Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.
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).
(2) Luleå HF vs. (7) Växjö Lakers (3) Frölunda HC vs. (6) Malmö Redhawks (4) Djurgårdens IF vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK Semi-finals (1) Färjestad BK vs. (4) Djurgårdens IF (2) Luleå HF vs. (3) Frölunda HC Finals (3) Frölunda HC vs. (4) Djurgårdens IF Statistics Playoff scoring leaders The following players led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 2 May 2019. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
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 2 May 2019. ==SHL awards==