2018 IIHF World Championship Group B

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Group B was one of two groups of the 2018 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team is relegated to Division I in 2019.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Finland	7	5	0	1	1	38	11	+27	16[a]	Quarterfinals
2	United States	7	4	2	0	1	39	16	+23	16[a]
3	Canada	7	4	1	1	1	32	12	+20	15
4	Latvia	7	3	1	2	1	16	16	0	13
5	Denmark (H)	7	3	1	0	3	13	17	−4	11
6	Germany	7	1	1	2	3	16	20	−4	7
7	Norway	7	1	1	1	4	13	31	−18	6
8	South Korea (R)	7	0	0	0	7	4	48	−44	0	Relegation to 2019 Division I A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Finland 6–2 United States

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).

United States vs Canada

4 May 2018 16:15

United States

5–4 GWS (1–2, 2–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Canada

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 9,632

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 00:47 – Dubois (Horvat) 0–2 12:23 – O'Reilly (Bailey) Lee (Thompson, DeBrincat) – 13:59 1–2 Larkin (Kreider, Oesterle) – 20:43 2–2 Gaudreau (Kane, Coleman) – 30:00 3–2 3–3 37:53 – Beauvillier (Ekblad, Barzal) Larkin (Kreider, Atkinson) – 43:27 4–3 4–4 50:48 – Parayko (McDavid)
	Atkinson Kane Gaudreau Hughes Larkin Atkinson	Shootout	Barzal Eberle Schenn Nugent-Hopkins Horvat Eberle
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	44

Germany vs Denmark

4 May 2018 20:15

Germany

2–3 GWS (0–0, 1–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Denmark

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 9,982

Game reference
	Timo Pielmeier	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jake Davis Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 28:44 – J. Jensen (Jensen Aabo, F. Nielsen) Draisaitl (Ehliz) (EA) – 32:12 1–1 1–2 35:17 – Storm (Hardt, Larsen) (PP) Ehliz (Draisaitl, M. Müller) – 50:43 2–2
	Hager Plachta Kahun Draisaitl Michaelis	Shootout	Bjorkstrand F. Nielsen N. Jensen Jakobsen
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	29

Norway vs Latvia

5 May 2018 12:15

Norway

2–3 OT (2–0, 0–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Latvia

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 8,441

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Roman Gofman Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Jake Davis Nathan Vanoosten
	Bastiansen (Trettenes, Holøs) – 08:14 1–0 Bonsaksen (M. Olimb) – 12:12 2–0 2–1 26:20 – Balcers (Sotnieks, Galviņš) 2–2 51:04 – Ābols (Karsums, Rēdlihs) 2–3 60:24 – Balcers (Džeriņš)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	21

Finland vs South Korea

5 May 2018 16:15

Finland

8–1 (2–0, 3–1, 3–0)

South Korea

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 8,930

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Rene Jensen Brian Oliver
	Aho (Teräväinen, Riikola) (SH) – 03:41 1–0 Teräväinen (Aho) (SH) – 05:55 2–0 Aho (Rantanen, Teräväinen) (PP) – 28:46 3–0 Savinainen (Aho, Teräväinen) – 32:21 4–0 4–1 33:00 – Swift (Radunske) Nutivaara (Pesonen) (SH) – 38:52 5–1 Mäenalanen (Pesonen, Anttila) – 46:01 6–1 Kapanen (Rantanen) – 47:16 7–1 Pesonen (Mäenalanen, Anttila) – 53:51 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	9

Denmark vs United States

5 May 2018 20:15

Denmark

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,800

Game reference
	Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Brett Iverson Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Jon Kilian Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 16:06 – Butcher (Gaudreau) 0–2 22:42 – Kreider (Ryan, Hughes) (PP) 0–3 29:14 – Atkinson (Kreider, Jensen) 0–4 54:11 – Jensen (Butcher, Kane)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	43

South Korea vs Canada

6 May 2018 12:15

South Korea

0–10 (0–2, 0–6, 0–2)

Canada

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 3,902

Game reference
	Matt Dalton Park Sung-je	Goalies	Curtis McElhinney	Referees: Roman Gofman Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jon Kilian Brian Oliver
	0–1 08:41 – Nugent-Hopkins (Schwartz, McDavid) 0–2 17:16 – Jost (Eberle, Barzal) 0–3 21:07 – Parayko (McDavid, Ekblad) (PP2) 0–4 21:57 – O'Reilly (Barzal) (PP) 0–5 22:32 – Dubois (Edmundson, Pageau) 0–6 27:33 – Schenn (Ekblad, Bailey) (PP) 0–7 36:24 – Jost (Horvat, Dubois) 0–8 36:42 – Edmundson (Barzal, Beauvillier) 0–9 44:40 – McDavid (Pulock, Dubois) 0–10 48:55 – Eberle (Edmundson, Jost)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	50

Germany vs Norway

6 May 2018 16:15

Germany

4–5 GWS (2–2, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Norway

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,491

Game reference
	Timo Pielmeier	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Brett Iverson Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 01:41 – K. Olimb (SH) 0–2 07:31 – Olsen (Lindström, M. Olimb) (PP) Hager (Draisaitl, Plachta) (PP) – 14:30 1–2 Michaelis (Noebels, J. Müller) – 18:41 2–2 2–3 21:36 – Bastiansen (Salsten, Olsen) Hager (Draisaitl) (PP) – 27:31 3–3 3–4 50:13 – Sørvik Y. Seidenberg (Plachta, Draisaitl) – 50:38 4–4
	Pietta Hager Kahun	Shootout	Trettenes Espeland Lindström Bastiansen
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	44	Shots	37

Latvia vs Finland

6 May 2018 20:15

Latvia

1–8 (0–3, 0–2, 1–3)

Finland

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 6,174

Game reference
	Kristers Gudļevskis	Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Linus Öhlund Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Rene Jensen Lukas Kohlmüller
	0–1 01:24 – Aho (Savinainen) 0–2 07:44 – Savinainen (Heiskanen, Aho) 0–3 17:16 – Suomela 0–4 27:31 – Aho (SH) 0–5 34:49 – Savinainen (Teräväinen, Aho) 0–6 46:29 – Teräväinen (Rantanen, Granlund) (PP) 0–7 47:28 – Rantanen (Aho, Teräväinen) (PP) 0–8 51:10 – Teräväinen (Nutivaara, Aho) Ri. Bukarts (Balinskis) – 51:38 1–8
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	29

United States vs Germany

7 May 2018 16:15

United States

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Germany

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,301

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Hannu Sormunen
	Kane (Gaudreau, Atkinson) (PP) – 30:02 1–0 Ryan (Kane, Hughes) (PP) – 32:07 2–0 DeBrincat (Kane) – 50:38 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	24

Canada vs Denmark

7 May 2018 20:15

Canada

7–1 (2–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Denmark

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,800

Game reference
	Curtis McElhinney	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jake Davis Lukas Kohlmüller
	Bailey (Barzal, Schenn) (PP) – 08:25 1–0 Ekblad (McDavid, Schwartz) – 11:57 2–0 Eberle (McDavid, Parayko) (PP) – 24:16 3–0 O'Reilly (Bailey, Schenn) – 26:53 4–0 Nugent-Hopkins – 27:17 5–0 Nugent-Hopkins (McDavid, Chabot) - 46:43 6–0 6–1 51:53 – Jensen Aabo (Lauridsen) Jost (Nurse, Barzal) – 58:10 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	15

South Korea vs Latvia

8 May 2018 16:15

South Korea

0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Latvia

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,227

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Mark Lemelin Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Jon Kilian Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 11:46 – Meija (Rubīns) 0–2 18:45 – Ķēniņš (Balcers, Ābols) 0–3 28:22 – Ro. Bukarts (Karsums, Sotnieks) 0–4 41:33 – Balcers (Indrašis, Ābols) (PP) 0–5 59:59 – Ro. Bukarts (Ābols, Indrašis) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	38

Finland vs Norway

8 May 2018 20:15

Finland

7–0 (2–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Norway

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,617

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Oliver Gouin Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Rene Jensen Brian Oliver
	Savinainen (Aho, Nutivaara) – 04:03 1–0 Anttila – 07:13 2–0 Teräväinen (Granlund, Koivisto) – 21:01 3–0 Kapanen (Heiskanen, Rantanen) – 23:41 4–0 Nutivaara (Rantanen, Granlund) (PP) – 38:18 5–0 Granlund (Teräväinen, Honka) (EA) – 39:45 6–0 Mäenalanen (Manninen) (SH) – 57:45 7–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	10

Germany vs South Korea

9 May 2018 16:15

Germany

6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1)

South Korea

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 7,092

Game reference
	Niklas Treutle	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Jan Hribik Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	Draisaitl (Plachta, Y. Seidenberg) (PP) – 10:02 1–0 Ehliz (Plachta, Y. Seidenberg) (PP) – 20:41 2–0 Hager (Holzer, Draisaitl) – 29:27 3–0 Tiffels (Michaelis) – 34:42 4–0 Ehliz (Kahun, Draisaitl) – 48:37 5–0 Y. Seidenberg (Plachta) (PP) – 52:33 6–0 6–1 57:01 – Radunske (Ahn)
	28 min	Penalties	18 min
	42	Shots	26

Finland vs Denmark

9 May 2018 20:15

Finland

2–3 (0–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Denmark

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,800

Game reference
	Ville Husso	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Peter Šefčík
	0–1 32:28 – F. Nielsen (Jensen Aabo, Bødker) (PP) Aho (Teräväinen, Granlund) (PP) – 34:33 1–1 1–2 37:10 – Bjorkstrand (Bødker, Lauridsen) Granlund (Koivisto, Nutivaara) – 55:50 2–2 2–3 58:01 – Hardt (Bødker, F. Nielsen) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	17

United States vs Latvia

10 May 2018 16:15

United States

3–2 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Latvia

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,215

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Oliver Gouin Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Andreas Malmqvist
	Kreider (DeBrincat, Larkin) (PP) – 11:39 1–0 1–1 17:52 – Balinskis (Bļugers, Ri. Bukarts) 1–2 23:20 – Džeriņš (Indrašis, Ro. Bukarts) (PP) White (DeBrincat, Kane) – 37:38 2–2 Atkinson (Gaudreau, Kane) (PP) – 61:23 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	19

Norway vs Canada

10 May 2018 20:15

Norway

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,139

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Curtis McElhinney Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 01:23 – McDavid (Parayko) 0–2 12:49 – Horvat (Pageau) (SH) 0–3 15:41 – McDavid (Schwartz) 0–4 28:03 – McDavid (Parayko, Nugent-Hopkins) 0–5 42:24 – Horvat (Dubois)
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	10	Shots	33

Denmark vs Norway

11 May 2018 16:15

Denmark

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Norway

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,800

Game reference
	Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Jan Hribik Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Peter Šefčík
	N. Jensen (Larsen, Regin) (PP) – 19:13 1–0 N. Jensen (Larsen, Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 26:17 2–0 Storm (Bødker, Jensen Aabo) (PP) – 33:58 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	21

United States vs South Korea

11 May 2018 20:15

United States

13–1 (4–1, 4–0, 5–0)

South Korea

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 7,563

Game reference
	Scott Darling	Goalies	Matt Dalton Park Sung-je	Referees: Mikael Sjöqvist Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	0–1 05:23 – Ahn (Kim S., Kim Won-jun) (PP) Lee (Larkin, Gaudreau) – 08:35 1–1 Kane (Gaudreau) (PP2) – 12:56 2–1 McAvoy (Kane, Gaudreau) (PP2) – 13:29 3–1 McAvoy (Kreider, Larkin) – 19:16 4–1 Ryan (Martinez) (SH) – 23:42 5–1 Coleman (Martinez, White) – 27:06 6–1 Kane (McAvoy) (PP) – 28:41 7–1 Atkinson (Kane, McAvoy) (PP2) – 32:18 8–1 Thompson (Milano, Jensen) – 45:06 9–1 Atkinson (Kane, McAvoy) – 46:11 10–1 Pionk (Butcher) – 49:09 11–1 Ryan (DeBrincat, Pionk) (PP) – 51:40 12–1 Milano (Debrincat, Thompson) – 58:50 13–1
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	57	Shots	13

Latvia vs Germany

12 May 2018 12:15

Latvia

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Germany

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 8,997

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Andreas Malmqvist
	Ķēniņš (Ābols, Balcers) – 36:54 1–0 Galviņš (Indrašis, Džeriņš) – 40:15 2–0 Džeriņš (Rēdlihs, Freibergs) – 47:54 3–0 3–1 48:40 – Kahun (Draisaitl)
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	34

Denmark vs South Korea

12 May 2018 16:15

Denmark

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

South Korea

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,591

Game reference
	Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Oliver Gouin Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Dustin McCrank
	F. Nielsen (D. Nielsen) – 22:55 1–0 1–1 24:18 – Kim K. (Kim S. Jensen (Bjorkstrand) – 32:14 2–1 Hardt (F. Nielsen, Jensen A.) (PP) – 56:35 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	14

Canada vs Finland

12 May 2018 20:15

Canada

1–5 (1–3, 0–0, 0–2)

Finland

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 9,313

Game reference
	Curtis McElhinney Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Mark Lemelin Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Peter Šefčík
	0–1 08:50 – Rantanen Pageau (Horvat) – 10:55 1–1 1–2 13:48 – Pesonen (Nutivaara, Tolvanen) (PP2) 1–3 16:35 – Rantanen (Granlund, Teräväinen) (PP) 1–4 45:17 – Tolvanen 1–5 45:27 – Teräväinen (Aho)
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	22

Norway vs United States

13 May 2018 16:15

Norway

3–9 (0–3, 1–4, 2–2)

United States

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,553

Game reference
	Lars Haugen Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid Scott Darling	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	0–1 08:24 – Kane (McAvoy, Atkinson) (PP) 0–2 12:18 – Kane (DeBrincat, Atkinson) (PP) 0–3 15:25 – McAvoy (DeBrincat) 0–4 21:03 – Larkin (PP) Forsberg (Lindström) – 27:00 1–4 1–5 30:38 – Martinez (Larkin) 1–6 36:40 – Lee (Larkin, Gaudreau) 1–7 39:08 – Atkinson (Jensen, Kane) 1–8 42:50 – White (Bonino, Murphy) K. Olimb (Bonsaksen, Holøs) (PP2) – 46:05 2–8 M. Olimb (Lindström, Bull) – 47:09 3–8 3–9 57:27 – Pionk (Bonino, Kreider)
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	26	Shots	48

Germany vs Finland

13 May 2018 20:15

Germany

3–2 OT (0–1, 2–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Finland

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,077

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Oliver Gouin Jan Hribik Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 02:26 – Tolvanen (Riikola) Tiffels (Y. Seidenberg, Michaelis) – 25:56 1–1 Krupp (Hager, Eisenschmid) – 38:48 2–1 2–2 57:54 – Aho (Granlund, Teräväinen) (PP) Eisenschmid (Kahun) – 62:00 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	38

South Korea vs Norway

14 May 2018 16:15

South Korea

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Norway

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 3,330

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Brett Iverson Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Dustin McCrank
	0–1 13:35 – Lindström (M. Olimb, Espeland) (PP) 0–2 46:55 – Valkvæ Olsen (Bastiansen, Espeland) 0–3 50:02 – Holøs (K. Olimb, Thoresen) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	30

Canada vs Latvia

14 May 2018 20:15

Canada

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Latvia

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 2,966

Game reference
	Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis	Referees: Stephen Reneau Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Peter Šefčík
	Beauvillier (Pageau, Barzal) – 02:51 1–0 1–1 41:50 – Rubīns (Ro. Bukarts, Bļugers) McDavid (Nugent-Hopkins) – 60:46 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	15

Finland vs United States

15 May 2018 12:15

Finland

6–2 (2–0, 1–0, 3–2)

United States

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 6,343

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Brett Iverson Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	Aho (Savinainen) – 10:17 1–0 Aho (Nutivaara) – 17:15 2–0 Rantanen (Nutivaara, Granlund) – 37:51 3–0 Anttila (Manninen) – 47:42 4–0 4–1 51:33 – Kane (McAvoy) (PP, EA) Kapanen (Tolvanen, Savinainen) (PP) – 53:57 5–1 5–2 54:44 – Ryan (McAvoy, Kreider) Aho (Kivistö) (ENG) – 56:45 6–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	37

Canada vs Germany

15 May 2018 16:15

Canada

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 6,200

Game reference
	Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Roman Gofman Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	Schenn (Nugent-Hopkins, McDavid) – 00:20 1–0 Nugent-Hopkins (McDavid, Ekblad) – 28:14 2–0 Jost (Edmundson) – 49:48 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	12

Latvia vs Denmark

15 May 2018 20:15

Latvia

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Denmark

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,800

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Sakari Suominen
	Džeriņš (Indrašis) – 09:14 1–0
	2 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	19