2020–21 SHL season

2020–21 SHL season
2020–21 SHL season
League	Swedish Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2020 – April 2021; (Regular season);
Regular season
First place	Växjö Lakers
Top scorer	Marek Hrivík (Leksands IF)
Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan	HV71
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Pontus Holmberg (Växjö Lakers)
Finals champions	Växjö Lakers
Runners-up	Rögle BK
SHL seasons
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 SHL season was the 46th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began in September 2020 and ended on 3 April 2021, it was then followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs. The league consisted of the 14 teams that competed in the 2019–20 season; because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, no relegation or promotion took place after the previous season. The Växjö Lakers won the regular season for the third time in club history. In the SHL qualifier, Brynäs IF defeated HV71 in five games to stay in the SHL. The Växjö Lakers won the Le Mat Trophy for the third time, defeating Rögle BK by 4 games to 1 in the playoffs final.^[2]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, many of the teams have had their players affected, causing many regular season games to be moved forward and the end of the regular season to be postponed multiple times.

Teams

SHL team map

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Brynäs IF	Gävle	Monitor ERP Arena	7,909
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Hovet	8,094
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12,044
Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Löfbergs Arena	8,647
HV71	Jönköping	Husqvarna Garden	7,000
Leksands IF	Leksand	Tegera Arena	7,650
Linköping HC	Linköping	Saab Arena	8,500
Luleå HF	Luleå	Coop Norrbotten Arena	6,300
Malmö Redhawks	Malmö	Malmö Arena	13,000
IK Oskarshamn	Oskarshamn	Be-Ge Hockey Center	3,275
Rögle BK	Ängelholm	Catena Arena	5,150
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6,001
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Vida Arena	5,700
Örebro HK	Örebro	Behrn Arena	5,150

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.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Växjö Lakers	52	27	7	7	11	153	112	+41	102	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Rögle BK	52	27	4	9	12	164	124	+40	98
3	Leksands IF	52	25	7	5	15	156	134	+22	94
4	Skellefteå AIK	52	24	8	5	15	154	122	+32	93
5	Luleå HF	52	24	4	8	16	150	131	+19	88
6	Örebro HK	52	25	4	4	19	154	144	+10	87
7	Frölunda HC	52	27	1	1	23	133	131	+2	84	Qualification to Eighth-finals
8	Färjestad BK	52	18	11	5	18	157	143	+14	81
9	Malmö Redhawks	52	19	4	2	27	123	151	−28	67
10	Djurgårdens IF	52	17	5	4	26	139	151	−12	65
11	IK Oskarshamn	52	18	2	5	27	142	163	−21	63
12	Linköping HC	52	17	4	3	28	132	166	−34	62
13	Brynäs IF	52	14	4	7	27	131	176	−45	57	Qualification to Play Out
14	HV71 (R)	52	12	5	5	30	127	167	−40	51	Qualification to Play Out

Source: SHL.se
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.^[3]^[4] 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
Marek Hrivík	Leksands IF	44	14	37	51	+9	26
Daniel Zaar	Rögle BK	52	18	32	50	+10	22
Daniel Viksten	Färjestad BK	51	25	23	48	+10	2
Emil Pettersson	Växjö Lakers	52	22	26	48	+10	20
Carter Camper	Leksands IF	46	14	32	46	+6	8
Simon Ryfors	Rögle BK	51	25	20	45	+12	53
Jonatan Berggren	Skellefteå AIK	49	12	33	45	+11	18
Joakim Lindström	Skellefteå AIK	52	12	33	45	+4	42
Linus Klasen	Luleå HF	50	14	28	42	+5	43
Jesper Frödén	Skellefteå AIK	52	22	18	40	+12	49

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten 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 regular season.^[5]^[6]

Player	Team(s)	GP	TOI	W	T	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Viktor Fasth	Växjö Lakers	31	1876:48	19	3	9	56	5	93.34	1.79
Arvid Söderblom	Skellefteå AIK	22	1298:34	12	2	7	44	4	92.18	2.03
Christoffer Rifalk	Rögle BK	33	1950:11	16	5	11	66	4	91.62	2.03
Jesper Wallstedt	Luleå HF	22	1316:55	11	3	8	49	2	90.77	2.23
Gustaf Lindvall	Skellefteå AIK	32	1835:39	19	1	11	71	2	91.99	2.32
Oscar Alsenfelt	Malmö Redhawks	41	2365:43	16	3	20	94	2	92.00	2.38
Janne Juvonen	Leksands IF	50	2862:50	28	2	18	115	4	91.56	2.41
Jhonas Enroth	Örebro HK	32	1928:00	19	2	11	78	3	90.90	2.43
Niklas Rubin	Frölunda HC	33	1868:08	17	0	15	78	3	90.01	2.51
Henrik Haukeland	Färjestad BK	31	1832:27	13	4	12	78	3	90.98	2.55
Mantas Armalis	Djurgårdens IF	31	1791:38	15	1	13	76	1	90.97	2.55

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.^[7]

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 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-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, in the third round as best-of-five series and in the second and fourth 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 semi-finals, the higher-seeded teams are at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams are at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary). In the quarter-finals and the finals, the higher-seeded teams are at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded teams are at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).^[7]

Playoff bracket

Eighth-finals Swedish: Åttondelsfinal			Quarter-finals Swedish: Kvartsfinal			Semi-finals			Finals

			1	Växjö Lakers	4
7	Frölunda HC	2	8	Färjestad BK	0
10	Djurgårdens IF	1				1	Växjö Lakers	3
						6	Örebro HK	2
			2	Rögle BK	4	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
			7	Frölunda HC	0
									1	Växjö Lakers	4
									2	Rögle BK	1
			3	Leksands IF	0
8	Färjestad BK	2	6	Örebro HK	4
9	Malmö Redhawks	0				2	Rögle BK	3
						4	Skellefteå AIK	2
			4	Skellefteå AIK	4
			5	Luleå HF	3

Eighth-finals

(7) Frölunda HC vs. (10) Djurgårdens IF

5 April	Djurgårdens IF		1–3	Frölunda HC	Hovet	Recap
Tom Nilsson (1) – 2:07		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		7:59 – Mats Rosseli Olsen (1) 19:59 – Stefan Elliott (1; PPG)
No scoring		Third period		19:00 – Nicklas Lasu (1; SHG/ENG)
Mantas Armalis (35 shots / 33 saves)		Goalie stats		Johan Mattsson (19 shots / 18 saves)

7 April	Frölunda HC		2–7	Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period		0:44 – Manuel Ågren (1) 16:12 – Rhett Rakhshani (1; PPG)
Mattias Norlinder (1) – 11:07 Mattias Norlinder (2; PPG) – 17:41		Second period		2:14 – Alexander Holtz (1) 8:14 – William Eklund (1) 10:31 – Sebastian Strandberg (1) 15:07 – Alexander Holtz (2)
No scoring		Third period		16:31 – Sebastian Strandberg (2; PPG)
Johan Mattsson (16 shots / 12 saves) Niklas Rubin (14 shots / 11 saves)		Goalie stats		Mantas Armalis (34 shots / 32 saves)

8 April	Frölunda HC		4–0	Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Christoffer Ehn (1) – 7:57		Second period		No scoring
Jan Muršak (1) – 4:35 Mats Rosseli Olsen (2; ENG) – 16:35 Johan Sundström (1; ENG) – 17:59		Third period		No scoring
Johan Mattsson (26 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats		Mantas Armalis (22 shots / 20 saves)

Frölunda HC win series 2–1

(8) Färjestad BK vs. (9) Malmö Redhawks

5 April	Malmö Redhawks		1–3	Färjestad BK	Malmö Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		3:06 – Jacob Peterson (1; PPG) 9:33 – Niclas Lundgren (1)
Matt Puempel (1) – 8:34		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		18:55 – Martin Johansson (1; ENG)
Oscar Alsenfelt (23 shots / 21 saves)		Goalie stats		Henrik Haukeland (29 shots / 28 saves)

7 April	Färjestad BK		5–4	OT	Malmö Redhawks	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
Per Åslund (1) – 9:05 Daniel Viksten (1) – 13:30		First period			5:41 – Matias Lassen (1) 9:32 – Ponthus Westerholm (1)
Michael Lindqvist (1) – 3:47		Second period			No scoring
Per Åslund (2; EA) – 19:38		Third period			5:29 – Carl Persson (1) 10:40 – Matias Lassen (2)
Oskar Bäck (1) – 5:42		First overtime period			No scoring
Henrik Haukeland (30 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats			Oscar Alsenfelt (32 shots / 27 saves)

Färjestad BK win series 2–0

Quarter-finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (8) Färjestad BK

10 April	Växjö Lakers		4–3	OT	Färjestad BK	Vida Arena	Recap
Miika Koivisto (1) – 0:26 Robert Rosén (1) – 2:54		First period			15:21 – Olle Lycksell (1) 17:08 – Victor Ejdsell (1; PPG)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Ilari Melart (1; PPG) – 5:27		Third period			14:23 – Per Åslund (3)
Fredrik Karlström (1) – 5:24		First overtime period			No scoring
Viktor Fasth (42 shots / 39 saves)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (32 shots / 28 saves)

11 April	Växjö Lakers		5–4	Färjestad BK	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		4:34 – Per Åslund (4; PPG)
Richard Gynge (1) – 10:23 Miika Koivisto (2; PPG) – 12:35 Marcus Sylvegård (1) – 13:43		Second period		0:22 – Carl Jakobsson (1) 7:01 – Jonathon Blum (1; PPG)
Robert Rosén (2; PPG) – 16:19 Pontus Holmberg (1) – 16:49		Third period		12:05 – Jens Westin (1)
Viktor Fasth (27 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Henrik Haukeland (28 shots / 23 saves)

13 April	Färjestad BK		0–3	Växjö Lakers	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		16:21 – Fredrik Karlström (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		0:58 – Jack Drury (1) 6:00 – Robert Rosén (3)
Arvid Holm (27 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Viktor Fasth (30 shots / 30 saves)

14 April	Färjestad BK		3–4	2OT	Växjö Lakers	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
Pontus Widerström (1) – 6:22		First period			12:01 – Emil Pettersson (1; PPG) 18:10 – Pontus Holmberg (2)
Pontus Widerström (2) – 2:34 Per Åslund (5; PPG) – 10:08		Second period			1:50 – Fredrik Karlström (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			14:50 – Fredrik Karlström (4)
Arvid Holm (52 shots / 48 saves)		Goalie stats			Viktor Fasth (31 shots / 28 saves)

Växjö Lakers win series 4–0

(2) Rögle BK vs. (7) Frölunda HC

10 April	Rögle BK		4–0	Frölunda HC	Catena Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Taylor Matson (1; SHG) – 9:01 Simon Ryfors (1; PPG) – 16:39		Second period		No scoring
Anton Bengtsson (1) – 4:00 Adam Tambellini (1; ENG) – 17:45		Third period		No scoring
Christoffer Rifalk (16 shots / 16 saves)		Goalie stats		Johan Mattsson (24 shots / 21 saves)

11 April	Rögle BK		5–2	Frölunda HC	Catena Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Daniel Zaar (1) – 0:53 Niklas Hansson (1; PPG) – 10:41		Second period		9:04 – Robin Álvarez (1)
Éric Gélinas (1) – 0:57 Adam Tambellini (2) – 4:29 Erlend Lesund (1; ENG) – 18:43		Third period		17:09 – Jan Muršak (2)
Christoffer Rifalk (24 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats		Johan Mattsson (25 shots / 21 saves)

13 April	Frölunda HC		0–5	Rögle BK	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period		5:23 – Mattias Sjögren (1) 11:41 – Olli Palola (1; PPG) 13:16 – Dennis Everberg (1)
No scoring		Second period		15:29 – Adam Edström (1)
No scoring		Third period		18:48 – Daniel Zaar (2; PPG)
Johan Mattsson (10 shots / 7 saves) Niklas Rubin (21 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats		Christoffer Rifalk (20 shots / 20 saves)

14 April	Frölunda HC		1–6	Rögle BK	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period		11:33 – Adam Edström (2) 16:15 – Olli Palola (2)
Mattias Norlinder (3; PPG) – 3:56		Second period		8:46 – Niklas Hansson (2) 11:56 – Daniel Zaar (3; PPG)
No scoring		Third period		13:09 – Adam Tambellini (3; ENG) 16:21 – Ted Brithén (1; PPG)
Niklas Rubin (26 shots / 21 saves)		Goalie stats		Christoffer Rifalk (28 shots / 27 saves)

Rögle BK win series 4–0

(3) Leksands IF vs. (6) Örebro HK

11 April	Leksands IF		1–6	Örebro HK	Tegera Arena	Recap
Carter Ashton (1; PPG) – 16:29		First period		6:04 – Linus Öberg (1)
No scoring		Second period		0:33 – Kristian Näkyvä (1) 12:32 – Borna Rendulić (1)
No scoring		Third period		6:26 – Emil Larsson (1) 9:27 – Rodrigo Ābols (1; ENG) 18:46 – Rodrigo Ābols (2; PPG)
Janne Juvonen (24 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats		Jhonas Enroth (18 shots / 17 saves)

12 April	Leksands IF		1–2	Örebro HK	Tegera Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Patrik Zackrisson (1; PPG) – 11:21		Second period		0:56 – Rodrigo Ābols (3; PPG) 19:30 – Borna Rendulić (2)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Janne Juvonen (16 shots / 14 saves)		Goalie stats		Jhonas Enroth (29 shots / 28 saves)

14 April	Örebro HK		7–1	Leksands IF	Behrn Arena	Recap
Emil Larsson (2) – 17:59		First period		No scoring
Oliver Eklind (1) – 5:17 Emil Larsson (3) – 6:21 Jonathan Andersson (1) – 10:49 Robert Leino (1) – 12:45		Second period		14:25 – Martin Karlsson (1)
Filip Barklund (1) – 4:51 Borna Rendulić (3; PPG) – 16:46		Third period		No scoring
Jhonas Enroth (22 shots / 21 saves) Jonas Arntzen (1 shot / 1 save)		Goalie stats		Janne Juvonen (15 shots / 12 saves) Axel Brage (17 shots / 13 saves)

15 April	Örebro HK		2–1	OT	Leksands IF	Behrn Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Gustav Backström (1) – 13:44		Third period			7:49 – Nils Åman (1)
Emil Larsson (4) – 1:15		First overtime period			No scoring
Jonas Arntzen (31 shots / 30 saves)		Goalie stats			Janne Juvonen (33 shots / 31 saves)

Örebro HK win series 4–0

(4) Skellefteå AIK vs. (5) Luleå HF

11 April	Skellefteå AIK		3–2	2OT	Luleå HF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Niclas Burström (1) – 4:04 Jesper Frödén (1) – 5:05		First period			6:11 – Jonas Berglund (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			7:28 – Pontus Själin (1)
Niclas Burström (2) – 19:16		Second overtime period			No scoring
Gustaf Lindvall (45 shots / 43 saves)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (49 shots / 46 saves)

12 April	Skellefteå AIK		2–3	Luleå HF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Jesper Frödén (2; PPG) – 7:56		Second period		2:04 – Juhani Tyrväinen (1; PPG) 7:03 – Filip Hållander (1; PPG)
Roland McKeown (1) – 19:55		Third period		17:56 – Filip Hållander (2; ENG)
Arvid Söderblom (24 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats		Joel Lassinantti (31 shots / 29 saves)

14 April	Luleå HF		1–0	Skellefteå AIK	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Daniel Sondell (1; PPG) – 14:37		Third period		No scoring
Joel Lassinantti (28 shots / 28 saves)		Goalie stats		Gustaf Lindvall (22 shots / 21 saves)

15 April	Luleå HF		1–4	Skellefteå AIK	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Radek Mužik (1) – 2:02		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		6:05 – Andreas Wingerli (1; SHG) 8:48 – Jonathan Johnson (1) 17:48 – Joakim Lindström (1)
No scoring		Third period		5:23 – Darren Nowick (1)
Joel Lassinantti (20 shots / 16 saves) Jesper Wallstedt (4 shots / 4 saves)		Goalie stats		Arvid Söderblom (37 shots / 36 saves)

17 April	Skellefteå AIK		1–5	Luleå HF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:53 – Chris DeSousa (1) 18:00 – Juhani Tyrväinen (2)
Melker Karlsson (1) – 18:52		Second period		5:55 – Nils Lundkvist (1; PPG) 12:25 – Carl Mattsson (1)
No scoring		Third period		6:50 – Nils Lundkvist (2; PPG)
Gustaf Lindvall (29 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Joel Lassinantti (38 shots / 37 saves)

19 April	Luleå HF		3–4	Skellefteå AIK	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Juhani Tyrväinen (3; PPG) – 8:41		First period		No scoring
Niklas Olausson (1) – 1:01		Second period		2:12 – Andreas Wingerli (2) 13:37 – Linus Lindström (1)
Chris DeSousa (2) – 16:22		Third period		8:15 – Pär Lindholm (1) 9:36 – Rickard Hugg (1)
Jesper Wallstedt (27 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Gustaf Lindvall (24 shots / 21 saves)

20 April	Skellefteå AIK		3–1	Luleå HF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Rickard Hugg (2) – 14:43 Joakim Lindström (2) – 18:39		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Pär Lindholm (2) – 7:32		Third period		17:07 – Isac Brännström (1)
Gustaf Lindvall (26 shots / 25 saves)		Goalie stats		Joel Lassinantti (36 shots / 33 saves)

Skellefteå AIK win series 4–3

Semi-finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Örebro HK

22 April	Växjö Lakers		3–2	2OT	Örebro HK	Vida Arena	Recap
Hardy Häman Aktell (1) – 2:07		First period			8:46 – Nick Ebert (1; PPG) 19:22 – Robin Kovacs (1)
Jack Drury (2; PPG) – 17:42		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Richard Gynge (2) – 12:02		Second overtime period			No scoring
Viktor Fasth (6 shots / 6 saves) Erik Källgren (32 shots / 30 saves)		Goalie stats			Jhonas Enroth (47 shots / 44 saves)

23 April	Växjö Lakers		0–1	Örebro HK	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		2:25 – Linus Öberg (2)
Erik Källgren (24 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Jhonas Enroth (25 shots / 25 saves)

25 April	Örebro HK		0–1	Växjö Lakers	Behrn Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:32 – Marcus Sylvegård (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jhonas Enroth (27 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats		Erik Källgren (31 shots / 31 saves)

27 April	Örebro HK		3–2	Växjö Lakers	Behrn Arena	Recap
Nick Ebert (2; PPG) – 15:44		First period		No scoring
Emil Larsson (5) – 0:49		Second period		No scoring
Nick Ebert (3) – 2:13		Third period		6:13 – Jack Drury (3) 8:26 – Christian Folin (1)
Jhonas Enroth (22 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats		Erik Källgren (27 shots / 24 saves)

29 April	Växjö Lakers		3–1	Örebro HK	Vida Arena	Recap
Richard Gynge (3) – 4:18 Brendan Gaunce (1) – 19:24		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Brendan Gaunce (2; ENG) – 18:26		Third period		12:25 – Kristian Näkyvä (2)
Erik Källgren (18 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats		Jhonas Enroth (33 shots / 31 saves)

Växjö Lakers win series 3–2

(2) Rögle BK vs. (4) Skellefteå AIK

23 April	Rögle BK		3–2	Skellefteå AIK	Catena Arena	Recap
Dennis Everberg (2; PPG) – 2:51 Anton Bengtsson (2) – 17:31		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Adam Edström (3) – 13:18		Third period		9:28 – Oskar Nilsson (1) 17:53 – Oscar Möller (1)
Christoffer Rifalk (22 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats		Gustaf Lindvall (28 shots / 25 saves)

24 April	Rögle BK		2–1	Skellefteå AIK	Catena Arena	Recap
Leon Bristedt (1) – 11:35		First period		13:25 – Oscar Möller (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Erik Andersson (1) – 5:57		Third period		No scoring
Christoffer Rifalk (16 shots / 15 saves)		Goalie stats		Gustaf Lindvall (23 shots / 21 saves)

26 April	Skellefteå AIK		4–1	Rögle BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Melker Karlsson (2; PPG) – 6:14 Niclas Burström (3; PPG) – 8:47		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		7:52 – Adam Tambellini (4)
Jesper Frödén (3) – 12:31 Joakim Lindström (3; ENG) – 17:59		Third period		No scoring
Gustaf Lindvall (25 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats		Christoffer Rifalk (22 shots / 19 saves)

27 April	Skellefteå AIK		2–1	OT	Rögle BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Niclas Burström (4; PPG) – 3:40		Second period			4:24 – Joey LaLeggia (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Joakim Lindström (4) – 7:52		First overtime period			No scoring
Gustaf Lindvall (35 shots / 34 saves)		Goalie stats			Christoffer Rifalk (18 shots / 16 saves)

29 April	Rögle BK		4–0	Skellefteå AIK	Catena Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Leon Bristedt (2; PPG) – 5:19		Second period		No scoring
Olli Palola (3) – 1:25 Brady Ferguson (1; SHG/ENG) – 16:30 Leon Bristedt (3; ENG) – 17:17		Third period		No scoring
Christoffer Rifalk (26 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats		Gustaf Lindvall (32 shots / 30 saves)

Rögle BK win series 3–2

Finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (2) Rögle BK

1 May	Växjö Lakers		2–1	Rögle BK	Vida Arena	Recap
Richard Gynge (4) – 13:09		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		18:58 – Moritz Seider (1)
Pontus Holmberg (3) – 10:07		Third period		No scoring
Erik Källgren (24 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats		Christoffer Rifalk (27 shots / 25 saves)

3 May	Växjö Lakers		3–2	OT	Rögle BK	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:12 – Adam Tambellini (5)
Emil Pettersson (2) – 8:15		Second period			15:11 – Leon Bristedt (4; PPG)
Pontus Holmberg (4) – 3:34		Third period			No scoring
Hardy Häman Aktell (2) – 4:36		First overtime period			No scoring
Erik Källgren (25 shots / 23 saves)		Goalie stats			Christoffer Rifalk (17 shots / 14 saves)

6 May	Rögle BK		5–1	Växjö Lakers	Catena Arena	Recap
Dennis Everberg (3; SHG) – 12:59 Daniel Zaar (4) – 15:21		First period		No scoring
Adam Tambellini (6; PPG) – 12:36		Second period		No scoring
Olli Palola (4) – 15:24 Taylor Matson (2; ENG) – 18:49		Third period		3:52 – Marcus Sylvegård (3)
Christoffer Rifalk (23 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats		Erik Källgren (29 shots / 25 saves)

8 May	Rögle BK		2–3	OT	Växjö Lakers	Catena Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:17 – Brendan Gaunce (3)
Anton Bengtsson (3) – 0:33 Niklas Hansson (3; PPG) – 7:20		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			5:48 – Richard Gynge (5)
No scoring		First overtime period			1:00 – Pontus Holmberg (5)
Christoffer Rifalk (28 shots / 25 saves)		Goalie stats			Erik Källgren (21 shots / 19 saves)

10 May	Växjö Lakers		6–2	Rögle BK	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		16:38 – Olli Palola (5)
Pontus Holmberg (6; PPG) – 11:22		Second period		No scoring
Fredrik Karlström (5) – 2:50 Jack Drury (4; PPG) – 12:14 Marcus Sylvegård (4; ENG) – 14:26 Jack Drury (5; ENG) – 15:12 Pontus Holmberg (7) – 16:43		Third period		18:01 – Olli Palola (6)
Erik Källgren (27 shots / 25 saves)		Goalie stats		Johan Gustafsson (24 shots / 20 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.^[8]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Pontus Holmberg	Växjö Lakers	14	7	7	14	+10	8
Jack Drury	Växjö Lakers	14	5	6	11	+5	4
Adam Tambellini	Rögle BK	14	6	4	10	+2	6
Richard Gynge	Växjö Lakers	14	5	5	10	+6	0
Fredrik Karlström	Växjö Lakers	14	5	5	10	+9	2
Joakim Lindström	Skellefteå AIK	12	4	6	10	+2	35
Leon Bristedt	Rögle BK	14	4	6	10	0	22
Marcus Sylvegård	Växjö Lakers	14	4	6	10	+8	2
Rodrigo Ābols	Örebro HK	9	3	7	10	+4	2
Simon Ryfors	Rögle BK	14	1	9	10	+2	8

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.^[9]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Jhonas Enroth	Örebro HK	8	507:08	5	3	11	1	95.07	1.30
Christoffer Rifalk	Rögle BK	13	790:25	8	5	20	3	93.03	1.52
Erik Källgren	Växjö Lakers	10	620:56	7	3	18	1	93.02	1.74
Gustaf Lindvall	Skellefteå AIK	10	640:00	5	5	21	0	92.73	1.97
Mantas Armalis	Djurgårdens IF	3	178:08	1	2	6	0	93.41	2.02

Play Out

Teams 13 and 14 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, HockeyAllsvenskan. The higher-seeded team had home advantage over the series, playing at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team was at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

6 April	Brynäs IF		2–1	OT	HV71	Monitor ERP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Emil Molin (1) – 10:13		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			5:39 – Arttu Ilomäki (1; PPG)
Linus Ölund (1) – 19:14		First overtime period			No scoring
Samuel Ersson (31 shots / 30 saves)		Goalie stats			Jonas Gunnarsson (37 shots / 35 saves)

9 April	HV71		1–2	Brynäs IF	Husqvarna Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Fredrik Forsberg (1) – 7:23		Second period		15:11 – Chad Billins (1; PPG) 19:15 – Emil Molin (2)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jonas Gunnarsson (19 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats		Samuel Ersson (29 shots / 28 saves)

12 April	Brynäs IF		1–2	HV71	Monitor ERP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Emil Molin (3; PPG) – 8:33		Second period		9:26 – Fredrik Forsberg (2)
No scoring		Third period		0:24 – Anton Wedin (1; PPG)
Samuel Ersson (17 shots / 15 saves)		Goalie stats		Jonas Gunnarsson (23 shots / 22 saves)

15 April	HV71		1–4	Brynäs IF	Husqvarna Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		16:08 – Simon Bertilsson (1)
No scoring		Second period		2:13 – Daniel Mannberg (1)
Anton Wedin (2; PPG) – 18:29		Third period		7:22 – Johan Alcén (1) 16:26 – Oula Palve (1; ENG)
Jonas Gunnarsson (17 shots / 14 saves)		Goalie stats		Samuel Ersson (25 shots / 24 saves)

18 April	Brynäs IF		3–2	OT	HV71	Monitor ERP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Noel Gunler (1; PPG) – 2:50		Second period			10:26 – Fredrik Forsberg (3; PPG) 12:06 – Anton Wedin (3; PS)
Anton Rödin (1) – 3:02		Third period			No scoring
Oula Palve (2) – 5:29		First overtime period			No scoring
Samuel Ersson (36 shots / 34 saves)		Goalie stats			Jonas Gunnarsson (23 shots / 20 saves)

Brynäs IF win series 4–1

SHL awards

Award	Winner(s)
Guldhjälmen	Marek Hrivík (Leksands IF)^[10]
Guldpucken	N/A
Honken Trophy	Viktor Fasth (Växjö Lakers)^[11]
Håkan Loob Trophy	Simon Ryfors (Rögle BK)^[12]
Håkan Loob Trophy	Daniel Viksten (Färjestad BK)^[12]
Rookie of the Year	William Eklund (Djurgårdens IF)^[13]
Salming Trophy	Nils Lundkvist (Luleå HF)^[14]
Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy	Pontus Holmberg (Växjö Lakers)^[1]
Guldpipan	Mikael Nord

References

^ ^a ^b Karlsson, Måns (10 May 2021). "Han vinner Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy" [He wins the Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy]. Hockeysverige (in Swedish). Everysport Media Group AB. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Växjö Lakers tar SM-guld – gick på knock i final fem" [Växjö Lakers take Swedish Championship gold - went to final knock in five]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Statistik – Spelare 2020/2021" [Statistics – Players: Summary] (in Swedish). SHL. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Scoring Leaders". Stats Swehockey. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Statistik – Målvakter 2020/2021" [Statistics – Goalkeepers: Summary]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Leading Goalies by Goal Against Average". Stats Swehockey. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Seriebestämmelser och Verksamhetsplan: Säsongen 2020–2021" [Series regulations and Business plan: Season 2020–2021] (PDF). Swehockey (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Statistik spelare 2020/2021 - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Statistik – Målvakter 2020/2021 Slutspel" [Statistics – Goalkeepers: 2020/2021 Playoffs]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Guldhjälmen". swehockey.se. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "Honken Trophy". swehockey.se. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Karlsson, Mattias (10 April 2021). "Simon Ryfors bakom Rögles första slutspelseger någonsin" [Simon Ryfors behind Rögle's first ever playoff victory]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Lena K. Samuelsson, Schibsted. Retrieved 10 May 2021. I SHL blev det ett stort genombrott på delad första plats i skytteligan. Simon Ryfors och Daniel Viksten gjorde 25 mål vardera. [In the SHL, there was a big breakthrough in shared first place in the shooting league. Simon Ryfors and Daniel Viksten scored 25 goals each.]
^ "Vinnare av Årets rookie i SHL 2020/2021" (in Swedish). Swedish Hockey League. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Salming Trophy till Nils Lundkvist" [Salming Trophy to Nils Lundkvist]. Luleå HF (in Swedish). Luleå Hockeyförening. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

External links

Official website

[Liv-1] Karlsson, Måns (10 May 2021). "Han vinner Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy" [He wins the Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy]. Hockeysverige (in Swedish). Everysport Media Group AB. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[2] "Växjö Lakers tar SM-guld – gick på knock i final fem" [Växjö Lakers take Swedish Championship gold - went to final knock in five]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[3] "Statistik – Spelare 2020/2021" [Statistics – Players: Summary] (in Swedish). SHL. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[4] "Scoring Leaders". Stats Swehockey. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[5] "Statistik – Målvakter 2020/2021" [Statistics – Goalkeepers: Summary]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[6] "Leading Goalies by Goal Against Average". Stats Swehockey. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[seriebestämmelser-7] "Seriebestämmelser och Verksamhetsplan: Säsongen 2020–2021" [Series regulations and Business plan: Season 2020–2021] (PDF). Swehockey (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

[8] "Statistik spelare 2020/2021 - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[9] "Statistik – Målvakter 2020/2021 Slutspel" [Statistics – Goalkeepers: 2020/2021 Playoffs]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[10] "Guldhjälmen". swehockey.se. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[swehockeyhonken-11] "Honken Trophy". swehockey.se. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[Loob-12] Karlsson, Mattias (10 April 2021). "Simon Ryfors bakom Rögles första slutspelseger någonsin" [Simon Ryfors behind Rögle's first ever playoff victory]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Lena K. Samuelsson, Schibsted. Retrieved 10 May 2021. I SHL blev det ett stort genombrott på delad första plats i skytteligan. Simon Ryfors och Daniel Viksten gjorde 25 mål vardera. [In the SHL, there was a big breakthrough in shared first place in the shooting league. Simon Ryfors and Daniel Viksten scored 25 goals each.]

[13] "Vinnare av Årets rookie i SHL 2020/2021" (in Swedish). Swedish Hockey League. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[14] "Salming Trophy till Nils Lundkvist" [Salming Trophy to Nils Lundkvist]. Luleå HF (in Swedish). Luleå Hockeyförening. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

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