2021–22 Fjordkraftligaen season

The 2021-22 Fjordkraftligaen is the 83rd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien, and the 2nd under the sponsorship name Fjordkraftligaen.
== Participating teams ==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Frisk Asker 	Asker 	Askerhallen 	2,400
Grüner 	Oslo 	Grünerhallen 	500
Lillehammer IK 	Lillehammer	Eidsiva Arena 	3,197
Manglerud Star 	Oslo 	Manglerudhallen	1,050
Ringerike Panthers	Hønefoss 	Schjongshallen 	1,500
Sparta Warriors 	Sarpsborg 	Sparta Amfi 	3,450
Stavanger Oilers 	Stavanger 	DNB Arena 	4,377
Stjernen 	Fredrikstad	Stjernehallen 	2,473
Storhamar 	Hamar 	CC Amfi 	7,000
Vålerenga 	Oslo 	Nye Jordal Amfi	5,300
===Team changes===
After finishing first in the 2020-21 Norwegian First Division, Ringerike Panthers qualified for the Fjordkraftligaen, replacing Narvik IK who finished last in the 2020-21 Fjordkraftligaen.
== Regular season ==
=== Standings ===
=== Statistics ===
==== Scoring leaders ====
List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during 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. Updated as of 3 March 2022.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Frisk Asker 	40	17	45	62	+4 	10
 	Sparta Warriors 	41	25	37	62	+17	26
 	Storhamar 	34	20	28	48	+20	39
 	Frisk Asker 	41	29	17	46	+11	20
 	Stjernen 	39	18	27	45	+13	18
 	Stavanger Oilers	40	19	25	44	+21	20
 	Stavanger Oilers	37	18	26	44	+21	12
 	Vålerenga 	37	20	23	43	+9 	12
 	Lillehammer 	41	15	28	43	+6 	16
 	Stjernen 	38	19	24	43	+17	10
Source: hockey.no
==== Leading goaltenders ====
The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of 3 March 2022.
Player	Team 	 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	Stavanger Oilers	36		29	5 	63	0	91.7	1.78
 	Sparta Warriors 	33		16	10	68	0	92.1	2.26
 	Vålerenga 	24		15	6 	53	0	91.3	2.40
 	Stjernen 	30		17	11	70	0	91.4	2.44
 	Lillehammer 	28		12	11	70	0	90.1	2.66
Source: hockey.no
== Playoffs ==
After the regular season, the top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed will choose which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team will be awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series will follow a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 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 at home for games 2, 4 and 6 (if necessary).
===Bracket===
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Finals===
== Relegation round ==
The bottom two teams of the regular season faced two top teams of the First Division in the relegation round.
==Final rankings==
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5 	Frisk Asker
6 	Vålerenga
7 	Lillehammer
8 	Ringerike Panthers
9 	Manglerud Star
10 	Grüner
== References ==
== External links ==
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