The ten teams initially played two double rounds of 18 games each, in which the eight participants for the playoffs were determined. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final were each played according to the Best of Five mode . The playouts were played in the best of seven mode , the loser of which had to play against the two best placed NLB for promotion or relegation.
So that the remaining HC Friborg-Gottéron in the National League A, while the HC Lausanne last remaining place in the league qualifier against the master of the NLB , the Grasshoppers Zurich , and the Second, the HC La Chaux-de-Fonds play, had .