The regular season began on September 15, 2011 at home against Skellefteå AIK and is scheduled to end on March 6, 2012 on away ice against Frölunda HC.
On 13 October 2011, new Färjestad forward Hannes Hyvönen received a match penalty when he illegally made a hit to the head of Per Hallin to the boards in a home game against Timrå.
[4] One week later, Färjestad received their third suspension of the season when defenceman Sanny Lindström was suspended for two games and forced to pay a 20,000 SEK fine for hitting Modo player Janos Hari to the head on 5 November 2011.
[5] After a three-game streak of losses between 7–14 January 2012, Färjestad dropped in the standings and fell closer to the line for playoff qualification.
x – clinched playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; e – eliminated from playoff contention; r – play in relegation series Legend: Win Overtime/Shootout win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point) Legend: Win Loss Asterisks (*) indicate games that are only played if needed.