TPS Turku beat Jokerit 3-2 in the Pitstiturnaus on 7 August 2026. The result shifts something in the standings, even if both sides sit on zero points after two games each. To be fair, the table doesn't tell the whole story here.
Jokerit had rolled through five straight wins before this one, beating Ketterä four times and K-Vantaa once. TPS, meanwhile, had lost four of their last five matches, including a heavy 2-6 defeat to Esset. And here's the thing — when a team that's been running comes up against one that's been struggling, you expect the momentum to carry, but sport rarely works like that.
The victory lifts TPS off the bottom of their mini-table while dropping Jokerit into second place. Both clubs have played two matches, won one, and lost one. The points column reads the same for each side, but the feeling in the room would have been different.
TPS's recent form before this game showed a side finding its rhythm after the late-March losses — a 3-0 win over Vasas in March, then back to the drawing board. Jokerit's five-match run had been built on consistency, not fireworks, with most victories coming by narrow margins.
What this match means is simple: a turning point for both teams. TPS now has a win to build on, and Jokerit have a result to analyse. The standings will look at the numbers, but the players will look at how the game unfolded.