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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	17 May
	Sweden	3
					19 May
	Latvia	2
					Sweden	6
	17 May
					United States	0
	United States	3
									20 May
	Czech Republic	2
									Sweden (GWS)	3
	17 May
									Switzerland	2
	Russia	4
					19 May
	Canada (OT)	5
					Canada	2
	17 May
					Switzerland	3			Third place
	Finland	2
									20 May
	Switzerland	3
									United States	4
									Canada	1

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)

Canada

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 9,017

Game reference
	Igor Shestyorkin	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Mark Lemelin Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Brian Oliver Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 04:45 – Parayko (McDavid, Eberle) (PP) 0–2 31:51 – Nugent-Hopkins (McDavid, Parayko) (PP) Mikheyev (Anisimov, Zaitsev) – 32:53 1–2 Barabanov (Dadonov) (EA) – 37:32 2–2 2–3 47:11 – Turris (Schwartz) Andronov (Zaitsev, Soshnikov) – 48:44 3–3 3–4 52:36 – Dubois (Jost) Anisimov (Grigorenko, Zaitsev) – 54:34 4–4 4–5 64:57 – O'Reilly (McDavid, Ekblad) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	41

17 May 2018 16:15

United States

3–2 (2–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,846

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Sakari Suominen
	Kane (Ryan) – 10:36 1–0 Atkinson (Bonino, Gaudreau) – 12:19 2–0 2–1 24:56 – Řepík (Faksa, Gudas) 2–2 30:55 – Nečas (Pastrňák, Hronek) (PP) Kane (Ryan) – 46:58 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	31	Shots	26

17 May 2018 20:15

Sweden

3–2 (0–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,490

Game reference
	Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Alexander Otmakhov
	Forsberg (Kempe, Ekman-Larsson) – 26:36 1–0 1–1 31:59 – Bļugers (Ri. Bukarts) Arvidsson (Ekholm) – 41:49 2–1 Ekman-Larsson (Kempe, Rakell) (PP) – 46:27 3–1 3–2 50:21 – Balcers (Ķēniņš)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	24

17 May 2018 20:15

Finland

2–3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Switzerland

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,634

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
	Nutivaara (Koivisto, Rantanen) – 07:01 1–0 1–1 29:13 – Corvi (Fiala, Niederreiter) 1–2 32:32 – Vermin (Meier) 1–3 33:08 – Hofmann (Moser, Fora) Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) – 48:20 2–3
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	27

Semifinals

19 May 2018 15:15

Sweden

6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

United States

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,490

Game reference
	Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Nathan Vanoosten
	Arvidsson (De la Rose, Forsberg) – 14:43 1–0 Pääjärvi (Backlund) (SH) – 27:09 2–0 Hörnqvist (Backlund, Klingberg) (PP) – 30:05 3–0 Janmark-Nylén (Rakell) – 30:16 4–0 Arvidsson (Zibanejad) (ENG) – 51:07 5–0 Kempe (Backlund) – 57:01 6–0
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	41

19 May 2018 19:15

Canada

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,166

Game reference
	Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Brian Oliver
	0–1 18:41 – Scherwey (Untersander, Kukan) Horvat (Dubois, Pageau) – 27:20 1–1 1–2 29:40 – Hofmann (Fiala, Andrighetto) (PP) 1–3 44:14 – Haas (Andrighetto, Diaz) (PP) Parayko (McDavid, Schenn) (EA) – 57:53 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

20 May 2018 15:45

United States

4–1 (0–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Canada

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,111

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Curtis McElhinney	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	Kreider (Larkin, DeBrincat) (PP) – 26:40 1–0 1–1 38:06 – Vlasic (Horvat, Turris) Bonino (Kane) (PP) – 53:21 2–1 Lee (McAvoy) (ENG) – 57:45 3–1 Kreider (ENG) – 58:18 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	25

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)

Switzerland

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,490

Game reference
	Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 16:38 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala) Nyquist (Ekholm) – 17:54 1–1 1–2 23:13 – Meier (Corvi, Josi) (PP) Zibanejad (Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 34:53 2–2
	Zibanejad Rakell Ekman-Larsson Forsberg	Shootout	Andrighetto Fiala Corvi Haas Niederreiter
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	27