2021 IIHF World Championship Group B

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Group B was one of two groups of the 2021 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round.^[1]

Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocols, the tournament was held in a "bubble" behind closed doors with no spectators. Prior to the beginning of the tournament, and against objections by Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš and Minister of Health, Daniels Pavļuts, the Latvian parliament voted in favour of a notion ordering the government to develop a plan for allowing spectators who are either fully vaccinated or otherwise immune due to recent infection.^[2]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States of America	7	6	0	0	1	21	8	+13	18	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	7	4	2	1	0	19	10	+9	17
3	Germany	7	4	0	0	3	22	14	+8	12
4	Canada	7	3	0	1	3	19	18	+1	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Kazakhstan	7	2	2	0	3	22	18	+4	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Latvia (H)	7	2	0	3	2	15	16	−1	9
7	Norway	7	2	1	0	4	17	21	−4	8
8	Italy	7	0	0	0	7	11	41	−30	0

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.
Notes:

↑ "Latvia opens Worlds vs. Czech Republic", IIHF, 5 February 2021.
↑ Latvian Parliament votes to allow fans at IIHF World Championship.

Matches[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Germany vs Italy[]

21 May 2021
16:15

Germany

9–4
(2–2, 5–0, 2–2)


Felix Brueckmann	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Martin Fraňo
Kühnhackl (Krämmer) – 15:56 / M. Müller (Eisenschmid, Loibl) – 18:44 / Rieder (Kühnhackl, Krämmer) – 24:23 / Tiffels (Eisenschmid, Plachta) (PP) – 27:47 / Noebels (J. Müller, Pföderl) – 35:13 / Reichel (Seider) – 37:52 / Noebels (Pföderl, Reichel) – 38:35 / Plachta (Tiffels, Holzer) (SH) – 42:52 / Pföderl (Noebels, Reichel]) – 48:41	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 8–2 / 8–3 / 8–4 / 9–4	17:42 – Petan (Miceli) / 18:07 – Frigo (Magnabosco, Bardaro) / 43:22 – Bardaro (Deluca) (PP) / 44:06 – Frank (Frigo) (PP)
29 min	Penalties	6 min
52	Shots	13


Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Matīss Kivlenieks	Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig
	0–1 / 0–2	19:58 – Indrašis (Ķēniņš, Freibergs) (PP) / 28:39 – Batņa (Ķēniņš)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
38	Shots	17


Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin
Lilleberg (M. Olimb, Haga) – 36:21	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5	19:44 – Plachta (M. Müller, Seider) / 23:19 – Gawanke (Brandt, Noebels) (PP) / 26:04 – Pföderl (Reichel, Noebels) / 30:35 – Reichel / 44:41 – Bergmann (Nowak, Krämmer)
16 min	Penalties	4 min
25	Shots	26


Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Cal Petersen	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Peter Staňo
Ohtamaa (Mäenalanen, Anttila) – 26:54 / Pakarinen (Pokka, Määttä) – 35:41	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1	38:01 – Robertson (Wolanin) (PP)
4 min	Penalties	2 min
29	Shots	30


Matīss Kivlenieks	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referees: Mads Frandsen Mikael Nord
Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) – 27:44 / Ri. Bukarts (Cibuļskis) – 45:25	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2	38:59 – Shin (Starchenko, Dietz) (PP) / 45:37 – Blacker (Svedberg, Sagadeyev)
8 min	Penalties	4 min
14	Shots	32


Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko
Panyukov (Mikhailis) (PP) – 35:56	0–1 / 1–1	33:24 – Lundell (Lindbohm, Ruohomaa)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
20	Shots	51


Darcy Kuemper Adin Hill	Goalies	Anthony Stolarz Jake Oettinger	Referees: André Schrader Christoph Sternat
Comtois (Beaudin) – 51:35	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5	07:42 – Robertson (Garland) / 21:19 – Clendening (Hellickson) / 23:27 – Moore (Robertson) (PP) / 38:20 – Moore (Garland) / 57:06 – Tennyson (Clendening)
6 min	Penalties	4 min
29	Shots	23


Ivars Punnenovs	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin
Karsums (Krastenbergs) – 32:08 / Dārziņš (Džeriņš, Freibergs) – 58:48 / Karsums (EN) – 59:48	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
16 min	Penalties	8 min
44	Shots	12


Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Adin Hill	Referees: Roman Gofman Yevgeni Romasko
Loibl (Kühnhackl, Rieder) – 10:46 / Plachta (Eisenschmid) – 11:24 / Holzer (Plachta, Noebels) (EN) – 57:59	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	18:19 – Paul (Miller)
28 min	Penalties	8 min
25	Shots	40


Andrei Shutov	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko
Mikhailis – 24:30 / Mikhailis (Valk, Savitski) – 41:31	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4	06:03 – Mangiapane (Henrique, Brown) (PP) / 21:01 – Henrique (Power, Mangiapane) / 47:40 – Perfetti (Anderson-Dolan) / 59:57 – Brown (Henrique) (EN)
10 min	Penalties	2 min
28	Shots	36


Justin Fazio Davide Fadani	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko
Miceli (Petan, Frank) 24:37 / Hochkofler (Gander) – 41:43 / Petan – 50:59	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 2–7 / 3–7 / 3–8 / 3–9 / 3–10 / 3–11	02:12 – Starchenko (Valk, Mikhailis (PP) / 32:31 – Petukhov (Asetov, Stepanenko) / 34:59 – Rymarev (Shin, Blacker) / 41:31 – Mikhailis (Starchenko, Valk) (PP) / 46:12 – Valk (Starchenko, Svedberg) (PP) / 47:01 – Likhotnikov / 49:46 – Likhotnikov (Maklyukov, Shalapov) / 50:59 – Panyukov (Dietz, Starchenko) / 56:07 – Starchenko (Valk) (PP) / 57:44 – Svedberg (Shestakov, Sagadeyev) / 59:52 – Shalapov (Asetov, Likhotnikov) (PP2)
28 min	Penalties	10 min
24	Shots	36


Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Christoph Sternat Michael Tscherrig
K. Olimb (M. Olsen) – 54:27	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	10:30 – Garland (Jones, Thompson) (PP) / 27:12 – Thompson (Donato, Roy)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
23	Shots	27


Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Jussi Olkinuora	Referees: Martin Fraňo Robin Šír
Holzer (Loibl, Plachta) – 27:58	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	06:17 – Lundell (Sund, Innala) (PP) / 51:26 – Ruotsalainen (Lundell)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
13	Shots	26


Davide Fadani Justin Fazio	Goalies	Adin Hill	Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman
Miceli (Pitschieler) – 30:31	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7	02:33 – Perfetti (Schneider, Foudy) / 08:04 – Mangiapane (Brown, Henrique) / 11:33 – Stecher (Anderson-Dolan) / 11:56 – Henrique (Mangiapane) / 34:48 – Mangiapane (Brown, Ferraro) / 37:28 – Comtois (Mangiapane, Brown) (PP) / 55:54 – Pirri (Brown, Henrique)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
14	Shots	49


Harri Säteri	Goalies	Jānis Kalniņš	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Martin Fraňo
Mäenalanen (Anttila, Tiivola) – 03:06 / Pakarinen (Pokka, Innala) – 35:39 / Lundell (Määttä) – 64:56	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	18:39 – Dzierkals / 53:45 – Dzierkals (Dārziņš, Sotnieks)
6 min	Penalties	4 min
35	Shots	37


Davide Fadani	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Max Sidorenko
Frigo (Trivellato) – 21:01 / Giliati – 46:33	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4	06:54 – Labanc (Shea) / 10:33 – Labanc (Beniers, Clendening) / 19:45 – Garland (Robertson, Tennyson) / 29:54 – Garland
4 min	Penalties	6 min
11	Shots	43

2021 IIHF World Championship Group B

Standings[]

Matches[]

Germany vs Italy[]

Canada vs Latvia[]

Norway vs Germany[]

Finland vs United States[]

Latvia vs Kazakhstan[]

Norway vs Italy[]

Kazakhstan vs Finland[]

Canada vs United States[]

Latvia vs Italy[]

Germany vs Canada[]

United States vs Kazakhstan[]

Finland vs Norway[]

Kazakhstan vs Germany[]

Canada vs Norway[]

United States vs Latvia[]

Finland vs Italy[]

Kazakhstan vs Canada[]

Latvia vs Norway[]

Italy vs Kazakhstan[]

Norway vs United States[]

Germany vs Finland[]

Italy vs Canada[]

Finland vs Latvia[]

United States vs Germany[]

Norway vs Kazakhstan[]

Canada vs Finland[]

Italy vs United States[]

Germany vs Latvia[]

References[]

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