2015 IIHF World Championship Group B

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship

See also: 2015 IIHF World Championship Group A

Group B was one of two groups of the 2015 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2016.

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United States of America	7	5	1	0	1	22	14	+8	17	Advance to the playoff round
2	Finland	7	4	2	0	1	22	9	+13	16
3	Russia	7	4	1	1	1	30	16	+14	15
4	Belarus	7	4	0	2	1	20	19	+1	14
5	Slovakia	7	1	2	2	2	17	19	−2	9
6	Norway	7	2	0	0	5	12	23	−11	6
7	Denmark	7	1	0	1	5	10	20	−10	4
8	Slovenia	7	1	0	0	6	9	22	−13	3	Relegation to Division I A

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2015. Source: Standings
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.^[1]

All times are local (UTC+2).

1 May[]

United States vs Finland[]

1 May 2015
16:15

United States of America

5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Tobias Bjork Vyacheslav Bulanov
Moses (Krug, Nelson) – 19:37 Hendricks (Sexton) – 31:57 Sexton (Krug, Hendricks) – 34:74 Bonino (Moses, Nelson) – 46:19 Hendricks (Larkin) (ENG) – 57:22	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1	25:40 – Jokipakka (Pesonen, Kemppainen)
8 min	Penalties	4 min
27	Shots	30

Russia vs Norway[]

1 May 2015
20:15

Russia

6–2
(4–0, 2–2, 0–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,314


Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Lars Volden	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn
Shipachyov (Kovalchuk, Dadonov) (PP) – 02:51 Anisimov (Kovalchuk) – 03:10 Zaripov (Mozyakin, Tikhonov) – 15:14 Tikhonov (Medvedev, Zaripov) – 16:53 Chudinov (Mozyakin, Zaripov) – 29:08 Panarin (Shipachyov, Biryukov) – 34:10	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 4–2 5–2 6–2	20:25 – Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs) 26:50 – Thoresen (M. Olimb, Ask)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
36	Shots	19

2 May[]

Slovakia vs Denmark[]

2 May 2015
12:15

Slovakia

4–3 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 3–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Ján Laco	Goalies	Patrick Galbraith	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn
Sersen (Hudáček, Pánik) (PP) – 48:08 Viedenský (Dravecký, Lušňák) – 49:26 Graňák (Dravecký, Laco) (PP) – 51:11	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3	25:05 – Bjorkstrand (J. Jensen, J. B. Jensen) (PP) 49:57 – Hardt (Madsen) 57:46 – Nielsen
6 min	Penalties	10 min
43	Shots	19

Belarus vs Slovenia[]

2 May 2015
16:15

Belarus

4–2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 5,995


Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli
Stas (Korobov, Gavrus) – 10:08 A. Kostitsyn (Stas, Gavrus) – 12:16 Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) – 23:51 Kitarov (ENG) – 59:41	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2	10:42 – Jeglič (Tičar) 51:47 – Pance (Razingar, Kopitar)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
26	Shots	23

Norway vs United States[]

2 May 2015
20:15

Norway

1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

United States of America

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,301


Lars Haugen	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vladimír Šindler
Ask (Tollefsen, M. Olimb) – 06:39	1–0 1–1 1–2	12:14 – Lewis (Vesey) 25:58 – Nelson (Krug, Lewis)
12 min	Penalties	20 min
23	Shots	35

3 May[]

Russia vs Slovenia[]

3 May 2015
12:15

Russia

5–3
(3–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,557


Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Luka Gračnar	Referees: Tobias Bjork Maxim Sidorenko
Kovalchuk (Dadonov, Barulin) – 04:03 Kulemin (Antipin) – 04:39 Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) (PP) – 18:56 Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 29:27 Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) – 45:45	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–2 5–2 5–3	23:14 – Kopitar (Pretnar, Kranjc) 34:30 – Pance 54:46 – Sabolič (Tičar, Jeglič)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
35	Shots	25

Belarus vs Slovakia[]

3 May 2015
16:15

Belarus

1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–1)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Timothy Mayer Vladimír Šindler
S. Kostitsyn (Kalyuzhny, A. Kostitsyn) – 51:27	1–0 1–1 1–2	52:31 – Meszároš (Hudáček, Dravecký) 61:55 – Meszároš (Jurčo, Tatar)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
18	Shots	34

Denmark vs Finland[]

3 May 2015
20:15

Denmark

0–3
(0–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,353


Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli
	0–1 0–2 0–3	27:47 – Jokinen (Salmela, Donskoi) 28:58 – Pesonen (Louhivaara, Kemppainen) 35:56 – Barkov (Lindell, Jokinen)
8 min	Penalties	2 min
16	Shots	41

4 May[]

Russia vs United States[]

4 May 2015
16:15

Russia

2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

United States of America

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Jack Campbell	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Daniel Piechaczek
Belov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 23:40 Plotnikov (Kulikov, Anisimov) – 56:19	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4	06:22 – Lewis (Jones, Eichel) 26:22 – Krug (Jones, Faulk) (PP2) 51:52 – Arcobello (Vesey) 59:51 – Nelson (Lee) (ENG)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
17	Shots	20

Norway vs Finland[]

4 May 2015
20:15

Norway

0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,634


Lars Volden	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5	05:05 – Lindell (Jokinen, Barkov) (PP) 28:39 – Kemppainen (Lindell, Aaltonen) (PP2) 30:21 – Kemppainen (Lindell, Aaltonen) (PP2) 51:15 – Jokipakka (Komarov, Kemppainen) 52:11 – Jokinen (Salmela, Barkov)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
20	Shots	30

5 May[]

Denmark vs Belarus[]

5 May 2015
16:15

Denmark

1–5
(1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 4,796


Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Daniel Stricker Jozef Kubuš
Jakobsen (Madsen, Hardt) – 13:38	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5	20:44 – Gavrus (A. Kostitsyn, Kalyuzhny) 27:27 – Kovyrshin (Kulakov, Stepanov) 29:35 – Shinkevich (Kalyuzhny, A. Kostitsyn) 45:36 – Kovyrshin (Kulakov, Shinkevich) 54:44 – Usenko (Kitarov, Demkov)
18 min	Penalties	8 min
26	Shots	35

Slovakia vs Slovenia[]

5 May 2015
20:15

Slovakia

3–1
(0–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Ján Laco	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Roman Gofman
Meszároš (Surový) (PP) – 47:57 Gáborík (Hudáček, Surový) – 54:16 Gáborík (ENG) – 59:59	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1	06:20 – Urbas (Kranjc, Kovačevič) (PP)
6 min	Penalties	12 min
33	Shots	23

6 May[]

Russia vs Denmark[]

6 May 2015
16:15

Russia

5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,682


Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork
Panarin (Dadonov, Shipachyov) (PP) – 10:53 Mozyakin (Malkin) – 13:17 Dadonov (Medvedev, Chudinov) (PP) – 38:45 Mozyakin (Kulemin, Malkin) – 57:03 Tarasenko (Antipin, Plotnikov) – 57:51	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2 5–2	29:35 – Green (Spelling, O. Lauridsen) 49:36 – Spelling (PP)
12 min	Penalties	10 min
33	Shots	20

Slovakia vs Norway[]

6 May 2015
20:15

Slovakia

2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Ján Laco	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Marcus Vinnerborg
Surový (Gáborík, Hudáček) (PP) – 18:03 Ďaloga (Mikuš, Tatar) – 21:29	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3	25:40 – Nørstebø (Holøs, M. Olimb) (PP) 35:30 – Rosseli Olsen (Ask, Martinsen) 41:56 – Nørstebø (Thoresen, Holøs) (PP)
45 min	Penalties	10 min
24	Shots	23

7 May[]

United States vs Belarus[]

7 May 2015
16:15

United States of America

2–5
(0–0, 1–3, 1–2)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,648


Jack Campbell	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Roman Gofman
Nelson (Eichel) – 37:21 Krug (Eichel, Lewis) (PP) – 45:35	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 2–4 2–5	31:11 – Gavrus (Lisovets, Shinkevich) 33:01 – Volkov (S. Kostitsyn) 36:06 – Kitarov (S. Kostitsyn) 41:15 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, Usenko) (PP2) 48:23 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, Lisovets)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
30	Shots	23

Finland vs Slovenia[]

7 May 2015
20:15

Finland

4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,450


Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Piechaczek
Komarov (Pesonen, Kemppainen) – 05:53 Kontiola – 06:34 Barkov (Donskoi, Jokinen) – 21:19 Kemppainen (Ruutu, Aaltonen) (PP) – 35:57	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0
4 min	Penalties	6 min
33	Shots	13

8 May[]

Slovenia vs Norway[]

8 May 2015
16:15

Slovenia

1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Robert Kristan	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Marcus Vinnerborg
Muršak (Kopitar, Kranjc) – 20:15	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3	Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs) (PP) – 08:23 Bastiansen(K. Olimb, Sørvik) (PP) – 23:46 Holøs (M. Olimb, Thoresen) (PP) – 38:49
10 min	Penalties	4 min
18	Shots	24

United States vs Denmark[]

8 May 2015
20:15

United States of America

1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Pavel Hodek Konstantin Olenin
Nelson – 27:54	1–0
6 min	Penalties	6 min
41	Shots	21

9 May[]

Belarus vs Russia[]

9 May 2015
12:15

Belarus

0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,363


Kevin Lalande Igor Brikun	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky Anton Khudobin	Referees: Daniel Stricker Daniel Piechaczek
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7	09:53 – Kovalchuk (Kulemin, Anisimov) 21:33 – Tarasenko (Anisimov, Medvedev) 29:24 – Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) 32:22 – Panarin (Shipachyov, Mironov) 42:51 – Shirokov (PS) 44:49 – Dadonov (Malkin, Kovalchuk) (PP) 51:04 – Malkin (Tarasenko, Mozyakin) (PP)
18 min	Penalties	4 min
13	Shots	32

Finland vs Slovakia[]

9 May 2015
16:15

Finland

3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Juuse Saros	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Konstantin Olenin
Donskoi (Lindell, Jokinen) – 50:28 Aaltonen (Pesonen, Kemppainen) – 55:33 Komarov (ENG) – 59:53	1–0 2–0 3–0
8 min	Penalties	10 min
31	Shots	22

Denmark vs Norway[]

9 May 2015
20:15

Denmark

4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,316


Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Konstantin Olenin
N. Jensen (A. Poulsen) – 01:51 Nielsen (Jakobsen, Madsen) (PP) – 19:36 Storm (J. Jensen, Nielsen) (PP) – 33:01 Jakobsen (Hardt, Madsen) – 51:36	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1	03:18 – K. Olimb (Olsen, Bonsaksen)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
19	Shots	25

10 May[]

Slovenia vs United States[]

10 May 2015
16:15

Slovenia

1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

United States of America

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,202


Robert Kristan	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Roman Gofman
Mušič (Ograjenšek, Pretnar) – 26:54	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3	04:17 – Nelson (Reilly, Lewis) 16:32 – Nelson (Lewis, Faulk) (PP) 41:09 – Eichel (Nelson, Lewis)
4 min	Penalties	6 min
22	Shots	17

Slovakia vs Russia[]

10 May 2015
20:15

Slovakia

2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–1)

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Július Hudáček	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Pavel Hodek Vladimír Šindler
Kopecký (Pánik, Dravecký) – 05:58 Gáborík (L. Hudáček) – 47:05	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3	27:07 – Mozyakin (Chudinov, Kulemin) (PP) 41:10 – Tarasenko (Antipin) 62:06 – Panarin
4 min	Penalties	2 min
22	Shots	32

11 May[]

Finland vs Belarus[]

11 May 2015
16:15

Finland

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

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli
Donskoi (Lindell, Jokinen) (PP) – 51:57 Hartikainen (Jaakola, Kemppainen) – 52:51	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2	45:09 – Kovyrshin (Stepanov, Kulakov) 59:29 – Kalyuzhny (S. Kostitsyn) (EA)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
26	Shots	25

Slovenia vs Denmark[]

11 May 2015
20:15

Slovenia

1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,768


Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Vladimír Šindler
Pance (Kovačevič, Kopitar) – 10:00	1–0
2 min	Penalties	2 min
21	Shots	24

12 May[]

Norway vs Belarus[]

12 May 2015
12:15

Norway

2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Lars Haugen	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Pavel Hodek Marcus Vinnerborg
Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs) – 32:20 Nørstebø (M. Olimb, Thoresen) – 45:13	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 2–3	07:29 – Kalyuzhny (S. Kostitsyn, A. Kostitsyn) (PP) 29:01 – Korobov (S. Kostitsyn, Kalyuzhny) (PP) 32:03 – A. Kostitsyn (Kalyuzhny, Stepanov) (PP)
16 min	Penalties	10 min
24	Shots	17

United States vs Slovakia[]

12 May 2015
16:15

United States of America

5–4 OT
(2–0, 2–4, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Ján Laco Július Hudáček	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Daniel Piechaczek
Smith (Moore, Arcobello) – 02:36 Jones (Eichel, Lewis) (PP) – 04:11 Lee (Faulk, Bonino) – 20:27 Coyle (Redmond, Lee) – 39:08 Eichel – 64:32	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 3–4 4–4 5–4	26:29 – Gáborík (Dravecký, Meszároš) (PP) 30:36 – Jánošík (Gáborík, Sersen) 36:27 – Dravecký (Ďaloga, Kopecký) 38:22 – Bartovič (Graňák)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
34	Shots	25

Finland vs Russia[]

12 May 2015
20:15

Finland

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

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812


Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Bjork
Barkov (Pesonen, Jokinen) (PP) – 24:54 Donskoi (Barkov, Jokinen) – 57:41	0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2	18:04 – Mozyakin (Malkin, Kulemin) 54:54 – Panarin (Dadonov, Chudinov)
25 min	Penalties	6 min
30	Shots	35

References[]

↑ Information - 2015 WM - International Icehockey Federation IIHF. IIHF. Retrieved on 1 May 2015.

External links[]

Official website

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