Finland vs Slovakia

· Saturday, February 21, 2026 · Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena

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6–1

35–31

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Game summary

The Finland beat the Slovakia 6–1 on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. The Finland outshot the Slovakia 35–31.

Erik Haula scored twice. Sebastian Aho, Tomas Tatar, Roope Hintz, Kaapo Kakko and Joel Armia also scored.

Juuse Saros made 0 saves on 31 shots for the win; Samuel Hlavaj stopped 0 of 34.

Goals
FIN	1	1	4	6	35
SVK	0	1	0	1	31

Scoring

1st period

Sebastian Aho (4)Artturi Lehkonen (4), Miro Heiskanen (2)1–007:27 FIN

2nd period

Erik Haula (2)Joel Armia (4), Eeli Tolvanen (1)2–008:05 FIN
Tomas Tatar (2)Martin Fehérváry (4)2–119:30 SVK

3rd period

Roope Hintz (1)Miro Heiskanen (3), Eeli Tolvanen (2)3–108:27 FIN ·
Kaapo Kakko (3)Unassisted4–109:09 FIN
Joel Armia (3)Roope Hintz (3)5–115:32 FIN ·
Erik Haula (3)Joel Armia (5), Rasmus Ristolainen (3)6–118:42 FIN ·

Team stats

FINSVK

3531

0%0%

1/30/2

46

00

00

00

00

Penalties

19:34 into the first periodOliver Okuliar · holding2 min
3:08 into the second periodErik Haula · delaying game2 min
10:55 into the second periodArtturi Lehkonen · interference goalkeeper2 min
0:39 into the third periodPavol Regenda · slashing2 min
7:47 into the third periodAdam Ruzicka · tripping2 min

Finland

Finland skaters

40Joel ArmiaR	1	2	3	+3	4	0	0	0	–	–	–	20	14:42
24Roope HintzC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	80	–	–	20	13:18
28Eeli TolvanenR	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	15	25:32
56Erik HaulaL	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	2	29	–	–	16	11:07
41Miro HeiskanenD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	26	25:32
20Sebastian AhoC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	–	–	20	20:01
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	2	–	–	–	21	17:52
84Kaapo KakkoR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	–	–	21	16:54
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	25	19:41
15Anton LundellC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	55	–	–	24	18:30
27Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	24	16:39
64Mikael GranlundC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	20	14:07
86Teuvo TeravainenC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	17	11:16
91Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	43	–	–	20	16:23
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	00:00
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	18	13:31
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	13	11:32
23Esa LindellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	26	24:47
33Nikolas MatinpaloD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	5	02:51
77Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	26	18:44

Finland goalies
Goalie
32Kevin LankinenG		0	0	0	.000	00:00
74Juuse SarosG	W	31	0	1	.968	60:00

Slovakia

Slovakia skaters

90Tomas TatarL	1	0	1	−1	3	0	0	0	–	–	–	20	14:10
42Martin FehérváryD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	27	17:43
6Lukáš CingelC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	36	–	–	22	12:47
8Oliver OkuliarL	0	0	0	−4	2	0	0	2	–	–	–	20	14:38
11Milos KelemenL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	22	13:59
15Dalibor DvorskyR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	33	–	–	16	15:32
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	−3	5	0	0	0	–	–	–	22	22:39
21Adam RuzickaC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	53	–	–	22	20:26
23Adam LiskaR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	22	13:52
34Peter CehlarikL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	15	10:02
49Samuel TakacL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	00:00
79Libor HudacekR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	18	13:07
84Pavol RegendaL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	2	100	–	–	21	18:49
91Matus SukelC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	75	–	–	19	13:18
14Peter CeresnakD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	23	18:42
17Simon NemecD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	25	23:57
28Martin GernatD	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	25	17:49
52Martin MarincinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	9	07:39
64Patrik KochD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	17	12:14
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	26	16:55

Slovakia goalies
Goalie
31Samuel HlavajG	L	34	0	4	.882	57:01
33Stanislav SkorvanekG		0	0	0	.000	00:00