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.

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

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

Playoff bracket
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).

NHL lockout players
Because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout, the following NHL players played for Elitserien teams during the season.

Brynäs IF

 * Tyler Arnason
 * Marc-André Bergeron
 * Josef Boumedienne
 * Ronald Petrovický
 * Chris Phillips
 * Kimmo Timonen

Djurgårdens IF

 * Dan Boyle
 * Mariusz Czerkawski
 * Nils Ekman
 * Marcus Nilson
 * José Théodore
 * Daniel Tjärnqvist
 * Marty Turco

Frölunda HC

 * Daniel Alfredsson
 * Per-Johan Axelsson
 * Christian Bäckman
 * Samuel Påhlsson
 * Sami Salo

Färjestads BK

 * Christian Berglund
 * Zdeno Chára
 * Mike Comrie
 * Marián Gáborík
 * Martin Gerber
 * Mike Johnson
 * Sheldon Souray

HV71

 * Brian Boucher
 * Jonathan Cheechoo
 * Anders Eriksson
 * Manny Malhotra
 * Bryan McCabe
 * Mathias Tjärnqvist

Linköpings HC

 * Kristian Huselius
 * Mike Knuble
 * Brendan Morrison
 * Henrik Tallinder

Luleå HF

 * Manny Fernandez
 * Tomas Holmström
 * Branko Radivojevic
 * Steve Staios
 * Niclas Wallin
 * Justin Williams
 * Mattias Öhlund

Malmö Redhawks

 * Shawn McEachern
 * Brett McLean
 * Mark Mowers
 * Janne Niinimaa
 * Pasi Nurminen
 * Richard Park

Modo Hockey

 * Adrian Aucoin
 * Peter Forsberg
 * Dan Hinote
 * Frantisek Kaberle
 * Bryan Muir
 * Markus Näslund
 * Daniel Sedin
 * Henrik Sedin
 * Mattias Weinhandl

Mora IK

 * Daniel Cleary
 * Shawn Horcoff
 * Marcel Hossa
 * Marian Hossa
 * Andreas Lilja
 * Ladislav Nagy

Södertälje SK

 * Kyle Calder
 * Niclas Hävelid
 * Olli Jokinen
 * Mikael Samuelsson
 * Scott Thornton
 * Dick Tärnström
 * Todd White

Timrå IK

 * Aki-Petteri Berg
 * Miikka Kiprusoff
 * Fredrik Modin
 * Henrik Zetterberg