2021–22 SHL season

The 2021–22 SHL season is the 47th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 11 September 2021 and will end on 15 March 2022,[1] it will be then followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs. The league will consist of 14 teams; Timrå IK returned to the SHL after two seasons in HockeyAllsvenskan, having won the 2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan.

2021–22 SHL season
LeagueSwedish Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • 11 September 2021 – 15 March 2021
  • (Regular season)
Regular season
Playoffs

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
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
Timrå IK Timrå NHC Arena 6,000
Växjö Lakers Växjö Vida Arena 5,700
Örebro HK Örebro Behrn Arena 5,150

Regular season

Each team will play 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four times: twice on home ice, and twice away from home. Points will be awarded for each game, where three points will be 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 will finish with the most points will be crowned the league champion.

The four best teams of the regular season will qualify for the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League (if the play-off winners qualify through the regular season, its spot will go to the 5th placed team of the regular season; if a Swedish team wins 2021–22 Champions Hockey League, three best teams of the regular season will qualify, and, if the play-off winners qualify through the regular season, its spot will go to the 4th placed team of the regular season).

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rögle BK 26 14 3 6 3 87 67 +20 54 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Frölunda HC 28 14 4 4 6 84 68 +16 54
3 Skellefteå AIK 27 15 2 2 8 86 61 +25 51
4 Luleå HF 27 12 4 3 8 77 60 +17 47
5 Växjö Lakers 27 11 4 4 8 79 73 +6 45
6 IK Oskarshamn 27 12 3 3 9 86 83 +3 45
7 Leksands IF 27 12 2 3 10 80 73 +7 43 Qualification to Eighth-finals
8 Örebro HK 27 9 6 3 9 72 62 +10 42
9 Färjestad BK 27 10 4 2 11 84 82 +2 40
10 Linköping HC 28 8 5 3 12 67 76 −9 37
11 Brynäs IF 27 8 3 3 13 66 79 −13 33
12 Malmö Redhawks 27 7 3 4 13 65 81 −16 31
13 Timrå IK 26 7 1 3 15 63 93 −30 26 Qualification to Play Out
14 Djurgårdens IF 27 5 1 2 19 59 97 −38 19
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: SHL.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of games played on 13 December 2021.[2] 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
Ryan Lasch Frölunda HC 28 7 29 36 0 6
Max Véronneau Leksands IF 26 19 14 33 +15 2
Patrik Karlkvist IK Oskarshamn 27 17 13 30 +3 2
Adam Tambellini Rögle BK 26 15 13 28 +18 2
Michael Špaček Frölunda HC 28 6 22 28 +2 31
Jonathan Pudas Skellefteå AIK 27 5 22 27 +11 18
Jonathan Johnson Skellefteå AIK 27 7 19 26 +1 12
Ty Rattie Timrå IK 26 15 10 25 –8 16
Richard Gynge Växjö Lakers 27 12 13 25 0 4
Markus Ljungh Linköping HC 28 9 15 24 +7 6

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 games played on 13 December 2021.[3]

Player Team GP TOI W T L GA SO Sv% GAA
Strauss Mann Skellefteå AIK 12 719:22 8 1 3 21 3 93.20 1.75
Jesper Wallstedt Luleå HF 17 1020:15 8 2 7 31 2 92.31 1.82
Jhonas Enroth Örebro HK 20 1181:36 12 2 5 38 4 92.48 1.93
Gustaf Lindvall Skellefteå AIK 15 902:46 8 2 5 31 1 92.03 2.06
Matt Tomkins Frölunda HC 18 1060:16 12 1 5 37 2 92.60 2.09
Adam Åhman Växjö Lakers 12 706:43 4 3 5 25 1 91.38 2.12
Christoffer Rifalk Rögle BK 19 1125:58 14 1 4 42 1 92.32 2.24
Marcus Högberg Linköping HC 22 1301:02 9 2 10 49 1 91.33 2.26
Veini Vehviläinen Brynäs IF 22 1277:50 9 2 11 54 3 89.93 2.54
Dominik Furch Färjestad BK 16 941:58 7 2 7 40 1 89.64 2.55

References
  1. "Swedish Hockey League". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. "Statistik spelare 2021/2022" [Statistics – Players: Summary]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. "Statistik målvakter 2021/2022" [Statistics Goalkeepers: Summary]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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