| 2021–22 National League season | |
| League: | National League |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | September 7, 2021 – March 14, 2022 |
| No Of Games: | 52 |
| No Of Teams: | 13 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | Best record |
| Season Champs: | EV Zug |
| Second Place: | Fribourg-Gottéron |
| Top Scorer: | Roman Červenka |
| Top Scorer Link: |
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| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Conf1: | Semi-Final |
| Conf2: | Semi-Final |
| Finals: | Swiss champion NL |
| Finals Champ: | EV Zug (3rd title) |
| Finals Runner-Up: | ZSC Lions |
| Seasonslistnames: | National League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2020–21 NL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2022–23 NL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 National League season was the 84th season of Swiss professional ice hockey and the fifth season as the National League (NL).
EV Zug defended their title after beating ZSC Lions in the finals 4–3.
13 teams participated in the season as HC Ajoie was promoted to the National League after winning 2020–21 Swiss League.
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity | COVID-19 Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC Ajoie | Porrentruy | Raiffeisen Arena | 4,671 | 0 | |
| HC Ambrì-Piotta | Ambrì | Valascia | 6,500 | 0 | |
| SC Bern | Bern | PostFinance Arena | 17,031 | 0 | |
| EHC Biel | Biel/Bienne | Tissot Arena | 6,521 | 0 | |
| HC Davos | Davos | Eisstadion Davos | 6,800 | 0 | |
| Fribourg-Gottéron | Fribourg | BCF Arena | 8,934 | 0 | |
| Genève-Servette HC | Geneva | Patinoire des Vernets | 7,135 | 0 | |
| Lausanne HC | Lausanne | Vaudoise Aréna | 9,600 | 0 | |
| HC Lugano | Lugano | Cornér Arena | 7,800 | 0 | |
| SCL Tigers | Langnau im Emmental | Ilfis Stadium | 6,000 | 0 | |
| SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | Rapperswil | St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena | 6,200 | 0 | |
| ZSC Lions | Zürich | Hallenstadion | 11,200 | 0 | |
| EV Zug | Zug | Bossard Arena | 7,200 | 0 |
The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of the regular season.[1] If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
| Player | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 52 | 20 | 44 | 64 | +8 | 30 | |
 | Genève-Servette HC | 51 | 10 | 48 | 58 | +19 | 40 | |
 | Genève-Servette HC | 48 | 25 | 29 | 54 | +8 | 86 | |
| | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 49 | 15 | 39 | 54 | +9 | 92 | |
| ZSC Lions | 48 | 21 | 31 | 52 | +18 | 49 | ||
 | HC Lugano | 52 | 22 | 29 | 51 | -7 | 41 | |
| | SCL Tigers | 43 | 25 | 25 | 50 | +1 | 4 | |
| | HC Davos | 41 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +19 | 14 | |
 | EHC Biel-Bienne | 51 | 22 | 26 | 48 | +18 | 10 | |
| | SCL Tigers | 47 | 13 | 35 | 48 | -11 | 47 |
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 the regular season.[2]
| Player | Team(s) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC Davos | 34 | 1950:10 | 58 | 94.16 | 1.78 | ||
| HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 43 | 2552:01 | 91 | 92.78 | 2.14 | ||
| EHC Biel-Bienne | 44 | 2534:21 | 94 | 92.07 | 2.23 | ||
| SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | 44 | 2640:35 | 98 | 92.08 | 2.23 | ||
| ZSC Lions | 30 | 1644:31 | 65 | 91.99 | 2.34 | ||
| EV Zug | 40 | 2406:29 | 95 | 92.10 | 2.37 | ||
| Genève-Servette HC | 30 | 1741:57 | 69 | 92.16 | 2.38 | ||
| SC Bern | 39 | 2299:08 | 97 | 92.06 | 2.53 | ||
| HC Lugano | 24 | 1316:09 | 56 | 91.30 | 2.55 | ||
| Lausanne HC | 24 | 1341:55 | 57 | 90.92 | 2.55 |