2020–21 SHL season

The 2020–21 SHL season is the 46th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began in September 2020 and will end in March 2021, it will then be followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs. The league consists of the 14 teams that competed in the 2019–20 season; because of the COVID-19 pandemic no relegation or promotion took place after the previous season.

2020–21 SHL season
League Swedish Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration
  • September 2020 – March 2021
  • (Regular season)
Regular season
Playoffs

Teams
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 plays 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four times: twice on home ice, and twice away from home. Points are awarded for each game, where three points are 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 finishes with the most points is crowned the league champion.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Växjö Lakers 41 20 6 7 8 124 89 +35 79 Qualification to Quarter-finals
2 Rögle BK 40 21 3 8 8 128 96 +32 77
3 Luleå HF 39 21 3 5 10 116 96 +20 74
4 Frölunda HC 39 23 1 0 15 110 96 +14 71
5 Skellefteå AIK 40 18 6 4 12 116 95 +21 70
6 Örebro HK 39 19 3 4 13 121 114 +7 67
7 Leksands IF 39 14 6 5 14 107 109 −2 59 Qualification to Eighth-finals
8 Färjestad BK 38 13 8 3 14 113 106 +7 58
9 Djurgårdens IF 39 13 4 3 19 106 113 −7 50
10 IK Oskarshamn 38 12 1 5 20 103 125 −22 43
11 Malmö Redhawks 34 12 2 1 19 82 103 −21 41
12 HV71 38 10 4 2 22 104 125 −21 40
13 Linköping HC 39 10 4 2 23 98 128 −30 40 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14 Brynäs IF 35 10 2 4 19 96 129 −33 38
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 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 4 February 2021.[1][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
Emil Pettersson Växjö Lakers 41 20 23 43 +10 16
Daniel Zaar Rögle BK 40 16 25 41 +11 16
Carter Camper Leksands IF 39 12 26 38 +4 6
Simon Ryfors Rögle BK 39 20 17 37 +15 51
Jonatan Berggren Skellefteå AIK 37 10 27 37 +6 10
Marek Hrivík Leksands IF 31 9 28 37 +3 22
Daniel Viksten Färjestad BK 37 17 18 35 +8 2
Jesper Frödén Skellefteå AIK 40 19 15 34 +7 47
Peter Cehlárik Leksands IF 39 18 16 34 +1 30
Joakim Lindström Skellefteå AIK 40 6 27 33 –1 36

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 matches played on 4 February 2021.[3][4]

Player Team GP TOI W T L GA SO Sv% GAA
Viktor Fasth Växjö Lakers 23 1396:56 13 3 7 40 5 93.57 1.72
Jesper Wallstedt Luleå HF 19 1156:18 10 3 6 38 2 91.83 1.97
Christoffer Rifalk Rögle BK 23 1386:18 12 3 8 47 2 91.73 2.03
Arvid Söderblom Skellefteå AIK 17 999:23 8 2 6 34 3 92.22 2.04
Niklas Rubin Frölunda HC 26 1524:22 16 0 9 58 3 90.60 2.28
Gustaf Lindvall Skellefteå AIK 25 1413:20 15 1 8 55 2 92.05 2.33
Johan Gustafsson Rögle BK 17 1040:51 10 2 5 42 2 90.26 2.42
Erik Källgren Växjö Lakers 18 1086:36 10 1 7 44 1 90.91 2.43
Oscar Alsenfelt Malmö Redhawks 27 1539:36 11 1 14 63 1 92.11 2.46
Henrik Haukeland Färjestad BK 22 1287:02 9 3 8 54 2 91.23 2.52
Janne Juvonen Leksands IF 38 2166:28 17 2 17 91 2 91.05 2.52

References
  1. "Statistik – Spelare 2020/2021" [Statistics – Players: Summary] (in Swedish). SHL. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. "Scoring Leaders". Stats Swehockey. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. "Statistik – Målvakter 2020/2021" [Statistics – Goalkeepers: Summary]. Swedish Hockey League (in Swedish). SHL AB. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "Leading Goalies by Goal Against Average". Stats Swehockey. Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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