2004–05 Elitserien season

The 2004–05 Elitserien season was the 30th season of Elitserien. It started on September 20, 2004, with the regular season ending March 1, 2005. The playoffs of the 81st Swedish Championship ended on April 11, with Frölunda HC taking the championship.

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Henrik Zetterberg	Timrå IK	50	19	31	50	+15	24
Kristian Huselius	Linköpings HC	34	14	35	49	+20	10
Mattias Weinhandl	Modo Hockey	50	26	20	46	+3	18
Shawn Horcoff	Mora IK	50	19	27	46	–11	117
Nils Ekman	Djurgårdens IF	44	18	27	45	+2	106
Brendan Morrison	Linköpings HC	45	16	28	44	+30	50
Niklas Andersson	Frölunda HC	44	14	27	41	+22	16
Mike Knuble	Linköpings HC	49	26	13	39	+24	40
Martin Plüss	Frölunda HC	46	23	16	39	+14	42
Marcus Nilson	Djurgårdens IF	48	17	22	39	+11	110

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
Henrik Lundqvist	Frölunda HC	44	2641:51	79	6	.936	1.79
Fredrik Norrena	Linköpings HC	43	2521:59	78	5	.935	1.86
Martin Gerber	Färjestads BK	30	1827:33	58	4	.929	1.90
Miikka Kiprusoff	Timrå IK	46	2718:59	97	5	.916	2.14
Björn Bjurling	Djurgårdens IF	24	1441:37	61	1	.913	2.54
Tommy Salo	Modo Hockey	36	2164:53	93	0	.909	2.58
Rastislav Staňa	Södertälje SK	45	2562:08	116	3	.914	2.72
Pasi Nurminen	Malmö Redhawks	30	1755:06	86	3	.900	2.94
Stefan Liv	HV71	40	2404:17	119	2	.893	2.97
Tero Leinonen	Mora IK	48	2768:05	148	2	.894	3.21

After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.

In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Daniel Alfredsson	Frölunda HC	14	12	6	18	+13	8
Niklas Andersson	Frölunda HC	14	10	3	13	+10	4
Tomi Kallio	Frölunda HC	14	7	6	13	+10	6
Jonas Johnson	Frölunda HC	14	2	10	12	+10	8
Marcel Jenni	Färjestads BK	15	5	6	11	+3	45
Samuel Påhlsson	Frölunda HC	14	4	7	11	+14	24
Jonas Höglund	Färjestads BK	15	4	7	11	+2	8
Per-Johan Axelsson	Frölunda HC	14	1	10	11	+13	18
Nils Ekman	Djurgårdens IF	12	4	5	9	–3	20
Christian Bäckman	Frölunda HC	14	2	7	9	+17	10

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
Henrik Lundqvist	Frölunda HC	14	854:27	15	6	.962	1.05
Fredrik Norrena	Linköpings HC	6	383:48	13	0	.921	2.03
Rastislav Staňa	Södertälje SK	10	605:14	22	1	.920	2.18
Miikka Kiprusoff	Timrå IK	6	356:44	13	0	.890	2.19
José Théodore	Djurgårdens IF	12	728:02	27	0	.922	2.23

Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout that ultimately cancelled the entirety of the 2004–05 NHL season, the following then-NHL players represented these Elitserien teams during the season:

• 2004 in sports
• 2005 in sports

• Hockeyligan.se — Official site
• Swehockey.se — Official statistics