# 2021–22 National League (ice hockey) season

The 2021–22 National League season was the 84th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the fifth season as the National League (NL).
EV Zug defended their title after beating ZSC Lions in the finals 4–3.
13 teams participated in the season as HC Ajoie was promoted to the National League after winning 2020–21 Swiss League.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity | COVID-19 Capacity |
| HC Ajoie | Porrentruy | Raiffeisen Arena | 4,671 | 0 |
| HC Ambrì-Piotta | Ambrì | Valascia | 6,500 | 0 |
| SC Bern | Bern | PostFinance Arena | 17,031 | 0 |
| EHC Biel | Biel/Bienne | Tissot Arena | 6,521 | 0 |
| HC Davos | Davos | Eisstadion Davos | 6,800 | 0 |
| Fribourg-Gottéron | Fribourg | BCF Arena | 8,934 | 0 |
| Genève-Servette HC | Geneva | Patinoire des Vernets | 7,135 | 0 |
| Lausanne HC | Lausanne | Vaudoise Aréna | 9,600 | 0 |
| HC Lugano | Lugano | Cornér Arena | 7,800 | 0 |
| SCL Tigers | Langnau im Emmental | Ilfis Stadium | 6,000 | 0 |
| SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Rapperswil | St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena | 6,200 | 0 |
| ZSC Lions | Zürich | Hallenstadion | 11,200 | 0 |
| EV Zug | Zug | Bossard Arena | 7,200 | 0 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | EV Zug | 52 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 177 | 127 | +50 | .641 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Fribourg-Gottéron | 50 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 159 | 124 | +35 | .627 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | ZSC Lions | 52 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 169 | 130 | +39 | .615 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 52 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 164 | 135 | +29 | .603 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | HC Davos | 51 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 148 | 125 | +23 | .575 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | EHC Biel | 51 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 154 | 128 | +26 | .569 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | Lausanne HC | 51 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 155 | 143 | +12 | .569 | Advance to Pre-playoffs |
| 8 | Genève-Servette HC | 52 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 151 | 130 | +21 | .564 | Advance to Pre-playoffs |
| 9 | HC Lugano | 52 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 160 | 158 | +2 | .487 | Advance to Pre-playoffs |
| 10 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 52 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 131 | 145 | −14 | .423 | Advance to Pre-playoffs |
| 11 | SC Bern | 52 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 136 | 148 | −12 | .417 | |
| 12 | SCL Tigers | 50 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 129 | 205 | −76 | .233 | |
| 13 | HC Ajoie | 51 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 89 | 224 | −135 | .170 | |

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season. 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 |
| Roman Červenka | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 52 | 20 | 44 | 64 | +8 | 30 |
| Henrik Tömmernes | Genève-Servette HC | 51 | 10 | 48 | 58 | +19 | 40 |
| Daniel Winnik | Genève-Servette HC | 48 | 25 | 29 | 54 | +8 | 86 |
| Chris DiDomenico | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 49 | 15 | 39 | 54 | +9 | 92 |
| Denis Malgin | ZSC Lions | 48 | 21 | 31 | 52 | +18 | 49 |
| Mark Arcobello | HC Lugano | 52 | 22 | 29 | 51 | -7 | 41 |
| Jesper Olofsson | SCL Tigers | 43 | 25 | 25 | 50 | +1 | 4 |
| Mathias Bromé | HC Davos | 41 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +19 | 14 |
| Toni Rajala | EHC Biel-Bienne | 51 | 22 | 26 | 48 | +18 | 10 |
| Alexandre Grenier | SCL Tigers | 47 | 13 | 35 | 48 | -11 | 47 |

#### 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.
| Player | Team(s) | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Sandro Aeschlimann | HC Davos | 34 | 1950:10 | 58 | 94.16 | 1.78 |
| Reto Berra | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 43 | 2552:01 | 91 | 92.78 | 2.14 |
| Joren van Pottelberghe | EHC Biel-Bienne | 44 | 2534:21 | 94 | 92.07 | 2.23 |
| Melvin Nyffeler | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 44 | 2640:35 | 98 | 92.08 | 2.23 |
| Ludovic Waeber | ZSC Lions | 30 | 1644:31 | 65 | 91.99 | 2.34 |
| Leonardo Genoni | EV Zug | 40 | 2406:29 | 95 | 92.10 | 2.37 |
| Gauthier Descloux | Genève-Servette HC | 30 | 1741:57 | 69 | 92.16 | 2.38 |
| Philip Wüthrich | SC Bern | 39 | 2299:08 | 97 | 92.06 | 2.53 |
| Niklas Schlegel | HC Lugano | 24 | 1316:09 | 56 | 91.30 | 2.55 |
| Luca Boltshauser | Lausanne HC | 24 | 1341:55 | 57 | 90.92 | 2.55 |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Pre-Playoffs (best-of-3) | Pre-Playoffs (best-of-3) | Pre-Playoffs (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| | | | 1 | EV Zug | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lausanne HC | 2 | 9 | HC Lugano | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 1 | | | | 1 | EV Zug | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | HC Davos | 0 | | | |
| | | | 2 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 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) | | | |
| | | | 7 | Lausanne HC | 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 | EV Zug | 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 | ZSC Lions | 3 |
| | | | 3 | ZSC Lions | 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) | | | |
| 8 | Genève-Servette HC | 0 | 6 | EHC Biel | 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) | | | |
| 9 | HC Lugano | 2 | | | | 2 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | ZSC Lions | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | HC Davos | 4 | | | | | | |

### Pre-Playoffs
#### (7) Lausanne HC vs. (10) HC Ambrì-Piotta

* Lausanne HC won the series 2–1

#### (8) Genève-Servette HC vs. (9) HC Lugano

* HC Lugano won the series 2–0

### Quarter-finals
#### (1) EV Zug vs. (9) HC Lugano

* EV Zug won the series 4–0

#### (2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs. (7) Lausanne HC

* HC Fribourg-Gottéron won the series 4–1

#### (3) ZSC Lions vs. (6) EHC Biel

* ZSC Lions won the series 4–3

#### (4) SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers vs. (5) HC Davos

* HC Davos won the series 4–3

### Semi-finals
#### (1) EV Zug vs. (5) HC Davos

* EV Zug won the series 4–0

#### (2) HC Fribourg-Gottéron vs. (3) ZSC Lions

* ZSC Lions won the series 4–0

### Finals

* EV Zug won the series 4–3