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.^[1]

2018–19 SHL season
League	Swedish Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2018 – March 2019 (Regular season) 16 March – 2 May 2019 (Playoffs)
Regular season
First place	Färjestad BK
Top scorer	Ryan Lasch (Frölunda HC)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Ryan Lasch (Frölunda HC)
Finals champions	Frölunda HC
Runners-up	Djurgårdens IF

Färjestad BK won the regular season, and Frölunda HC won the Swedish Championship.

Teams

Luleå

Skellefteå

Timrå

Mora

Brynäs

Djurgården

Örebro

Färjestad

Linköping

HV71

Frölunda

Växjö

Rögle

Malmö

SHL team map

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Färjestad BK	52	28	6	5	13	165	114	+51	101	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Luleå HF	52	25	11	4	12	138	100	+38	101
3	Frölunda HC	52	24	8	4	16	152	134	+18	92
4	Djurgårdens IF	52	23	5	7	17	149	120	+29	86
5	Skellefteå AIK	52	19	10	7	16	142	124	+18	84
6	Malmö Redhawks	52	21	8	3	20	136	125	+11	82
7	Växjö Lakers	52	22	3	10	17	123	120	+3	82	Qualification to Eighth-finals
8	HV71	52	24	1	6	21	136	125	+11	80
9	Rögle BK	52	20	4	7	21	130	143	−13	75
10	Örebro HK	52	16	7	7	22	130	146	−16	69
11	Brynäs IF	52	17	2	14	19	116	145	−29	69
12	Linköpings HC	52	15	8	6	23	130	143	−13	67
13	Mora IK	52	13	9	3	27	126	167	−41	60	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	Timrå IK	52	10	5	4	33	115	182	−67	44

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2019. Source: SHL.se
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 14 March 2019.^[2] 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
Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	46	12	38	50	–11	18
Joakim Lindström	Skellefteå AIK	48	18	24	42	+9	20
Derek Roy	Linköpings HC	49	8	34	42	+8	28
Jesse Virtanen	Färjestad BK	52	6	35	41	+16	47
Markus Ljungh	HV71	52	16	24	40	+7	8
Konstantin Komarek	Malmö Redhawks	49	13	26	39	+2	18
Oscar Möller	Skellefteå AIK	51	19	19	38	+11	8
Ted Brithén	Rögle BK	46	12	26	38	+7	12
Ryan Gunderson	Brynäs IF	52	8	30	38	+2	18
Oskar Steen	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.^[3]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	T	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Joel Lassinantti	Luleå HF	42	2498:16	26	6	10	70	5	93.10	1.68
Adam Reideborn	Djurgårdens IF	39	2317:50	22	5	12	72	3	92.90	1.86
Viktor Fasth	Växjö Lakers	35	2081:39	16	3	15	69	4	91.88	1.99
Adam Werner	Färjestad BK	26	1485:13	15	3	6	50	3	92.63	2.02
Markus Svensson	Färjestad BK	31	1644:35	17	2	9	57	5	91.97	2.08
Johan Mattsson	Frölunda HC	28	1586:07	17	1	8	56	1	91.82	2.12
Oscar Alsenfelt	Malmö Redhawks	37	2119:04	18	5	11	76	1	92.39	2.15
Mantas Armalis	Skellefteå AIK	32	1901:16	14	5	13	69	4	91.67	2.18
Jonas Gunnarsson	HV71	34	1999:11	15	2	17	78	6	90.98	2.34
Jonas Gustavsson	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.^[4]

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).^[4]

	Eighth-finals Swedish: Åttondelsfinal					Quarter-finals Swedish: Kvartsfinal					Semi-finals					Finals
						1	Färjestad BK	4
	7	Växjö Lakers	2			8	HV71	3
	10	Örebro HK	0								2	Luleå HF	1
											3	Frölunda HC	4
						2	Luleå HF	4			(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
						7	Växjö Lakers	1
																3	Frölunda HC	4
																4	Djurgårdens IF	2
						3	Frölunda HC	4
	8	HV71	2			6	Malmö Redhawks	1
	9	Rögle BK	0								1	Färjestad BK	3
											4	Djurgårdens IF	4
						4	Djurgårdens IF	4
						5	Skellefteå AIK	2

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

16 March	Växjö Lakers		3–2	OT	Örebro HK	Vida Arena	Recap
Filip Cederqvist (1) – 18:17		First period			19:26 – Patrik Virta (1)
Kris Versteeg (1; PPG) – 08:38		Second period			04:22 – Tyson Spink (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Nichlas Hardt (1) – 5:33		First overtime period			No scoring
Viktor Fasth (19 shots / 17 saves)		Goalie stats			Jhonas Enroth (30 shots / 27 saves)

18 March	Örebro HK		2–4		Växjö Lakers	Behrn Arena	Recap
Nick Ebert (1; PPG) – 5:08		First period			8:00 – Tuomas Kiiskinen (1)
No scoring		Second period			10:25 – Roman Horák (1) 13:44 – Kris Versteeg (2; PPG)
Shane Harper (1; PPG) – 7:28		Third period			8:02 – Kris Versteeg (3)
Jhonas Enroth (21 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Viktor Fasth (28 saves / 30 shots)

Växjö Lakers won series 2–0

(8) HV71 vs. (9) Rögle BK

16 March	HV71		4–1		Rögle BK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Simon Önerud (1) – 07:53 Didrik Strömberg (1) – 12:11 Simon Önerud (2) – 14:38		First period			18:15 – Éric Gélinas (1)
Anton Bengtsson (1) – 09:01		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jonas Gunnarsson (29 shots / 28 saves)		Goalie stats			Justin Pogge (31 shots / 27 saves)

18 March	Rögle BK		3–4	OT	HV71	Lindab Arena	Recap
Ted Brithén (1) – 0:39 Daniel Zaar (1) – 11:11 Daniel Widing (1; PPG) – 14:49		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			2:45 – David Gustafsson (1) 11:29 – Markus Ljungh (1) 15:38 – Christoffer Törngren (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			11:34 – Markus Lauridsen (1)
Justin Pogge (26 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Jonas Gunnarsson (38 saves / 41 shots)

HV71 won series 2–0

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.^[5]

22 March	Färjestad BK		1–2	OT	HV71	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Joakim Nygård (1; PPG) – 12:24		Third period			19:10 – Martin Thörnberg (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			17:45 – Robin Figren (1; PPG)
Adam Werner (24 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats			Jonas Gunnarsson (37 shots / 36 saves)

24 March	HV71		1–3		Färjestad BK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Andreas Thuresson (1) – 5:16		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			8:17 – Jesper Olofsson (1)
No scoring		Third period			7:34 – Daniel Viksten (1; PPG) 8:56 – Sebastian Erixon (1)
Jonas Gunnarsson (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (27 saves / 28 shots)

26 March	Färjestad BK		2–3		HV71	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
Alexander Johansson (1) – 02:44		First period			16:48 – Christoffer Törngren (2) 17:59 – Isac Brännström (1)
No scoring		Second period			00:32 – Christoffer Törngren (3)
Gustav Rydahl (1) – 14:01		Third period			No scoring
Markus Svensson (23 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Jonas Gunnarsson (32 shots / 30 saves)

28 March	HV71		1–3		Färjestad BK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Anton Bengtsson (2) – 18:17		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:55 – Linus Johansson (1) 17:59 – Jesse Virtanen (1)
No scoring		Third period			19:57 – Gustav Rydahl (2; SHG/ENG)
Jonas Gunnarsson (21 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (28 shots / 27 saves)

30 March	Färjestad BK		3–2	3OT	HV71	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			01:59 – Sebastian Wännström (1)
Michael Lindqvist (1; PPG) – 00:39 Linus Johansson (2; SHG) – 04:48		Third period			19:40 – Sebastian Wännström (2; EA)
Oskar Steen (1) – 17:01		Third overtime period			No scoring
Markus Svensson (36 shots / 34 saves)		Goalie stats			Jonas Gunnarsson (58 shots / 55 saves)

1 April	HV71		5–3		Färjestad BK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Isac Brännström (2) – 17:16 Mikko Lehtonen (1; PPG) – 19:53		First period			1:20 – Sebastian Erixon (2)
Max Wennlund (1) – 17:18		Second period			11:19 – Joakim Nygård (2; PPG) 16:38 – Jesper Olofsson (2)
Didrik Strömberg (2) – 2:10 Anton Bengtsson (3; ENG) – 19:04		Third period			No scoring
Jonas Gunnarsson (18 shots / 15 saves)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (38 shots / 34 saves)

3 April	Färjestad BK		3–2		HV71	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
Joakim Nygård (3) – 4:27		First period			9:05 – Joakim Andersson (1)
Michael Lindqvist (2) – 9:11 Johan Ryno (1; PPG) – 14:08		Second period			12:29 – Simon Önerud (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Markus Svensson (14 shots / 12 saves)		Goalie stats			Jonas Gunnarsson (31 shots / 28 saves)

Färjestad BK won series 4–3

(2) Luleå HF vs. (7) Växjö Lakers

22 March	Luleå HF		3–1		Växjö Lakers	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Emil Larsson (1) – 13:14		Second period			16:03 – Linus Fröberg (1)
Einar Emanuelsson (1) – 18:34 Niklas Olausson (1; ENG) – 18:50		Third period			No scoring
Joel Lassinantti (15 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats			Viktor Fasth (27 saves / 29 shots)

24 March	Växjö Lakers		4–5	OT	Luleå HF	Vida Arena	Recap
Linus Fröberg (2; PPG) – 7:01		First period			0:50 – Robin Kovacs (1)
Liam Reddox (1) – 0:57		Second period			15:07 – Robin Kovacs (2)
Brendan Shinnimin (1) – 1:57 Dominik Bokk (1) – 16:45		Third period			4:54 – Emil Larsson (2) 18:45 – Emil Larsson (3; EA)
No scoring		First overtime period			4:36 – Niklas Olausson (2)
Viktor Fasth (19 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (34 saves / 38 shots)

26 March	Luleå HF		4–0		Växjö Lakers	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Niklas Olausson (3; PPG) – 16:41 Isac Lundeström (1) – 19:38		First period			No scoring
Jesper Sellgren (1; PPG) – 06:13		Second period			No scoring
Carl Mattsson (1; PPG) – 18:22		Third period			No scoring
Joel Lassinantti (31 shots / 31 saves)		Goalie stats			Viktor Andrén (23 shots / 19 saves)

28 March	Växjö Lakers		3–2	OT	Luleå HF	Vida Arena	Recap
Brendan Shinnimin (2) – 16:05		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			17:09 – Erik Gustafsson (1)
Brendan Shinnimin (3; PPG) – 06:49		Third period			04:04 – Petter Emanuelsson (1)
Dominik Bokk (2) – 06:25		First overtime period			No scoring
Viktor Andrén (24 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (34 shots / 31 saves)

30 March	Luleå HF		4–1		Växjö Lakers	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Erik Gustafsson (2) – 14:53		First period			No scoring
Erik Gustafsson (3; PPG) – 19:54		Second period			No scoring
Petter Emanuelsson (2) – 03:03 Emil Larsson (4; PPG) – 18:36		Third period			19:33 – Kris Versteeg (4)
Joel Lassinantti (19 shots / 18 saves)		Goalie stats			Viktor Andrén (28 shots / 24 saves)

Luleå HF won series 4–1

(3) Frölunda HC vs. (6) Malmö Redhawks

23 March	Frölunda HC		4–0		Malmö Redhawks	Scandinavium	Recap
Pathrik Westerholm (1; PPG) – 9:03 Sebastian Stålberg (1) – 11:45 Rhett Rakhshani (1) – 13:40 Rhett Rakhshani (2; PPG) – 19:50		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Johan Mattsson (26 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Oscar Alsenfelt (25 saves / 29 shots)

25 March	Malmö Redhawks		3–2		Frölunda HC	Malmö Arena	Recap
Lars Bryggman (1) – 10:13		First period			No scoring
Jens Olsson (1) – 08:49		Second period			09:13 – Joel Lundqvist (1) 19:47 – Ryan Lasch (1; PPG)
Fredrik Händemark (1) – 05:08		Third period			No scoring
Oscar Alsenfelt (22 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Johan Mattsson (14 shots / 11 saves)

27 March	Frölunda HC		7–2		Malmö Redhawks	Scandinavium	Recap
Simon Hjalmarsson (1) – 01:53 Anders Grönlund (1) – 06:24 Anders Grönlund (2) – 16:16		First period			No scoring
Chay Genoway (1) – 04:24 Simon Hjalmarsson (2; PPG) – 07:37		Second period			03:57 – Marcus Björk (1; PPG)
Joel Lundqvist (2) – 02:40 Patrik Carlsson (1; SHG) – 05:06		Third period			06:39 – Johan Olofsson (1; PPG)
Johan Mattsson (24 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats			Lars Volden (34 shots / 27 saves)

29 March	Malmö Redhawks		3–5		Frölunda HC	Malmö Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:31 – Joel Lundqvist (3; PPG) 16:48 – Ryan Lasch (2)
Frederik Storm (1; PPG) – 06:03 Malte Setkov (1) – 18:24		Second period			12:19 – Jacob Peterson (1)
Konstantin Komarek (1) – 01:54		Third period			14:24 – Chay Genoway (2) 17:34 – Simon Hjalmarsson (3)
Oscar Alsenfelt (25 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Johan Mattsson (30 shots / 27 saves)

31 March	Frölunda HC		4–1		Malmö Redhawks	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Chay Genoway (3) – 1:29 Brandon Gormley (1) – 10:05 Chay Genoway (4) – 17:36		Second period			8:59 – Carl Persson (1)
Max Friberg (1; ENG) – 19:55		Third period			No scoring
Johan Mattsson (35 shots / 34 saves)		Goalie stats			Oscar Alsenfelt (28 shots / 25 saves)

Frölunda HC won series 4–1

(4) Djurgårdens IF vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK

23 March	Djurgårdens IF		0–2		Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			11:58 – Robin Álvarez (1; PPG) 19:17 – Bud Holloway (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Adam Reideborn (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Mantas Armalis (31 saves / 31 shots)

25 March	Skellefteå AIK		3–6		Djurgårdens IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Oscar Möller (1; PPG) – 08:31 Oscar Möller (2; PPG) – 11:22		First period			04:33 – Emil Bemström (1; PPG) 07:41 – Sebastian Strandberg (1; SHG) 18:24 – Daniel Brodin (1)
No scoring		Second period			07:23 – Petteri Wirtanen (1)
Mathis Olimb (1) – 08:57		Third period			14:33 – Olle Alsing (1) 19:14 – Mattias Guter (1)
Mantas Armalis (12 shots / 9 saves) Gustaf Lindvall (15 shots / 12 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (35 shots / 32 saves)

27 March	Djurgårdens IF		3–1		Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	Recap
Dick Axelsson (1) – 16:24 Sebastian Strandberg (2) – 18:51		First period			09:01 – Albin Eriksson (1; PPG)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Dennis Svensson (1) – 17:09		Third period			No scoring
Adam Reideborn (29 shots / 28 saves)		Goalie stats			Mantas Armalis (15 shots / 12 saves)

29 March	Skellefteå AIK		2–4		Djurgårdens IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Oscar Möller (3) – 09:21		Second period			04:43 – Marcus Davidsson (1) 12:23 – Axel Jonsson-Fjällby (1) 17:14 – Daniel Brodin (2; PPG)
Bud Holloway (2) – 03:49		Third period			11:09 – Axel Jonsson-Fjällby (2)
Gustaf Lindvall (24 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (32 shots / 30 saves)

31 March	Djurgårdens IF		2–3		Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:49 – Joakim Lindström (1; PPG) 13:14 – Andreas Wingerli (1; SHG)
Robin Norell (1) – 3:08 Olle Alsing (2; EA) – 18:56		Third period			0:56 – Joakim Lindström (2; PPG)
Adam Reideborn (18 shots / 15 saves)		Goalie stats			Gustaf Lindvall (22 shots / 20 saves)

2 April	Skellefteå AIK		1–4		Djurgårdens IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Joakim Lindström (3) – 6:40		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			8:56 – Emil Bemström (2) 18:51 – Linus Hultström (1)
No scoring		Third period			4:12 – Marcus Davidsson (2) 18:13 – Sebastian Strandberg (3; ENG)
Mantas Armalis (34 shots / 31 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (28 shots / 27 saves)

Djurgårdens IF won series 4–2

Semi-finals

(1) Färjestad BK vs. (4) Djurgårdens IF

6 April	Färjestad BK		5–2		Djurgårdens IF	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
Jesse Virtanen (2; PPG) – 11:08 Joakim Nygård (4) – 13:41		First period			No scoring
Jesse Virtanen (3) – 07:52 Daniel Viksten (2; PPG) – 11:34		Second period			18:39 – Sebastian Strandberg (4)
Martin Johansson (1; ENG) – 18:34		Third period			05:17 – Axel Jonsson-Fjällby (3)
Markus Svensson (28 shots / 26 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (24 shots / 20 saves)

8 April	Djurgårdens IF		5–3		Färjestad BK	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Linus Hultström (2; PPG) – 16:55		Second period			4:46 – Michael Lindqvist (3; PPG) 11:20 – Marcus Nilsson (1; PPG)
Emil Bemström (3) – 3:38 Linus Hultström (3; PPG) – 5:47 Robin Norell (2) – 12:12 Dick Axelsson (2; ENG) – 18:55		Third period			19:57 – Michael Lindqvist (4; PPG)
Adam Reideborn (25 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (26 shots / 22 saves)

10 April	Färjestad BK		1–2		Djurgårdens IF	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Ilari Melart (1) – 08:41		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			16:16 – Axel Jonsson-Fjällby (4) 18:06 – Dick Axelsson (3)
Markus Svensson (30 shots / 28 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (31 shots / 30 saves)

12 April	Djurgårdens IF		3–1		Färjestad BK	Hovet	Recap
Sebastian Strandberg (5) – 8:11 Mattias Guter (2) – 17:02		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Daniel Brodin (3) – 5:58		Third period			8:32 – Martin Johansson (2)
Adam Reideborn (30 shots / 29 saves)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (18 shots / 15 saves)

14 April	Färjestad BK		8–2		Djurgårdens IF	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
Johan Ryno (2) – 2:34 Marcus Nilsson (2) – 2:57 Johan Ryno (3) – 9:18		First period			No scoring
Johan Ryno (4) – 5:18 Jesse Virtanen (4) – 11:09 Oskar Steen (2) – 11:20 Aleksander Reichenberg (1) – 18:46		Second period			9:51 – Dick Axelsson (4; PPG)
Joakim Nygård (5; PPG) – 16:10		Third period			18:38 – Mattias Guter (3)
Markus Svensson (18 shots / 16 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (15 shots / 11 saves) Robin Jensen (16 shots / 12 saves)

16 April	Djurgårdens IF		1–6		Färjestad BK	Ericsson Globe	Recap
No scoring		First period			1:32 – Marcus Nilsson (3)
No scoring		Second period			10:18 – Sebastian Erixon (3) 12:36 – Marcus Nilsson (4; PPG) 13:00 – Jesper Olofsson (3; PS) 16:14 – Ilari Melart (2)
Daniel Brodin (4) – 2:01		Third period			4:33 – Daniel Viksten (3)
Robin Jensen (18 shots / 12 saves)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (26 shots / 25 saves)

18 April	Färjestad BK		1–4		Djurgårdens IF	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
Michael Lindqvist (5) – 1:18		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			12:19 – Sebastian Strandberg (6; PPG)
No scoring		Third period			2:42 – Dick Axelsson (5) 15:04 – Sebastian Strandberg (7) 17:42 – Axel Jonsson-Fjällby (5; ENG)
Markus Svensson (24 shots / 21 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (26 shots / 25 saves)

Djurgårdens IF won series 4–3

(2) Luleå HF vs. (3) Frölunda HC

7 April	Luleå HF		3–4	OT	Frölunda HC	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Nils Lundkvist (1) – 9:54		Second period			6:42 – Jacob Peterson (2) 18:04 – Joel Mustonen (1) 19:55 – Patrik Carlsson (2)
Daniel Sondell (1; (PPG) – 16:57 Jesper Sellgren (2; EA) – 18:57		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			17:00 – Rhett Rakhshani (3)
Joel Lassinantti (37 shots / 33 saves)		Goalie stats			Johan Mattsson (31 shots / 28 saves)

9 April	Frölunda HC		2–0		Luleå HF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Jonathan Sigalet (1) – 03:09		Second period			No scoring
Ponthus Westerholm (1) – 08:28		Third period			No scoring
Johan Mattsson (25 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (22 saves / 20 shots)

11 April	Luleå HF		3–1		Frölunda HC	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:23 – Max Friberg (2)
Jack Connolly (1) – 04:45 Jesper Sellgren (3) – 17:47 Karl Fabricius (1; ENG) – 18:28		Third period			No scoring
Joel Lassinantti (20 shots / 19 saves)		Goalie stats			Johan Mattsson (39 shots / 37 saves)

13 April	Frölunda HC		3–0		Luleå HF	Scandinavium	Recap
Rhett Rakhshani (4) – 7:25		First period			No scoring
Samuel Fagemo (1; PPG) – 6:22		Second period			No scoring
Jacob Moverare (1; ENG) – 18:30		Third period			No scoring
Johan Mattsson (18 shots / 18 saves)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (18 shots / 16 saves)

15 April	Luleå HF		2–6		Frölunda HC	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:09 – Anders Grönlund (3) 18:40 – Samuel Fagemo (2)
No scoring		Second period			16:38 – Ryan Lasch (3) 18:08 – Max Friberg (3)
Isac Lundeström (2; SHG) – 04:02 Petter Emanuelsson (3; PPG) – 15:51		Third period			02:01 – Simon Hjalmarsson (4; PPG) 16:39 – Anders Grönlund (4; SHG/ENG)
Joel Lassinantti (31 shots / 25 saves)		Goalie stats			Johan Mattsson (26 shots / 24 saves)

Frölunda HC won series 4–1

Finals

(3) Frölunda HC vs. (4) Djurgårdens IF

21 April	Frölunda HC		5–3		Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	Recap
Jacob Peterson (3) – 12:02		First period			No scoring
Jacob Moverare (2) – 03:09 Chay Genoway (5; PPG) – 13:18 Joel Lundqvist (4; PPG) – 19:32		Second period			02:13 – Marcus Davidsson (2) 04:25 – Linus Hultström (4)
Samuel Fagemo (3; ENG) – 19:37		Third period			03:27 – Dick Axelsson (6)
Johan Mattsson (31 shots / 28 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (23 shots / 19 saves)

23 April	Djurgårdens IF		5–1		Frölunda HC	Ericsson Globe	Recap
Olle Alsing (3; PPG) – 16:38		First period			No scoring
Axel Jonsson-Fjällby (6) – 10:05 Emil Bemström (4) – 11:10		Second period			No scoring
Jakob Lilja (1) – 2:24 Linus Hultström (5) – 13:15		Third period			7:10 – Max Friberg (4)
Adam Reideborn (21 shots / 20 saves)		Goalie stats			Johan Mattsson (32 shots / 27 saves) Johan Gustafsson (3 shots / 3 saves)

25 April	Frölunda HC		5–2		Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	Recap
Jacob Moverare (3) – 1:07		First period			8:00 – Olle Alsing (4)
Brandon Gormley (2; PPG) – 0:29 Samuel Fagemo (4) – 2:15 Joel Lundqvist (5; PPG) – 12:59		Second period			13:38 – Jakob Lilja (2)
Ryan Lasch (4; PPG) – 2:43		Third period			No scoring
Johan Mattsson (10 shots / 9 saves) Johan Gustafsson (12 shots / 11 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (33 shots / 28 saves)

27 April	Djurgårdens IF		3–2		Frölunda HC	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period			7:52 – Max Friberg (5; SHG)
Mattias Guter (4; PS) – 15:10 Jacob Josefson (1) – 17:00		Second period			11:27 – Simon Hjalmarsson (5; PPG)
Niclas Bergfors (1) – 8:26		Third period			No scoring
Adam Reideborn (24 shots / 22 saves)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (21 shots / 18 saves)

30 April	Frölunda HC		6–2		Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	Recap
Joel Lundqvist (6; PPG) – 10:34		First period			No scoring
Ryan Lasch (5; PPG) – 0:52 Joel Mustonen (2) – 2:30 Jacob Peterson (4) – 10:17		Second period			No scoring
Samuel Fagemo (5; PPG) – 13:42 Max Friberg (6; ENG) – 18:25		Third period			3:03 – Jakob Lilja (3; PPG) 4:35 – Niclas Bergfors (2; PPG)
Johan Gustafsson (26 shots / 24 saves)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (19 shots / 15 saves) Robin Jensen (12 shots / 11 saves)

2 May	Djurgårdens IF		2–6		Frölunda HC	Ericsson Globe	Recap
Axel Jonsson-Fjällby (7) – 9:34		First period			1:55 – Samuel Fagemo (6; PPG) 7:09 – Ryan Lasch (6) 10:37 – Max Friberg (7; SHG)
No scoring		Second period			5:52 – Mats Rosseli Olsen (1)
Emil Bemström (5) – 6:03		Third period			17:11 – Max Friberg (8) 18:49 – Mats Rosseli Olsen (2; SHG, ENG)
Adam Reideborn (26 shots / 21 saves)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (33 shots / 31 saves)

Frölunda HC won series 4–2

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.^[6]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	16	6	13	19	+7	4
Rhett Rakhshani	Frölunda HC	16	4	13	17	+5	6
Max Friberg	Frölunda HC	16	8	8	16	+10	8
Dick Axelsson	Djurgårdens IF	19	6	8	14	–1	58
Simon Hjalmarsson	Frölunda HC	15	5	9	14	+4	8
Patrik Carlsson	Frölunda HC	16	2	12	14	+11	2
Joel Lundqvist	Frölunda HC	16	6	7	13	+6	35
Michael Lindqvist	Färjestad BK	14	5	8	13	+7	28
Chay Genoway	Frölunda HC	16	5	8	13	+9	4
Linus Hultström	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.^[7]

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Johan Mattsson	Frölunda HC	13	748:15	9	3	25	3	92.67	2.00
Jonas Gunnarsson	HV71	9	618:25	5	4	21	0	92.76	2.04
Markus Svensson	Färjestad BK	13	823:39	7	6	30	0	91.10	2.19
Joel Lassinantti	Luleå HF	10	617:31	5	5	23	1	91.32	2.23
Mantas Armalis	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

1. "Tack för denna säsong – Nu laddar vi om för SHL" (in Swedish). Timrå IK. 9 April 2018.
2. "Statistik - Spelare: Sammanfattning" [Statistics - Players: Summary] (in Swedish). SHL. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
3. "Statistik - Målvakter: Sammanfattning" [Statistics - Goalkeepers: Summary] (in Swedish). SHL. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
4. "SERIEBESTÄMMELSER och VERKSAMHETSPLAN Säsongen 2017/2018" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
5. Bergström, Kristoffer (30 March 2019). "Marathonmatchen: avgör för FBK efter 117 minuter" [Marathon match: decided for FBK after 117 minutes]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Lena K. Samuelsson; LO/Schibsted. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
6. "Statistik spelare 2018/2019 - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
7. "Statistik målvakter 2018/2019 - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

External links

• Official website