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Defense wins championships

Champions are usually strong defensively – but just as strong offensively. No title in five seasons came from defense alone.

Data through 2025/26

Partly

SHL Data through 2025/26 · SHL

Champions avg rank: goals against

3.6rank

Champions avg rank: goals for

3.4rank

Champions avg rank: points

2.6rank

What the data says

SHL champions 2021/22–2025/26 averaged 3.6th in goals against and 3.4th in goals for during the regular season.
Färjestad won in 2021/22 with only the 9th-best defense; Växjö (2022/23) was 1st in goals against but 5th in goals for.

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