2020–21 Czech Extraliga season

The 2020–21 Czech Extraliga season was the 28th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.^[1] HC Oceláři Třinec and HC Bílí Tygři Liberec reached the finals, in a repeat of the last completed season in 2018–19. Třinec again prevailed, winning the series by 4 games to 1.^[2]

2020–21 Czech Extraliga season
League	Czech Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	September 2020 – April 2021
Number of teams	14
Regular Season
Presidential Cup	Sparta Praha
Top scorer	Peter Mueller (Kometa Brno) (64 points)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	HC Oceláři Třinec
Runners-up	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec

Regular season

Standings

Each team played 52 games, playing each of the other thirteen teams four times. Points were awarded for each game, where three points were awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finished with the most points was crowned the league champion.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sparta Praha	52	32	3	6	11	194	116	+78	108	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Třinec	52	31	4	5	12	187	130	+57	106
3	Mladá Boleslav	52	26	6	7	13	167	126	+41	97
4	Liberec	52	24	8	5	15	152	118	+34	93
5	Plzeň	52	24	6	7	15	170	128	+42	91	Qualification to Wild card round
6	Mountfield HK	52	26	4	3	19	144	127	+17	89
7	Pardubice	52	21	7	4	20	141	146	−5	81
8	Vítkovice	52	20	4	6	22	130	142	−12	74
9	Kometa Brno	52	19	5	6	22	144	152	−8	73
10	Karlovy Vary	52	17	8	6	21	145	176	−31	73
11	Litvínov	52	17	8	5	22	133	146	−13	72
12	Olomouc	52	14	6	5	27	105	156	−51	59
13	Zlín	52	11	3	4	34	108	178	−70	43
14	České Budějovice	52	6	4	7	35	128	207	−79	33

Source: Tipsport Extraliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Playoffs

Twelve teams qualify for the playoffs: the top four teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked fifth to twelfth meet each other (5 versus 12, 6 versus 11, 7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.

Bracket

	Wild-card round (best-of-5)					Quarter-finals (best-of-7)					Semi-finals (best-of-7)					Finals (best-of-7)
						2	Třinec	4
	8	Vítkovice	2			9	Kometa Brno	0
	9	Kometa Brno	3								2	Třinec	4
											3	Mladá Boleslav	3
						3	Mladá Boleslav	4
	7	Pardubice	3			7	Pardubice	0
	10	Karlovy Vary	1													2	Třinec	4
																4	Liberec	1
						1	Sparta Praha	4
	5	Plzeň	0			12	Olomouc	0
	12	Olomouc	3								1	Sparta Praha	3
											4	Liberec	4
						4	Liberec	4
	6	Mountfield HK	3			6	Mountfield HK	0
	11	Litvínov	0

Wild card round

Plzeň – Olomouc 0-3 10.3.2021 Plzeň Olomouc 1-2 11.3.2021 Plzeň Olomouc 2-3 13.3.2021 Olomouc Plzeň 2-1 Olomouc wins the series 3-0. Pardubice – Karlovy Vary 3-1 10.3.2021 Pardubice Karlovy Vary 2-1 11.3.2021 Pardubice Karlovy Vary 11-3 13.3.2021 Karlovy Vary Pardubice 2-1 OT1 14.3.2021 Karlovy Vary Pardubice 1-5 Pardubice wins the series 3-1.

Mountfield HK – Litvínov 3-0 10.3.2021 Mountfield HK Litvínov 2-0 11.3.2021 Mountfield HK Litvínov 3-1 13.3.2021 Litvínov Mountfield HK 1-5 Mountfield HK wins the series 3-0. Vítkovice – Kometa Brno 2-3 10.3.2021 Vítkovice Kometa Brno 2-1 OT1 11.3.2021 Vítkovice Kometa Brno 2-1 13.3.2021 Kometa Brno Vítkovice 2-1 OT1 14.3.2021 Kometa Brno Vítkovice 2-1 OT1 16.3.2021 Vítkovice Kometa Brno 1-3 Kometa Brno wins the series 3-2.

Quarterfinals

Sparta Praha – Olomouc 4-0 20.3.2021 Sparta Praha Olomouc 3-1 21.3.2021 Sparta Praha Olomouc 2-0 24.3.2021 Olomouc Sparta Praha 2-3 25.3.2021 Olomouc Sparta Praha 0-3 Sparta Praha wins the series 4-0. Mladá Boleslav – Pardubice 4-0 18.3.2021 Mladá Boleslav Pardubice 2-0 19.3.2021 Mladá Boleslav Pardubice 5-0 22.3.2021 Pardubice Mladá Boleslav 2-4 23.3.2021 Pardubice Mladá Boleslav 3-5 Mladá Boleslav wins the series 4-0.

Třinec – Kometa Brno 4-0 20.3.2021 Třinec Kometa Brno 5-0 21.3.2021 Třinec Kometa Brno 7-2 24.3.2021 Kometa Brno Třinec 1-4 25.3.2021 Kometa Brno Třinec 1-4 Třinec wins the series 4-0. Liberec – Mountfield HK 4-0 18.3.2021 Liberec Mountfield HK 4-3 OT1 19.3.2021 Liberec Mountfield HK 3-0 22.3.2021 Mountfield HK Liberec 0-3 23.3.2021 Mountfield HK Liberec 1-3 Liberec wins the series 4-0.

Semifinals

Sparta Praha – Liberec 3-4 3.4.2021 Sparta Praha Liberec 1-5 4.4.2021 Sparta Praha Liberec 1-3 7.4.2021 Liberec Sparta Praha 3-2 OT1 8.4.2021 Liberec Sparta Praha 0-5 11.4.2021 Sparta Praha Liberec 3-2 OT1 13.4.2021 Liberec Sparta Praha 2-3 OT1 15.4.2021 Sparta Praha Liberec 1-2 Liberec wins the series 4-3.

Třinec – Mladá Boleslav 4-3 3.4.2021 Třinec Mladá Boleslav 2-0 4.4.2021 Třinec Mladá Boleslav 1-3 7.4.2021 Mladá Boleslav Třinec 1-3 8.4.2021 Mladá Boleslav Třinec 2-1 11.4.2021 Třinec Mladá Boleslav 3-0 13.4.2021 Mladá Boleslav Třinec 4-2 15.4.2021 Třinec Mladá Boleslav 3-0 Třinec wins the series 4-3.

Finals

18 April 2021 18:00

Třinec

6–2 (3–0, 3–2, 0–0) score in the series: 1–0

Liberec

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 477

Game reference

19 April 2021 17:00

Třinec

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1) score in the series: 2–0

Liberec

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 424

Game reference

22 April 2021 18:30

Liberec

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0) score in the series: 1–2

Třinec

Home Credit Arena, Liberec Attendance: 300

Game reference

23 April 2021 17:00

Liberec

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1) score in the series: 1–3

Třinec

Home Credit Arena, Liberec Attendance: 300

Game reference

26 April 2021 17:00

Třinec

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) score in the series: 4–1

Liberec

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 879

Game reference

Třinec wins the finals 4–1.

Final rankings

	Třinec
	Liberec
	Sparta Praha
4	Mladá Boleslav
5	Mountfield HK
6	Pardubice
7	Kometa Brno
8	Olomouc
9	Plzeň
10	Vítkovice
11	Karlovy Vary
12	Litvínov
13	Zlín
14	České Budějovice