small final. In the final five games were played again. Whoever won the most games was the winner of the season. Only one game was played in the round for third place. The respective opponents were put together so that the top ranked team plays against the worst, the second best, against the second worst, and so on. As in the main season, a game lasted a total of 60 minutes. After the regular time, extensions of 20 minutes each were played until a winner was found through a decisive goal.
Tournament tree
Quarter finals
Semifinals
final
TPS
3
HIFK
0
TPS
3
Tappara
1
Ässät
2
Tappara
3
TPS
1
Jokerite
3
Jokerite
3
Ilves
1
Jokerite
3
Game for third place
Lukko
1
Lukko
3
Lukko
1
JyP HT
1
Tappara
0
Quarter finals
TPS - HIFK
TPS
HIFK
4-1
HIFK
TPS
1-2
TPS
HIFK
7-3
TPS wins the round 3-0.
Ässät - Tappara
Ässät
Tappara
3-4
Tappara
Ässät
5-2
Ässät
Tappara
7-4
Tappara
Ässät
4-5
Ässät
Tappara
1-4
Tappara wins the round 2: 3.
Jokerite - Ilves
Jokerite
Ilves
6-1
Ilves
Jokerite
1-4
Jokerite
Ilves
2-3
Ilves
Jokerite
1-5
Jokerit wins the round 3-1.
Lukko - JyP HT
Lukko
JyP HT
3-1
JyP HT
Lukko
2-1
Lukko
JyP HT
4-1
JyP HT
Lukko
1-4
Lukko wins the round 3-1.
Semifinals
TPS - Tappara
TPS
Tappara
6-4
Tappara
TPS
3-1
TPS
Tappara
6-3
Tappara
TPS
2-4
TPS wins the round 3-1.
Jokerite - Lukko
Jokerite
Lukko
2-0
Lukko
Jokerite
0-5
Jokerite
Lukko
0-4
Lukko
Jokerite
1-2 n.V.
Jokerit wins the round 3-1.
third place
Lukko - Tappara
Lukko
Tappara
3-2 a.d.
Lukko wins bronze.
final
TPS - Jokerite
TPS
Jokerite
4-1
Jokerite
TPS
3-0
TPS
Jokerite
1-2
Jokerite
TPS
3-2 a.d.
Jokerit wins the championship 3-1. TPS receives silver.
Reipas Lahti had to defend his position in the SM-liiga against the three best teams from the Mestis . It was the same mode as in the regular season, only that each team had to play twice instead of four times against each other team.
Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, TD = goal difference