Swedish Hockey League

Season Description
The 2025–26 SHL season was the 51st season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). The regular season began on 13 September 2025, and concluded on 14 March 2026, where it was followed by the playoffs and the relegation playoffs.

Skellefteå AIK finished top of the regular season standings for the first time in a decade, finishing with 108 points and a 7-point margin over runners-up Frölunda HC, helped in part by top points scorer and most valuable player Oscar Lindberg, and an SHL record 10 shutouts for goaltender Strauss Mann. Skellefteå AIK went on to complete the league and playoff double, defeating Rögle BK 4–1 to win their fifth playoff title, with Lindberg again being the most valuable player – becoming the first player to win the Guldhjälmen and the Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy in the same season since Joakim Lindström did so in 2013–14, and the first player to win the Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy twice.

HV71 won the Play Out for the third successive season, defeating Leksands IF in four consecutive games, relegating the latter after seven seasons in the SHL.

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