2016 IIHF World Championship Group B

Group B was one of two groups of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2017.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Finland	7	7	0	0	0	29	6	+23	21	Playoff round
2	Canada	7	6	0	0	1	34	8	+26	18
3	Germany	7	4	0	1	2	22	20	+2	13
4	United States of America	7	3	0	1	3	22	18	+4	10
5	Slovakia	7	2	1	0	4	15	23	−8	8
6	Belarus	7	2	0	0	5	16	32	−16	6
7	France	7	1	1	0	5	11	23	−12	5
8	Hungary (R)	7	1	0	0	6	12	31	−19	3	Relegation to Division I A

All times are local (UTC+3).

Matches

United States vs Canada

6 May 2016 16:15

United States of America

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,236

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Tobias Björk Marc Wiegand
	Maroon (Connor, Warsofsky) (PP) – 04:54	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5	05:25 – Hall (Brassard, Perry) 08:48 – Gallagher (O'Reilly) 31:37 – Duchene (Ceci, Murray) 45:54 – Jenner (O'Reilly) 51:16 – Marchand (Duchene) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	33

Finland vs Belarus

6 May 2016 20:15

Finland

6–2 (0–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,877

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Martin Fraňo Péter Gebei
	Laine (Barkov) – 21:45 Koivu (Granlund, Lindell) – 32:28 Laine (Koivu, Jokinen) (PP2) – 38:36 Granlund (Laine, Barkov) (PP) – 39:56 Pihlström (Pulkkinen) – 42:59 Granlund (Salmela, Aho) – 47:51	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 6–2	37:55 – Stas (Pavlovich) (SH) 51:01 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	16

Slovakia vs Hungary

7 May 2016 12:15

Slovakia

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 2,830

Game reference
	Branislav Konrád	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Timothy Mayer Marc Wiegand
	Marcinko (Graňák, Dravecký) – 07:07 Jurčo (Sekera, Marinčin) – 17:43 Sekera (Jurčo, Marinčin) – 35:09 Lušňák (Hrnka, Švarný) (ENG) – 57:43	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1	13:30 – Banham (Galló, Bartalis) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	21

France vs Germany

7 May 2016 16:15

France

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

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Martin Frano Antonin Jerabek
	Raux (Perret, Meunier) – 03:38 Claireaux (Beron, Chakiachvili) – 39:10	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2	20:26 – Rieder (Gogulla, Schütz) (PP) 36:50 – Schütz (Gogulla, Hager)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	29

Belarus vs United States

7 May 2016 20:15

Belarus

3–6 (0–2, 2–3, 1–1)

United States of America

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,762

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Linus Ohlund Konstantin Olenin
	Platt (Stepanov, Linglet) (PP) – 27:10 Stas – 38:12 Korobov (Kostitsyn, Stepanov) (PP2) – 49:28	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 1–5 2–5 3–5 3–6	09:58 – Wood (Vatrano, Hinostroza) 13:38 – Wideman (Matthews, Larkin) (PP) 22:13 – Larkin (Schroeder) (PP) 28:09 – Hanifin (Hinostroza, Motte) 34:25 – Matthews (Connor, Hanifin) (PP) 54:40 – Matthews (Vatrano, Hanifin)
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	33

Hungary vs Canada

8 May 2016 12:15

Hungary

1–7 (1–2, 0–4, 0–1)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,825

Game reference
	Zoltán Hetényi Ádám Vay	Goalies	Calvin Pickard	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Ohlund
	Bartalis – 18:14	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–6 1–7	05:54 – Scheifele (Stone, McDavid) (PP) 10:04 – Perry (Hall, Brassard) 27:12 – Stone (Ceci, Reinhart) 29:05 – Marchand (McDavid, Matheson) 31:36 – Brassard (Tanev, Rielly) 32:45 – Matheson (Hutton, Scheifele) 44:35 – Hall (Matheson)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	36

Finland vs Germany

8 May 2016 16:15

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,409

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin
	Laine (Hietanen, Jokinen) (PP) – 06:22 Komarov (Jokinen, Laine) (PP) – 09:08 Aho (Granlund) – 29:53 Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Komarov) – 37:50 Laine (Koivu, Granlund) – 59:57	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1	38:42 – Macek (Draisaitl, Kahun) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	28 min
	22	Shots	17

France vs Slovakia

8 May 2016 20:15

France

1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,850

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet Florian Hardy	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Tobias Björk Péter Gebei
	Perret (Beron) – 01:09	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5	03:55 – Sekera (L. Hudáček, Viedenský) 13:55 – Graňák (Dravecký, Lušňák) 34:52 – Bakoš (Meszároš, Sersen) (PP) 35:40 – L. Hudáček (Jurčo, Viedenský) 57:55 – Jaroš (Viedenský, Jurčo)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	22

Belarus vs Canada

9 May 2016 16:15

Belarus

0–8 (0–1, 0–4, 0–3)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,536

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande Dmitri Milchakov	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Péter Gebei Marc Wiegand
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8	16:26 – Brassard (Perry, Duchene) 21:03 – Perry (Murray) 23:58 – O'Reilly (Jenner, Ceci) (SH) 31:19 – Duchene (Brassard, Ceci) (PP) 31:39 – Hall (McDavid) 41:26 – O'Reilly (Duchene, Scheifele) 49:17 – Stone (Scheifele) 53:52 – Matheson (Gallagher, McDavid) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	40

Finland vs United States

9 May 2016 20:15

Finland

3–2 (2–1, 0–0, 1–1)

United States of America

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,830

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo
	Koivu (Granlund, Aho) – 09:16 Pihlström (Pulkkinen, Sallinen) – 12:04 Komarov (Barkov, Jokinen) (PP) – 44:16	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2	13:45 – Vatrano (Matthews) 40:54 – Murphy (Maroon, Larkin)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	18

Slovakia vs Germany

10 May 2016 16:15

Slovakia

1–5 (1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,715

Game reference
	Branislav Konrád Július Hudáček	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Brett Iverson Aleksi Rantala
	Cehlárik (Bartánus, Mikuš) – 08:42	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5	24:23 – Hager (Schütz, Gogulla) 28:57 – Gogulla (Müller, Hager) 34:48 – Reimer (Kahun, Draisaitl) (PP) 43:45 – Macek (Braun, Müller) 54:36 – Kahun (Reimer, Rieder)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	28

Hungary vs France

10 May 2016 20:15

Hungary

2–6 (1–3, 0–1, 1–2)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,340

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Roman Gofman Jozef Kubuš
	M. Vas (G. Nagy, Wehrs) (PP) – 13:10 Sofron (M. Vas, Bartalis) – 47:58	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 2–4 2–5 2–6	09:14 – Ritz (Auvitu, Moisand) 17:28 – S. Treille 19:26 – Fleury (Bellemare, Auvitu) (PP) 38:03 – Chakiachvili (Y. Treille) 53:03 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Fleury) (PP) 56:11 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Claireaux)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	21

Slovakia vs Belarus

11 May 2016 16:15

Slovakia

2–4 (0–0, 2–0, 0–4)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,172

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Roman Gofman Aleksi Rantala
	Sekera (Réway, Daňo) (PP2) – 20:47 Jurčo (Mikuš, L. Hudáček) – 36:26	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4	42:22 – Gotovets (Lisovets) 48:34 – Gavrus (Gotovets, Kovyrshin) 54:42 – Stepanov (Lisovets) 57:16 – Linglet (Platt, Lisovets)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	20

Finland vs Hungary

11 May 2016 20:15

Finland

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,794

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Brett Iverson Daniel Piechaczek
	Ohtamaa (Komarov) – 36:22 Koivu (Granlund, Komarov) – 49:27 Barkov (Laine, Jokinen) (PP) – 56:34	1–0 2–0 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	51	Shots	13

United States vs France

12 May 2016 16:15

United States of America

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,287

Game reference
	Mike Condon	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Daniel Piechaczek
	Wideman (Foligno, Larkin) (PP) – 34:23 Murphy (Matthews, Vatrano) – 36:30 Compher (Hendricks, Motte) – 39:55 Skjei (Larkin) – 41:19	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	19

Canada vs Germany

12 May 2016 20:15

Canada

5–2 (1–0, 1–2, 3–0)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,369

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Tobias Wehrli
	Hall (Murray) – 03:54 Perry (Duchene, Brassard) (PP) – 23:22 Hall (McDavid, Matheson) – 43:12 Jenner (Rielly, Brassard) – 46:50 Ceci (Reilly) (PP) – 53:17	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2	31:31 – Reimer (Noebels, Kahun) 37:36 – Akdag (Gogulla, Schütz)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	19

United States vs Hungary

13 May 2016 16:15

United States of America

5–1 (0–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,598

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin
	Foligno (Wideman, Hanifin) (PP) – 24:37 Hinostroza (Fasching) – 24:55 Larkin (McCabe, Murphy) – 34:12 Foligno – 52:07 Murphy (Foligno) – 55:20	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 5–1	57:59 – Sofron (Bartalis, Sarauer) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	8

Germany vs Belarus

13 May 2016 20:15

Germany

5–2 (3–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,275

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson
	Reimer (Müller) – 04:26 Draisaitl (Noebels, Macek) – 05:44 Schütz (Gogulla, Hager) (PP) – 10:47 Brooks (Reul, Noebels) – 34:23 Gogulla (Boyle) (PP, ENG) – 59:51	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–2 5–2	28:08 – Stepanov (Koval, Linglet) (PP) 49:14 – Stas (Lisovets, Koval)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	18

France vs Finland

14 May 2016 12:15

France

1–3 (0–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,278

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet Ronan Quemener	Goalies	Mikko Koskinen	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko
	Bellemare (Treille, Auvitu) (PP2) – 52:31	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3	25:00 – Lindell (Granlund, Koivu) (PP) 30:40 – Barkov (Laine, Jokinen) 34:50 – Laine (Jokinen)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	19

Hungary vs Belarus

14 May 2016 16:15

Hungary

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,539

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Kevin Lalande Vitali Koval	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Tobias Wehrli
	G. Nagy (Sarauer, Kóger) – 5:31 J. Vas (Sarauer) (SH) – 10:31 Sebők (Szirányi) – 30:32 Galló (Szirányi, Sofron) – 33:49 J. Vas (SH,ENG) – 59:57	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2	12:31 – Platt (Stepanov) (PP) 26:43 – Gavrus (Stepanov, Kovyrshin)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	19

Canada vs Slovakia

14 May 2016 20:15

Canada

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,512

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Daniel Piechaczek
	Rielly (Brassard) – 11:09 Duchene (Marchand) – 18:30 Hall (Stone, McDavid) (PP) – 33:56 Scheifele (Reinhart, Stone) – 38:35 Brassard (Perry, Murray) – 50:27	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	18

Germany vs United States

15 May 2016 16:15

Germany

3–2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States of America

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,798

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Tobias Wehrli
	Hager (Schütz, Boyle) (PP) – 02:19 Ehrhoff (Schütz, Hager) – 13:06 Holzer (Goc) – 59:27	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2	10:35 – McCabe (Compher, Murphy) 20:26 – Matthews (Nelson) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	33

Slovakia vs Finland

15 May 2016 20:15

Slovakia

0–5 (0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,679

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Linus Ohlund Marc Wiegand
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5	31:07 – Koivu (Lindell, Aho) (PP) 31:47 – Pihlström (Sallinen, Pokka) 46:46 – Barkov (Hietanen, Jaakola) (EA) 59:45 – Jokinen (Hietanen, Barkov) (PP) 59:57 – Laine (Barkov)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	35

Canada vs France

16 May 2016 16:15

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,219

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Ronan Quemener	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Ohlund
	Stone (Hall, McDavid) (PP) – 08:32 Duchene (Perry, Ellis) – 35:26 Scheifele (Stone, Marchand) – 43:51 Perry (O'Reilly, Gallagher) – 54:45	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	46	Shots	13

Germany vs Hungary

16 May 2016 20:15

Germany

4–2 (0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,038

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Martin Fraňo Konstantin Olenin
	Hager (PP) – 31:42 Reul – 41:22 Braun (Akdag, Draisaitl) – 57:24 Goc (Seidenberg, Greiss) (ENG) – 59:27	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2	09:09 – Sofron (Bartalis) 45:14 – Wehrs (Magosi)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	16

United States vs Slovakia

17 May 2016 12:15

United States of America

2–3 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) OT (0–1)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,080

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Maxim Sidorenko
	Nelson (Warsofsky, Vatrano) (PP) – 27:15 Foligno (Larkin) – 42:53	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3	18:39 – Jaroš (Viedenský) 52:14 – Skalický (Marcinko, Graňák) 60:59 – Daňo (Švarný, Meszároš)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	30

Belarus vs France

17 May 2016 16:15

Belarus

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,895

Game reference
	Vitali Koval	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Martin Fraňo Linus Ohlund
	Stas (Linglet, Gotovets) – 25:12 Platt (Linglet, Gotovets) – 38:23 Stas (Linglet, Platt) – 44:59	1–0 2–0 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	21

Canada vs Finland

17 May 2016 20:15

Canada

0–4 (0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,890

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Mikko Koskinen	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4	26:10 – Kivistö (Rantanen) 36:03 – Komarov (Granlund) 38:50 – Pyörälä (Aho) 42:32 – Koskiranta (Pyörälä)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	19

External links

• Official website