for the 2007–08 season, they changed their official home ice from the stockholm globe arena to their smaller, former home arena, hovet. nevertheless, a significant minority of the games was scheduled for the larger arena, just like some games were played on hovet during the globe era. djurgården reached the playoffs, finishing seventh in the regular season. the runner-up of the regular season, linköpings hc, chose djurgården and knocked them out of the playoffs, 4–1 in games. during the 2008–09 season all games were played at hovet. djurgården was often close to the relegation spots. five straight wins after new year put djurgården on safe ground. although, as the teams on the last playoff-spots kept winning, the team ended up on 10th position in the league table.