2018 IIHF World Championship Group B

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarterfinals
2	United States of America	7	4	2	0	1	39	16	+23	16^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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:

↑ Worlds schedule released. iihfworlds.com (8 August 2017).

Matches[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

United States vs Canada[]

4 May 2018
16:15

United States of America

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

Canada

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 9,632


Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Öhlund
Lee (Thompson, DeBrincat) – 13:59 / Larkin (Kreider, Oesterle) – 20:43 / Gaudreau (Kane, Coleman) – 30:00 / Larkin (Kreider, Atkinson) – 43:27	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 4–4	00:47 – Dubois (Horvat) / 12:23 – O'Reilly (Bailey) / 37:53 – Beauvillier (Ekblad, Barzal) / 50:48 – Parayko (McDavid)
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


Timo Pielmeier	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Aleksi Rantala
Draisaitl (Ehliz) (EA) – 32:12 / Ehliz (Draisaitl, M. Müller) – 50:43	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2	28:44 – J. Jensen (Jensen Aabo, F. Nielsen) / 35:17 – Storm (Hardt, Larsen) (PP)
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


Lars Haugen	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Roman Gofman Jozef Kubuš
Bastiansen (Trettenes, Holøs) – 08:14 / Bonsaksen (M. Olimb) – 12:12	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3	26:20 – Balcers (Sotnieks, Galviņš) / 51:04 – Ābols (Karsums, Rēdlihs) / 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


Harri Säteri	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Stephen Reneau
Aho (Teräväinen, Riikola) (SH) – 03:41 / Teräväinen (Aho) (SH) – 05:55 / Aho (Rantanen, Teräväinen) (PP) – 28:46 / Savinainen (Aho, Teräväinen) – 32:21 / Nutivaara (Pesonen) (SH) – 38:52 / Mäenalanen (Pesonen, Anttila) – 46:01 / Kapanen (Rantanen) – 47:16 / Pesonen (Mäenalanen, Anttila) – 53:51	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1	33:00 – Swift (Radunske)
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 of America

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 10,800


Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Brett Iverson Gordon Schukies
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	16:06 – Butcher (Gaudreau) / 22:42 – Kreider (Ryan, Hughes) (PP) / 29:14 – Atkinson (Kreider, Jensen) / 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


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


Timo Pielmeier	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Brett Iverson Stephen Reneau
Hager (Draisaitl, Plachta) (PP) – 14:30 / Michaelis (Noebels, J. Müller) – 18:41 / Hager (Draisaitl) (PP) – 27:31 / Y. Seidenberg (Plachta, Draisaitl) – 50:38	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4	01:41 – K. Olimb (SH) / 07:31 – Olsen (Lindström, M. Olimb) (PP) / 21:36 – Bastiansen (Salsten, Olsen) / 50:13 – Sørvik
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


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

United States vs Germany[]

7 May 2018
16:15

United States of America

3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Germany

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 10,301


Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Aleksi Rantala
Kane (Gaudreau, Atkinson) (PP) – 30:02 / Ryan (Kane, Hughes) (PP) – 32:07 / DeBrincat (Kane) – 50:38	1–0 / 2–0 / 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


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


Matt Dalton	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Mark Lemelin Timothy Mayer
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5	11:46 – Meija (Rubīns)/ 18:45 – Ķēniņš (Balcers, Ābols)/ 28:22 – Ro. Bukarts (Karsums, Sotnieks) / 41:33 – Balcers (Indrašis, Ābols) (PP) / 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


Harri Säteri	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Oliver Gouin Konstantin Olenin
Savinainen (Aho, Nutivaara) – 04:03 / Anttila – 07:13 / Teräväinen (Granlund, Koivisto) – 21:01 / Kapanen (Heiskanen, Rantanen) – 23:41 / Nutivaara (Rantanen, Granlund) (PP) – 38:18 / Granlund (Teräväinen, Honka) (EA) – 39:45 / Mäenalanen (Manninen) (SH) – 57:45	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 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


Niklas Treutle	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Jan Hribik Mikko Kaukokari
Draisaitl (Plachta, Y. Seidenberg) (PP) – 10:02 / Ehliz (Plachta, Y. Seidenberg) (PP) – 20:41 / Hager (Holzer, Draisaitl) – 29:27 / Tiffels (Michaelis) – 34:42 / Ehliz (Kahun, Draisaitl) – 48:37 / Y. Seidenberg (Plachta) (PP) – 52:33	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 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


Ville Husso	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Wehrli
Aho (Teräväinen, Granlund) (PP) – 34:33 / Granlund (Koivisto, Nutivaara) – 55:50	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	32:28 – F. Nielsen (Jensen Aabo, Bødker) (PP) / 37:10 – Bjorkstrand (Bødker, Lauridsen) / 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 of America

3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)

Latvia

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 5,215


Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Oliver Gouin Konstantin Olenin
Kreider (DeBrincat, Larkin) (PP) – 11:39 / White (DeBrincat, Kane) – 37:38 / Atkinson (Gaudreau, Kane) (PP) – 61:23	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	17:52 – Balinskis (Bļugers, Ri. Bukarts) / 23:20 – Džeriņš (Indrašis, Ro. Bukarts) (PP)
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


Lars Haugen	Goalies	Curtis McElhinney Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Mark Lemelin
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5	01:23 – McDavid (Parayko) / 12:49 – Horvat (Pageau) (SH) / 15:41 – McDavid (Schwartz) / 28:03 – McDavid (Parayko, Nugent-Hopkins) / 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


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

United States vs South Korea[]

11 May 2018
20:15

United States of America

13–1
(4–1, 4–0, 5–0)

South Korea

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 7,563


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


Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Timothy Mayer
Ķēniņš (Ābols, Balcers) – 36:54 / Galviņš (Indrašis, Džeriņš) – 40:15 / Džeriņš (Rēdlihs, Freibergs) – 47:54	1–0 / 2–0 / 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


Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Oliver Gouin Mikael Sjöqvist
F. Nielsen (D. Nielsen) – 22:55 / Jensen (Bjorkstrand) – 32:14 / Hardt (F. Nielsen, Jensen A.) (PP) – 56:35	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	24:18 – Kim K. (Kim S.
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


Curtis McElhinney Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Mark Lemelin Konstantin Olenin
Pageau (Horvat) – 10:55	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5	08:50 – Rantanen / 13:48 – Pesonen (Nutivaara, Tolvanen) (PP2) / 16:35 – Rantanen (Granlund, Teräväinen) (PP) / 45:17 – Tolvanen / 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 of America

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 4,553


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


Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Ville Husso	Referees: Oliver Gouin Jan Hribik
Tiffels (Y. Seidenberg, Michaelis) – 25:56 / Krupp (Hager, Eisenschmid) – 38:48 / Eisenschmid (Kahun) – 62:00	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	02:26 – Tolvanen (Riikola) / 57:54 – Aho (Granlund, Teräväinen) (PP)
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


Matt Dalton	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Brett Iverson Mikko Kaukokari
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3	13:35 – Lindström (M. Olimb, Espeland) (PP) / 46:55 – Valkvæ Olsen (Bastiansen, Espeland) / 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


Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis	Referees: Stephen Reneau Tobias Wehrli
Beauvillier (Pageau, Barzal) – 02:51 / McDavid (Nugent-Hopkins) – 60:46	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1	41:50 – Rubīns (Ro. Bukarts, Bļugers)
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 of America

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 6,343


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


Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Roman Gofman Stephen Reneau
Schenn (Nugent-Hopkins, McDavid) – 00:20 / Nugent-Hopkins (McDavid, Ekblad) – 28:14 / Jost (Edmundson) – 49:48	1–0 / 2–0 / 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


Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš
Džeriņš (Indrašis) – 09:14	1–0
2 min	Penalties	16 min
28	Shots	19

References[]

External links[]

Official website

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[1] Worlds schedule released. iihfworlds.com (8 August 2017).

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