2018 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship

The playoff round of the 2018 IIHF World Championship was held from 17 to 20 May 2018. The top four-placed teams of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.[1]

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
A  Sweden  Russia  Czech Republic   Switzerland
B  Finland  United States  Canada  Latvia

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
17 May
 
 
 Sweden3
 
19 May
 
 Latvia2
 
 Sweden6
 
17 May
 
 United States0
 
 United States3
 
20 May
 
 Czech Republic2
 
 Sweden (GWS)3
 
17 May
 
  Switzerland2
 
 Russia4
 
19 May
 
 Canada (OT)5
 
 Canada2
 
17 May
 
  Switzerland3 Third place
 
 Finland2
 
20 May
 
  Switzerland3
 
 United States4
 
 
 Canada1
 

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

17 May 2018
16:15		Russia 4–5 OT
(0–1, 2–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)		 CanadaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 9,017
Game reference
Igor ShestyorkinGoaliesDarcy KuemperReferees:
Austria Mark Lemelin
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–104:45 – Parayko (McDavid, Eberle) (PP)
0–231:51 – Nugent-Hopkins (McDavid, Parayko) (PP)
Mikheyev (Anisimov, Zaitsev) – 32:531–2
Barabanov (Dadonov) (EA) – 37:322–2
2–347:11 – Turris (Schwartz)
Andronov (Zaitsev, Soshnikov) – 48:443–3
3–452:36 – Dubois (Jost)
Anisimov (Grigorenko, Zaitsev) – 54:344–4
4–564:57 – O'Reilly (McDavid, Ekblad) (PP)
8 minPenalties2 min
30Shots41
17 May 2018
16:15		United States 3–2
(2–0, 0–2, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicJyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 4,846
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesPavel FrancouzReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Canada Dustin McCrank
Finland Sakari Suominen
Kane (Ryan) – 10:361–0
Atkinson (Bonino, Gaudreau) – 12:192–0
2–124:56 – Řepík (Faksa, Gudas)
2–230:55 – Nečas (Pastrňák, Hronek) (PP)
Kane (Ryan) – 46:583–2
10 minPenalties2 min
31Shots26
17 May 2018
20:15		Sweden 3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 LatviaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Anders NilssonGoaliesElvis MerzļikinsReferees:
United States Timothy Mayer
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Forsberg (Kempe, Ekman-Larsson) – 26:361–0
1–131:59 – Bļugers (Ri. Bukarts)
Arvidsson (Ekholm) – 41:492–1
Ekman-Larsson (Kempe, Rakell) (PP) – 46:273–1
3–250:21 – Balcers (Ķēniņš)
10 minPenalties2 min
34Shots24
17 May 2018
20:15		Finland 2–3
(1–0, 0–3, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandJyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 5,634
Game reference
Harri SäteriGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
United States Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Nutivaara (Koivisto, Rantanen) – 07:011–0
1–129:13 – Corvi (Fiala, Niederreiter)
1–232:32 – Vermin (Meier)
1–333:08 – Hofmann (Moser, Fora)
Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) – 48:202–3
0 minPenalties8 min
34Shots27

Semifinals

19 May 2018
15:15		Sweden 6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 United StatesRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Anders NilssonGoaliesKeith KinkaidReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Canada Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Canada Dustin McCrank
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
Arvidsson (De la Rose, Forsberg) – 14:431–0
Pääjärvi (Backlund) (SH) – 27:092–0
Hörnqvist (Backlund, Klingberg) (PP) – 30:053–0
Janmark-Nylén (Rakell) – 30:164–0
Arvidsson (Zibanejad) (ENG) – 51:075–0
Kempe (Backlund) – 57:016–0
14 minPenalties6 min
20Shots41
19 May 2018
19:15		Canada 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,166
Game reference
Darcy KuemperGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
United States Brian Oliver
0–118:41 – Scherwey (Untersander, Kukan)
Horvat (Dubois, Pageau) – 27:201–1
1–229:40 – Hofmann (Fiala, Andrighetto) (PP)
1–344:14 – Haas (Andrighetto, Diaz) (PP)
Parayko (McDavid, Schenn) (EA) – 57:532–3
6 minPenalties2 min
45Shots17

Bronze medal game

20 May 2018
15:45		United States 4–1
(0–0, 1–1, 3–0)		 CanadaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,111
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesCurtis McElhinneyReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Finland Sakari Suominen
Kreider (Larkin, DeBrincat) (PP) – 26:401–0
1–138:06 – Vlasic (Horvat, Turris)
Bonino (Kane) (PP) – 53:212–1
Lee (McAvoy) (ENG) – 57:453–1
Kreider (ENG) – 58:184–1
4 minPenalties14 min
37Shots25

Gold medal game

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship final
20 May 2018
20:15 (UTC+2)		Sweden 3–2 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		  SwitzerlandRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Anders NilssonGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Canada Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
0–116:38 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala)
Nyquist (Ekholm) – 17:541–1
1–223:13 – Meier (Corvi, Josi) (PP)
Zibanejad (Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 34:532–2
Zibanejad MISS
Rakell MISS
Ekman-Larsson GOAL
Forsberg GOAL		ShootoutGOAL Andrighetto
MISS Fiala
MISS Corvi
MISS Haas
MISS Niederreiter
4 minPenalties10 min
38Shots27

References

  1. ^ "Worlds schedule released". iihfworlds.com. 8 August 2017.