The 2025–26 Slovak Extraliga season is the 33rd season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest ice hockey league in Slovakia.
Team changes
Regular season Standings Each team played 54 games: playing each of the other eleven teams four times – 2x at home, 2x away (44 games) and during the Christmas holidays (12.12.2025 – 5.1.2026) each team played the inserted matches within variant "Group West" and "Group East" 1x at home, 1x away = 10 games.
Points were awarded for each game, where three points are 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.
Statistics Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of games played on 22 February 2026. Player Team HC '05 Banská Bystrica 47 32 32 64 +22 14 HK Dukla Michalovce 47 27 29 56 +4 50 HK Poprad 49 23 32 55 +24 72 HK Dukla Michalovce 48 13 42 55 +9 38 HC '05 Banská Bystrica 48 16 38 54 +17 0 HK Dukla Michalovce 50 28 24 52 –3 87 Vlci Žilina 49 18 31 49 +16 65 HC '05 Banská Bystrica 48 16 33 49 +18 76 HC Košice 45 25 23 48 +11 14 HC Slovan Bratislava 38 19 29 48 +11 26
Leading goaltenders The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of games played on 22 February 2026.
Player Team HK Nitra 29 1,1717:18 21 8 58 6 93.03 2.03 HC Košice 26 1,453:55 13 13 54 4 91.56 2.23 HC Košice 24 1,328:51 13 11 52 3 91.03 2.35 HC Slovan Bratislava 30 1,738:27 19 11 69 2 91.71 2.38 Vlci Žilina 31 1,703:52 16 15 69 2 91.70 2.43 HC '05 Banská Bystrica 37 2,111:28 20 17 90 5 92.08 2.56 HK Spišská Nová Ves / MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 27 1,473:30 13 14 63 3 91.08 2.57 HK Spišská Nová Ves 25 1,405:48 10 15 61 1 92.18 2.60 HK Poprad 27 1,524:34 13 14 67 2 90.85 2.64 HKM Zvolen 33 1,830:59 16 17 89 3 90.04 2.92
Playoffs Ten teams qualify for the playoffs: the top six teams in the regular season have a bye to the quarterfinals, while teams ranked seventh to tenth meet each other (7 versus 10, 8 versus 9) in a preliminary playoff round.
Bracket
Final rankings Nitra Slovan Bratislava Košice4Poprad5Žilina 6Banská Bystrica7Liptovský Mikuláš8Michalovce9Spišská Nová Ves10Zvolen1112
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