# 2003–04 Elitserien season

The 2003–04 Elitserien season was the 29th season of Elitserien. It started in September 2003, with the regular season ending February 2004.

## Regular season
### Final standings

| 2003–04 Elitserien season | GP | W | L | OTW/SOW | OTL/SOL | GF | GA | Pts |
| y - HV 71 | 50 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 162 | 166 | 95 |
| x - Färjestads BK | 50 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 161 | 129 | 90 |
| x - Västra Frölunda HC | 50 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 160 | 116 | 89 |
| x - Linköpings HC | 50 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 141 | 105 | 86 |
| x - Djurgårdens IF | 50 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 145 | 125 | 86 |
| x - Timrå IK | 50 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 117 | 124 | 74 |
| x - Luleå HF | 50 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 119 | 132 | 70 |
| x - Modo Hockey | 50 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 113 | 141 | 68 |
| e - Södertälje SK | 50 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 132 | 161 | 64 |
| e - Brynäs IF | 50 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 121 | 151 | 61 |
| r - Malmö Redhawks | 50 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 112 | 151 | 61 |
| r - Leksands IF | 50 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 129 | 161 | 56 |

### Scoring leaders

| | Player | Team | Sp | G | A | P |
| 1. | Kahnberg, MagnusMagnus Kahnberg | Västra Frölunda HC | 50 | 33 | 16 | 49 |
| 2. | Prestberg, PellePelle Prestberg | Färjestads BK | 50 | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| 3. | Eriksson, JoakimJoakim Eriksson | Södertälje SK | 50 | 15 | 29 | 44 |
| 4. | Peltola, MikkoMikko Peltola | Linköpings HC | 47 | 14 | 29 | 43 |
| 5. | Lind, MikaelMikael Lind | Brynäs IF | 45 | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| | Sahlstedt, KalleKalle Sahlstedt | HV 71 | 50 | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| 7. | Kallio, TomiTomi Kallio | Västra Frölunda HC | 50 | 24 | 17 | 41 |
| 8. | Salomonsson, AndreasAndreas Salomonsson | MODO Hockey | 47 | 13 | 26 | 39 |
| 9. | Davidsson, JohanJohan Davidsson | HV 71 | 49 | 14 | 24 | 38 |
| 10. | Jönsson, JörgenJörgen Jönsson | Färjestads BK | 49 | 16 | 21 | 37 |

### Leading goaltenders
## Playoffs

After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.

### Playoff bracket

In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | HV71 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Modo Hockey | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Modo Hockey | 2 | | | 1 | HV71 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Västra Frölunda HC | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Linköpings HC | 1 | | | 3 | Västra Frölunda HC | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Timrå IK | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Timrå IK | 4 | | | | | | 1 | HV71 | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | HV71 | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | Färjestads BK | 3 |
| 3 | Västra Frölunda HC | 4 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Färjestads BK | 3 |
| 5 | Djurgårdens IF | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Djurgårdens IF | 0 | | | 2 | Färjestads BK | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Timrå IK | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Färjestads BK | 4 | | | 6 | Timrå IK | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Luleå HF | 1 | | | | | | | | |

#### Playoff leading goaltenders
## Elitserien awards

* Le Mat Trophy: HV71
* Guldpucken: Johan Davidsson, HV71
* Guldhjälmen: Magnus Kahnberg, Västra Frölunda HC
* Honken Trophy: Henrik Lundqvist, Västra Frölunda HC
* Håkan Loob Trophy: Magnus Kahnberg, Västra Frölunda HC
* Rookie of the Year: Loui Eriksson, Västra Frölunda HC
* Guldpipan: Thomas Andersson, Gävle