2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs
{{short description|Finnish Championship tournament in women's ice hockey, 38th edition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox ice hockey tournament season
| title = Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs
| year = 2022
| yearr =
| other_titles = {{Native name|fi|Naisten Liiga pudotuspelit 2022}}
2022 Naisten Liiga playoffs
| image =
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| host_country =
| city =
| num_teams = 8
| dates = {{Start date|2022|3|26|df=y}}–{{End date|2022|4|24|df=y}}
| format = Best-of-five
| venues = 9
| cities = 8
| host_cities =
| defending_champions = Kiekko-Espoo
| winners = Kiekko-Espoo
| count = 16
| second = HIFK Helsinki
| third = Kärpät Oulu
| fourth = TPS Turku
| games = 26
| goals = 161
| attendance = 4614
| stat_leader_title = Scoring leader(s)
| stat_leader_player = Elisa Holopainen
| stat_leader_value = 29 points
| award_title = MVP
| award = Nelli Laitinen
| website =
| prev_season = 2021
| next_season = 2023
| note =
}}
The 2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs or the 2022 Naisten Liiga playoffs ({{Langx|fi|Naisten Liiga pudotuspelit 2022}}) is the playoff tournament of the 2021–22 season of the Naisten Liiga. The tournament began on 26 March and the Aurora Borealis Cup was awarded to Kiekko-Espoo Naiset on 24 April.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-04-04|title=Naisten Liigan välierät käyntiin keskiviikkona - Asetelmat|url=http://www.leijonat.fi/index.php/sarjat/naisten-liiga/kausi-2021-22/item/43133-naisten-liigan-vaelieraet-kaeyntiin-keskiviikkona-asetelmat|access-date=2022-04-04|website=leijonat.fi|publisher=Finnish Ice Hockey Association|language=fi-fi}}
Playoff bracket
{{8TeamBracket
| boldwinner = high
| RD3b = Bronze medal game
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| RD1-score1 = 3
| RD1-seed2 = 8
| RD1-team2 = KalPa Kuopio
| RD1-score2 = 1
| RD1-seed3 = 4
| RD1-team3 = Ilves Tampere
| RD1-score3 = 0
| RD1-seed4 = 5
| RD1-team4 = TPS Turku
| RD1-score4 = 3
| RD1-seed5 = 2
| RD1-team5 = HIFK Helsinki
| RD1-score5 = 3
| RD1-seed6 = 7
| RD1-team6 = HPK Hämeenlinna
| RD1-score6 = 1
| RD1-seed7 = 3
| RD1-team7 = Kärpät Oulu
| RD1-score7 = 3
| RD1-seed8 = 6
| RD1-team8 = Team Kuortane
| RD1-score8 = 0
| RD2-seed1 = 1
| RD2-team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| RD2-score1 = 3
| RD2-seed2 = 5
| RD2-team2 = TPS Turku
| RD2-score2 = 0
| RD2-seed3 = 2
| RD2-team3 = HIFK Helsinki
| RD2-score3 = 3
| RD2-seed4 = 3
| RD2-team4 = Kärpät Oulu
| RD2-score4 = 0
| RD3-seed1 = {{Gold1}}
| RD3-team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| RD3-score1 = 3
| RD3-seed2 = {{Silver2}}
| RD3-team2 = HIFK Helsinki
| RD3-score2 = 2
| RD3b-seed1 = {{Bronze3}}
| RD3b-team1 = Kärpät Oulu
| RD3b-score1 = 3
| RD3b-seed2 = 4
| RD3b-team2 = TPS Turku
| RD3b-score2 = 2
}}
Quarterfinals
The best-of-five quarterfinals ({{Langx|fi|puolivälierät}}) began on 26 March. Games were scheduled to be played on 26, 27, and 31 March, and 2 and 3 April. Home ice advantage was granted to the higher seeded teams for the first, third, and potential fifth games.{{Cite web |last=Mennander |first=Pasi |date=2022-03-20 |title=Naisten Liigan puolivälieräsarjat käyntiin ensi lauantaina – Tässä parit! |url=http://www.leijonat.fi/index.php/sarjat/naisten-liiga/kausi-2021-22/item/43031-naisten-liigan-puolivaelieraesarjat-kaeyntiin-ensi-lauantaina-taessae-parit |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=leijonat.fi |publisher=Finnish Ice Hockey Association |language=fi-fi}}
=(1) Kiekko-Espoo vs. (8) KalPa=
Kiekko-Espoo claimed the first seed after winning the regular season title with 2.77 points per game, marking the team’s fourth consecutive regular season victory.{{cite news |last1=Saatsi |first1=Samu |date=2022-03-20 |title=Jääkiekon Naisten Liigan pudotuspeliparit selvillä – taistelu Suomen mestaruudesta käynnistyy viikon kuluttua |language=fi |work=Yle |url=https://yle.fi/.urheilu/3-12367789 |access-date=2022-03-25}} After a dismal preliminary series in which they finished with just half a point per game, KalPa went on to win eight of ten games in the lower division series – six in regulation, two in overtime – to secure the eighth seed.{{Cite web |last=Seppä |first=Lassi |date=2022-03-23 |title=KalPan Johanna Juutilainen kantaa vastuuta ja tuo rauhallisuutta pudotuspeleissä − "Kiekko-Espoolla on toden totta kaikki paineet" |url=https://www.jatkoaika.com/Haastattelu/KalPan-Johanna-Juutilainen-kantaa-vastuuta-ja-tuo-rauhallisuutta-pudotuspeleiss%C3%A4-%E2%88%92-Kiekko-Espoolla-on-toden-totta-kaikki-paineet/239989 |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Jatkoaika.com |language=fi}} The teams last met in the 2020–21 Aurora Borealis Cup finals, the first time in team history KalPa played in the Finnish Championship finals, which Kiekko-Espoo won in four games.{{Cite web |last1=Pitkänen |first1=Henri |last2=Teiskonlahti |first2=Kirsi |last3=Takkinen |first3=Sami |date=2021-03-25 |title=Kiekko-Espoo vei Suomen mestaruuden dramaattisesti, kun ratkaisuosuma kimposi maaliin KalPa-pelaajasta – loistavasti torjunut Pajarinen iloitsi voitosta: "Olen ihan sanaton" |url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11856758 |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Yle |language=fi}} They faced one another three times during the 2021–22 preliminaries, all three games resulting in decisive victories for Kiekko-Espoo.
Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00){{IceHockeybox
| id = KES/KAL 1
| date = 26 March 2022
| time = 12:45
| team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| team2 = KalPa Kuopio
| score = 8–0
| periods = (0–0, 5–0, 3–0)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48858&season=0
| goalie1 = Tiia Pajarinen
| goalie2 = Tiina Ranne
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0
| goals1 = Holopainen (Rantala, Aro) – 20:31 / Holopainen (Haukijärvi, Rakkolainen) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 25:34 / Haukijärvi (Holopainen, Rakkolainen) – 36:32 / Holopainen – 38:15 / Rakkolainen (Holopainen) – 39:59 / Holopainen – 43:46 / Viitasuo (Yrjänen) – 46:35 / Montonen (Yrjänen, Viitasuo) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 53:16
| goals2 =
| official = Petri Uotila
| linesman = Salla-Maaria Raitala
| linesman2 = Jenni Heikkinen
| stadium = Tapiolan harjoitusareena, Espoo
| attendance = 76
| penalties1 = 20
| penalties2 = 16
| shots1 = 61
| shots2 = 18
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = KES/KAL 2
| date = 27 March 2022
| time = 16:15
| team1 = KalPa Kuopio
| team2 = Kiekko-Espoo
| score = 3–6
| periods = (2–3, 0–2, 1–1)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48862&season=0
| goalie1 = Tiina Ranne
| goalie2 = Tiia Pajarinen
| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 3–6
| goals1 = Niskanen (Juutilainen, Koljonen) – 3:47 / Juutilainen (Niskanen) – {{Abbr|SH|Short handed goal}} – 9:11 / Mäkelä (Juutilainen, Niskanen) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}}, {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – 58:58
| goals2 = 2:13 – Holopainen (Rantala, Valkjärvi) / 5:16 – Rantala (Holopainen) / 19:12 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Montonen (Vesa, Villilä) / 21:11 – Yrjänen (Villilä) / 33:22 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Yrjänen (Viitasuo, Montonen) / 55:23 – Montonen (Yrjänen, Vesa)
| official = Sini Kauhanen
| linesman = Joonas Heinonen
| linesman2 = Lenni Jukola
| stadium = Niiralan Monttu, Kuopio
| attendance = 103
| penalties1 = 8
| penalties2 = 6
| shots1 = 20
| shots2 = 59
| bg =
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = KES/KAL 3
| date = 31 March 2022
| time = 18:45
| team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| team2 = KalPa Kuopio
| score = 2–4
| periods = (0–1, 1–0, 1–3)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48866&season=0
| goalie1 = Minja Drufva
| goalie2 = Tiina Ranne
| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4
| goals1 = Yrjänen (Montonen, Vesa) – 34:50 / Laitinen (Holopainen, Rakkolainen) – 44:38
| goals2 = 02:24 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Nurmi (Pohjala, Lappi) / 52:20 – Mäkelä (Niskanen) / 59:21 – Niskanen (Juutilainen) / 59:45 – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net}} – Juutilainen (Niskanen, Kortelainen)
| official = Jenni Jaatinen
| linesman = Elisa Vaittinen
| linesman2 = Julia Halme
| stadium = Tapiolan harjoitusareena, Espoo
| attendance = 60
| penalties1 = 8
| penalties2 = 12
| shots1 = 73
| shots2 = 15
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = KES/KAL 4
| date = 2 April 2022
| time = 16:30
| team1 = KalPa Kuopio
| team2 = Kiekko-Espoo
| score = 0–7
| periods = (0–1, 0–2, 0–4)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48870&season=0
| goalie1 = Tiina Ranne
| goalie2 = Tiia Pajarinen
| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7
| goals1 =
| goals2 = 14:25 – Rakkolainen (Laitinen, Holopainen) / 35:33 – Haukijärvi / 39:42 – Laitinen (Haukijärvi) / 44:26 – Holopainen (Laitinen, Rantala) / 56:15 – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – Holopainen (Rakkolainen) / 57:42 – Laitinen (Rantala) / 58:21 – Holopainen (Laitinen)
| official = Sini Kauhanen
| linesman = Roni Kankkunen
| linesman2 = Oskari Hentunen
| stadium = Niiralan Monttu, Kuopio
| attendance = 102
| penalties1 = 4
| penalties2 = 6
| shots1 = 18
| shots2 = 56
| bg =
| note =
}}
=(2) HIFK vs. (7) HPK=
After claiming the 2021 Finnish Championship bronze medal in just their third Naisten Liiga season, HIFK Helsinki continued their incredible upward trajectory to claim the second seed after completing the regular season with 2.69 points per game (78 points in 29 games). They were propelled by the elite production of Matilda Nilsson, the regular season goal scoring champion, who scored 37 goals and 18 assists for 55 points in 29 games; Czech Olympian Michaela Pejzlová, who tallied 42 points from 15 goals and 27 assists despite playing just 21 games; French forward Emmanuelle Passard, who notched 18 goals, 33 points, and an unheard of zero penalty minutes in 28 games; and Finnish Olympian Julia Liikala, who tabbed 15 goals and 33 points in 27 games.{{Cite web |last=Laakso |first=Mika |date=2022-03-22 |title=Matilda Nilsson on kehittynyt heikkoudessaan – "Olen valmis antamaan kaikkeni HIFK:lle" |url=https://www.jatkoaika.com/Haastattelu/Matilda-Nilsson-on-kehittynyt-heikkoudessaan-%E2%80%93-Olen-valmis-antamaan-kaikkeni-HIFKlle/239979 |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Jatkoaika.com |language=fi}}
Finally finding their groove after placing a disappointing seventh in the preliminaries, with only 26 points in 20 games for 1.30 points per game, HPK Hämeenlinna went undefeated in the lower division standings to secure the seventh seed with 3.00 points per game.{{Cite web |last=Löfman |first=Heikki |date=2022-03-25 |title=Hyvän höpinän HPK haastaa HIFK:n: "Havaijikiekkoa tuskin nähdään" |url=http://www.leijonat.fi/index.php/sarjat/naisten-liiga/kausi-2021-22/item/43064-naisten-liiga-hyvaen-hoepinaen-hpk-haastaa-hifk-n-havaijikiekkoa-tuskin-naehdaeaen |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=leijonat.fi |publisher=Finnish Ice Hockey Association |language=fi-fi}} The team’s change in fortune was due in no small part to the exemplary net minding of newly acquired Canadian goaltender Kassidy Sauvé, who maintained a series leading .964 save percentage and 0.88 goals against average across eight games in the lower division.{{Cite web |last=Kauhala |first=Topias |date=2022-03-26 |title=HPK:n maalivahti Kassidy Sauvé löysi Suomesta taas rakkautensa jääkiekkoa kohtaan – "Yksi parhaimmista tekemistäni päätöksistä" |url=https://www.hameensanomat.fi/urheilu/hpkn-maalivahti-kassidy-sauve-loysi-suomesta-taas-rakkautensa-jaakiekkoa-kohtaan-yksi-parhaimmista-tekemistani-paatoksista-2512587/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Hämeen Sanomat |language=fi}}
HIFK won both games of the 2021–22 season series with HPK, which were played in the preliminaries. Prior to this matchup, HIFK and HPK had never met in the Naisten Liiga playoffs.
Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)
{{IceHockeybox
| id = HIF/HPK 1
| date = 26 March 2022
| time = 16:00
| team1 = HIFK Helsinki
| team2 = HPK Hämeenlinna
| score = 2–0
| periods = (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48859&season=0
| goalie1 = Iina Kuusela
| goalie2 = Kassidy Sauvé
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0
| goals1 = Pejzlová (Nilsson, Passard) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 30:22 / Passard (Yrjölä, Parkkonen) – 44:41
| goals2 =
| official = Jasu Raja
| linesman = Johanna Oksanen
| linesman2 = Helinä Anttila
| stadium = Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki
| attendance = 161
| penalties1 = 2
| penalties2 = 8
| shots1 = 42
| shots2 = 18
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = HIF/HPK 2
| date = 27 March 2022
| time = 14:45
| team1 = HPK Hämeenlinna
| team2 = HIFK Helsinki
| score = 3–2
| periods = (0–2, 2–0, 1–0)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48863&season=0
| goalie1 = Kassidy Sauvé
| goalie2 = Iina Kuusela
| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2
| goals1 = Lehto (K. Seikkula, H. Seikkula) – 26:50 / Matejková (Benoit, K. Seikkula) – 28:11 / Stoltenberg (Mäkivaara) – 45:23
| goals2 = 6:16 – Locatelli (Pejzlová, Nilsson) / 15:01 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Kemppainen (Yrjöla, Parkkonen)
| official = Henna Åberg
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Tiina Saarimäki
| stadium = Jääliikuntakeskus Hakio, Hämeenlinna
| attendance = 80
| penalties1 = 6
| penalties2 = 6
| shots1 = 21
| shots2 = 46
| bg =
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = HIF/HPK 3
| date = 31 March 2022
| time = 18:00
| team1 = HIFK Helsinki
| team2 = HPK Hämeenlinna
| score = 3–1
| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
| reference = http://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48867&season=0
| goalie1 = Iina Kuusela
| goalie2 = Kassidy Sauvé
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1
| goals1 = Pejzlová (Rozier, Passard) – 07:26 / Locatelli (Nilsson, Kemppainen) – 39:30 / Liikala – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net}} – 59:44
| goals2 = 54:59 – {{Abbr|DP|Delayed penalty (extra skater)}} – Mäkivaara (Benoit, H. Seikkula)
| official = Henna Åberg
| linesman = Salla-Maaria Raitala
| linesman2 = Johanna Oksanen
| stadium = Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki
| attendance = 134
| penalties1 = 2
| penalties2 = 16
| shots1 = 17
| shots2 = 49
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = HIF/HPK 4
| date = 2 April 2022
| time = 14:00
| team1 = HPK Hämeenlinna
| team2 = HIFK Helsinki
| score = 1–3
| periods = (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48871&season=0
| goalie1 = Kassidy Sauvé
| goalie2 = Iina Kuusela
| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3
| goals1 = Delay (Stoltenberg, Mäkivaara) – 38:31
| goals2 = 33:15 – Locatelli / 46:58 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Nilsson (Pejzlová) / 50:42 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Pejzlová (Passard, Parkkonen)
| official = Kaisa Ketonen
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Reetta-Kaisa Lusi
| stadium = Jääliikuntakeskus Hakio, Hämeenlinna
| attendance = 110
| penalties1 = 16
| penalties2 = 27
| shots1 = 17
| shots2 = 55
| bg =
| note =
}}
= (3) Kärpät vs. (6) Kuortane =
Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00){{IceHockeybox
| id = KAR/KUO 1
| date = 26 March 2022
| time = 17:00
| team1 = Kärpät Oulu
| team2 = Team Kuortane
| score = 4–3
| periods = (1–1, 0–1, 3–1)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48860&season=0
| goalie1 = Kati Asikainen
| goalie2 = Hannele Tarkiainen
| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3
| goals1 = Antti-Roiko (Lindholm, Käyhkö) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 12:27 / Keränen (Havana) – 48:29 / Antti-Roiko (Kaijankoski) – 51:50 / Käyhkö (Ukkola, Antti-Roiko) – 59:00
| goals2 = 7:51 – Tervonen (Nurminen, Varjonen) / 32:36 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Tervonen (Kaila, Täks) / 50:41 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Kaila (Sundelin)
| official = Johanna Tauriainen
| linesman = Isa Rahunen
| linesman2 = Krista Palola
| stadium = Raksilan jäähalli, Oulu
| attendance = 212
| penalties1 = 8
| penalties2 = 8
| shots1 = 37
| shots2 = 17
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = KAR/KUO 2
| date = 27 March 2022
| time = 15:00
| team1 = Team Kuortane
| team2 = Kärpät Oulu
| score = 2–4
| periods = (1–2, 1–2, 0–0)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48864&season=0
| goalie1 = Hannele Tarkiainen
| goalie2 = Johanna Oksman
| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4
| goals1 = Tervonen (Sundelin, Ojala) – 19:37 / Tervonen (Ojala, Krook) – 32:59
| goals2 = 10:52 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Käyhkö (Lindholm, Yli-Mäenpää) / 17:13 – Käyhkö (Lindholm, Kaijankoski) / 31:18 – Huttula (Havana, Keränen) / 38:22 – Kaijankoski
| official = Johanna Tauriainen
| linesman = Isa Rahunen
| linesman2 = Krista Palola
| stadium = Kuortaneen jäähalli, Kuortane
| attendance = 60
| penalties1 = 18
| penalties2 = 6
| shots1 = 28
| shots2 = 36
| bg =
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = KAR/KUO 3
| date = 31 March 2022
| time = 18:30
| team1 = Kärpät Oulu
| team2 = Team Kuortane
| score = 6–1
| periods = (1–0, 3–0, 2–1)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48868&season=0
| goalie1 = Kati Asikainen
| goalie2 = Hannele Tarkiainen
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1 / 6–1
| goals1 = Antti-Roiko (Lindholm, Yli-Mäenpää) – 03:01 / Antti-Roiko (Kaijankoski, Yli-Mäenpää) – 22:56 / Harju (Seppänen) – 24:09 / Havana (Yli-Mäenpää, Kaijankoski) – 34:32 / Havana (Huttula, Yli-Mäenpää) – 55:48 / Yli-Mäenpää (Käyhkö, Antti-Roiko) – 59:22
| goals2 = 57:22 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Tervonen (Koukkula, Kaila)
| official = Johanna Tauriainen
| linesman = Isa Rahunen
| linesman2 = Krista Palola
| stadium = Raksilan jäähalli, Oulu
| attendance = 132
| penalties1 = 10
| penalties2 = 4
| shots1 = 43
| shots2 = 25
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
=(4) Ilves vs. (5) TPS=
Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00){{IceHockeybox
| id = ILV/TPS 1
| date = 26 March 2022
| time = 14:30
| team1 = Ilves Tampere
| team2 = TPS Turku
| score = 2–3
| periods = (1–0, 1–1, 0–2)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48861&season=0
| goalie1 = Anni Keisala
| goalie2 = Mila Houni
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3
| goals1 = Laitila (Rouhiainen) – 16:46 / Suoranta (Ollikainen) – 32:28
| goals2 = 35:53 – Lukkarila (Salonen) / 50:59 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Duvin (Otamo, Metsä-Tokila) / 56:04 – {{Abbr|SH|Short handed goal}} – Duvin
| official = Anniina Nurmi
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Tiina Saarimäki
| stadium = Tesoman jäähalli, Tampere
| attendance = 90
| penalties1 = 4
| penalties2 = 6
| shots1 = 30
| shots2 = 43
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = ILV/TPS 2
| date = 27 March 2022
| time = 12:30
| team1 = TPS Turku
| team2 = Ilves Tampere
| score = 2–1
| periods = (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48865&season=0
| goalie1 = Mila Houni
| goalie2 = Anni Keisala
| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1
| goals1 = Otamo (Berg, Timonen) – 35:06 / Metsä-Tokila (Enström, Välikangas) – 53:54
| goals2 = 14:53 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Suoranta (Varpula)
| official = Johanna Oksanen
| linesman = Markus Ketola
| linesman2 = Julia Halme
| stadium = Kupittaan monitoimihalli, Turku
| attendance = 63
| penalties1 = 6
| penalties2 = 10
| shots1 = 34
| shots2 = 24
| bg =
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = ILV/TPS 3
| date = 31 March 2022
| time = 19:15
| team1 = Ilves Tampere
| team2 = TPS Turku
| score = 1–3
| periods = (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)
| reference = http://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48869&season=0
| goalie1 = Anni Keisala
| goalie2 = Mila Houni
| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3
| goals1 = Melotindos (Lehtiniemi, Riipinen) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}}, {{Abbr|NG|No goaltender/extra skater}} – 57:13
| goals2 = 15:56 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Otamo (Duvin, Metsä-Tokila) / 18:07 – Metsä-Tokila (Otamo, Duvin) / 59:22 – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – Lukkarila (Duvin)
| official = Anniina Nurmi
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Tiina Saarimäki
| stadium = Tesoman jäähalli, Tampere
| attendance = 70
| penalties1 = 6
| penalties2 = 10
| shots1 = 26
| shots2 = 33
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
Semifinals
=Kiekko-Espoo vs. TPS=
Reigning Finnish Champions Kiekko-Espoo earned placement in the semifinals after defeating eighth-seeded KalPa Kuopio in four quarterfinal games. Elisa Holopainen of Kiekko-Espoo claimed a dominant lead on the playoff scoring tables, notching 8 goals and 13 points in four games to top the charts in both categories, sitting a comfortable three goals and seven points ahead of the second-ranked competitors. Her 5 assists tied with Jonna Yli-Mäenpää of Kärpät for first in the league. Kiekko-Espoo also boasted the highest scoring defenceman in Nelli Laitinen, who scored 3 goals and 3 assists in just two games played.{{Cite web |last=Hirvonen |first=Hinni |date=2022-04-02 |title=Nelli Laitinen häikäisevässä vireessä Naisten Liigan pudotuspeleissä – välieräjoukkueet selvillä, kahden legendan peliura päättyi |url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-12388339 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Yle |language=fi}} In net, Tiia Pajarinen, the 2021 Aurora Borealis Cup MVP, played three of four games for Kiekko-Espoo and maintained a sublime .946 save percentage, good for third in the league, and a league-leading 1.00 goals against average (GAA).
In the only upset of the quarterfinals, fifth-seed TPS Turku shutout fourth-seed Ilves Tampere in three games to earn the first semifinal berth in team history. Their victory was propelled by the elite scoring of their top-line – centre Estelle Duvin and wingers Maija Otamo and Emmi Metsä-Tokila – each of whom netted 2 goals in the quarterfinals. Duvin tallied 3 assists for 5 points in three games and placed twelfth on the scoring table, while both Otamo and Metsä-Tokila notched 2 assists for 4 points, tying with Oona Havana of Kärpät for sixteenth on the scoring table.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-03-31 |title=UJK-kasvatit vastakkain Naisten Liigan puolivälierissä |url=https://www.uudenkaupunginsanomat.fi/2022/03/ujk-kasvatit-vastakkain-naisten-liigan-puolivalierissa/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Uudenkaupungin Sanomat |language=fi}} Goaltender Mila Houni was a surprise standout for TPS in the quarterfinals, following an unimpressive regular season that culminated in a .892 save percentage and 3.97 goals against average across thirteen games. In the first round of the playoffs, Houni ranked second in the league in save percentage, at .951, and third in goals against average, with 1.33, while playing every minute of the three game series.{{Cite web |last=Sundelin |first=Janne |date=2022-03-27 |title=Tepsin kiekkonaiset voiton päässä välieristä – Tampereen Ilves kaatui toistamiseen niukasti maalin erolla |url=https://www.ts.fi/urheilu/5610610 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Turun Sanomat |language=fi}}{{Cite web |last=Raunio |first=Antti |date=2022-03-31 |title=Ilveksen kausi päättyi kotitappioon – Päävalmentaja paketoi kauden: "Korona on tuonut tähänkin kauteen omat mausteensa" |url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/urheilu/art-2000008718577.html |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Aamulehti |language=fi}}
Kiekko-Espoo won all four games of the 2021–22 season series with HPK, two of which were played in the preliminaries and two in the regular season.
Kiekko-Espoo and TPS have never met in the Naisten Liiga playoffs prior to this matchup.
Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)
{{IceHockeybox
| id = KES/TPS 1
| date = 6 April 2022
| time = 19:05
| team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| team2 = TPS Turku
| score = 5–1
| periods = (1–0, 1–1, 3–0)
| reference = http://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48878&season=0
| goalie1 = Tiia Pajarinen
| goalie2 = Mila Houni
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1
| goals1 = Schalin (Nuutinen, Katajamäki) – 08:19 / Haukijärvi (Holopainen, Valkjärvi) – 25:25 / Katajamäki (Rakkolainen, Laitinen) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 40:23 / Yrjänen (Montonen) – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – 57:33 / Haukijärvi – 58:17
| goals2 = 30:32 – Duvin (Metsä-Tokila, Otamo)
| official = Kaisa Ketonen
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Johanna Oksanen
| attendance = 71
| penalties1 = 8
| penalties2 = 8
| shots1 = 40
| shots2 = 19
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = KES/TPS 2
| date = 9 April 2022
| time = 17:30
| team1 = TPS Turku
| team2 = Kiekko-Espoo
| score = 2–6
| periods = (1–3, 1–2, 0–1)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48880&season=0
| goalie1 = Mila Houni
| goalie2 = Tiia Pajarinen
| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6
| goals1 = Duvin (Metsä-Tokila, Otamo) – 02:20 / Duvin (Metsä-Tokila, Berg) – 25:22
| goals2 = 00:19 – Rakkolainen (Holopainen, Haukijärvi) / 04:51 – {{Abbr|VR|Video review}} – Holopainen (Rakkolainen, Haukijärvi) / 15:33 – Holopainen (Laitinen, Rakkolainen) / 31:14 – Valkjärvi (Schalin, Katajamäki) / 39:30 – Holopainen (Haukijärvi) / 52:48 – Holopainen (Laitinen)
| official = Anniina Nurmi
| linesman = Johanna Oksanen
| linesman2 = Julia Halme
| attendance = 72
| penalties1 = 2
| penalties2 = 2
| shots1 = 22
| shots2 = 36
| bg =
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{{IceHockeybox
| id = KES/TPS 3
| date = 10 April 2022
| time = 16:35
| team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| team2 = TPS Turku
| score = 7–1
| periods = (1–0, 3–1, 3–0)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48882&season=0
| goalie1 = Tiia Pajarinen
| goalie2 = Mila Houni
| progression = 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1
| goals1 = Holopainen (Rantala, Laitinen) – 09:22 / Holopainen (Rakkolainen, Laitinen) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 29:36 / Villilä – {{Abbr|DP|Delayed penalty}} – 35:06 / Katajamäki (Holopainen, Laitinen) – 36:10 / Rantala (Holopainen, Haukijärvi) – 51:16 / Nuutinen (Vesa, Haukijärvi) – 52:04 / Montonen (Vesa, Nuutinen) – 58:00
| goals2 = 23:23 – Duvin (Heikkinen)
| official = Henna Åberg
| linesman = Johanna Oksanen
| linesman2 = Helinä Anttila
| attendance = 95
| penalties1 = 6
| penalties2 = 4
| shots1 = 38
| shots2 = 19
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
=HIFK vs. Kärpät=
Game times in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)
{{IceHockeybox
| id = HIF/KAR 1
| date = 6 April 2022
| time = 19:30
| team1 = HIFK Helsinki
| team2 = Kärpät Oulu
| score = 4–2
| periods = (0–0, 3–1, 1–1)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48879&season=0
| goalie1 = Iina Kuusela
| goalie2 = Kati Asikainen
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2
| goals1 = Virtanen (Passard, Saukkonen) – 22:54 / Pejzlová (Locatelli) – 24:59 / Liikala (Locatelli, Rantamäki) – 30:25 / Pejzlová – 58:11
| goals2 = 36:29 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Kaijankoski (Anttii-Roiko, Yli-Mäenpää) / 54:57 – Männikkö (Antti-Roiko)
| official = Anniina Nurmi
| linesman = Salla-Maaria Raitala
| linesman2 = Helinä Anttila
| stadium = Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki
| attendance = 125
| penalties1 = 4
| penalties2 = 4
| shots1 = 37
| shots2 = 18
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = HIF/KAR 2
| date = 9 April 2022
| time = 12:30
| team1 = Kärpät Oulu
| team2 = HIFK Helsinki
| score = 4–6
| periods = (1–2, 1–3, 2–1)
| reference = http://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48881&season=0
| goalie1 = Kati Asikainen
| goalie2 = Iina Kuusela
| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 3–6 / 4–6
| goals1 = Keränen (Yli-Mäenpää, Sarkkinen Mata) – 19:15 / Anttii-Roiko (Lindholm) – 39:19 / Ylitalo (Ekoluoma, Wäänänen) – 45:41 / Huttula (Keränen) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 54:20
| goals2 = 01:06 – Yrjölä (Nilsson) / 10:34 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Pejzlová (Rozier) / 30:45 – Vihervouri (Heikuri, Rozier) / 34:31 – Virtanen (Nilsson, Pejzlová) / 37:26 – Nilsson (Locatelli, Kemppainen) / 40:09 – Liikala (Rantamäki, Saukkonen)
| official = Johanna Tauriainen
| linesman = Isa Rahunen
| linesman2 = Krista Palola
| attendance = 203
| penalties1 = 6
| penalties2 = 4
| shots1 = 23
| shots2 = 38
| bg =
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = HIF/KAR 3
| date = 10 April 2022
| time = 15:00
| team1 = HIFK Helsinki
| team2 = Kärpät Oulu
| score = 3–0
| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48883&season=0
| goalie1 = Iina Kuusela
| goalie2 = Kati Asikainen
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
| goals1 = Rantamäki (Pejzlová, Liikala) – 18:47 / Rantamäki (Kemppainen, Locatelli) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 34:57 / Locatelli – 43:13
| goals2 =
| official = Anniina Nurmi
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Jenni Heikkinen
| stadium = Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki
| attendance = 298
| penalties1 = 20
| penalties2 = 2
| shots1 = 31
| shots2 = 30
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
Bronze medal game
The Aurora Borealis Cup bronze medal was contested in a one-game bronze medal match ({{Langx|fi|pronssiottelu}}) on Sunday, 17 April. Oulun Kärpät bested TPS in overtime to win their eighth Finnish Championship bronze medal.
{{IceHockeybox
| id = Bronze Medal
| date = 17 April 2022
| time = 15:00
| team1 = Kärpät Oulu
| team2 = TPS Turku
| score = 3–2 {{small|OT}}
| periods = (0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)
| reference = http://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48888&season=0
| goalie1 = Kati Asikainen
| goalie2 = Mila Houni
| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2
| goals1 = Huttula (Käyhkö, Lindholm) – 35:27 / Keränen (Huttula) – 45:12 / Antti-Roiko (Käyhkö) – {{Abbr|SH|Short handed goal}} – 69:31
| goals2 = 13:40 – Duvin (Otamo, Välikangas) / 24:22 – Otamo (Metsä-Tokila, Duvin)
| official = Johanna Tauriainen
| linesman = Niko Raitoainen
| linesman2 = Krista Palola
| stadium = Raksilan jäähalli, Oulu
| attendance = 362
| penalties1 = 20
| penalties2 = 4
| shots1 = 21
| shots2 = 38
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
Finals
The best-of-five Finnish Championship finals ({{Langx|fi|Suomen mestaruus finaalit}} or {{Langx|fi|SM-finaalit|label=none}}) began on 17 April and concluded on 24 April. After coming back from a two-game deficit to push the series to game five, HIFK were unable to overcome the defending champions and Kiekko-Espoo ultimately claimed their sixteenth Finnish Championship title.
{{IceHockeybox
| id = Final1
| date = 17 April 2022
| time = 16:00
| team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| team2 = HIFK Helsinki
| score = 5–0
| periods = (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48889&season=0
| goalie1 = Tiia Pajarinen
| goalie2 = Iina Kuusela
| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
| goals1 = Leinonen (Yrjänen, Viitasuo) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 07:26 / Rakkolainen (Rantala, Laitinen) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 10:36 / Laitinen – 26:26 / Katajamäki (Viitasuo, Yrjänen) – 51:10 / Laitinen (Rakkolainen) – 56:28
| goals2 =
| official = Kaisa Ketonen
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Johanna Oksanen
| attendance = 286
| penalties1 = 4
| penalties2 = 8
| shots1 = 48
| shots2 = 34
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = Final2
| date = 18 April 2022
| time = 15:00
| team1 = HIFK Helsinki
| team2 = Kiekko-Espoo
| score = 2–6
| periods = (0–1, 0–3, 2–2)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48890&season=0
| goalie1 = Iina Kuusela
| goalie2 = Tiia Pajarinen
| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6
| goals1 = Yrjölä (Parkkonen) – 45:54 / Pejzlová (Rantamäki) – 57:22
| goals2 = 10:22 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Yrjänen (Villilä, Leinonen) / 25:14 – Laitinen (Katajamäki) / 28:36 – Vesa (Viitasuo, Nuutinen) / 28:57 – Haukijärvi (Laitinen, Rantala) / 48:06 – Holopainen (Laitinen, Rantala) / 58:31 – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – Holopainen (Haukijärvi, Rantala)
| official = Anniina Nurmi
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Helinä Anttila
| stadium = Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki
| attendance = 332
| penalties1 = 6
| penalties2 = 8
| shots1 = 35
| shots2 = 33
| bg =
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = Final3
| date = 20 April 2022
| time = 19:15
| team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| team2 = HIFK Helsinki
| score = 3–6
| periods = (0–2, 2–2, 1–2)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48891&season=0
| goalie1 = Tiia Pajarinen
Minja Drufva
| goalie2 = Iina Kuusela
| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5 / 3–6
| goals1 = Katajamäki (Schalin, Yrjänen) – 29:27 / Holopainen (Rakkolainen) – {{Abbr|SH|Short handed goal}} – 32:47 / Viitasuo (Yrjänen) – 56:53
| goals2 = 05:01 – {{Abbr|SH|Short handed goal}} – Nilsson (Pejzlová) / 09:40 – Liikala (Rantamäki, Pejzlová) / 25:14 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Parkkonen (Yrjölä, Liikala) / 36:05 – Liikala (Rantamäki) / 49:35 – Passard (Yrjölä, Rozier) / 57:45 – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – Pejzlová
| official = Kaisa Ketonen
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Johanna Oksanen
| attendance = 383
| penalties1 = 33
| penalties2 = 8
| shots1 = 28
| shots2 = 23
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = Final4
| date = 23 April 2022
| time = 15:00
| team1 = HIFK Helsinki
| team2 = Kiekko-Espoo
| score = 4–1
| periods = (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)
| reference = http://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48892&season=0
| goalie1 = Iina Kuusela
| goalie2 = Tiia Pajarinen
| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1
| goals1 = Nilsson – 18:57 / Liikala (Pejzlová) – 20:25 / Pejzlová (Liikala, Rantamäki) – 46:40 / Pejzlová – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – 59:17
| goals2 = 12:05 – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – Villilä (Yrjänen, Viitasuo)
| official = Anniina Nurmi
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Johanna Oksanen
| stadium = Pirkkolan jäähalli, Helsinki
| attendance = 483
| penalties1 = 16
| penalties2 = 14
| shots1 = 28
| shots2 = 29
| bg =
| note =
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| id = Final5
| date = 24 April 2022
| time = 16:00
| team1 = Kiekko-Espoo
| team2 = HIFK Helsinki
| score = 8–3
| periods = (1–1, 3–0, 4–2)
| reference = https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/gamesheet/?gid=48893&season=0
| goalie1 = Tiia Pajarinen
| goalie2 = Iina Kuusela
| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 6–2 / 6–3 / 7–3 / 8–3
| goals1 = Laitinen (Schalin) – 17:36 / Montonen (Yrjänen) – 25:03 / Katajamäki (Zielińska, Viitasuo) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 37:45 / Holopainen (Vesa) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 38:08 / Holopainen (Rakkolainen) – {{Abbr|PP|Power play goal}} – 46:43 / Laitinen (Vesa) – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – 53:00 / Vesa (Holopainen) – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – 57:24 / Vesa (Laitinen) – {{Abbr|EN|Empty net goal}} – 58:47
| goals2 = 03:20 – Nilsson / 54:08 – Locatelli (Saukkonen) / 56:36 – Rantamäki (Rozier, Mehtonen)
| official = Anniina Nurmi
| linesman = Linnea Sainio
| linesman2 = Johanna Oksanen
| attendance = 450
| penalties1 = 18
| penalties2 = 29
| shots1 = 31
| shots2 = 28
| bg = #eeeeee
| note =
}}
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in playoff points at the conclusion of playoffs on 24 April 2022.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-04-24 |title=2021–2022 Naisten Liiga, pudotuspelit – Pelaajatilastot |url=https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/helpers/dwlPlayers.php?dwl=1&season=2022&type=1&nop=0&stgid=6679&teamid=&FiltersGames=&FiltersStrength=&FiltersRookies=0&FiltersTotal=&FiltersPeriod=&FiltersSortOrder=DESC&FiltersSortedBy=PlayerPoints&FiltersSport=0&FiltersRoleID=-1&FiltersPlayerName= |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi |publisher=Finnish Ice Hockey Association |language=fi |format=XLS}}
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! ! style="width: 10em;" |Player ! style="width: 4em;" |Team ! style="width: 3em;" |{{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! style="width: 3em;" |{{abbr|G|Goals}} ! style="width: 3em;" |{{abbr|A|Assists}} ! style="width: 3em;" |{{abbr|Pts|Points}} ! style="width: 3em;" |{{Abbr|PIM|Penalty minutes}} |
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Elisa|Holopainen}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 12 | 19 | 10 ! 29 | 14 |
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Nelli|Laitinen}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 10 | 8 | 13 ! 21 | 8 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Michaela|Pejzlová}} | style="text-align:left;" |HIFK | 12 | 10 | 7 ! 17 | 2 |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Emmi|Rakkolainen}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 12 | 4 | 11 ! 15 | 25 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Kiira|Yrjänen}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 12 | 5 | 9 ! 14 | 8 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Tinja-Mariia|Haukijärvi}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 12 | 5 | 7 ! 12 | 6 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Estelle|Duvin}} | style="text-align:left;" |TPS | 7 | 7 | 4 ! 11 | 6 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Sanni|Rantala}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 11 | 2 | 9 ! 11 | 0 |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Anna-Kaisa|Antti-Roiko}} | style="text-align:left;" |Kärpät | 7 | 6 | 4 ! 10 | 16 |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Julia|Liikala}} | style="text-align:left;" |HIFK | 12 | 6 | 4 ! 10 | 4 |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Matilda|Nilsson}} | style="text-align:left;" |HIFK | 12 | 5 | 5 ! 10 | 6 |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Emilia|Vesa}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 12 | 3 | 7 ! 10 | 4 |
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Athena|Locatelli}} | style="text-align:left;" |HIFK | 12 | 5 | 4 ! 9 | 6 |
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Karoliina|Rantamäki}} | style="text-align:left;" |HIFK | 12 | 3 | 6 ! 9 | 27 |
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Ella|Viitasuo}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 12 | 2 | 7 ! 9 | 4 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders had played at least one playoff match at the conclusion of the playoffs on 24 April 2022, sorted by save percentage.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-04-24 |title=2021–2022 Naisten Liiga, pudotuspelit – Maalivahtitilastot |url=https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/helpers/dwlGoalkeepers.php?dwl=1&season=2022&type=1&nop=10&stgid=6679&teamid=&FiltersGames=&FiltersRookies=0&FiltersTotal=&FiltersPeriod=&FiltersSortOrder=DESC&FiltersSortedBy=GoalieSavesPerc&FiltersSport=0&FiltersPlayerName=&gamesratio=0.3333333333333333&levelid=73 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327190243/https://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/helpers/dwlGoalkeepers.php?dwl=1&season=2022&type=1&nop=10&stgid=6679&teamid=&FiltersGames=&FiltersRookies=0&FiltersTotal=&FiltersPeriod=&FiltersSortOrder=DESC&FiltersSortedBy=GoalieSavesPerc&FiltersSport=0&FiltersPlayerName=&gamesratio=0.3333333333333333&levelid=73 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi |publisher=Finnish Ice Hockey Association |language=fi |format=XLS}}
{{legend|white|Team eliminated in quarterfinals}}
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! ! style="width: 10em;" |Player !Team !{{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! style="width: 3em;" |{{abbr|TOI|Time on ice}} !{{abbr|W|Wins}} !{{abbr|L|Losses}} !{{abbr|SA|Shots against}} !{{abbr|GA|Goals against}} !{{abbr|SO|Shutouts}} !{{abbr|SV%|Save percentage}} !{{abbr|GAA|Goals against average}} |
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|1 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Kassidy|Sauvé}} | style="text-align:left;" |HPK | 4 | style="text-align:right;" |236:10 | 1 | 3 | 190 | 9 | 0 ! .955 | 2.29 |
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|2 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Anni|Keisala}} | style="text-align:left;" |Ilves | 3 | style="text-align:right;" |175:33 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 7 | 0 ! .938 | 2.39 |
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Tiia|Pajarinen}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 11 | style="text-align:right;" |656:37 | 9 | 2 | 261 | 20 | 3 ! .929 | 1.83 |
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Johanna|Oksman}} | style="text-align:left;" |Kärpät | 1 | style="text-align:right;" |60:00 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 ! .929 | 2.00 |
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|5 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Tiina|Ranne}} | style="text-align:left;" |KalPa | 4 | style="text-align:right;" |235:51 | 1 | 3 | 243 | 22 | 0 ! .917 | 5.60 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Iina|Kuusela}} | style="text-align:left;" |HIFK | 12 | style="text-align:right;" |713:56 | 8 | 4 | 310 | 30 | 2 ! .912 | 2.52 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Kati|Asikainen}} | style="text-align:left;" |Kärpät | 6 | style="text-align:right;" |361:39 | 3 | 3 | 186 | 19 | 0 ! .907 | 3.15 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Mila|Houni}} | style="text-align:left;" |TPS | 7 | style="text-align:right;" |429:26 | 3 | 4 | 212 | 24 | 0 ! .898 | 3.35 |
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|9 | style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Hannele|Tarkiainen}} | style="text-align:left;" |Kuortane | 3 | style="text-align:right;" |176:14 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 14 | 0 ! .889 | 4.77 |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" |{{Sortname|Minja|Drufva}} | style="text-align:left;" |K-Espoo | 2 | style="text-align:right;" |60:43 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 ! .833 | 2.96 |
References
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External links
- [http://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/serie/?season=2022&lid=73&did=9&stgid=6679&lang=fi Official statistics] from the Finnish Ice Hockey Association {{In lang|fi}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs}}