2018–19 SHL season

The 2018–19 SHL season was the 44th season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began in September 2018 and ended in March 2019. It was followed by the Swedish Championship playoffs and the relegation playoffs. The league consisted of 14 teams. The only new addition for this season was Timrå IK, who replaced Karlskrona HK after defeating them in the 2018 SHL qualifiers.
Färjestad BK won the regular season, and Frölunda HC won the Swedish Championship.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Brynäs IF 	Gävle 	Gavlerinken Arena 	8,585
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm 	Hovet 	8,094
Frölunda HC 	Gothenburg	Scandinavium 	12,044
Färjestad BK 	Karlstad 	Löfbergs Arena 	8,647
HV71 	Jönköping 	Kinnarps Arena 	7,000
Linköpings HC 	Linköping 	Saab Arena 	8,500
Luleå HF 	Luleå 	Coop Norrbotten Arena 	6,300
Malmö Redhawks	Malmö 	Malmö Arena 	13,000
Mora IK 	Mora 	Jalas Arena 	4,500
Rögle BK 	Ängelholm 	Lindab Arena 	5,150
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	6,001
Timrå IK 	Timrå 	NHK Arena 	6,000
Växjö Lakers 	Växjö 	Vida Arena 	5,700
Örebro HK 	Örebro 	Behrn Arena 	5,150
==Regular season==
===Standings===
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.
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 14 March 2019. 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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Frölunda HC 	46	12	38	50	–11	18
 	Skellefteå AIK	48	18	24	42	+9 	20
 	Linköpings HC 	49	8 	34	42	+8 	28
 	Färjestad BK 	52	6 	35	41	+16	47
 	HV71 	52	16	24	40	+7 	8
 	Malmö Redhawks	49	13	26	39	+2 	18
 	Skellefteå AIK	51	19	19	38	+11	8
 	Rögle BK 	46	12	26	38	+7 	12
 	Brynäs IF 	52	8 	30	38	+2 	18
 	Färjestad BK 	46	17	20	37	+17	49
====Leading goaltenders====
The following goaltenders 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 2019.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Luleå HF 	42	2498:16	26	6	10	70	5	93.10	1.68
 	Djurgårdens IF	39	2317:50	22	5	12	72	3	92.90	1.86
 	Växjö Lakers 	35	2081:39	16	3	15	69	4	91.88	1.99
 	Färjestad BK 	26	1485:13	15	3	6 	50	3	92.63	2.02
 	Färjestad BK 	31	1644:35	17	2	9 	57	5	91.97	2.08
 	Frölunda HC 	28	1586:07	17	1	8 	56	1	91.82	2.12
 	Malmö Redhawks	37	2119:04	18	5	11	76	1	92.39	2.15
 	Skellefteå AIK	32	1901:16	14	5	13	69	4	91.67	2.18
 	HV71 	34	1999:11	15	2	17	78	6	90.98	2.34
 	Linköpings HC 	36	2038:53	18	2	14	85	2	91.67	2.50
==Playoffs==
Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.
=== Playoff bracket ===
In the first round the 7th-ranked team will meet the 10th-ranked team and the 8th-ranked team will meet the 9th-ranked team for a place in the second round. In the second round, the top-ranked team will meet the lowest-ranked winner of the first round, the 2nd-ranked team will face the other winner of the first round, the 3rd-ranked team will face the 6th-ranked team, and the 4th-ranked team will face the 5th-ranked team. In the third round, the highest remaining seed is matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team is awarded home advantage. In the first round the meetings are played as best-of-three series and the rest is best-of-seven series that follows an alternating home team format: the higher-seeded team will play at home for games 1 and 3 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 2 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
===Eighth-finals===
The teams ranked 7 and 10, and the teams ranked 8 and 9, respectively, will face each other in a best-of-three series in order to qualify for the quarter-finals. The better-ranked teams in the two series will receive home advantage, i.e. two home games, if necessary. The two winners will take the two remaining quarter-final spots.
==== (7) Växjö Lakers vs. (10) Örebro HK ====
==== (8) HV71 vs. (9) Rögle BK ====
===Quarter-finals===
==== (1) Färjestad BK vs. (8) HV71 ====
Game 5 of this series was the second-longest Elitserien/SHL playoff game, with Oskar Steen's game-winning goal coming after 57:01 of overtime.
==== (2) Luleå HF vs. (7) Växjö Lakers ====
==== (3) Frölunda HC vs. (6) Malmö Redhawks ====
==== (4) Djurgårdens IF vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK ====
===Semi-finals===
====(1) Färjestad BK vs. (4) Djurgårdens IF====
====(2) Luleå HF vs. (3) Frölunda HC====
===Finals===
====(3) Frölunda HC vs. (4) Djurgårdens IF====
=== Statistics ===
==== Playoff scoring leaders ====
The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 2 May 2019. 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 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Frölunda HC 	16	6	13	19	+7 	4
 	Frölunda HC 	16	4	13	17	+5 	6
 	Frölunda HC 	16	8	8 	16	+10	8
 	Djurgårdens IF	19	6	8 	14	–1 	58
 	Frölunda HC 	15	5	9 	14	+4 	8
 	Frölunda HC 	16	2	12	14	+11	2
 	Frölunda HC 	16	6	7 	13	+6 	35
 	Färjestad BK 	14	5	8 	13	+7 	28
 	Frölunda HC 	16	5	8 	13	+9 	4
 	Djurgårdens IF	19	5	8 	13	–3 	10
==== Playoff leading goaltenders ====
These are the leaders in GAA and save percentage among goaltenders who played at least 40% of the team's minutes. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded. Updated as of 2 May 2019.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Frölunda HC 	13	748:15	9	3	25	3	92.67	2.00
 	HV71 	9 	618:25	5	4	21	0	92.76	2.04
 	Färjestad BK 	13	823:39	7	6	30	0	91.10	2.19
 	Luleå HF 	10	617:31	5	5	23	1	91.32	2.23
 	Skellefteå AIK	5 	254:17	2	2	11	1	90.35	2.60
==SHL awards==
Guldhjälmen: Jacob Josefson, Djurgårdens IF
Guldpucken:
Honken Trophy: Adam Reideborn, Djurgårdens IF
Håkan Loob Trophy: Emil Bemström, Djurgårdens IF
Rookie of the Year: Emil Bemström, Djurgårdens IF
Salming Trophy: Erik Gustafsson, Luleå HF
Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy: Ryan Lasch, Frölunda HC
Guldpipan: Mikael Sjöqvist
==References==
==External links==
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