title: 2018–19 Czech Extraliga season
text: # 2018–19 Czech Extraliga season
  
  The 2018–19 Czech Extraliga season was the 26th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.
  
  ## Regular season
  
  | Pl. | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | Goals | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | 52 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 170:125 | 101 |
  | 2. | HC Oceláři Třinec | 52 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 153:117 | 99 |
  | 3. | HC Plzeň | 52 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 178:116 | 98 |
  | 4. | HK Hradec Králové | 52 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 147:125 | 93 |
  | 5. | HC Kometa Brno | 52 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 149:133 | 88 |
  | 6. | HC Olomouc | 52 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 127:139 | 85 |
  | 7. | HC Vítkovice | 52 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 142:131 | 83 |
  | 8. | BK Mladá Boleslav | 52 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 128:118 | 82 |
  | 9. | PSG Berani Zlín | 52 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 143:144 | 77 |
  | 10. | HC Sparta Praha | 52 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 140:140 | 76 |
  | 11. | HC Litvínov | 52 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 128:147 | 71 |
  | 12. | HC Energie Karlovy Vary | 52 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 125:155 | 53 |
  | 13. | Piráti Chomutov | 52 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 116:174 | 50 |
  | 14. | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 52 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 102:187 | 36 |
  
  ### Scoring leaders
  
  List shows the ten best skaters based on the number of points during the regular season. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
  
  GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
  
  | Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Milan Gulaš | HC Škoda Plzeň | 51 | 30 | 32 | 62 | +10 | 46 |
  | Marek Kvapil | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 47 | 25 | 32 | 57 | +10 | 12 |
  | Petr Holík | HC Kometa Brno | 52 | 17 | 38 | 55 | +18 | 16 |
  | Peter Mueller | HC Kometa Brno | 43 | 24 | 21 | 45 | +9 | 42 |
  | Martin Růžička | HC Oceláři Třinec | 42 | 19 | 25 | 44 | +15 | 18 |
  | Martin Zaťovič | HC Kometa Brno | 52 | 22 | 19 | 41 | +15 | 30 |
  | Michal Vondrka | BK Mladá Boleslav | 52 | 17 | 24 | 41 | +8 | 22 |
  | Ondřej Roman | HC Vítkovice Ridera | 50 | 14 | 26 | 40 | -1 | 20 |
  | Libor Hudáček | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 52 | 17 | 22 | 39 | +11 | 18 |
  | Vladimír Růžička | Piráti Chomutov | 50 | 16 | 23 | 39 | -11 | 40 |
  
  ### Leading goaltenders
  
  These are the leaders in GAA 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.
  
  GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
  
  | Player | Team | GP | TOI | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Dominik Frodl | HC Plzeň | 43 | 2,569 | 81 | 4 | 92.8 | 1.89 |
  | Gašper Krošelj | BK Mladá Boleslav | 34 | 1,877 | 64 | 5 | 92.1 | 2.05 |
  | Brandon Maxwell | HK Hradec Kralove | 29 | 1,716 | 59 | 1 | 91.8 | 2.06 |
  | Patrik Bartošák | HC Vítkovice Ridera | 47 | 2,742 | 99 | 1 | 93.5 | 2.17 |
  | Šimon Hrubec | HC Oceláři Třinec | 46 | 2,638 | 96 | 5 | 92.2 | 2.18 |
  | Libor Kašík | PSG Berani Zlín | 19 | 1,113 | 41 | 0 | 92.0 | 2.21 |
  | Pavel Kantor | BK Mladá Boleslav | 14 | 947 | 35 | 1 | 90.9 | 2.25 |
  | Roman Will | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 51 | 2,941 | 111 | 5 | 91.6 | 2.26 |
  | Jan Lukáš | HC Olomouc | 22 | 1,255 | 49 | 1 | 92.3 | 2.34 |
  | Karel Vejmelka | HC Kometa Brno | 31 | 1,762 | 70 | 1 | 91.5 | 2.38 |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  Ten teams qualify for the playoffs. Teams 1–6 have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams 7–10 meet each other 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-five 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 2 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team will be at home for game 3 and 4 (plus 6 if necessary).
  
  | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | 1 | Bili Tygri Liberec | 4 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | BK Mlada Boleslav | 3 | 8 | BK Mlada Boleslav | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 9 | PSG Berani Zlín | 2 | | | | 1 | Bili Tygri Liberec | 4 | | | |
  | | | | | | | 5 | HC Kometa Brno | 2 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | HK Hradec Kralove | 0 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
  | | | | 5 | HC Kometa Brno | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
  | | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 1 | Bili Tygri Liberec | 2 |
  | | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 2 | HC Ocelari Trinec | 4 |
  | | | | 2 | HC Ocelari Trinec | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
  | 7 | HC Vitkovice | 3 | 7 | HC Vitkovice | 0 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
  | 10 | HC Sparta Praha | 1 | | | | 2 | HC Ocelari Trinec | 4 | | | |
  | | | | | | | 3 | HC Plzen | 3 | | | |
  | | | | 3 | HC Plzen | 4 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 6 | HC Olomouc | 3 | | | | | | |
  
  Play-off final: Bili Tygri Liberec - HC Ocelari Trinec 2:4 (1:2, 3:1, 4:1, 1:2 OT, 2:3 OT, 4:2). HC Ocelari Trinec has won its second Czech league title.
  
  ## Relegation
  
  | Place | Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | HC Dynamo Pardubice | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 27 |
  | 2 | Rytiri Kladno | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 22 |
  | 3 | Pirati Chomutov | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 37 | 18 |
  | 4 | Motor Ceske Budejovice | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 5 |
  