# 2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan season

The 2020–21 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 16th season that the second tier of Swedish ice hockey operated under that name. The series consisted of 14 teams playing a regular season in which each team played each other team four times, twice at home and twice away. This is followed by a series of promotion and relegation tournaments, with the teams finishing first through tenth participating in promotion playoffs, and the teams finishing 13th and 14th forced to requalify to avoid relegation to the Hockeyettan.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic no promotion took place after the previous season; Karlskrona HK were however relegated after being denied their mandatory elite license and Väsby IK HK were promoted in their place.

## Participating teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| AIK | Stockholm | Hovet | 8,094 |
| Almtuna IS | Uppsala | Upplands Bilforum Arena | 2,800 |
| IF Björklöven | Umeå | A3 Arena | 5,400 |
| BIK Karlskoga | Karlskoga | Nobelhallen | 6,300 |
| Kristianstads IK | Kristianstad | Kristianstads ishall | 2,300 |
| Modo Hockey | Örnsköldsvik | Fjällräven Center | 7,600 |
| Mora IK | Mora | Smidjegrav Arena | 4,500 |
| Södertälje SK | Södertälje | Scaniarinken | 6,200 |
| Timrå IK | Timrå | NHC Arena | 6,000 |
| Tingsryds AIF | Tingsryd | Nelson Garden Arena | 3,400 |
| HC Vita Hästen | Norrköping | Himmelstalundshallen | 4,280 |
| Väsby IK | Upplands Väsby | Renew Arena | 3,000 |
| Västerviks IK | Västervik | Plivit Arena | 2,500 |
| Västerås IK | Västerås | ABB Arena Nord | 4,902 |
Note 1: Väsby played their final home game of the regular season against Almtuna, in Almtuna's home arena.
Note 2: Björklöven played one home game in Vännäs ishall.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Timrå IK | 52 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 199 | 101 | +98 | 118 | Advance to the Quarterfinals |
| 2 | BIK Karlskoga | 52 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 165 | 136 | +29 | 96 | Advance to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | IF Björklöven | 52 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 182 | 136 | +46 | 93 | Advance to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Södertälje SK | 52 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 165 | 137 | +28 | 92 | Advance to the Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Västerviks IK | 52 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 134 | 124 | +10 | 85 | Advance to the Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Mora IK | 52 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 170 | 165 | +5 | 85 | Advance to the Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Västerås IK | 52 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 137 | 141 | −4 | 79 | Advance to the Eighth-finals |
| 8 | Tingsryds AIF | 52 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 155 | 144 | +11 | 76 | Advance to the Eighth-finals |
| 9 | AIK | 52 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 145 | 158 | −13 | 76 | Advance to the Eighth-finals |
| 10 | Almtuna IS | 52 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 143 | 156 | −13 | 71 | Advance to the Eighth-finals |
| 11 | HC Vita Hästen | 52 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 153 | 180 | −27 | 66 | |
| 12 | Modo Hockey | 52 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 150 | 185 | −35 | 63 | |
| 13 | Väsby IK HK (R) | 52 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 136 | 211 | −75 | 50 | Advance to Play Out |
| 14 | Kristianstads IK | 52 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 110 | 170 | −60 | 42 | Advance to Play Out |

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 14 March 2021. 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 |
| Jonathan Dahlén | Timrå IK | 45 | 25 | 46 | 71 | +30 | 10 |
| Jens Lööke | Timrå IK | 52 | 23 | 39 | 62 | +19 | 16 |
| Henrik Björklund | BIK Karlskoga | 52 | 26 | 30 | 56 | +28 | 58 |
| Anton Svensson | Tingsryds AIF | 51 | 23 | 33 | 56 | +1 | 47 |
| Albin Lundin | Timrå IK | 51 | 19 | 37 | 56 | +27 | 18 |
| Nick Olesen | Södertälje SK | 48 | 20 | 33 | 53 | –8 | 48 |
| Daniel Ljunggren | Mora IK | 52 | 9 | 43 | 52 | –4 | 16 |
| Linus Karlsson | BIK Karlskoga | 52 | 20 | 31 | 51 | +26 | 32 |
| Lukas Wernblom | Mora IK | 49 | 18 | 29 | 47 | +4 | 113 |
| Gustaf Thorell | BIK Karlskoga | 40 | 14 | 33 | 47 | +23 | 16 |

#### 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 14 March 2021.
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | T | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
| Jacob Johansson | Timrå IK | 41 | 2461:13 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 75 | 7 | 92.08 | 1.83 |
| Daniel Marmenlind | Västerviks IK | 38 | 2310:45 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 78 | 4 | 92.43 | 2.03 |
| Tim Juel | BIK Karlskoga | 40 | 2355:57 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 80 | 9 | 91.84 | 2.04 |
| Kevin Poulin | IF Björklöven | 30 | 1638:17 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 61 | 3 | 91.52 | 2.23 |
| Andreas Ljunggren | Tingsryds AIF | 32 | 1866:46 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 74 | 4 | 91.48 | 2.38 |
| Emil Kruse | Västerås IK | 29 | 1655:18 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 67 | 4 | 91.85 | 2.43 |
| Calle Clang | Kristianstads IK | 32 | 1924:26 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 79 | 0 | 91.93 | 2.46 |
| Claes Endre | AIK | 41 | 2407:58 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 104 | 4 | 91.52 | 2.59 |
| Matteus Ward | Mora IK | 33 | 1878:37 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 85 | 3 | 90.67 | 2.71 |
| Jesper Myrenberg | Västerås IK | 26 | 1492:03 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 68 | 1 | 90.03 | 2.73 |

## Post-season
### Playoff bracket

| Eighth-finals Swedish: Åttondelsfinal | Eighth-finals Swedish: Åttondelsfinal | Eighth-finals Swedish: Åttondelsfinal | Quarterfinals Swedish: Kvartsfinal | Quarterfinals Swedish: Kvartsfinal | Quarterfinals Swedish: Kvartsfinal | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | Timrå IK | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Västerås IK | 2 | 9 | AIK | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Almtuna IS | 0 | | | | 1 | Timrå IK | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Västerviks IK | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | BIK Karlskoga | 3 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | 7 | Västerås IK | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 1 | Timrå IK | 4 |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 3 | IF Björklöven | 1 |
| | | | 3 | IF Björklöven | 3 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 8 | Tingsryds AIF | 0 | 6 | Mora IK | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 9 | AIK | 2 | | | | 2 | BIK Karlskoga | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | IF Björklöven | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Södertälje SK | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Västerviks IK | 3 | | | | | | |

### Eighth-finals

Teams 7–10 from the regular season played best-of-three playoff series, where team 7 faced team 10 and team 8 faced team 9. In each series the higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for game 1 (plus 3 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 2. The winners moved on to the quarterfinals.

#### Västerås IK vs. Almtuna IS

* Västerås IK won series 2–0

#### Tingsryds AIF vs. AIK

* AIK won series 2–0

### Quarterfinals

Teams 1–6 from the regular season, along with the winners of the eighth-finals, played best-of-five series, with the winners moving on to the semifinals. In each series the higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary). The higher-seeded half of the teams chose their opponents, with the highest-seeded remaining team choosing at each step.

#### Timrå IK vs. AIK

* Timrå IK won series 3–1

#### BIK Karlskoga vs. Västerås IK

* BIK Karlskoga won series 3–1

#### IF Björklöven vs. Mora IK

* IF Björklöven won series 3–1

#### Södertälje SK vs. Västerviks IK

* Västerviks IK won series 3–1

### Semifinals

The winners of the quarterfinals play best-of-seven series, with the winners moving on to the Finals. The highest-seeded team chose whether to play the second-lowest seed or the lowest seed. In each series the higher-seeded team has home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team plays at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).

#### Timrå IK vs. Västerviks IK

* Timrå IK won series 4–2

#### BIK Karlskoga vs. IF Björklöven

* IF Björklöven won series 4–3

### Finals

The winners of the semifinals played a best-of-seven series, with the winner promoted to the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for games 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
* Timrå IK won series 4–1

### Play Out

Teams 13 and 14 from the regular season played a best-of-five series, with the winner remaining in HockeyAllsvenskan and the loser relegated to Hockeyettan. The higher-seeded team had home-ice advantage, playing at home for games 1 and 2 (plus 5 if necessary) while the lower-seeded team played at home for game 3 (plus 4 if necessary).

#### Väsby IK HK vs. Kristianstads IK

* Kristianstads IK won series 3–2