2020–21 Liiga season

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The 2020–21 Liiga season (SM-liiga) was the 46th season of Finland’s top ice hockey league. It ran from October 2020 to May 2021 with 15 teams and Telia as the TV partner. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many games were played with limited or no spectators.

Format changes and key notes:
- The league kept a closed format with no relegation.
- The regular-season standings were determined by points per game because some games were canceled.
- The top six teams advanced directly to the quarter-finals. Teams ranked 7th to 10th played a two-game wild-card round to decide the last two playoff spots.
- The wild-card rounds, as well as several playoff series, were adjusted from past formats.

Tie-breaking and series:
- If teams were tied on points, the ranking used: points per game, then 3-point wins, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head points.
- The wild-card round used two games with the aggregate score deciding the winner. No overtime or penalties in the first game; if the two-game aggregate was tied after the second game, overtime was played in 20-minute periods until a goal was scored.
- The rest of the playoffs were played as best-of-5 series, not the usual best-of-7. The lower-seeded team hosted the first game.

Season results:
- Regular-season winner (best record): Lukko
- Top scorer: Petri Kontiola (HPK)
- Regular-season MVP: Robin Press (Lukko)

Playoffs and champion:
- Playoff MVP: Eetu Koivistoinen (Lukko)
- Finals champions: Lukko
- Finals runners-up: TPS

In short, Lukko had the strongest season and went on to win the title, beating TPS in the finals 3–1.