The 2022–23 SHL season was the 48th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 17 September 2022 and ended on 9 March 2023, where it was then followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs.
| 2022–23 SHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Swedish Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration |
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| Regular season | |
| First place | Växjö Lakers |
| Top scorer | Antti Suomela (IK Oskarshamn) |
| Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan | Brynäs IF |
| Playoffs | |
| Playoffs MVP | Emil Larmi (Växjö Lakers)[1] |
| Finals champions | Växjö Lakers |
| Runners-up | Skellefteå AIK |
The Växjö Lakers completed their second league and playoff double in three seasons; having finished three points clear of Skellefteå AIK after the 52-game regular season, the two teams met again in the playoff final with the Lakers prevailing 4–1 in the best-of-seven series.[1]
Teams
The league consists of 14 teams; HV71 returned to the SHL after one season in the HockeyAllsvenskan, where they won the 2021–22 title.[2] Djurgårdens IF were relegated to the HockeyAllsvenskan at the end of the previous season, and as a result, Stockholm was not represented by a top-division team for the first time.[3] In the end of the season, Brynäs was relegated for the first time ever, leaving Färjestad as the only team to have played every season in the league since it was founded.
Regular season
Each team played 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four times: twice on home ice, and twice away from home. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.[4]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Växjö Lakers | 52 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 153 | 111 | +42 | 102 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Skellefteå AIK | 52 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 165 | 118 | +47 | 99 | |
| 3 | Färjestad BK | 52 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 154 | 139 | +15 | 90 | |
| 4 | Örebro HK | 52 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 155 | 141 | +14 | 83 | |
| 5 | Timrå IK | 52 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 137 | 130 | +7 | 81 | |
| 6 | Frölunda HC | 52 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 140 | 139 | +1 | 81 | |
| 7 | IK Oskarshamn | 52 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 165 | 159 | +6 | 78 | Qualification to Eighth-finals |
| 8 | Leksands IF | 52 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 131 | 136 | −5 | 77 | |
| 9 | Rögle BK | 52 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 149 | 158 | −9 | 72 | |
| 10 | Luleå HF | 52 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 117 | 130 | −13 | 71 | |
| 11 | HV71 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 138 | 151 | −13 | 68 | |
| 12 | Linköping HC | 52 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 133 | 165 | −32 | 67 | |
| 13 | Brynäs IF (R) | 52 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 134 | 171 | −37 | 62 | Qualification to Play Out |
| 14 | Malmö Redhawks | 52 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 133 | 156 | −23 | 61 |
Source: SHL.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[5] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Antti Suomela | IK Oskarshamn | 51 | 37 | 29 | 66 | +20 | 45 |
 Patrik Karlkvist | IK Oskarshamn | 52 | 23 | 38 | 61 | +11 | 14 |
 Adam Tambellini | Rögle BK | 49 | 23 | 23 | 46 | –14 | 14 |
| Jonathan Pudas | Skellefteå AIK | 50 | 11 | 34 | 45 | +12 | 28 |
| Oscar Möller | Skellefteå AIK | 48 | 23 | 21 | 44 | +19 | 10 |
 Jiří Smejkal | IK Oskarshamn | 49 | 23 | 20 | 43 | +3 | 30 |
| André Petersson | HV71 | 47 | 21 | 21 | 42 | +3 | 16 |
| Jonathan Dahlén | Timrå IK | 52 | 20 | 22 | 42 | +8 | 20 |
| Ahti Oksanen | IK Oskarshamn | 52 | 20 | 22 | 42 | +17 | 10 |
 Rodrigo Ābols | Örebro HK | 51 | 19 | 22 | 41 | –2 | 12 |
Leading goaltenders
The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they had played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the regular season.[6][7]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Larmi | Växjö Lakers | 31 | 1850:58 | 21 | 9 | 50 | 8 | 93.35 | 1.62 |
| Linus Söderström | Skellefteå AIK | 30 | 1690:59 | 22 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 92.94 | 1.63 |
 Mantas Armalis | Leksands IF | 41 | 2364:12 | 24 | 16 | 86 | 4 | 92.07 | 2.18 |
| Joel Lassinantti | Luleå HF | 40 | 2304:41 | 16 | 23 | 84 | 6 | 89.57 | 2.19 |
| Jacob Johansson | Timrå IK | 47 | 2793:19 | 24 | 22 | 108 | 4 | 91.15 | 2.32 |
| Lars Johansson | Frölunda HC | 41 | 2336:54 | 19 | 19 | 93 | 3 | 91.01 | 2.39 |
| Jhonas Enroth | Örebro HK | 37 | 2238:12 | 22 | 15 | 93 | 2 | 90.54 | 2.49 |
| Adam Åhman | Växjö Lakers | 22 | 1297:20 | 13 | 9 | 54 | 2 | 89.51 | 2.50 |
| Matt Tomkins | Färjestad BK | 32 | 1917:37 | 20 | 12 | 81 | 2 | 91.15 | 2.53 |
| Tim Juel | IK Oskarshamn | 32 | 1915:26 | 18 | 13 | 83 | 2 | 92.14 | 2.60 |
Playoffs
Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.[8]
Format
In the first round, the 7th-ranked team meets the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team meets the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the second-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the third-ranked team will face the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will face the fifth-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. The meetings are in the first round played as best-of-three series, and in the later rounds as best-of-seven series. In the eighth-finals, the higher-seeded teams play at home for game 2 (plus 3 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams play at home for game 1. In the later rounds, the higher-seeded teams are at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams are at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).[8]
Playoff bracket
| Eighth-finals Swedish: Åttondelsfinal | Quarter-finals Swedish: Kvartsfinal | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | IK Oskarshamn | 1 | 10 | Luleå HF | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Luleå HF | 2 | 1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Frölunda HC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Rögle BK | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Växjö Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Skellefteå AIK | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Färjestad BK | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Leksands IF | 1 | 6 | Frölunda HC | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Rögle BK | 2 | 2 | Skellefteå AIK | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Örebro HK | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Örebro HK | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Timrå IK | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Eighth-finals
(7) IK Oskarshamn vs. (10) Luleå HF
| 11 March | Luleå HF | 5–4 | IK Oskarshamn | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | |||
| Brendan Shinnimin (1) – 14:28 | First period |
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| Second period | 5:34 – Jiří Smejkal (1; PPG) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:54 – Ahti Oksanen (1) | ||||||
| Joel Lassinantti (22 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Tim Juel (35 shots / 30 saves) | ||||||
| 13 March | IK Oskarshamn | 4–3 | OT | Luleå HF | Be-Ge Hockey Center | Recap | ||
| Myles Powell (1) – 6:08 | First period |
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| Patrik Karlkvist (1; PPG) – 1:01 | Second period | 16:14 – Tomi Sallinen (1) | ||||||
| Ahti Oksanen (2) – 10:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lukas Pilö (2) – 16:47 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tim Juel (32 shots / 29 saves) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti (34 shots / 30 saves) | ||||||
| 14 March | IK Oskarshamn | 2–3 | OT | Luleå HF | Be-Ge Hockey Center | Recap | ||
| Antti Suomela (2; PPG) – 12:55 | First period | 6:21 – Juhani Tyrväinen (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 10:01 – Erik Gustafsson (1; PPG) | ||||||
| Ahti Oksanen (3) – 13:38 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 4:30 – Joonas Rask (1) | ||||||
| Tim Juel (28 shots / 25 saves) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti (29 shots / 27 saves) | ||||||
| Luleå HF win series 2–1 | |
(8) Leksands IF vs. (9) Rögle BK
| 11 March | Rögle BK | 1–2 | OT | Leksands IF | Catena Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 3:21 – Matt Caito (1) | ||||||
| Dennis Everberg (1; PPG) – 5:23 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 14:21 – Lian Bichsel (1) | ||||||
| Christoffer Rifalk (43 shots / 41 saves) | Goalie stats | Mantas Armalis (28 shots / 27 saves) | ||||||
| 13 March | Leksands IF | 2–3 | Rögle BK | Tegera Arena | Recap | |||
| First period | 18:37 – Anton Bengtsson (1; PPG) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 9:26 – William Wallinder (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 9:51 – Linus Sandin (1; SHG) | ||||||
| Mantas Armalis (11 shots / 8 saves) | Goalie stats | Christoffer Rifalk (38 shots / 36 saves) | ||||||
| 14 March | Leksands IF | 2–4 | Rögle BK | Tegera Arena | Recap | |||
| Patrik Zackrisson (1) – 6:36 | First period |
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| No scoring | Second period | 6:20 – Tony Sund (1) | ||||||
| Matt Caito (2) – 15:37 | Third period | 18:55 – Brady Ferguson (1; PPG/ENG) | ||||||
| Mantas Armalis (21 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Christoffer Rifalk (39 shots / 37 saves) | ||||||
| Rögle BK win series 2–1 | |
Quarter-finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (10) Luleå HF
| 16 March | Växjö Lakers | 2–0 | Luleå HF | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Persson (1; PPG) – 10:13 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ludvig Nilsson (1; ENG) – 19:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (9 shots / 9 saves) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti (29 shots / 28 saves) | ||||||
| 18 March | Luleå HF | 1–0 | Växjö Lakers | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joonas Rask (2) – 19:00 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Lassinantti (13 shots / 13 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (16 shots / 15 saves) | ||||||
| 20 March | Växjö Lakers | 7–2 | Luleå HF | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Second period | 6:06 – Brendan Shinnimin (4) | ||||||
| Third period | 1:31 – Julius Honka (2) | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (18 shots / 16 saves) | Goalie stats |
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| 22 March | Luleå HF | 2–3 | OT | Växjö Lakers | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Second period | 5:31 – Kalle Kossila (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:08 – Kalle Kossila (3; PPG) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 1:25 – Hardy Häman Aktell (2) | ||||||
| Joel Lassinantti (24 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (20 shots / 18 saves) | ||||||
| 24 March | Växjö Lakers | 0–1 | Luleå HF | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 7:13 – Jonas Berglund (1) | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (18 shots / 17 saves) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti (32 shots / 32 saves) | ||||||
| 26 March | Luleå HF | 2–1 | Växjö Lakers | Coop Norrbotten Arena | Recap | |||
| First period | 3:41 – Martin Lundberg (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Lassinantti (21 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (22 shots / 20 saves) | ||||||
| 28 March | Växjö Lakers | 2–1 | Luleå HF | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| Joachim Blichfeld (2) – 17:58 | First period | 18:24 – Niklas Olausson (1) | ||||||
| Robert Rosén (2; PPG) – 6:58 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (14 shots / 13 saves) | Goalie stats | Joel Lassinantti (23 shots / 21 saves) | ||||||
| Växjö Lakers win series 4–3 | |
(2) Skellefteå AIK vs. (9) Rögle BK
| 16 March | Skellefteå AIK | 2–3 | Rögle BK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:02 – Dennis Everberg (2) | ||||||
| Filip Sandberg (1; PPG) – 19:42 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jonathan Johnson (1; EA) – 16:59 | Third period |
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| Linus Söderström (20 shots / 17 saves) | Goalie stats | Christoffer Rifalk (37 shots / 35 saves) | ||||||
| 18 March | Rögle BK | 0–2 | Skellefteå AIK | Catena Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period |
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| Christoffer Rifalk (30 shots / 28 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (17 shots / 17 saves) | ||||||
| 20 March | Skellefteå AIK | 5–0 | Rögle BK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Linus Söderström (21 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Christoffer Rifalk (31 shots / 27 saves) | ||||||
| 22 March | Rögle BK | 5–2 | Skellefteå AIK | Catena Arena | Recap | |||
| Adam Engström (3) – 14:11 | First period | 15:43 – Måns Forsfjäll (1) | ||||||
| Oskar Stål Lyrenäs (1; PPG) – 10:28 | Second period | 14:44 – Oscar Möller (2) | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Christoffer Rifalk (27 shots / 25 saves) | Goalie stats | Frans Tuohimaa (15 shots / 12 saves) | ||||||
| 24 March | Skellefteå AIK | 3–2 | OT | Rögle BK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 19:46 – Anton Bengtsson (2; PPG) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:59 – Simon Hjalmarsson (1) | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Filip Sandberg (2) – 9:44 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Linus Söderström (20 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Christoffer Rifalk (48 shots / 45 saves) | ||||||
| 26 March | Rögle BK | 1–5 | Skellefteå AIK | Catena Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 6:02 – Joakim Lindström (2) | ||||||
| Oskar Stål Lyrenäs (2; PPG) – 7:33 | Second period | 5:27 – Jonathan Pudas (2; PPG) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period |
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| Christoffer Rifalk (31 shots / 26 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (23 shots / 22 saves) | ||||||
| Skellefteå AIK win series 4–2 | |
(3) Färjestad BK vs. (6) Frölunda HC
| 17 March | Färjestad BK | 3–2 | Frölunda HC | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |||
| Lucas Forsell (1) – 2:54 | First period | 15:38 – Joel Lundqvist (1; PPG) | ||||||
| Joakim Nygård (1; PPG) – 17:31 | Second period | 10:19 – Mats Rosseli Olsen (1) | ||||||
| Lucas Forsell (2) – 3:04 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Tomkins (26 shots / 24 saves) | Goalie stats | Frederik Dichow (28 shots / 25 saves) | ||||||
| 19 March | Frölunda HC | 3–2 | Färjestad BK | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 4:50 – Marcus Nilsson (1) | ||||||
| Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Loui Eriksson (2) – 14:53 | Third period | 11:44 – Joel Nyström (1) | ||||||
| Lars Johansson (23 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Matt Tomkins (45 shots / 42 saves) | ||||||
| 21 March | Färjestad BK | 3–1 | Frölunda HC | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:28 – Anthony Greco (1) | ||||||
| Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| August Tornberg (1) – 12:11 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Tomkins (19 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (38 shots / 35 saves) | ||||||
| 23 March | Frölunda HC | 5–0 | Färjestad BK | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| Patrik Carlsson (1) – 6:24 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lars Johansson (21 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats |
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| 25 March | Färjestad BK | 1–2 | Frölunda HC | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |||
| Joel Nyström (2; PPG) – 13:54 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 7:30 – Anthony Greco (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 9:46 – Jacob Nilsson (1) | ||||||
| Matt Tomkins (27 shots / 25 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (21 shots / 20 saves) | ||||||
| 27 March | Frölunda HC | 2–4 | Färjestad BK | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 6:13 – Henrik Björklund (1) | ||||||
| Linus Nässén (1) – 11:04 | Second period | 2:22 – Daniel Viksten (1) | ||||||
| Jere Innala (2) – 9:32 | Third period |
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| Lars Johansson (22 shots / 19 saves) | Goalie stats | Matt Tomkins (32 shots / 30 saves) | ||||||
| 29 March | Färjestad BK | 1–3 | Frölunda HC | Löfbergs Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period |
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| Brandon Davidson (1) – 12:53 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 4:10 – Erik Borg (1) | ||||||
| Matt Tomkins (24 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (28 shots / 27 saves) | ||||||
| Frölunda HC win series 4–3 | |
(4) Örebro HK vs. (5) Timrå IK
| 17 March | Örebro HK | 4–1 | Timrå IK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |||
| First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Rasmus Rissanen (1) – 6:42 | Second period | 1:04 – Joonas Lyytinen (1) | ||||||
| Milton Oscarson (1; ENG) – 18:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth (22 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (29 shots / 26 saves) | ||||||
| 19 March | Timrå IK | 3–4 | Örebro HK | NHC Arena | Recap | |||
| Elmeri Eronen (1) – 3:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Emil Pettersson (1; PPG) – 17:55 | Second period |
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| Jakob Stenqvist (1; PPG) – 6:31 | Third period |
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| Jacob Johansson (25 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth (32 shots / 29 saves) | ||||||
| 21 March | Örebro HK | 3–4 | 2OT | Timrå IK | Behrn Arena | Recap | ||
| Linus Öberg (2) – 14:40 | First period | 16:17 – Jonathan Dahlén (1) | ||||||
| Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period |
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| No scoring | Second overtime period | 1:39 – Jonathan Dahlén (2) | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth (34 shots / 30 saves) | Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (39 shots / 36 saves) | ||||||
| 23 March | Timrå IK | 2–4 | Örebro HK | NHC Arena | Recap | |||
| Sebastian Hartmann (1; PPG) – 18:55 | First period |
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| Magnus Pääjärvi (1) – 15:00 | Second period |
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| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacob Johansson (22 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Jonas Arntzen (31 shots / 29 saves) | ||||||
| 25 March | Örebro HK | 2–3 | OT | Timrå IK | Behrn Arena | Recap | ||
| Emil Larsson (1; PPG) – 14:04 | First period | 7:46 – Emil Pettersson (2) | ||||||
| Filip Berglund (2; PPG) – 12:44 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:07 – Anton Lander (1; PPG) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 2:39 – Joonas Lyytinen (2) | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth (23 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (36 shots / 34 saves) | ||||||
| 27 March | Timrå IK | 4–3 | Örebro HK | NHC Arena | Recap | |||
| Sebastian Hartmann (2) – 10:58 | First period | 13:00 – Filip Berglund (3) | ||||||
| Anton Lander (2) – 7:51 | Second period | 13:13 – Rasmus Rissanen (3) | ||||||
| Third period | 19:58 – Kristian Näkyvä (1; EA) | ||||||
| Jacob Johansson (22 shots / 19 saves) | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth (33 shots / 30 saves) | ||||||
| 29 March | Örebro HK | 3–2 | Timrå IK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |||
| Linus Öberg (4; PPG) – 9:10 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period |
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| Jhonas Enroth (23 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Jacob Johansson (22 shots / 19 saves) | ||||||
| Örebro HK win series 4–3 | |
Semi-finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Frölunda HC
| 31 March | Växjö Lakers | 6–2 | Frölunda HC | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| Martin Lundberg (2) – 12:30 | First period | 15:00 – Anthony Greco (3) | ||||||
| Lukas Bengtsson (1) – 3:08 | Second period | 1:29 – Anthony Greco (4) | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (22 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (25 shots / 21 saves) | ||||||
| 2 April | Frölunda HC | 4–2 | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 6:38 – Dan Sexton (1) | ||||||
| Second period | 19:51 – Glenn Gustafsson (1) | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lars Johansson (32 shots / 30 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (24 shots / 20 saves) | ||||||
| 4 April | Växjö Lakers | 0–1 | Frölunda HC | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:14 – Ryan Lasch (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (15 shots / 14 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (27 shots / 27 saves) | ||||||
| 6 April | Frölunda HC | 0–2 | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:56 – Erik Josefsson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 12:11 – Joachim Blichfeld (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Lars Johansson (22 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (27 shots / 27 saves) | ||||||
| 8 April | Växjö Lakers | 3–2 | Frölunda HC | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| Tobias Rieder (2) – 6:23 | First period | 16:01 – Jacob Nilsson (2; PPG) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 4:22 – Filip Hasa (4) | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (26 shots / 24 saves) | Goalie stats | Lars Johansson (27 shots / 24 saves) | ||||||
| 10 April | Frölunda HC | 1–2 | OT | Växjö Lakers | Scandinavium | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Max Friberg (1) – 13:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 9:50 – Manuel Ågren (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 11:57 – Robert Rosén (3) | ||||||
| Lars Johansson (32 shots / 30 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (26 shots / 25 saves) | ||||||
| Växjö Lakers win series 4–2 | |
(2) Skellefteå AIK vs. (4) Örebro HK
| 1 April | Skellefteå AIK | 2–5 | Örebro HK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| Oskar Nilsson (1) – 13:26 | First period | 19:46 – Rasmus Rissanen (4) | ||||||
| Oscar Möller (5; PPG) – 4:34 | Second period | 9:38 – Leo Carlsson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period |
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| Linus Söderström (22 shots / 19 saves) | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth (25 shots / 23 saves) | ||||||
| 3 April | Örebro HK | 3–2 | OT | Skellefteå AIK | Behrn Arena | Recap | ||
| First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period |
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| Mathias Bromé (1) – 2:41 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth (26 shots / 24 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (28 shots / 25 saves) | ||||||
| 5 April | Skellefteå AIK | 3–0 | Örebro HK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Filip Sandberg (3; ENG) – 18:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Linus Söderström (27 shots / 27 saves) | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth (30 shots / 28 saves) | ||||||
| 7 April | Örebro HK | 0–1 | Skellefteå AIK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:42 – Elias Salomonsson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth (30 shots / 29 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (17 shots / 17 saves) | ||||||
| 9 April | Skellefteå AIK | 3–2 | 2OT | Örebro HK | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | ||
| Max Lindholm (2) – 10:14 | First period | 4:56 – Milton Oscarson (4) | ||||||
| Linus Högberg (1; PPG) – 19:56 | Second period | 16:17 – Robert Leino (2; PPG) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jonathan Pudas (3; PPG) – 0:40 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Linus Söderström (30 shots / 28 saves) | Goalie stats | Jhonas Enroth (53 shots / 50 saves) | ||||||
| 11 April | Örebro HK | 0–1 | Skellefteå AIK | Behrn Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:45 – Jonathan Johnson (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jhonas Enroth (18 shots / 17 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (17 shots / 17 saves) | ||||||
| Skellefteå AIK win series 4–2 | |
Finals
(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (2) Skellefteå AIK
| 15 April | Växjö Lakers | 3–2 | 2OT | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period |
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| Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Keegan Lowe (1) – 16:06 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (34 shots / 32 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (37 shots / 34 saves) | ||||||
| 17 April | Skellefteå AIK | 0–1 | Växjö Lakers | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:55 – Dan Sexton (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Linus Söderström (11 shots / 10 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (26 shots / 26 saves) | ||||||
| 20 April | Växjö Lakers | 2–3 | 2OT | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Third period |
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| No scoring | Second overtime period | 10:29 – Simon Robertsson (1) | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (40 shots / 37 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (30 shots / 28 saves) | ||||||
| 22 April | Skellefteå AIK | 1–4 | Växjö Lakers | Skellefteå Kraft Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period |
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| Oscar Möller (7; PPG) – 18:02 | Second period | 3:41 – Joel Kellman (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:50 – Joel Kellman (3; PPG) | ||||||
| Linus Söderström (30 shots / 26 saves) | Goalie stats | Emil Larmi (28 shots / 27 saves) | ||||||
| 24 April | Växjö Lakers | 3–0 | Skellefteå AIK | Vida Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Robert Rosén (4) – 19:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Emil Larmi (18 shots / 18 saves) | Goalie stats | Linus Söderström (18 shots / 17 saves) | ||||||
| Växjö Lakers win series 4–1 | |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of the playoffs. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.[9]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Pudas | Skellefteå AIK | 17 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +6 | 12 |
| Rickard Hugg | Skellefteå AIK | 16 | 0 | 12 | 12 | +2 | 6 |
| Oscar Möller | Skellefteå AIK | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +5 | 0 |
| Linus Öberg | Örebro HK | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 10 |
| Jonathan Dahlén | Timrå IK | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Rosén | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +3 | 2 |
| Leo Carlsson | Örebro HK | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +8 | 4 |
| Lukas Bengtsson | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +7 | 2 |
| Jonathan Johnson | Skellefteå AIK | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +4 | 4 |
 Joachim Blichfeld | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 | 0 |
Leading goaltenders
The following shows the top five goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of the playoffs.[10]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Larmi | Växjö Lakers | 18 | 1150:09 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 93.80 | 1.30 |
| Linus Söderström | Skellefteå AIK | 16 | 1048:14 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 93.21 | 1.43 |
| Lars Johansson | Frölunda HC | 12 | 725:10 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 92.77 | 1.90 |
| Jhonas Enroth | Örebro HK | 12 | 762:08 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 92.26 | 2.13 |
| Mantas Armalis | Leksands IF | 3 | 189:48 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 88.33 | 2.21 |
Play Out
The two bottom-placed teams from the regular season played a best-of-seven series, with the winner remaining in the SHL and the loser relegated to the second tier, the HockeyAllsvenskan. The higher-seeded team held home advantage over the series, playing at home for the odd-numbered games while the lower-seeded team was at home for the even-numbered games.
Brynäs IF's defeat in the series ended their 63-year run in the Swedish top flight.[11]
| 14 March | Brynäs IF | 2–5 | Malmö Redhawks | Monitor ERP Arena | Recap | |||
| Greg Scott (1; PPG) – 5:43 | First period | 9:02 – Fredrik Händemark (1) | ||||||
| Hannes Björninen (1) – 18:19 | Second period |
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| No scoring | Third period |
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| Juho Olkinuora (18 shots / 14 saves) | Goalie stats | Adam Werner (32 shots / 30 saves) | ||||||
| 16 March | Malmö Redhawks | 5–2 | Brynäs IF | Malmö Arena | Recap | |||
| First period |
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| Adam Ollas Mattsson (1) – 17:03 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Adam Werner (23 shots / 21 saves) | Goalie stats | Anders Lindbäck (26 shots / 22 saves) | ||||||
| 18 March | Brynäs IF | 3–4 | Malmö Redhawks | Monitor ERP Arena | Recap | |||
| Oscar Eklind (1) – 13:53 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Olesen (1) – 14:49 | Second period |
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| Johan Larsson (2) – 15:06 | Third period | 18:36 – Adam Ollas Mattsson (4) | ||||||
| Anders Lindbäck (16 shots / 12 saves) | Goalie stats | Adam Werner (35 shots / 32 saves) | ||||||
| 21 March | Malmö Redhawks | 3–4 | 2OT | Brynäs IF | Malmö Arena | Recap | ||
| Lukas Wernblom (4) – 4:17 | First period |
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| Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 6:16 – Greg Scott (3) | ||||||
| Adam Werner (46 shots / 42 saves) | Goalie stats | Juho Olkinuora (46 shots / 43 saves) | ||||||
| 23 March | Brynäs IF | 0–1 | Malmö Redhawks | Monitor ERP Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 7:07 – Ponthus Westerholm (1) | ||||||
| Juho Olkinuora (21 shots / 20 saves) | Goalie stats | Brandon Maxwell (31 shots / 31 saves) | ||||||
| Malmö Redhawks win series 4–1 | |
SHL awards
References
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