2015–16 SHL season

The 2015–16 SHL season was the 41st season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began in September 2015 and ended in March 2016. The playoffs were played in March–April 2016.

2015–16 SHL season
League	Swedish Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2015 – April 2016
Regular season
League champion	Skellefteå AIK
Season MVP	Patrick Thoresen (Djurgårdens IF)
Top scorer	Ryan Lasch (Frölunda HC)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Johan Sundström (Frölunda HC)
Finals champions	Frölunda HC
Runners-up	Skellefteå AIK

Modo Hockey and Karlskrona HK were forced to play in the SHL qualifiers to defend their SHL status. Karlskrona won their series against AIK in five games while Modo lost to Leksands IF over seven games. Therefore, Leksand were promoted to the SHL on the expense of Modo.

Luleå

Skellefteå

Modo

Brynäs

Djurgården

Örebro

Färjestad

Linköping

HV71

Frölunda

Växjö

Karlskrona

Malmö

Rögle

Teams participating in the 2015–16 SHL season

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Skellefteå AIK	52	33	4	4	11	160	103	+57	111	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Frölunda HC	52	30	7	0	15	169	112	+57	104
3	Linköpings HC	52	23	9	7	13	163	121	+42	94
4	Luleå HF	52	26	5	4	17	140	123	+17	92
5	Färjestad BK	52	20	10	9	13	141	130	+11	89
6	Växjö Lakers	52	25	4	4	19	147	139	+8	87
7	Djurgårdens IF	52	23	5	7	17	144	135	+9	86	Qualification to Round of 16
8	Örebro HK	52	19	6	8	19	135	146	−11	77
9	HV71	52	21	4	4	23	138	146	−8	75
10	Brynäs IF	52	21	4	3	24	133	138	−5	74
11	Rögle BK	52	16	4	6	26	125	154	−29	62
12	Malmö Redhawks	52	15	5	6	26	116	153	−37	61
13	Modo Hockey	52	13	3	4	32	119	166	−47	49	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	Karlskrona HK	52	5	4	8	35	120	184	−64	31

Source: Swedish Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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.

As of 8 March 2016^[1]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Lasch, Ryan Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	51	15	36	51	+10	20
Thoresen, Patrick Patrick Thoresen	Djurgårdens IF	49	15	33	48	+12	34
Zackrisson, Patrik Patrik Zackrisson	Skellefteå AIK	52	15	33	48	+25	68
Gulas, Milan Milan Gulaš	Färjestad BK	51	20	25	45	–4	20
Gynge, Richard Richard Gynge	Växjö Lakers	46	21	23	44	+23	24
Johnson, Andreas Andreas Johnson	Frölunda HC	52	19	25	44	+8	18
Gordon, Andrew Andrew Gordon	Linköpings HC	52	18	26	44	+18	30
Norman, John John Norman	Skellefteå AIK	47	17	25	42	+5	18
Roe, Garrett Garrett Roe	Linköpings HC	41	14	27	41	+14	28
Anderson, Matt Matt Anderson	Djurgårdens IF	52	18	22	40	+8	30

Leading goaltenders

These are the leaders in GAA 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.

As of 8 March 2016^[2]

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Johansson, Lars Lars Johansson	Frölunda HC	36	1962:30	57	7	92.74	1.74
Svensson, Markus Markus Svensson	Skellefteå AIK	37	2148:23	66	7	92.20	1.84
Lassinantti, Joel Joel Lassinantti	Luleå HF	33	2002:46	65	4	92.12	1.95
Rautio, David David Rautio	Linköpings HC	28	1589:57	52	2	91.61	1.96
Pogge, Justin Justin Pogge	Färjestad BK	26	1512:11	53	1	92.24	2.10
Högberg, Marcus Marcus Högberg	Linköpings HC	28	1581:05	61	2	91.13	2.31
Starkbaum, Bernhard Bernhard Starkbaum	Brynäs IF	28	1643:17	65	2	91.16	2.37
Armalis, Mantas Mantas Armalis	Djurgårdens IF	34	1985:52	80	2	91.82	2.42
Gunnarsson, Jonas Jonas Gunnarsson	Malmö Redhawks	44	2549:43	105	2	91.32	2.47
Pettersson-Wentzel, Fredrik Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel	HV71	43	2467:01	102	2	91.41	2.48

Playoffs

The top six teams will qualify directly for the quarter-finals, while the four teams ranked 7–10 will play a best-of-three series and battle for the two remaining spots.^[3][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. 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).^[3][4]

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Skellefteå AIK	4
	7	Djurgårdens IF	2			9	HV71	0
	10	Brynäs IF	1								1	Skellefteå AIK	4
											6	Växjö Lakers	3
						2	Frölunda HC	4			(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
						7	Djurgårdens IF	1
																1	Skellefteå AIK	1
																2	Frölunda HC	4
						3	Linköpings HC	2
	8	Örebro HK	0			6	Växjö Lakers	4
	9	HV71	2								2	Frölunda HC	4
											4	Luleå HF	2
						4	Luleå HF	4
						5	Färjestad BK	1

Play In Round

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.^[3][4]

(7) Djurgårdens IF vs. (10) Brynäs IF

10 March 2016	Djurgårdens IF		5–4	2OT	Brynäs IF	Hovet	Recap
Patrick Thoresen 1 - 00:19 Daniel Brodin 1 - pp2 - 13:00 Matt Anderson 1 - 17:14		First period			17:33 - Jacob Blomqvist 1
Linus Hultström 1 - pp - 00:44		Second period			02:57 - Sondre Olden 1
No scoring		Third period			10:24 - Jörgen Sundqvist 1 13:27 - Marc-Anthony Zanetti 1
Lukas Vejdemo 1 - 15:05		Second overtime period			No scoring
Mikael Tellqvist (38 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Bernhard Starkbaum (44 saves / 49 shots)

12 March 2016	Brynäs IF		5–2		Djurgårdens IF	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
Marc-Anthony Zanetti 2 - 03:52 Pathrik Vesterholm 1 - 17:32		First period			No scoring
Greg Scott 1 - pp - 00:50		Second period			07:49 - pp - Daniel Brodin 2
Nick Johnson 1 - pp - 17:31 Ponthus Vesterholm 1 - en - 18:00		Third period			13:29 - Henrik Eriksson 1
Felix Sandström (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Mantas Armalis (25 saves / 29 shots)

14 March 2016	Djurgårdens IF		5–4		Brynäs IF	Hovet	Recap
Matt Anderson 2 - ps - 12:03		First period			17:44 - Nick Johnson 2
Linus Hultström 2 - 10:46 Marcus Sörensen 1 - 13:52 Linus Hultström 3 - pp - 19:32		Second period			03:55 - Jacob Blomqvist 2
Emil Lundberg 1 - 02:50		Third period			13:13 - Nick Johnson 3 17:35 - Oskar Lindblom 1
Mikael Tellqvist (21 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Felix Sandström (27 saves / 32 shots) Bernhard Starkbaum (3 saves / 3 shots)

Djurgårdens IF won series 2–1

(8) Örebro HK vs. (9) HV71

10 March 2016	Örebro HK		2–3		HV71	Behrn Arena	Recap
Marko Anttila 1 - 07:44		First period			No scoring
Joel Mustonen 1 - 00:57		Second period			11:23 - pp - Chris Campoli 1
No scoring		Third period			00:38 - Simon Önerud 1 03:13 - Filip Sandberg 1
Július Hudáček (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (22 saves / 24 shots)

12 March 2016	HV71		7–1		Örebro HK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Oscar Sundh 1 - 12:34 Martin Thörnberg 1 - 14:57 Martin Thörnberg 2 - 15:38 Emil Johansson 1 - 17:10		First period			No scoring
Kevin Stenlund 1 - 06:50 Chris Campoli 2 - pp - 12:20 Ted Brithén 1 - pp2 - 19:43		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			06:04 - Kalle Olsson 1
Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Július Hudáček (7 saves / 11 shots) Henrik Lundberg (15 saves / 18 shots)

HV71 won series 2–0

Quarter-finals

(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (9) HV71

16 March 2016	Skellefteå AIK		6–1		HV71	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Pär Lindholm 1 - 05:55 John Norman 1 - 14:10		First period			09:11 - Mattias Tedenby 1
Andrew Calof 1 - 11:39		Second period			No scoring
John Norman 2 - 00:52 Axel Holmström 1 - 01:55 John Norman 3 - sh, en - 09:18		Third period
Markus Svensson (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (28 saves / 33 shots)

18 March 2016	HV71		3–4	OT	Skellefteå AIK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:18 - Andrew Calof 2 11:36 - Niclas Burström 1
Lawrence Pilut 1 - 04:25 Chris Abbott 1 - 11:32		Second period			No scoring
Simon Önerud 2 - 19:46		Third period			01:49 - Mattias Ritola 1
No scoring		First overtime period			14:18 - Andrew Calof 3
Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (46 saves / 50 shots)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (26 saves / 29 shots)

20 March 2016	Skellefteå AIK		5–4	OT	HV71	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Mattias Ritola 2 - pp - 08:44 Andrew Calof 4 - 18:33		Second period			12:00 - Chris Campoli 3 13:16 - Emil Johansson 2
Andrew Calof 5 - 04:26 Jimmie Ericsson 1 - 17:03		Third period			01:26 - Christoffer Törngren 1 01:52 - Emil Johansson 3
Jimmie Ericsson 2 - 01:46		First overtime period			No scoring
Markus Svensson (15 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (23 saves / 28 shots)

22 March 2016	HV71		0–1		Skellefteå AIK	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:50 - Janne Pesonen 1
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (12 saves / 13 shots)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (15 saves / 15 shots)

Skellefteå AIK won series 4–0

(2) Frölunda HC vs. (7) Djurgårdens IF

16 March 2016	Frölunda HC		4–2		Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			03:43 - Robin Álvarez 1
Artturi Lehkonen 1 - 01:47 Ryan Lasch 1 - 13:02		Second period			05:40 - pp - Patrick Thoresen 2
Andreas Johnson 1 - pp - 03:53 Artturi Lehkonen 2 - sh - 18:32		Third period			No scoring
Lars Johansson (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Mikael Tellqvist (36 saves / 40 shots)

18 March 2016	Djurgårdens IF		3–1		Frölunda HC	Hovet	Recap
Robin Álvarez 2 - 05:58		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			04:37 - pp - Joey Crabb 1
Daniel Brodin 3 - pp - 18:51 Philip Holm 1 - en - 19:56		Third period			No scoring
Mikael Tellqvist (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Lars Johansson (25 saves / 27 shots)

20 March 2016*	Frölunda HC		5–2		Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Ryan Lasch 2 - 13:57 Johan Sundström 1 - 14:45		Second period			No scoring
Mats Rosseli Olsen 1 - 10:26 Artturi Lehkonen 3 - 13:49 Nicklas Lasu 1 - en - 15:44		Third period			07:35 - Patrick Thoresen 3 19:04 - pp - Marcus Högström 1
Lars Johansson (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Mikael Tellqvist (33 saves / 37 shots)

22 March 2016	Djurgårdens IF		1–3		Frölunda HC	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			12:22 - Oscar Fantenberg 1
Robin Álvarez 3 - pp - 14:35		Third period			09:20 - Artturi Lehkonen 4 18:43 - Anton Axelsson 1
Mantas Armalis (35 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Lars Johansson (28 saves / 29 shots)

24 March 2016*	Frölunda HC		5–1		Djurgårdens IF	Scandinavium	Recap
Ryan Lasch 3 - pp - 13:20		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Artturi Lehkonen 5 - 13:27 Andreas Johnson 2 - 14:27 Joel Lundqvist 1 - pp - 16:46 Mats Rosseli Olsen 2 - en - 19:23		Third period			01:24 - Marcus Högström 2
Lars Johansson (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Mantas Armalis (34 saves / 38 shots)

Frölunda HC won series 4–1

• Note: Games 3 and 5 were played at Frölundaborg.

(3) Linköpings HC vs. (6) Växjö Lakers

17 March 2016	Linköpings HC		6–1		Växjö Lakers	Saab Arena	Recap
Andrew Gordon 1 - 00:40 Sebastian Karlsson 1 - 01:25		First period			15:58 - Eric Martinsson 1
Daniel Rahimi 1 - 03:27 Broc Little 1 - 03:49		Second period			No scoring
Broc Little 2 - 05:36 Jonas Junland 1 - pp - 15:41		Third period			No scoring
David Rautio (18 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp (11 saves / 15 shots) Stefan Steen (14 saves / 16 shots)

19 March 2016	Växjö Lakers		2–3		Linköpings HC	Vida Arena	Recap
Tuomas Kiiskinen 1 - 18:24		First period			No scoring
Richard Gynge 1 - pp - 15:53		Second period			02:46 - pp2 - Gustav Forsling 1
No scoring		Third period			04:18 - Niklas Persson 1 12:47 - pp - Niklas Persson 2
Cristopher Nihlstorp (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (22 saves / 24 shots)

21 March 2016	Linköpings HC		2–3		Växjö Lakers	Saab Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:23 - pp - Liam Reddox 1
Jonas Junland 2 - 13:58		Second period			No scoring
Chad Billins 1 - 10:55		Third period			04:07 - Richard Gynge 2 08:43 - Patrik Lundh 1
David Rautio (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp (26 saves / 28 shots)

23 March 2016	Växjö Lakers		3–1		Linköpings HC	Vida Arena	Recap
Robert Rosén 1 - 10:08		First period			No scoring
Tuomas Kiiskinen 2 - pp - 09:48		Second period			02:19 - Henrik Törnqvist 1
Linus Fröberg 1 - 11:13		Third period			No scoring
Cristopher Nihlstorp (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (22 saves / 25 shots)

25 March 2016	Linköpings HC		1–4		Växjö Lakers	Saab Arena	Recap
Jens Jakobs 1 - 16:50		First period			10:44 - Adam Byström Johansson 1
No scoring		Second period			04:42 - Tuomas Kiiskinen 3 15:06 - Sakari Salminen 1
No scoring		Third period			09:04 - Joakim Hillding 1
David Rautio (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp (18 saves / 19 shots)

27 March 2016	Växjö Lakers		2–1	OT	Linköpings HC	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:06 - Chad Billins 2
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Richard Gynge 3 - 17:58		Third period			No scoring
Robert Rosén 2 - 04:11		First overtime period			No scoring
Cristopher Nihlstorp (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			David Rautio (22 saves / 24 shots)

Växjö Lakers won series 4–2

(4) Luleå HF vs. (5) Färjestad BK

17 March 2016	Luleå HF		4–2		Färjestad BK	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Lucas Wallmark 1 - 04:14		First period			No scoring
Peter Cehlárik 1 - 03:53 Brendan Mikkelson 1 - 10:16		Second period			No scoring
Jacob Micflikier 1 - en - 19:37		Third period			12:29 - Magnus Nygren 1 18:56 - Mikael Johansson 1
Joel Lassinantti (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Justin Pogge (27 saves / 30 shots)

19 March 2016	Färjestad BK		4–1		Luleå HF	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
Mikael Johansson 2 - 03:50 Rickard Wallin 1 - 07:41 Joakim Nygård 1 - 16:14		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Joel Eriksson Ek 1 - en - 18:43		Third period			06:18 - Lucas Wallmark 2
Justin Pogge (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (25 saves / 28 shots)

21 March 2016	Luleå HF		3–1		Färjestad BK	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Jonathan Granström 1 - 03:52 Johan Harju 1 - pp - 17:26		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Lucas Wallmark 3 - en - 19:02		Third period			15:08 - Milan Gulaš 1
Joel Lassinantti (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Justin Pogge (31 saves / 33 shots)

23 March 2016	Färjestad BK		1–2		Luleå HF	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			07:32 - Lennart Petrell 1
Johan Ryno 1 - pp - 10:04		Second period			00:49 - Lucas Wallmark 4
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Justin Pogge (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (20 saves / 21 shots)

25 March 2016	Luleå HF		5–2		Färjestad BK	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Lucas Wallmark 5 - 09:58		First period			13:58 - Niklas Arell 1
Lucas Wallmark 6 - pp - 05:56 Ilari Melart 1 - 08:25 Johan Forsberg 1 - 14:01 Lennart Petrell 2 - pp - 18:56		Second period			05:00 - Sebastian Erixon 1
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Joel Lassinantti (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Lars Haugen (17 saves / 22 shots)

Luleå HF won series 4–1

Semi-finals

(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (6) Växjö Lakers

1 April 2016	Skellefteå AIK		2–0		Växjö Lakers	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Mattias Ritola 3 - pp - 04:32 Patrik Zackrisson 1 - 07:22		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Markus Svensson (18 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp (15 saves / 17 shots)

3 April 2016	Växjö Lakers		3–2	OT	Skellefteå AIK	Vida Arena	Recap
Patrik Lundh 2 - 01:14 Sakari Salminen 2 - pp - 19:07		First period			04:35 - Axel Holmström 2 12:25 - pp - Tim Heed 1
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Erik Josefsson 1 - 01:20		First overtime period			No scoring
Cristopher Nihlstorp (12 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (23 saves / 26 shots)

5 April 2016	Skellefteå AIK		2–0		Växjö Lakers	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Tim Heed 2 - pp - 09:42		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Pontus Petterström 1 - 05:19		Third period			No scoring
Markus Svensson (15 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats			Cristopher Nihlstorp (29 saves / 31 shots)

7 April 2016	Växjö Lakers		2–1		Skellefteå AIK	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:08 - pp - Erik Forssell 1
Richard Gynge 4 - 09:43 Richard Gynge 5 - pp - 19:38		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Cristopher Nihlstorp (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (16 saves / 18 shots)

9 April 2016	Skellefteå AIK		5–3		Växjö Lakers	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:14 - Ilkka Heikkinen 1
Andrew Calof 6 - pp - 11:01		Second period			09:29 - pp - Calle Rosén 1 13:17 - Alexander Johansson 1
Sebastian Aho 1 - 07:25 Martin Lundberg 1 - 12:44 Janne Pesonen 2 - pp - 16:24 Jimmie Ericsson 3 - en - 18:18		Third period			No scoring
Markus Svensson (25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Stefan Steen (26 saves / 30 shots)

11 April 2016	Växjö Lakers		4–3	OT	Skellefteå AIK	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:31 - Tim Heed 3
Robert Rosén 3 - pp - 03:35		Second period			01:20 - Mattias Ritola 4 12:33 - John Norman 4
Eric Martinsson 2 - pp - 12:32 Tuomas Kiiskinen 4 - 19:59		Third period			No scoring
Linus Fröberg 2 - 16:10		First overtime period			No scoring
Stefan Steen (15 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Markus Svensson (40 saves / 44 shots)

13 April 2016	Skellefteå AIK		3–2	OT	Växjö Lakers	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:23 - Eddie Larsson 1
Martin Lundberg 2 - 05:15		Second period			No scoring
Mattias Ritola 5 - pp2 - 00:15		Third period			19:24 - Sakari Salminen 3
Erik Forssell 2 - 07:44		First overtime period			No scoring
Markus Svensson (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Stefan Steen (31 saves / 34 shots)

Skellefteå AIK won series 4–3

(2) Frölunda HC vs. (4) Luleå HF

2 April 2016	Frölunda HC		1–0		Luleå HF	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Elias Fälth 1 - 07:10		Third period			No scoring
Lars Johansson (32 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (28 saves / 29 shots)

4 April 2016	Luleå HF		4–2		Frölunda HC	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Jonathan Granström 2 - 16:28		First period			17:40 - Henrik Tömmernes 1
Jonathan Granström 3 - pp2 - 01:23 Peter Cehlárik 2 - 05:35		Second period			06:13 - Ryan Lasch 4
Lucas Wallmark 7 - en - 18:20		Third period			No scoring
Joel Lassinantti (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Lars Johansson (21 saves / 24 shots)

6 April 2016	Frölunda HC		2–0		Luleå HF	Scandinavium	Recap
Robin Figren 1 - 06:00		First period			No scoring
Johan Sundström 2 - pp - 17:17		Second period			No scoring
Mats Rosseli Olsen 3 - en - 19:56		Third period			No scoring
Lars Johansson (10 saves / 10 shots) Johan Gustafsson (6 saves / 6 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (29 saves / 31 shots)

8 April 2016	Luleå HF		2–1	OT	Frölunda HC	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Jacob Micflikier 2 - 17:46		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:59 - Artturi Lehkonen 6
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Peter Cehlárik 3 - 08:16		First overtime period			No scoring
Joel Lassinantti (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (25 saves / 27 shots)

10 April 2016	Frölunda HC		3–2	OT	Luleå HF	Scandinavium	Recap
Artturi Lehkonen 7 - 09:29 Henrik Tömmernes 2 - pp - 12:18		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			08:08 - pp - Jonathan Sigalet 1 19:55 - pp - Jonathan Granström 4
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Joey Crabb 2 - 09:01		First overtime period			No scoring
Johan Gustafsson (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Lassinantti (39 saves / 42 shots) Filip Gustavsson (1 save / 1 shot)

12 April 2016	Luleå HF		2–8		Frölunda HC	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:39 - Mats Rosseli Olsen 4
Jonathan Granström 5 - pp - 18:36		Second period			00:31 - Joey Crabb 3 15:18 - Nicklas Lasu 2 17:37 - Nicklas Lasu 3
Brendan Mikkelson 2 - 08:28		Third period			02:07 - Ryan Lasch 5 04:55 - Ryan Lasch 6 06:26 - pp - Oscar Fantenberg 2 10:10 - en - Oliver Lauridsen 1
Joel Lassinantti (21 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (26 saves / 28 shots)

Frölunda HC won series 4–2

Finals

(1) Skellefteå AIK vs. (2) Frölunda HC

16 April 2016	Skellefteå AIK		3–4		Frölunda HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Andrew Calof 7 - 12:00		First period			03:22 - Tom Nilsson 1
Erik Forssell 3 - 17:52		Second period			No scoring
Martin Lundberg 3 - pp - 19:47		Third period			03:58 - pp - Joey Crabb 4 14:59 - Lukas Bengtsson 1 19:20 - sh, en - Anton Axelsson 2
Markus Svensson (12 saves / 13 shots) Erik Hanses (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (32 saves / 35 shots)

17 April 2016	Frölunda HC		1–4		Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			09:40 - John Norman 5
No scoring		Second period			05:17 - Erik Forssell 4 09:57 - Sebastian Aho 2
Artturi Lehkonen 8 - pp - 07:15		Third period			14:19 - Pär Lindholm 2
Johan Gustafsson (18 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Erik Hanses (25 saves / 26 shots)

19 April 2016	Skellefteå AIK		1–3		Frölunda HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:58 - Joey Crabb 5 16:22 - sh - Joel Lundqvist 2
Janne Pesonen 3 - pp - 16:20		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			17:38 - pp - Artturi Lehkonen 9
Erik Hanses (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (29 saves / 30 shots)

21 April 2016	Frölunda HC		3–2		Skellefteå AIK	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Ryan Lasch 7 - 14:59 Johan Sundström 3 - pp - 16:09		Second period			02:57 - pp - Patrik Zackrisson 2
Elias Fälth 2 - 08:35		Third period			00:18 - Erik Forssell 5
Johan Gustafsson (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Erik Hanses (26 saves / 29 shots)

24 April 2016	Skellefteå AIK		3–5		Frölunda HC	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			01:46 - Artturi Lehkonen 10 08:02 - Nicklas Lasu 4 14:06 - Artturi Lehkonen 11
Sebastian Aho 3 - 05:10 Pär Lindholm 3 - sh - 08:57		Second period			06:23 - Lukas Bengtsson 2 11:01 - Ryan Lasch 8
Martin Lundberg 4 - 10:58		Third period			No scoring
Erik Hanses (2 saves / 5 shots) Johan Backlund (9 saves / 11 shots)		Goalie stats			Johan Gustafsson (40 saves / 43 shots)

Frölunda HC won series 4–1

Games in italics indicate games that will only be played if necessary to determine a winner of the series.

Statistics

Playoff scoring leaders

List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the playoffs. 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 April 24, 2016.^[5]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Lehkonen, Artturi Artturi Lehkonen	Frölunda HC	16	11	8	19	+11	4
Lasch, Ryan Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	16	8	11	19	+11	2
Norman, John John Norman	Skellefteå AIK	16	5	8	13	+6	4
Ritola, Mattias Mattias Ritola	Skellefteå AIK	16	5	8	13	–1	10
Gynge, Richard Richard Gynge	Växjö Lakers	13	5	7	12	+1	6
Hultström, Linus Linus Hultström	Djurgårdens IF	8	3	9	12	0	6
Granström, Jonathan Jonathan Granström	Luleå HF	11	5	6	11	–1	14
Calof, Andrew Andrew Calof	Skellefteå AIK	16	7	3	10	+3	4
Ericsson, Jimmie Jimmie Ericsson	Skellefteå AIK	15	3	7	10	+5	20
Fantenberg, Oscar Oscar Fantenberg	Frölunda HC	16	2	8	10	+8	6
Zackrisson, Patrik Patrik Zackrisson	Skellefteå AIK	16	2	8	10	–4	6

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 April 24, 2016.^[6]

GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	TOI	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Johansson, Lars Lars Johansson	Frölunda HC	8	462:08	11	1	94.69	1.43
Svensson, Markus Markus Svensson	Skellefteå AIK	12	724:42	23	3	91.39	1.90
Nihlstorp, Cristopher Cristopher Nihlstorp	Växjö Lakers	10	563:18	19	0	91.40	2.02
Pogge, Justin Justin Pogge	Färjestad BK	4	231:33	8	0	93.33	2.07
Gustafsson, Johan Johan Gustafsson	Frölunda HC	9	506:22	19	0	92.02	2.25
Lassinantti, Joel Joel Lassinantti	Luleå HF	11	667:32	25	0	91.88	2.25

SHL awards

Guldhjälmen: Anton Rödin, Brynäs IF

Guldpucken: Patrick Thoresen, Djurgårdens IF

Honken Trophy: Lars Johansson, Frölunda HC

Håkan Loob Trophy: Nick Johnson, Brynäs IF

Rookie of the Year: Ludvig Rensfeldt, Rögle BK

Salming Trophy: Jonas Junland, Linköpings HC

Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy: Johan Sundström, Frölunda HC

Guldpipan: Mikael Nord

See also

• List of SHL seasons
• 2015 in ice hockey
• 2016 in ice hockey

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