2010–11 Elitserien season

Magnus Johansson of the Linköpings HC scored the first goal of the season.^[4][7]

Standings

x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – will play in relegation series

Games

Statistics

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes^[8]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Joakim Lindström	Skellefteå AIK	54	28	32	60	+10	134
Mikko Lehtonen	Skellefteå AIK	55	30	28	58	+1	34
David Rundblad	Skellefteå AIK	55	11	39	50	+6	14
Martin Thörnberg	HV71	52	25	19	44	+11	24
Byron Ritchie	Modo Hockey	53	23	21	44	+6	72
Niklas Andersson	Frölunda HC	53	14	30	44	−15	30
Linus Videll	Södertälje SK	52	20	23	43	+4	10
Per-Åge Skrøder	Modo Hockey	55	15	26	41	+2	64
Pär Arlbrandt	Luleå HF	55	19	21	40	+3	16
Jaroslav Hlinka	Linköpings HC	43	11	29	40	+13	12

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA among goaltenders that have played at least 1200 minutes.^[9]

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Anders Nilsson	Luleå HF	31	1876:29	60	6	.918	1.92
Alexander Salák	Färjestads BK	32	1857:03	61	7	.926	1.97
Fredrik Norrena	Linköpings HC	48	2916:56	103	6	.918	2.12
David Rautio	Luleå HF	24	1444:20	52	1	.904	2.16
Mark Owuya	Djurgårdens IF	32	1847:56	67	2	.927	2.18
Christopher Nihlstorp	Färjestads BK	23	1267:56	46	2	.923	2.18
Viktor Fasth	AIK	42	2473:11	93	2	.925	2.26
Niklas Svedberg	Brynäs IF	21	1260:48	48	2	.917	2.28
Daniel Larsson	HV71	45	2727:35	115	2	.917	2.53
Andreas Hadelöv	Skellefteå AIK	40	2398:54	101	2	.909	2.53

Attendance

The standard of eight teams qualify for the playoffs. HV71 won the regular season title for the second consecutive season with 96 points.

1. HV71 – Regular season champions, 96 points (+30 goal difference, 173 goals for)
2. Färjestads BK – 96 points (+30 goal difference, 154 goals for)
3. Skellefteå AIK – 96 points (+28 goal difference)
4. Luleå HF – 88 points
5. Linköpings HC – 85 points
6. Djurgårdens IF – 84 points
7. Brynäs IF – 81 points
8. AIK – 76 points

Playoff bracket

In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In the second round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 2, 4 and 6 (if necessary).

Quarterfinals

(1) HV71 vs. (8) AIK

(2) Färjestads BK vs. (7) Brynäs IF

(3) Skellefteå AIK vs. (5) Linköpings HC

(4) Luleå HF vs. (6) Djurgårdens IF

• Note: Game 6 was played in the Ericsson Globe.

Semifinals

(2) Färjestads BK vs. (8) AIK

• Note: Game 4 was played in the Ericsson Globe.

(3) Skellefteå AIK vs. (4) Luleå HF

Finals

(2) Färjestads BK vs. (3) Skellefteå AIK

Playoff statistics

Playoff scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mikael Johansson	Färjestads BK	14	5	8	13	2
Rickard Wallin	Färjestads BK	14	4	9	13	12
Erik Forssell	Skellefteå AIK	18	7	5	12	4
Jimmie Ericsson	Skellefteå AIK	18	6	5	11	20
Christian Söderström	Skellefteå AIK	18	5	6	11	4
Joakim Lindström	Skellefteå AIK	18	4	7	11	16
Per Åslund	Färjestads BK	14	5	5	10	16
Dick Axelsson	Färjestads BK	14	4	6	10	24
Magnus Nygren	Färjestads BK	14	3	7	10	6
David Rundblad	Skellefteå AIK	18	3	7	10	20

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Playoff leading goaltenders

Player	Team	GP	TOI	SOG	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Cristopher Nihlstorp	Färjestads BK	5	338:30	162	9	0	.944	1.60
Mark Owuya	Djurgårdens IF	7	433:28	181	12	2	.934	1.66
Viktor Fasth	AIK	8	472:29	254	14	1	.945	1.78
Anders Nilsson	Luleå HF	13	826:42	391	27	0	.931	1.96
Alexander Salák	Färjestads BK	9	562:13	230	22	0	.904	2.35

^[11]

New rule changes include:^[12][13]

• For this season, a team receiving a penalty shot had to use the player fouled to perform the shot. Previously, the team could choose any player to take the shot.
• A player on the ice must be within 1.5 metres of the bench before his replacement could step on the ice.
• A player losing his helmet during play must leave the ice immediately.
• When a team with a player already in the penalty box has a delayed penalty and the opposing team scores, the player already in the box will exit and the player with the delayed penalty will serve his penalty. Previously, the goal would negate the delayed penalty.
• A goal scored with the shaft of the stick would stand, even were the stick blade above the crossbar.
• The number of non-players allowed in the bench area was increased from six to eight.
• For the first time since the 2004–2005 season, the 2010–2011 season re-introduced shootout in regulation games. Games tied after the first 60 minutes went to a 5-minute overtime period, and to a shootout if no goals were scored in the overtime. If the teams scored equally with three penalty shots, a sudden-death shootout would result: if the first team scored, the second team would lose unless it could score in its next shot. The player who gave his team the winning lead in the shootout was awarded a goal point in the protocol. The first game to go into a shootout was in round 3, a Timrå IK victory over Luleå HF.

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