2018-19 NL season

The 2018–19 National League season is the 81st season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the second season as the National League (NL).
ZSC Lions were the defending Swiss national champions, however missed the playoffs altogether. 
SC Bern won the regular season for a third consecutive year, and went on to defeat regular season runners-up EV Zug in the playoff finals 4–1 to claim their 16th Swiss championship, and third in four years.
==Regular season==
Rank	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	SC Bern 	50	31	3 	0 	1 	1 	14	143:99 	101
2. 	EV Zug 	50	30	0 	1 	1 	4 	14	159:115	97
3. 	Lausanne HC 	50	25	1 	1 	2 	1 	20	141:126	82
4. 	EHC Biel 	50	24	0 	2 	0 	3 	21	149:138	79
5. 	HC Ambrì-Piotta 	50	21	4 	2 	2 	2 	19	138:140	79
6. 	SCL Tigers 	50	22	3 	1 	4 	0 	20	132:126	78
7. 	HC Lugano 	50	24	1 	1 	2 	0 	22	160:141	78
8. 	Genève-Servette HC 	50	21	2 	2 	1 	3 	21	137:150	75
9. 	ZSC Lions 	50	19	4 	2 	0 	5 	20	129:132	74
10. 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	50	22	2 	1 	1 	1 	23	125:125	74
11. 	HC Davos 	50	14	2 	2 	0 	1 	31	121:167	51
12. 	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	50	9 	1 	0 	1 	2 	37	92:167 	32
==Playoffs==
==Playouts==
===1st round===
Rank	Team 	GP	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	Goals 	Pts
1. 	Fribourg-Gottéron 	6 	4	0 	0 	1 	0 	1	146:138	87
2. 	ZSC Lions 	6 	2	0 	1 	0 	0 	3	141:152	82
3. 	HC Davos 	6 	1	0 	0 	0 	0 	5	135:185	54
4. 	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	6 	4	0 	0 	0 	0 	2	108:179	44
===Playout-Final===
*HC Davos - SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 4:1 (3:2, 5:3, 2:3, 5:3, 3:1)
===League-Qualification===
The qualification series between SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers and SC Langenthal was not played, due to SC Langenthal's home arena not meeting NL requirements, therefore SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers would remain in the NL for the 2019–20 season.
==References==
Category:2018 in ice hockey
Category:2019 in ice hockey
Category:Nationalliga A seasons