2017–18 SHL season

2017–18 SHL season
2017–18 SHL season
League	Swedish Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2017 – April 2018
Regular season
First place	Växjö Lakers
Top scorer	Elias Pettersson (Växjö Lakers)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP	Elias Pettersson (Växjö Lakers)
Finals champions	Växjö Lakers
Runners-up	Skellefteå AIK
SHL seasons
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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]

SHL team map

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Växjö Lakers	52	34	6	2	10	169	104	+65	116	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Djurgårdens IF	52	23	9	8	12	153	111	+42	95
3	Frölunda HC	52	25	7	5	15	159	137	+22	94
4	Färjestad BK	52	23	6	6	17	174	145	+29	87
5	Skellefteå AIK	52	26	3	3	20	145	118	+27	87
6	Malmö Redhawks	52	20	8	10	14	152	138	+14	86
7	Luleå HF	52	19	10	4	19	128	117	+11	81	Qualification to Round of 16
8	HV71	52	21	6	6	19	145	143	+2	81
9	Linköpings HC	52	21	3	9	19	135	130	+5	78
10	Brynäs IF	52	21	2	3	26	132	148	−16	70
11	Rögle BK	52	16	4	5	27	132	169	−37	61
12	Örebro HK	52	14	4	8	26	121	151	−30	58
13	Mora IK	52	13	5	2	32	104	163	−59	51	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	Karlskrona HK	52	11	4	6	31	101	176	−75	47	Qualification to Relegation playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2018. Source: SHL.se
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 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

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 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

Playoffs

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]

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]

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

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

Round of 16

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) Luleå HF vs. (10) Brynäs IF

12 March	Luleå HF		2–3	Brynäs IF	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
Johan Harju 1 – pp – 11:13		First period		10:12 – Kevin Clark 1
Johan Harju 2 – 17:43		Second period		5:34 – Johan Alcén 1
No scoring		Third period		19:32 – Juuso Ikonen 1
Filip Gustavsson (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		David Rautio (24 saves / 26 shots)

14 March	Brynäs IF		1–2	Luleå HF	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
Jacob Blomqvist 1 – pp – 17:52		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		13:53 – Patrick Cehlin 1
No scoring		Third period		0:38 – Robin Kovacs 1
David Rautio (21 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Filip Gustavsson (23 saves / 24 shots)

16 March	Luleå HF		2–4	Brynäs IF	Coop Norrbotten Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		3:48 – Juuso Ikonen 2 4:09 – Ryan Gunderson 1
Emil Larsson 1 – 8:15		Second period		1:24 – Juuso Ikonen 3
Robin Kovacs 2 – 9:27		Third period		19:15 – en – Linus Ölund 1
Filip Gustavsson (6 saves / 8 shots) Joel Lassinantti (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		David Rautio (33 saves / 35 shots)

Brynäs IF won series 2–1

(8) HV71 vs. (9) Linköpings HC

12 March	HV71		1–3	Linköpings HC	Kinnarps Arena	Recap
Pierre Engvall 1 – 8:25		First period		3:13 – Jakob Lilja 1 5:54 – Andrew Gordon 1
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		13:43 – Derek Roy 1
Felix Sandström (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Jonas Gustavsson (19 saves / 20 shots)

14 March	Linköpings HC		3–2	HV71	Saab Arena	Recap
Mathis Olimb 1 – 16:01		First period		No scoring
Chad Billins 1 – pp2 – 4:44 Kristian Näkyvä 1 – 15:42		Second period		11:12 – Bill Sweatt 1
No scoring		Third period		19:37 – Max Wärn 1
Jonas Gustavsson (37 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel (31 saves / 34 shots)

Linköpings HC won series 2–0

Quarter-finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (10) Brynäs IF

18 March	Växjö Lakers		4–1	Brynäs IF	Vida Arena	Recap
Eric Martinsson 1 – 11:09		First period		No scoring
Robert Rosén 1 – pp – 12:22		Second period		14:11 – Jacob Blomqvist 2
Oliver Bohm 1 – 17:16 Tuomas Kiiskinen 1 – en – 19:20		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Fasth (13 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats		David Rautio (34 saves / 37 shots)

20 March	Brynäs IF		4–3	Växjö Lakers	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
Linus Ölund – pp – 17:59		First period		14:29 – pp – Tuomas Kiiskinen 2
Kevin Clark 1 – pp – 5:19 Aaron Palushaj 1 – pp – 6:46 Simon Bertilsson 1 – pp – 18:07		Second period		13:03 – pp – Janne Pesonen 1
No scoring		Third period		12:04 – Andrew Calof 1
David Rautio (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Viktor Fasth (22 saves / 26 shots)

22 March	Växjö Lakers		4–0	Brynäs IF	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Eric Martinsson 2 – pp – 7:40 Dennis Rasmussen 1 – 8:15 Robert Rosén 2 – pp – 16:57		Second period		No scoring
Linus Fröberg 1 – sh, en – 16:04		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Fasth (14 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats		David Rautio (20 saves / 23 shots) Linus Fernström (7 saves / 7 shots)

24 March	Brynäs IF		3–5	Växjö Lakers	Gavlerinken Arena	Recap
Johan Alcén 2 – 9:18		First period		No scoring
Kevin Clark 3 – pp – 9:09		Second period		2:49 – Linus Fröberg 2 9:22 – Tuomas Kiiskinen 3
Jacob Blomqvist – 0:42		Third period		5:49 – Brendan Shinnimin 1 7:46 – Robert Rosén 3 10:31 – Elias Pettersson 1
Linus Fernström (42 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats		Viktor Fasth (16 saves / 19 shots)

26 March	Växjö Lakers		3–0	Brynäs IF	Vida Arena	Recap
Andy Miele 1 – 2:02 Janne Pesonen 2 – 3:44		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Liam Reddox 1 – 10:29		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Fasth (20 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		David Rautio (25 saves / 28 shots)

Växjö Lakers won series 4–1

(2) Djurgårdens IF vs. (9) Linköpings HC

18 March	Djurgårdens IF		6–1	Linköpings HC	Hovet	Recap
Jonathan Davidsson 1 – 12:21 Linus Hultström 1 – pp – 19:26		First period		10:26 – Jakob Lilja 2
Jonathan Davidsson 2 – 4:50 Markus Ljungh 1 – 8:45 Calle Ridderwall 1 – 12:35		Second period		No scoring
Axel Jonsson Fjällby 1 – 15:56		Third period		No scoring
Adam Reideborn (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Jonas Gustavsson (16 saves / 20 shots) Jacob Johansson (13 saves / 15 shots)

20 March	Linköpings HC		3–2	3OT	Djurgårdens IF	Saab Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			1:56 – Jesper Pettersson 1
Jakob Lilja 3 – 2:37 Chad Billins 2 – 17:00		Third period			11:23 – pp – Gustav Possler 1
Chad Billins 3 – pp – 8:38		Third overtime period			No scoring
Jonas Gustavsson (53 saves / 55 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (39 saves / 42 shots)

22 March	Djurgårdens IF		4–3	Linköpings HC	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period		15:37 – pp – Henrik Törnqvist 1
Niclas Bergfors 1 – 8:22 Linus Johansson 1 – 12:39 Mikael Ahlén 1 – 15:00		Second period		15:54 – Ken André Olimb 1
Axel Jonsson Fjällby 2 – 9:14		Third period		14:27 – Andrew Gordon 2
Adam Reideborn (10 saves / 12 shots) Joacim Eriksson (6 saves / 7 shots)		Goalie stats		Jacob Johansson (25 saves / 29 shots)

24 March	Linköpings HC		2–4	Djurgårdens IF	Saab Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		1:57 – Axel Jonsson Fjällby 3
Kristian Näkyvä 2 – pp – 9:10		Second period		6:30 – pp – Linus Hultström 2 14:59 – pp2 – Linus Hultström 3
Andrew Gordon 3 – pp – 18:20		Third period		19:44 – sh, en – Axel Jonsson Fjällby 4
Jacob Johansson (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Joacim Eriksson (21 saves / 23 shots)

26 March	Djurgårdens IF		5–4	Linköpings HC	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Mikael Ahlén 2 – 1:23 Axel Jonsson Fjällby 5 – 1:54 Gustav Possler 2 – 12:06		Second period		1:11 – pp – Kristian Näkyvä 3 8:45 – Kristian Näkyvä 4
Markus Ljungh 2 – 16:41 Marcus Högström 1 – 19:55		Third period		9:18 – Ken André Olimb 2 15:15 – Derek Roy 2
Adam Reideborn (22 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Jonas Gustavsson (33 saves / 38 shots)

Djurgårdens IF won series 4–1

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

19 March	Frölunda HC		1–2	Malmö Redhawks	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Victor Olofsson 1 – 14:25		Second period		12:50 – Lars Bryggman 1 14:02 – Robin Álvarez 1
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Johan Gustafsson (16 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Oscar Alsenfelt (37 saves / 38 shots)

21 March	Malmö Redhawks		4–5	Frölunda HC	Malmö Arena	Recap
Erik Forssell 1 – 14:20 Lukas Haudum 1 – 18:13		First period		10:28 – Joel Lundqvist 1
No scoring		Second period		5:31 – Adam Almqvist 1
Robin Álvarez 2 – 5:24 Rhett Rakhshani 1 – 11:07		Third period		11:52 – Sebastian Stålberg 1 13:09 – Carl Grundström 1 17:46 – Rasmus Dahlin 1
Oscar Alsenfelt (16 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Johan Gustafsson (29 saves / 33 shots)

23 March	Frölunda HC		2–1	Malmö Redhawks	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:42 – Johan Olofsson 1
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Carl Grundström 2 – pp – 1:11 Max Friberg 1 – 13:51		Third period		No scoring
Johan Gustafsson (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Jonas Gunnarsson (23 saves / 25 shots)

25 March	Malmö Redhawks		3–1	Frölunda HC	Malmö Arena	Recap
Frederik Storm 1 – pp – 0:37 Nils Andersson 1 – pp – 6:22		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		16:10 – Victor Olofsson 2
Kim Rosdahl 1 – en – 19:36		Third period		No scoring
Jonas Gunnarsson (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Johan Gustafsson (17 saves / 19 shots)

27 March	Frölunda HC		0–4	Malmö Redhawks	Scandinavium	Recap
No scoring		First period		18:43 – pp – Lukas Haudum 2 19:36 – Frederik Storm 2
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		18:42 – en – Axel Wemmenborn 1 19:44 – sh, en – Erik Forssell 2
Johan Gustafsson (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Jonas Gunnarsson (34 saves / 34 shots)

29 March	Malmö Redhawks		4–2	Frölunda HC	Malmö Arena	Recap
Erik Forssell 3 – pp2 – 4:51 Frederik Storm 3 – pp – 5:29		First period		No scoring
Axel Wemmenborn 2 – sh – 1:10		Second period		18:38 – Victor Olofsson 3
Johan Olofsson 2 – 6:50		Third period		11:52 – Max Friberg 2
Jonas Gunnarsson (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Johan Gustafsson (14 saves / 18 shots)

Malmö Redhawks won series 4–2

(4) Färjestad BK vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK

19 March	Färjestad BK		1–3	Skellefteå AIK	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		0:45 – Joakim Lindström 1 8:32 – Oscar Möller 1
Fabian Zetterlund 1 – 13:01		Second period		13:58 – Jesper Olofsson 1
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Lars Haugen (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Joni Ortio (32 saves / 33 shots)

21 March	Skellefteå AIK		5–0	Färjestad BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Joakim Lindström 2 – 10:27 Tim Söderlund 1 – 13:04		First period		No scoring
Pontus Petterström 1 – sh – 1:34 Adam Pettersson 1 – 11:15		Second period		No scoring
Joakim Lindström 3 – 11:56		Third period		No scoring
Joni Ortio (31 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Lars Haugen (18 saves / 22 shots) Stefan Steen (10 saves / 11 shots)

23 March	Färjestad BK		1–4	Skellefteå AIK	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:54 – Tim Söderlund 2
Joakim Nygård 1 – 13:06		Second period		3:07 – sh – Sebastian Ohlsson 1 5:45 – Jimmie Ericsson 1 17:21 – pp – Bud Holloway 1
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Stefan Steen (2 saves / 5 shots) Lars Haugen (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Joni Ortio (26 saves / 27 shots)

25 March	Skellefteå AIK		1–3	Färjestad BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		6:01 – Ilari Melart 1
Jesper Olofsson 2 – pp – 14:56		Third period		4:01 – Dick Axelsson 1 19:19 – en – Alexander Johansson 1
Joni Ortio (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Lars Haugen (30 saves / 31 shots)

27 March	Färjestad BK		3–2	Skellefteå AIK	Löfbergs Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		16:27 – Michael Kostka 1
Michael Lindqvist 1 – 1:51 Dick Axelsson 2 – 7:38		Second period		No scoring
Mikael Wikstrand 1 – pp – 9:30		Third period		12:06 – Pär Lindholm 1
Lars Haugen (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Joni Ortio (22 saves / 25 shots)

29 March	Skellefteå AIK		5–2	Färjestad BK	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
Pontus Petterström 2 – 3:21		First period		6:51 – pp – Michael Lindqvist 2 16:05 – Johan Ryno 1
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jesper Olofsson 3 – 5:33 Pär Lindholm 2 – 6:23 Oscar Möller 2 – en – 19:12 Pär Lindholm 3 – en – 19:24		Third period		No scoring
Joni Ortio (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Lars Haugen (46 saves / 49 shots)

Skellefteå AIK won series 4–2

Semi-finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (6) Malmö Redhawks

2 April	Växjö Lakers		3–2	Malmö Redhawks	Vida Arena	Recap
Elias Pettersson 2 – 4:44 Joel Persson 1 – 17:02		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		19:28 – Frederik Storm 4
Dennis Rasmussen 2 – 11:16		Third period		9:55 – Frederik Storm 5
Viktor Fasth (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Oscar Alsenfelt (28 saves / 31 shots)

4 April	Malmö Redhawks		0–3	Växjö Lakers	Malmö Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:06 – Tuomas Kiiskinen 4
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		13:49 – Dennis Rasmussen 3 17:00 – en – Andrew Calof 2
Oscar Alsenfelt (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Viktor Fasth (33 saves / 33 shots)

6 April	Växjö Lakers		3–1	Malmö Redhawks	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		16:28 – Rhett Rakhshani 2
Andrew Calof 3 – 0:33		Second period		No scoring
Elias Pettersson 3 – pp – 0:37 Linus Fröberg 2 – en – 18:52		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Fasth (22 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Jonas Gunnarsson (29 saves / 31 shots)

8 April	Malmö Redhawks		1–2	OT	Växjö Lakers	Malmö Arena	Recap
Nils Andersson 2 – pp2 – 11:27		First period			9:22 – pp – Dennis Rasmussen 4
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			9:55 – pp – Elias Pettersson 4
Jonas Gunnarsson (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Viktor Fasth (12 saves / 13 shots) Viktor Andrén (9 saves / 9 shots)

Växjö Lakers won series 4–0

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

3 April	Djurgårdens IF		3–4	OT	Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	Recap
Markus Ljungh 3 – 8:28 Jonathan Davidsson 3 – 17:10		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			9:26 – Jimmie Ericsson 2
Linus Hultström 4 – 18:14		Third period			3:46 – Pär Lindholm 4 15:16 – pp – Oscar Möller 3
No scoring		First overtime period			10:12 – Jimmie Ericsson 3
Adam Reideborn (23 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Joni Ortio (28 saves / 31 shots)

5 April	Skellefteå AIK		6–1	Djurgårdens IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Sebastian Ohlsson 2 – sh – 11:09		Second period		No scoring
Henrik Hetta 1 – 4:58 Oscar Möller 4 – pp – 15:05 Sebastian Ohlsson 3 – 15:43 Pär Lindholm 5 – en – 16:24 Bud Holloway 2 – 16:52		Third period		13:36 – sh – Patrik Lundh 1
Joni Ortio (33 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Adam Reideborn (27 saves / 32 shots)

7 April	Djurgårdens IF		3–1	Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Linus Johansson 2 – pp – 11:20 Markus Ljungh 4 – pp2 – 19:42		Second period		No scoring
Niclas Bergfors 2 – pp – 0:43		Third period		16:04 – Jesper Olofsson 4
Adam Reideborn (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Gustaf Lindvall (28 saves / 31 shots) Joni Ortio (2 saves / 2 shots)

9 April	Skellefteå AIK		3–2	OT	Djurgårdens IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			4:05 – Mikael Ahlén 3 18:58 – Jonathan Davidsson 4
Oscar Möller 5 – 8:46 Henrik Hetta 2 – 17:37		Third period			No scoring
Pontus Petterström 3 – 6:24		First overtime period			No scoring
Joni Ortio (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Adam Reideborn (31 saves / 34 shots)

11 April*	Djurgårdens IF		2–1	Skellefteå AIK	Hovet	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		17:15 – Tim Söderlund 3
Linus Hultström 5 – 11:22 Patrik Lundh 2 – 16:01		Third period		No scoring
Adam Reideborn (29 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Joni Ortio (22 saves / 24 shots)

13 April	Skellefteå AIK		6–2	Djurgårdens IF	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Jimmie Ericsson 4 – pp – 5:58 Oscar Möller 6 – pp – 9:22 Oscar Möller 7 – 11:17 Tim Söderlund 4 – 13:30		Second period		No scoring
Pär Lindholm 6 – en – 17:01 Sebastian Ohlsson 4 – en – 17:59		Third period		8:53 – Axel Jonsson Fjällby 6 11:12 – Daniel Brodin 1
Joni Ortio (44 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats		Adam Reideborn (25 saves / 29 shots)

Skellefteå AIK won series 4–2

Note: Game 5 was played at the Ericsson Globe.

Finals

(1) Växjö Lakers vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK

17 April	Växjö Lakers		7–0	Skellefteå AIK	Vida Arena	Recap
Brendan Shinnimin 2 – 8:10 Liam Reddox 2 – 9:34		First period		No scoring
Robert Rosén 4 – 7:52 Elias Pettersson 5 – pp – 9:07		Second period		No scoring
Andrew Calof 4 – pp – 8:17 Robert Rosén 5 – pp – 13:10 Daniel Rahimi 1 – 17:56		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Andrén (22 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Joni Ortio (26 saves / 33 shots)

19 April	Skellefteå AIK		0–4	Växjö Lakers	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:27 – Daniel Rahimi 2 16:09 – Elias Pettersson 6
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		0:14 – Robert Rosén 6 4:38 – Robert Rosén 7
Joni Ortio (38 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Viktor Andrén (28 saves / 28 shots)

21 April	Växjö Lakers		4–1	Skellefteå AIK	Vida Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Oliver Bohm 2 – 17:23 Elias Pettersson 7 – 18:21		Second period		13:08 – Oscar Möller 8
Andrew Calof 5 – 8:49 Elias Pettersson 8 – en – 17:36		Third period		No scoring
Viktor Andrén (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Joni Ortio (19 saves / 22 shots)

22 April	Skellefteå AIK		0–5	Växjö Lakers	Skellefteå Kraft Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		4:56 – Elias Pettersson 9 6:35 – Elias Pettersson 10 18:44 – pp – Janne Pesonen 3
No scoring		Third period		2:17 – Robert Rosén 8 11:08 – Eric Martinsson 3
Joni Ortio (31 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Viktor Andrén (31 saves / 31 shots)

Växjö Lakers won series 4–0

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 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

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 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

SHL awards

Guldhjälmen: Joakim Lindström, Skellefteå AIK

Guldpucken: William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights

Honken Trophy: Viktor Fasth, Växjö Lakers

Håkan Loob Trophy: Victor Olofsson, Frölunda HC

Rookie of the Year: Elias Pettersson, Växjö Lakers

Salming Trophy: Lawrence Pilut, HV71

Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy: Elias Pettersson, Växjö Lakers

Guldpipan: Mikael Nord

References

^ "Mora är tillbaka i SHL – Leksands IF åker ur". Expressen. 1 April 2017.
^ "Statistik - SHL.se". SHL. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ "Statistik - SHL.se". SHL. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "SERIEBESTÄMMELSER och VERKSAMHETSPLAN Säsongen 2017/2018" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
^ "Statistik - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League.
^ "Statistik - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League.

[1] "Mora är tillbaka i SHL – Leksands IF åker ur". Expressen. 1 April 2017.

[2] "Statistik - SHL.se". SHL. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[3] "Statistik - SHL.se". SHL. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[seriebestämmelser-4] "SERIEBESTÄMMELSER och VERKSAMHETSPLAN Säsongen 2017/2018" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association.

[5] "Statistik - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League.

[6] "Statistik - SHL.se". Swedish Hockey League.

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