2018 Karjala Tournament

2018 Karjala Tournament (Euro Hockey Games)

Tournament details
Host countries	Finland   Czechia
Cities	Helsinki Prague
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	8–11 November 2018
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (7th title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	26 (4.33 per game)
Attendance	48,786 (8,131 per game)
Scoring leader	Dominik Kubalík (4 points)
Official website
leijonat.com
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The 2018 Karjala Tournament was played between 8 and 11 November 2018. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. ^[1] One match was played in Prague, Czech Republic, the rest of the matches were played in Helsinki, Finland. Russia won the tournament. The tournament was part of 2018–19 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	9	6	+3	6
2	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Sweden	3	1	0	0	2	4	9	−5	3

Source: eurohockey ^[2]

Games

All times are local.Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Prague – (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Source ^[3]

8 November 2018 18:20

Czech Republic

2-3 (1-1, 1-2, 0-0)

Sweden

Tipsport Arena, Prague Attendance: 9,723

Game reference
	Jakub Kovar	Goalies	Lars Johansson	Referees: Roman Gofman Yuri Oskirko
	0-1 08:30 – Jakob Lilja (Emil Larsson) 10:31 – Milan Doudera (Dominik Kubalík) 1-1 1-2 28:41 – Nick Sörensen (Lukas Bengtsson, Mikael Wikstrand) 1-3 32:44 – Jonathan Davidsson (Joakim Nygård) 34:36 – Jan Kolar (Jiri Sekac) 2-3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	25

8 November 2018 18:30

Russia

3-0 (2-0, 1-0, 0-0)

Finland

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 9,052

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Juha Metsola	Referees: Mikael Nord Mikael Holm
	04:08 – Mikhail Grigorenko (Andrei Loktionov) 1-0 11:15 – Nikita Nesterov (Mikhail Grigorenko, Kirill Kaprizov) (PP) 2-0 34:40 – Andrei Pedan (Ivan Telegin, Yevgeny Ketov) 3-0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	28

10 November 2018 13:00

Sweden

1-4 (0-0, 0-2, 1-2)

Russia

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 3,552

Game reference
	Magnus Hellberg	Goalies	Igor Shesterkin	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Joonas Kova
	0-1 30:48 – Andrei Kuzmenko (Alexander Barabanov, Dinar Khafizullin) 0-2 38:40 – Yevgeny Ketov (SHG) 45:18 – Jakob Lilja (Lukas Bengtsson, Joel Persson) (PP) 1-2 1-3 50:04 – Andrei Kuzmenko (Alexei Byvaltsev, Maxim Shalunov) (PP) 1-4 58:11 – Andrei Loktionov (Ivan Telegin, Alexei Byvaltsev) (EN)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	32

10 November 2018 17:30

Finland

3-0 (1-0, 2-0, 0-0)

Czech Republic

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 11,350

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Patrik Bartošák	Referees: Mikael Nord Mikael Holm
	12:24 – Arttu Ruotsalainen (Harri Pesonen, Teemu Kivihalme) 1-0 26:28 – Joonas Nättinen 2-0 32:16 – Sakari Manninen 3-0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	18

11 November 2018 13:30

Czech Republic

5-2 (1-2, 2-0, 2-0)

Russia

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 3,020

Game reference
	Patrik Bartošák	Goalies	Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman
	0-1 02:45 – Kirill Kaprizov (Nikita Nesterov, Nikita Nesterov, Alexei Vasilevsky) (PP) 11:28 – Michal Repik (Roman Horak, Rudolf Cerveny) 1-1 1-2 16:08 – Alexei Vasilevsky (Mikhail Grigorenko, Kirill Kaprizov) (PP) 21:16 – Dominik Kubalík 2-2 33:40 – Dominik Kubalík (Jan Štencel, Robin Hanzl) 3-2 58:59 – Radovan Pavlík (Michal Repik) (EN) 4-2 59:27 – Dominik Kubalík (Roman Horak) (EN) 5-2
	21	Shots	23

11 November 2018 17:30

Finland

3-0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0)

Sweden

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 12,089

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Lars Johansson	Referees: Vladimir Pešina David Prazak
	07:49 – Ville Leskinen (Arttu Ruotsalainen, Mikko Lehtonen) (PP) 1-0 21:37 – Teemu Eronen (Ville Leskinen, Harri Pesonen) 2-0 56:21 – Jani Hakanpää (Marko Anttila) 3-0
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	22

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Dominik Kubalík	Czech Republic	3	3	1	4	+5	2	F
2	Mikhail Grigorenko	Russia	3	1	2	3	-2	0	F
3	Kirill Kaprizov	Russia	3	1	2	3	-3	0	F
4	Jakob Lilja	Sweden	3	2	0	2	-1	0	F
5	Andrei Kuzmenko	Russia	3	2	0	2	+1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: quanthockey ^[4]

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Magnus Hellberg	Sweden	91:19	3	1.97	93.62	1
2	Mikko Koskinen	Finland	120:00	3	1.50	92.86	0
3	Ilya Sorokin	Russia	178:35	7	2.35	91.76	0
4	Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	87:08	3	2.07	91.67	0
5	Ben Scrivens	Canada	176:04	8	2.73	89.47	0
6	Eero Kilpeläinen	Finland	60:00	3	3.00	89.29	0
7	Marek Mazanec	Czech Republic	120:00	7	3.50	88.14	0
8	Jonas Hiller	Switzerland	118:07	9	4.57	85.48	0
9	Pavel Francouz	Czech Republic	59:42	5	5.03	79.17	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey ^[5]

References

1. "Karjala Cup 2018". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
2. "Karjala 2018 Standings". eurohockey.com. eurohockey. 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
3. "Karjala 2018 Matches". eurohockey.com. eurohockey. 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
4. "Karjala Tournament 2018 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2026-02-02.
5. "Karjala Tournament 2018 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2026-02-02.