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KooKoo leads this series 2-0 after two close wins. Tappara were in the first game late and also in the second, in which they even had 2 full minutes of 5-on-3 in the final 3 minutes to tie the game but failed to do so, even though their power play has been superb in these playoffs. Tappara were in this same position in the semifinal series, losing 0-2 and turning it around by winning the next 4 games. Tappara have won 3 of the last 4 titles and know how to respond in big moments, so on home ice, got to expect them to push back and cut into KooKoo's series lead with a win today.

Both of these teams are really good offensively, especially Maccabi Tel Aviv, who averages 98.1 points scored per game, while Hapoel Beer Sheva is averaging 86.7 points scored per game. Their first head-to-head match of the season saw a total of 196 points, so with both sides shooting a bunch of 3s and hitting a fair amount of them, got to expect another higher-scoring contest that should result in an over in the end.

Maccabi Rishon LeZion went over this total in 6 of their last 9 games, while Hapoel HaEmek went over this total in 7 of their last 11 games. They went over this total in the last 11 H2H meetings, which averaged a total of 172.5 points per game, so got to expect another slightly higher-scoring contest here, which should result in a new over.

Drammen won a very tight game 1 of this series on the road after extra time. Elverum was 6 goals down in the first half and managed to claw their way back to force extra time before losing narrowly by a goal. Elverum finished top of the table in the regular season, 12 points above Drammen, and they won each of the last 4 visits to Drammen, so got to expect Elverum to be fully focused here, facing elimination, and to win to force a decisive game 3.

These two teams combined for 69 goals in the first game of this tie, which finished in Veszprem's favor but only by 1 goal, so this should be similarly tight game. Both play at a really fast pace and score a lot of goals, so this should also be a high-scoring contest. They played head-to-head here in Berlin earlier in the group stage and combined for 72 goals, with both sides scoring well above 30 goals respectively, similar to game 1 of this tie, so got to expect another heavy-scoring game that should result in another over.

These two teams have battled a very even series so far as 2 of the 3 games required extra time to decide the winner, and the third game was won by one goal. They are very evenly matched, and this should be another tight game that could also easily require extra time to decide the winner.

Hapoel Beer Sheva is 2nd with 66 points, sitting just 1 point behind the leaders in a title fight, while Maccabi Haifa is 5th with 45 points and without much to play for for the rest of the season. Maccabi Haifa lost 5 of their last 7 games, and Hapoel Beer Sheva is undefeated in their last 7 head-to-head meetings with 5 wins, including a win in each of the last 3 visits to Haifa, so got to give the edge to the visitors and back Hapoel Beer Sheva to win.

These two teams have battled a very even series so far which Skara leads 2-1, with 2 of 3 games decided by one-goal margins and the visiting team winning all 3 times. They tied 1 of 5 previous H2H meetings hosted by Skara, and 3 of the last 4 H2H matches between them finished with one-goal margins, so got to expect this one to be close and go down to the wire, which could easily result in a tie and require extra time to decide the winner.