2017–18 SHL season

Luleå

Skellefteå

Brynäs

Djurgården

Örebro

Färjestad

Linköping

HV71

Frölunda

Växjö

Karlskrona

Malmö

Mora

Rögle

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SHL team map

The 2017–18 SHL season was the 43rd season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The season began in September 2017, and the regular season ended in March 2018, to be followed by the Swedish Championship playoffs, as well as relegation playoffs. The league consisted of 14 teams. The only new addition for this season was Mora IK, who replaced Leksands IF after defeating them in the 2017 SHL qualifiers.^[1]

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 10 March 2018^[2]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Elias Pettersson	Växjö Lakers	44	24	32	56	+27	14
Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	49	15	40	55	+4	18
Joakim Lindström	Skellefteå AIK	46	16	34	50	+17	63
Pär Lindholm	Skellefteå AIK	49	18	29	47	+18	28
Johan Ryno	Färjestad BK	46	9	37	46	+13	28
Dick Axelsson	Färjestad BK	48	21	24	45	+8	44
Aaron Palushaj	Brynäs IF	51	19	26	45	–3	42
Victor Olofsson	Frölunda HC	50	27	16	43	+1	8
Oscar Möller	Skellefteå AIK	49	18	24	42	+15	6
Andrew Calof	Växjö Lakers	52	24	17	41	+17	14

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 10 March 2018^[3]

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
Adam Reideborn	Djurgårdens IF	30	1817:38	48	2	93.70	1.58
Gustaf Lindvall	Skellefteå AIK	21	1256:33	38	2	93.04	1.81
Viktor Fasth	Växjö Lakers	33	1937:13	65	6	91.78	2.01
Joel Lassinantti	Luleå HF	34	1923:30	68	4	91.46	2.12
Johan Mattsson	Frölunda HC	24	1296:53	48	2	91.41	2.22
Joacim Eriksson	Djurgårdens IF	24	1343:03	51	2	91.27	2.28
Jonas Gustavsson	Linköpings HC	36	2047:10	80	3	91.63	2.34
Oscar Alsenfelt	Malmö Redhawks	36	2090:31	82	2	91.48	2.35
Lars Haugen	Färjestad BK	31	1794:26	71	1	91.53	2.37
Joni Ortio	Skellefteå AIK	31	1846:33	74	2	91.14	2.40

Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other in a preliminary playoff round.^[4]

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]

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.

• Note: Game 5 was played at the Ericsson Globe.

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 22, 2018.^[5]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Elias Pettersson	Växjö Lakers	13	10	9	19	+17	4
Robert Rosén	Växjö Lakers	10	8	6	14	+16	6
Oscar Möller	Skellefteå AIK	16	8	5	13	+5	6
Pär Lindholm	Skellefteå AIK	16	6	5	11	+2	16
Markus Ljungh	Djurgårdens IF	11	4	7	11	+4	4
Eric Martinsson	Växjö Lakers	13	3	8	11	+15	18
Tuomas Kiiskinen	Växjö Lakers	13	4	6	10	+16	6
Patrik Lundh	Djurgårdens IF	11	2	8	10	+4	2
Brendan Shinnimin	Växjö Lakers	13	2	8	10	+5	30
Jonathan Pudas	Skellefteå AIK	16	0	10	10	+1	8

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 22, 2018.^[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
Fasth, Viktor Viktor Fasth	Växjö Lakers	9	502:45	12	3	93.41	1.43
Gunnarsson, Jonas Jonas Gunnarsson	Malmö Redhawks	6	368:16	9	1	94.74	1.47
Ortio, Joni Joni Ortio	Skellefteå AIK	14	911:30	38	1	92.13	2.50
Gustafsson, Johan Johan Gustafsson	Frölunda HC	6	353:24	15	0	88.81	2.55
Reideborn, Adam Adam Reideborn	Djurgårdens IF	10	663:01	29	0	89.61	2.62
Gustavsson, Jonas Jonas Gustavsson	Linköpings HC	5	317:17	14	0	91.86	2.65
Haugen, Lars Lars Haugen	Färjestad BK	6	300:28	14	0	92.22	2.80