| 2010–11 SM-liiga | |
| League: | SM-liiga |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | September 2010 – April 2011 |
| No Of Teams: | 14 |
| Tv: | UrhoTV, Nelonen |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | JYP |
| Season Champ Name: | Best record |
| Second Place: | Ässät |
| Mvp: | Ville Peltonen |
| Mvp Link: | Lasse Oksanen trophy |
| Top Scorer: | Perttu Lindgren |
| Top Scorer Link: | Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Playoffs Mvp: | Toni Söderholm |
| Playoffs Mvp Link: | Jari Kurri trophy |
| Finals Champ: | HIFK |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Blues |
| Seasonslist: | List of SM-liiga seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | SM-liiga |
| Prevseason Link: | 2009–10 SM-liiga season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2009–10 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2011–12 SM-liiga season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2011–12 |
The 2010–11 SM-liiga season was the 36th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The title was won by HIFK who defeated Espoo Blues in the finals. The title was 7th in team history.
| Team | City | Head coach | Arena | Capacity | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matti Kuparinen | |||||
| Toni Kähkönen | |||||
| Ville Peltonen | |||||
| Marko Tuulola | |||||
| Pasi Määttänen | |||||
| Erkka Westerlund | Ossi Väänänen | ||||
| Juha-Pekka Hytönen | |||||
| Tommi Miettinen | |||||
| Hannu Aravirta | Ilkka Mikkola | ||||
| Tomi Pettinen | |||||
| Pari Räsänen | Jan Latvala | ||||
| Ville Koho | |||||
| Pekka Saravo | |||||
| Jukka Koivu | Ville Vahalahti | ||||
Each team played four times against every other team (twice home and twice away), getting to 52 games. Additionally, the teams were divided to two groups, where teams would play one extra game. One group included Blues, HIFK, Jokerit, JYP, KalPa, Pelicans and SaiPa, while other had HPK, Ilves, Kärpät, Lukko, Tappara, TPS and Ässät.
New addition to schedule was two games where teams could choose the opponents. These were played back-to-back in late January and the choices were made in December, with team with lowest point total to that date was able to choose first. These pairs were: TPS-Ilves, Pelicans-KalPa, SaiPa-Tappara, Kärpät-Blues, Jokerit-HIFK, Lukko-Ässät and HPK-JYP.
| width=100px | Team | width=50px | GP | width=50px | W | width=50px | OTW | width=50px | OTL | width=50px | L | width=50px | GF | width=50px | GA | width=50px | +/− | width=50px | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | JYP | 60 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 186 | 97 | +89 | 129 | |||||||||
| align=left | Ässät | 60 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 176 | 132 | +44 | 119 | |||||||||
| align=left | HIFK | 60 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 199 | 140 | +59 | 117 | |||||||||
| align=left | Lukko | 60 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 175 | 157 | +18 | 98 | |||||||||
| align=left | KalPa | 60 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 150 | 141 | +9 | 98 | |||||||||
| align=left | Jokerit | 60 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 165 | 150 | +15 | 96 | |||||||||
| align=left | HPK | 60 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 154 | 151 | +3 | 92 | |||||||||
| align=left | Kärpät | 60 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 151 | 161 | −10 | 89 | |||||||||
| align=left | Blues | 60 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 142 | 151 | −9 | 86 | |||||||||
| align=left | Ilves | 60 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 161 | 192 | −31 | 81 | |||||||||
| align=left | Tappara | 60 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 142 | 181 | −39 | 71 | |||||||||
| align=left | SaiPa | 60 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 137 | 186 | −49 | 69 | |||||||||
| align=left | TPS | 60 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 134 | 186 | −52 | 60 | |||||||||
| align=left | Pelicans | 60 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 133 | 180 | −47 | 59 | |||||||||
HPK – Ilves 0–2
HPK-Ilves 3–5
Ilves-HPK 5–2
Kärpät – Blues 1–2
Kärpät-Blues 2–3 (OT)
Blues-Kärpät 3–5
Kärpät-Blues 1–2 (OT)
JYP – Ilves 4–0
JYP-Ilves 7–3
Ilves-JYP 1–2
JYP-Ilves 4–3
Ilves-JYP 2–3
Ässät – Blues 2–4
Ässät-Blues 3–4 (OT)
Blues-Ässät 3–0
Ässät-Blues 1–2
Blues-Ässät 1–5
Ässät-Blues 2–0
Blues-Ässät 3–0
HIFK – Jokerit 4–3
HIFK-Jokerit 0–1
Jokerit-HIFK 4–2
HIFK-Jokerit 2–1
Jokerit-HIFK 2–3 (OT)
HIFK-Jokerit 1–3
Jokerit-HIFK 1–2 (OT)
HIFK-Jokerit 5–1
Lukko – KalPa 4–3
Lukko-KalPa 2–3
KalPa-Lukko 3–0
Lukko-KalPa 2–1
KalPa-Lukko 2–5
Lukko-KalPa 5–0
KalPa-Lukko 3–2 (2OT)
Lukko-KalPa 5–1
JYP – Blues 1–4
JYP-Blues 1–3
Blues-JYP 4–3
JYP-Blues 4–2
Blues-JYP 2–0
JYP-Blues 1–3
HIFK – Lukko 4–1
HIFK-Lukko 2–3 (3OT)
Lukko-HIFK 1–3
HIFK-Lukko 5–2
Lukko-HIFK 0–3
HIFK-Lukko 7–1
JYP-Lukko 2–4
HIFK-Blues 4–0
HIFK-Blues 3–2
Blues-HIFK 1–5
HIFK-Blues 5–3
Blues-HIFK 2–4