The 2021-22 Fjordkraftligaen was the 83rd season of Norway's premier ice hockey league, Eliteserien, and the 2nd under the sponsorship name Fjordkraftligaen.

Participating teams

Team City Arena Capacity Frisk Asker Asker Askerhallen 2,400 Grüner Oslo Grünerhallen 500 Lillehammer IK Lillehammer Eidsiva Arena 3,197 Manglerud Star Oslo Manglerudhallen 1,050 Ringerike Panthers Hønefoss Schjongshallen 1,500 Sparta Sarpsborg Sarpsborg Sparta Amfi 3,450 Stavanger Oilers Stavanger DNB Arena 4,377 Stjernen Fredrikstad Stjernehallen 2,473 Storhamar Hamar CC Amfi 7,000 Vålerenga Oslo Nye Jordal Amfi 5,300

Team changes After finishing first in the 2020-21 Norwegian First Division, Ringerike Panthers qualified for the Fjordkraftligaen, replacing Narvik IK who finished last in the 2020-21 Fjordkraftligaen.

Regular season Standings

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. Updated as of 3 March 2022.

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

Player Team Frisk Asker 40 17 45 62 +4 10 Sparta Sarpsborg 41 25 37 62 +17 26 Storhamar 34 20 28 48 +20 39 Frisk Asker 41 29 17 46 +11 20 Stjernen 39 18 27 45 +13 18 Stavanger Oilers 40 19 25 44 +21 20 Stavanger Oilers 37 18 26 44 +21 12 Vålerenga 37 20 23 43 +9 12 Lillehammer 41 15 28 43 +6 16 Stjernen 38 19 24 43 +17 10 Source: hockey.no

Leading goaltenders The top five goaltenders based on goals against average. Updated as of 3 March 2022.

Player Team Stavanger Oilers 36 29 5 63 0 91.7 1.78 Sparta Sarpsborg 33 16 10 68 0 92.1 2.26 Vålerenga 24 15 6 53 0 91.3 2.40 Stjernen 30 17 11 70 0 91.4 2.44 Lillehammer 28 12 11 70 0 90.1 2.66 Source: hockey.no

Playoffs After the regular season, the top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs. In the first and second rounds, the highest remaining seed will choose which of the two lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In each round the higher-seeded team will be awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series will follow a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 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 at home for games 2, 4 and 6 (if necessary).

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Relegation round The bottom two teams of the regular season faced two top teams of the First Division in the relegation round.

Final rankings Stavanger Oilers Storhamar Sparta Sarpsborg4 Stjernen5 Frisk Asker6 Vålerenga7 Lillehammer8 Ringerike Panthers9 Manglerud Star10 Grüner

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